Definition of innovation. The term "innovation" comes from the Latin «novatio» -"renewal" or "change", and «in» - "in line, into". If translated literally, «Innovatio» means «in the direction of change". The concept of innovation has a lot of classical definitions. One of them is – innovation is a process of intentional change made to create value by meeting opportunity and seeking advantage (Dr. Bruton A. (2012). Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Retrieved October 7, 2012 from http://resources
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For several years now the competition for the fastest processor has been going on between several companies including Motorola, Intel and AMD. AMD has made a gigantic leap to design the 0.13 Micron 64 Bit processor with a front side bus which is the large main highway between the processor and the ram. That data transfers between at 1.5 GHz and the processor main frequency 2000 MHz compared to Intel's 3200 MHz. This may not sound like a lot, but the megahertz is only a measure of how fast a processor
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Alexandra Edwards March 6, 2015 AFST 397 Midterm The significance of Leslie Marmon Silko’s poem “A Long Time Ago” lies within the story told by the mysterious witch. The witch predicts the coming of the Spanish and the death and destruction that would come from their arrival. She defined certain characteristics of the Spanish such as how they viewed the earth as “dead”, taking as much as possible from it without giving back, and how violence was a direct response to fear. The story that this witch
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anti-slavery propaganda to help deter slavery in the Deep Old South, help religion by producing mass scripts (like the Bible) for circulation, and even has helped the casual citizen stay informed on current events with daily newspapers. Photography & Print Visual The half tone visual pioneered by Frederick Ives in 1870 would later revolutionize how the world would see the information conveyed to them. According to Vivian, J. (2011), “The 1727 discovery that light causes silver nitrate
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Management failed to focus on the merits of developing digital on a stand-alone basis. For example, the Photo CD utilized digital imaging but required it to be used in tandem with traditional photography. Kodak’s pricing was too steep and the product was inappropriately targeted, against the advice of Kodak’s own invention team, to the consumer market rather than the commercial market. As a result, Kodak missed out on establishing an initial digital imaging market position while competitor programmers and
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AT&T, Bell Telephone Laboratories was born. It has dabbled and broke through so much with the technology they researched that till today, it still remained at its forefront as the leader. It then became Bell Labs under AT&T. The most brilliant invention created by Bell Labs has shaped the then foreseeable future
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everyone. In 1883, Eastman revealed in grandeur, the invention of photographic film in roll. Five years later in 1888, with the slogan “you press the button, we do the rest”, George Eastman introduced the first Kodak camera to the consumer market. The cameras came preloaded with sufficient film for 100 exposures. He made a cumbersome and complicated process easy to use and accessible to nearly everyone and thus gave birth to snapshot photography. Eastman established his business on the principles
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The Fine Line Between Art and Truth Photo manipulation has been around for over a century, but the recent focus on Photoshop has caused news photography to be looked at in a new light. As a result, pictures that have been manipulated have been called into question, and therefore have had a significant effect on the credibility of various forms of print media. In this new age of media, where circulation is down and corporations are cutting employees, credibility is a much talked about commodity.
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The explosive growth of Computer and information technology over the past few years has both its good and bad side to the society. For sure, it has alleviated some of our endemic problems and has even change the way people conduct their daily activites, from business to communication, sharing of information, to conducting research etc. These new changes although widely accepted has also created some basic challenges and problems to our society. Among the challenges that we face in this information
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Humanities Salvador Alingas HUM/100 November 4, 2011 Beverly Smith Humanities The term “Humanities” comes from a Latin word humanus which means “human, cultured and refined” www.scribd.com. Generally, Humanities is the collective study of the human life itself- its condition, values and qualities. Humanities study brings us in contact with the human culture, history, philosophy, experiences and activities. It also includes the study of human expression through music, arts and design, music
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