RETHINKING INNOVATION Was McLean’s reconceptualization of cargo transportation an example of innovation? Why or why not? In my opinion McLean’s reconceptualization of cargo transportation is not only an example of innovation, but also of a “successful innovation”. It is easy to identify innovation if we consider it something new, but in my opinion we should not only be able to identify innovation, but also to differentiate what I would call “successful innovation” from what I would call
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Science and technology have great influence in human life since their inception. A lot of technological advancements have been taking place day by day, and which clearly reflect on peoples life styles both positively and negatively.This essay focuses on some pros and cons of technological advancements, and asserts the need of reducing the precarious outcome of it for the rise of a risk free society in future. Technology is considered to be the one,is developed to reduce the effort of people
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Advantages of globalization Globalization, growth to a global or worldwide scale, has a lot of advantages to the world. First, it makes a peace relation. Most of the countries have relations with each other in order to boost their economy. For example, they leave behind any bitter in the past if there is any. Nations now try to raise capital and strengthen their stand in international trade, rather than hosting a war. Thus, globalization has induced international peace and security in a big way
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eateries, and shopping areas are all conveniently close but not in walking distances to the average person, our scooter would provide an alternative to walking or driving decreasing the use of gas. Gas prices on a slow incline, new and unique ways of transport are how most Americas are making it here to there and college students have those same transportation issues (CampusScooter.com). The price of the scooter is built around the cost of company to manufacture the vehicle as well as the ability to reuse
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THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA NAME: MOSES GITOBU KINYUA REG NO.: 111/00104 COURSE: Bachelor of Engineering Geospatial Engineering DEPARTMENT: SURVEYING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY UNIT: HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING ASSIGNMENT: How to reduce the number of road accidents in Kenya. LECTURER: Mr. Ogutu Submission date April 14, 2014. Introduction A road accident, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I do think that walking to school is a good way to help the environment. It benefits our community in multiple ways. Although it is easier to drive to school, it is easier to save the environment by walking to school . By walking to school, we help our community in many ways. We would save a lot of money and time. If the whole community were to take their children to school everyday; it would cost $27,000. Since gas prices
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easier. Thanks to the technology, the speed of our transport is raised, along with our tempo of life, which results in a more complex life. Modern technology in transport, which enables us to cover long distances in a short period of time, is supposed to give us more time for ourselves ,whereas in truth, it fails at this mission. In fact, we are, ironically, suffering from the biggest scarcity of time owing to the increasing speed of transports such as planes and trains. This is because the time
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noise pollution definition of noise noise is a sound ,especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance. Sources of noise pollution 1-Household sources Like food mixer, grinder ,vacuum cleaner ,washing machine and air conditioners can be very noisy and injurious to health. others include loud speakers of sound systems and TVS, ipods and ear phones. Another example may be your neighbor’s dog barking all night everyday at every shadow it see. 2-Social events Places of worship
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Warehousing in logistics system Name Institution The role of warehousing in logistics system A warehouse is the building for storing goods while warehousing refers to the place or building where goods are stored. Warehousing plays the role of consolidation in the logistics system. Consolidation is the process of reducing the costs of transportation by consolidating the movement (Ross, 2004). Most of the companies
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The machining conductive as well as nonconductive advanced engineering materials such as glass, ceramics, quartz, granite and composite materials are difficult to machine by usual process. These materials are having wide range of applications in the field of automobile, aerospace and defense field. So processing of these materials is necessary with easy and economical way. Hence Hybrid Machining Process (HMP’s) like ECSM is evolved and is shown in fig1.1. ECSM is the combination
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