...purpose of discovering how to create life; however, he does not foresee all of the consequences that end up arising from the creation of his invention as great tumults develop in his life and in human society due to the creature’s formation. Unintended consequences are not limited to the creation of Victor Frankenstein’s monster because these consequences are also present in reality with actual human creations. One such example of a real life human creation that has developed unintended consequences is the invention and use of antibiotics. The intended effect of antibiotics is to kill bacteria that cause infections in order to...
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...HIS 111 World Civilizations I Activity 3 – Ancient Chinese Inventions 25 points Name: Bryce Ross Directions: After having viewed the videos provided in the course, respond to the following questions. Place your responses on this document under each question. Be sure to keep my questions on here. Your responses must be in paragraph format and must be double-spaced, 12-point font, and include proper grammar, spelling, and sentence construction. A title page is not necessary, but your name must be on it. 1) List and describe five of the inventions/innovations described in the videos. What were each of these inventions/innovations used for in ancient China? -The iron plow was a huge invention for ancient China. The iron plow would be strapped to a mule or horse. The horse or mule would pull the plow along which allow to create the rows. It allow farmers to plow their fields a lot faster and easier. The rows would be straight and spaced out from each other. Then they would use a seed drill after they had plow the fields. It would a drill a hole and planted a seed. This method was very beneficial because it help allow more plants to be planted and less seeds to be wasted. Canals were another great invention by the ancient Chinese. It would allow boats to get through the cities very easily. The canals was a water system dug by the farmers. It made travel and trade easier for the boats. In the canals, the canal pound lock was helpful for the boats. It had two walls in the...
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...Tanning Beds or Death Beds? Since tanning beds became a sensational hit in the 1990s, their use has evolved in various ways. The idea of getting into a metal bed to change the complexion of your skin seems harmless. It’s cheap, relaxing, and it saves you the hustle of going out in the sun. But after all these years, the question comes into mind; are tanning beds truly harmless? To answer this question, we have to go back in time, back to the 1900s when people were struggling to find a way to combat vitamin D deficiencies. This paved the way for the indoor tanning industry, which was started in 1906 by Heraeus, a German innovative medical company. Heraeus created UV tanning lamps that were beneficial especially to those with bone diseases such as Rickets, which is caused by a vitamin D deficiency. But what made the tanning bed business boom was when French celebrities like Coco Chanel and Josephine Baker displayed natural looking sun-kissed skin. However, what if a person wanted their body to evenly receive vitamin D and have sun-kissed skin all at the same time? This is where Friedrich Wolff, a German scientist, in 1978, decided to take this artificial sun one step further. Wolff was experimenting...
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...Science and technology are probably the most debated topics in society. Scientific and technological developments have been debated as to whether they affect people's life styles and cause hassle. On the contrary, science and technology has improved our way of life for the better of mankind. Medical advancements, computers and simple inventions such as the light bulb are all examples of how science and technology is beneficial. In each of these cases, there are no undesirable changes to people's life styles. If it were not for many, if not all, of these changes in our history, we as an economy and nation would have fallen apart. Looking into the past, we can see all of the beneficial advancements we have made and how far we have come. Scientific and technological developments such as medical research to find a cure for AIDS, modern health care and computers are beneficial in the role of improving people's lives and do not come at the cost of undesirable changes to them. Today with new technology, medical research is being done everyday to help find cures or vaccines for devastating diseases such as Cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's and Leukemia. Being diagnosed with one of these diseases is hard, but growing up with them is even harder. "AIDS was first identified in the USA in 1981. The epidemic has now spread to every part of the USA and to all sectors of society" (Noble). Growing up, I had two siblings who were diagnosed with AIDS. My older sister Katie was unfortunately...
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...Does black or white truly exist or is everything morally gray? The Industrial Revolution, from around 1760 to around 1820 to 1840, the era where production became a big factor to the economy and workers were treated poorly.At the end of the 1800s, the higher standard of living and treatment and life style of factory workers balenced out the Industrial Revolution. On the positive side of the Industrial Revolution’s effects, it led to some of the greatest inventions mankind has ever discovered. In a picture it shows a man next to a car that he owns or even possibly invented (Doc 11). Because this is the time of standards of living, people would make items that make life easier.In a text “The Results of Machinery, Namely Cheap Production and Incresed Employment”, the author states the Industrial Revoultions was filled with new discories and inventions that made life easier than how it was beforehand (Doc 4). The new inventions made life easier, therefore resulting in the higher...
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...main organization for space exploration in the United States, and is apart of the governments funding. NASA is a critical part of the worlds future in many different ways. Lots of people believe their tax money is going to a waste since NASA is funded by the US government. One thing people might not realize is how beneficial the NASA program is. Many life saving and convenient inventions have been made by NASA. These inventions are referred to as spinoffs, and NASA has documented more than 1,500 spinoff success stories. For example the WARP 10, which is a hand-held, high-intensity, LED unit developed by Quantum Devices Inc. The WARP 10 is intended for the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain, arthritis, stiffness, and muscle spasms, and also promotes muscle relaxation and increases local blood circulation. Another example would be infrared ear thermometers which you see all the time going to the doctor’s office. People may talk about the need to cut back funding because our budget deficit. But, you fail to realize that we can cut many other things like the billions of dollars we spend on foreign aid rather than one of the proudest and most beneficial programs in the US. The President's 2012 Budget provides 18.7 billion dollars to NASA which is only about 0.5 percent of the United States Federal Budget.Cutting NASA’s funding wouldn't magically climb us out of debt. If anything the money gained from cutting NASA would be spent immediately on other stuff that wouldn't...
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...Throughout the human history, there have been hundreds and thousands of inventions that have been created to change our lives. One of the greatest inventions is technologies such as cell phones, computers, TV and ect. In this modern world, people are constantly immersed in technological advancement that promotes nonstop communication, like social media and texting. As technology keeps advancing, more and more people became dependent as they are using it in their everyday life. First off, the invention of TV has a significant effect on us. TV can give us a wide source of knowledge and entertainment; because of its large network of information. TV may not the newest invention, but people never have stopped to innovate it. They added special TV programs that can help benefit learners like news, documentaries, movies and educational channels. TV is such a cheap and convenient tool to have. It communicates with the world and provides the latest news on what’s happening anytime anywhere. Technology such as internet plays a significant role in communication of people’s today. Instead of writing letters that can take days to deliver, just with a single tap, a simply command, the message can be sent to someone on the other side of planet. Internet can be used as a tool to keep in touch with friends and families; you can send emails, use voice chat, or even web cam. Technology is monumentally beneficial; it opens many doors to education; establish connections with family and friends...
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...InterContinental University On-line BUSN105-1201A-282 ABSTRACT The decision to pursue the form of a corporation to start his business is based on the facts provided. The product requires special technology that will be costly. Considering his lack of financial and management skills this would be the best way for his new invention to take ground. Legal Forms of Business, The Start-Up Decision Introduction John Doe (Inventor) has invented an appliance that will meet everyday consumer needs. Although he is skilled at inventing, he lacks the financial and management skills needed to manufacture and market his invention. Thus, he is faced with certain challenges in introducing this new and possibly valuable product. But, John Doe is convinced that his new invention will be more efficient and consumer friendly. Some of the challenges that are foreseen are, funding difficulties, and competition with other similar products currently in the market. His wife is concerned that his invention may not develop and his venture will take a significant amount of time away from his family. In addition, as it stands, the market, using special technology for his invention, is saturated and will have an annual growth of 2%. John Doe expects to see a growth in sales once the product has been accepted in the market place. Because of the diverse technology that is incorporated in this product, the technology can be leveraged into future products and/or markets. With these opportunities,...
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...Legal Aspects of Management Project Report on Case of NTP vs RIM PATENT INFRIGMENT CASE Submitted to:- Submitted by:- Mr. Maneesh Yadav Dheeraj SurI JL12PGDM060 ------------------------------------------------- Company Background RIM Mike Lazaridis founded the wireless device company Research in Motion (RIM) in 1984 which has its headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario. Their best known product is the Blackberry handheld communication device. RIM not only produces the BlackBerry, but also develops its own software for its devices as well as developing and selling embedded wireless data components ("Research In Motion"). In 1999 the first BlackBerry was released. It used the same hardware as the Inter@ctive pager 950 - a pager RIM worked on with RAM Mobile Data and Ericsson. The first BlackBerry also ran on the Mobitex network which was developed by...
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...“The humble gecko: the tiny, 5-ounce lizard can scale a wall carrying 9 pounds of weight -- a whopping 18 times its body weight” (Barrie). What if humans were able to climb walls with the same ease as lizards? Just think of the possibilities. What would be the purpose of one needing to climb walls? Society in general may not need to climb buildings on a whim, but the military would find many beneficial aspects of this invention. Gecko Gloves are the future of military and technological advancements. People will be able to scale buildings like a modern day Spider Man. A Student at Stanford University, named Elliot Hawkes, had the idea and created a prototype of Gecko Gloves, that will allow humans to climb vertical glass walls. Elliot Hawkes...
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...always encouraged the government to focus on the manufacturing and business aspects of the U.S. economy. In Alexander Hamilton’s “Report on Manufactures” he explains the main reasons as to why he believes that an industrial based economy would be important. “The embarrassments which have obstructed the progress of our external trade, have led to serious reflections on the necessity of enlarging the sphere of our domestic commerce.” What Hamilton is trying to say here is that with all the problems and dependency with foreign trade ,it would be much more beneficial to just have the U.S. have its own manufacturers in order to not be so dependent on other countries. By having the U.S. manufacture its own products there would be less issues with having certain goods cut off if there was a problem with the foreign countries we trade with. With this point in mind Alexander was correct about how U.S. manufacturing would be more beneficial to the country. For example, now that the U.S. has begun to drilling for its own oil, the U.S. doesn’t have to pay another country for its oil when we could just drill for the oil here for less money and concerns. Geographic factors played a major role in where the majority of the Industrial Revolution took its place. Considering that the Northeast region of the United States didn’t have very good soil for agriculture, the Northeast had to figure out a way to make more money besides trade. Well this is where all the main industry began to take place....
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...To begin, “Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind: inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, names and images used in commerce” intellectual property is protected by the law, in form of patents, trademarks and copyright. Intellectual property is split into two categories; copyright and industrial property. Copyright covers films, music, art and literary works; copyright ensures that the patent holder is the primary benefactor of their creation. Industrial property covers patents for inventions, trademarks and industrial designs. Patents provide protection of ownership for inventors of products, which provide incentive for everyone to try and create products that are better and more efficient than their predecessors as they know that they can safely reap the rewards of their own success for themselves. Without this people would be much less encouraged to invent new products for the market as no one would be able to be the sole benefactor of their own works as once created anyone could claim that they are the owners. Therefore it can be argued that without IP rights the world could be much less developed with much less advanced technologies due to lack of incentive for inventors, researchers and artists. Innovation blooms when artists and inventors are promised reward for the success of their products, for example people who upload their songs to ITunes are rewarded with the credit for their music and sometimes money if consumers are made to pay for their...
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...The evolution of technology changed drastically throughout the generations and the decade of 1970s brought upon many technologies that advanced the future. In today’s society, people continue to use the impressive technological inventions created from the 1970s and without these products, America’s future is not innovative. The start of the 70s was leading America into the future. In 1971, one of the most crucial inventions is Intel’s first microprocessor, intel 4004, conceived by Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor. Due to this, the production of computers and calculators commenced. With the microprocessor, the company Hewlett-Packard began to develop pocket calculators and launched the world’s first scientific calculator in 1972. As the need for pocket calculators increased, companies decided to make more since it was handy for making fast calculations. Furthermore, the first microcomputer was...
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...Most people may wonder, where do inventions begin? The answer is simple, they usually begin with a great thought. Whether it's a challenge that you are creatively facing, or a myth you are looking to quash, you'll be on the road to success not only as an inventor, but also as an entrepreneur. So you’re probably wondering what happens after I have this great thought? What do I do next? Well, here are a few things that you should know about your concept. After you have the right concept for your invention, you’ll want a design. You can design your product using 3D CAD. You may be wondering what 3D CAD is , it is computer aided design, which helps with design and testing phases. The most beneficial factor of using 3D CAD instead of paper drafting...
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...What if this technology was created and we did have robots that operated from uploading human conscience. There was a fear of the robots eventually turning on the human-race and wiping us out completely. Again, this made me think of southern Caucasians and southern African Americans. The connection for me was how Caucasians wanted to keep the African Americans illiterate and subordinate to them from fear of the possibility of African Americans being actual members of society, and not just chattel. The idea of the discussion was having these robots with human conscience would be beneficial, but only momentarily because at any given moment these robots could change. It would seem as though the same thoughts were going through the minds of some of the southern Caucasians. While some thought it would be beneficial for the African Americans to learn to read and right, others saw it as a threat. The same goes with the concept of mind-uploading. Some think it may be a good idea, while others view it as a threat to...
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