...Named "King Pong" to pay tribute to the electronic ping-pong game he made in 1972, Nolan Bushnell is a champion among the most shockingly productive business visionaries of the century. According to Esquire's David Owen, Bushnell’s creation, Pong, featuring a high complexity TV screen, several hand controls, and a basic computer program to organize the development. Bushnell's interest in electronics started during his school years when he played games on a school computer during his free time and worked at amusement park. His first endeavor to advertise an game, Computer Space, fizzled when it was presented in 1971. (1) Bushnell then set out to create Pong, financing most of his research by leasing pinball machines from other manufacturers...
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...Name : Chaterine Class : HM III-3 Topic : “ Rich in Young Age “ Speaker : Mr. Krishnamurti Date : Tuesday, 1st October 2013 Place : PMCI Campus Hall Dress Code ; white T-shirt, black trousers, sport shoes Materials : Bamboo Chopsticks, Ping Pong ball, Parents Picture Seminar Content : * Success begin with a decision, desire to do and be confidence. * Success in young age is very possible because we can make our money with idea. * Experience , lack of time, comfort zone are not the resistor for young people to success. * Success is the expertise to complete small task with full heart. * Develop a balance success life. Success to manage spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical. * There’s no secret to being rich, because rich itself is the ability to manage money and we can learn it. * Know yourself to know your Life. * Focus on your strength and invest on your strength. * Integrity is the essence of everything, keep a good success life with Integrity. * Do what you Love and Love what you Do. Games : 1. This game need 2 person. Use bamboo chopstick to play. So one person will hold 1 bamboo chopstick with 2 hands and the other will try to break the chopstick. This game really need fast and confidence, so 2 people must support each other. The one that hold must say “ yes you can” and the one that break must say “ yes I can” until you ready and break it. 2. The 2nd game still...
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...Video games can best be defined as an interactive electronic game that requires players to control the movement of the character by using a controller and gain points and money, to say the least. Almost all video games require a medium for it to process the movements and actions of the player. The medium can be in a form of a game console, a disc where the game information is stored, a computer and sometimes both disc and console put together. For example, the Xbox or the Playstation require both the console and disc where as some games can be downloaded through the internet. The first form of video game that appeared on departmental store shelves was ‘Pong’ where basically the game was ping pong in an electronic appearance. The game had 2 straight lines that represented the paddles and a dot that represented the ball. The rules of the game was similar to its real counterpart, of that if one player did not hit the ball, the other player would gain one point. Before the game was introduced in a home version, the game was in arcades where children and adults would come and play (Winter, 2010). And ever since the video game was created, it would be surrounded by controversies where people always pointed out the negative effects of it just to get their kids off video games. Today, the video game has evolved rapidly and there are games developed for adults and games are played worldwide. Game consoles have evolved through the years and now can be found in all forms such as mobile phones...
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...Outcome 1 Business culture and strategy Word count: 2196 words Pages: 9 Intro: The Aim of this assessment is to show how the industry that Alphabet Games deals in has changed and continues to do so. I need to show how these changes have taken effect using the P.E.S.T Analysis and S.W.O.T Analysis, I also need to provide a set of guidelines to the company on how to use a S.W.O.T Analysis so that they can continue to monitor their needs etc. P-Political Political views and guidelines have changed the way most companies work these days. Alphabet Games works within an area of business that is constantly changing in the world of politics. The Government has set out new rules for game makers to ensure maximum safety for games, particularly online games, these are the type of games that other people can contact you in real time, either via text, voice or video calling and it’s important to help users particularly young users to stay safe. Games sold within the British Market now must hold the PEGI age rating clearly displayed on the case of the game. This is again to ensure safety, that gamers are playing age appropriate games and that the younger ones are not subjected to scenes of violence, sexual imagery or language deemed as profanity. These rules were brought into place after long and constructive studies proved that younger gamers are easily influenced by computer games especially the more popular ones, there have been cases in the past where individuals have mimicked...
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...Pong Core: The core of the game was originally an ideal for a training exercise, assigned and created by a computer scientist who worked for an Atari game company. The ideal was based off of an electronic ping- pong game that was included in the Magnavox Odyssey, the world's first commercial home video game console. Concept: Pong is made up of a simple design, its more like a two- dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis. Each player controls an in- game paddle by moving it vertically across the screen. The players or player simulates hitting a ball back and forth and the goal is to earn more points than the opponent. If a player fails to return the ball to the other side, then the opponent earns a point. Context: The game itself had a type of feel to it that made you want to compete with others, with a scoreboard designed into the game, players were able to keep track of their progress through the rounds. Both players or player had to be the first one to get up to 10 points or risk losing. Features: The features of the game comprised of two paddles that were later divided into eight segments to change the ball's angle of return. The center segments return the ball a 90 degrees angle in relation to the paddle while the outer segments returned the ball at smaller angles. Content: The contents of the game consisted of two paddles and a ball, a borderline that represented each player's playing field, and a scoreboard. It also had sound effects simulating the hitting...
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...The nominal cost of gaming, the cost that we go to the store and pay for a console and a game, is where we start. Let's break this down and talk about consoles first then end with game prices. The first ever game console was the Magnavox Odyssey released in 1972 for $75. The console came with all the games loaded onto it so buying other games does not affect the cost of gaming in 1972. To effectively compare this cost to today we must find how much $75 in 1972 is worth today. A simple equation 1972 Price 2015 CPI 1972 CPI=2015 Price is how we get there. So looking up the average consumer price index for 1972 through government charts we find 41.8, and 237.0343 for 2015. This is from a base year chained; 1982-1984 = a cpi of 100. With...
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...Beer pong has been the main attraction at most social events in my young college life. There have been some pretty well put together tournaments, and there have been some that had gone terribly wrong. Beer pong is when two opposing teams line up six cups of beer across from each other on a six to eight foot table. The players then take turns trying to throw a small ball in the opposing teams’ cups. Each ball that lands in a cup results in the player or team drinking that beer. The first team that runs out of cups of beer on their side of the table will not only have lost the game but they will also have to drink the remaining beers of their opponents. The winning team can either stop playing or continue to play the next team in line. Now I will go over the step by step process on how to successfully throw a beer pong competition. The step by step process to effectively host a beer pong competition are having a venue set up for the event, having multiple beer pong tables and gear for the games, creating a list of people that may be interested and inviting them, and having, of course, enough beer to last the entire competition. The venue or location for the competition is very important. You want to make sure that there will be plenty of room for the tables and extra space for bystanders and other partiers. Halls or banquet rooms are perfect for hosting these events. Calling the owner of the establishment for permission in renting the room is the first step. The next step would...
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...I. Introduction: This is a game where many people enjoy specially during party wherein many people join which includes alcoholic beverages. But here, we made it more exciting and more allowable for students in school. Inspired by the game “Beer Pong,” but the difference is, this is more exciting and more challenging, because this is an outdoor activity. Just to make it short, this is really a giant beer pong. Instead of using beer, colored water will be used. Since all white attire is required, we can sell them white t-shirts for a reasonable price. II. Overview A. Mechanics * Played by 2 teams. Each team has 4 players. Each team begins the game by standing before the water drums and throwing the ball towards opponent’s drum. * Each player must wear white from top to bottom. Must wear only slippers not shoes. * Water drums will be half-filled by colored water. * Arrange the water drums into a 10-drum triangle at each team’s side. * Determine which team goes first by tossing a coin. * Throw the balls into the drums. The goal is to shoot 2 balls in the drum on each turn. Each ball must not bounce, if it bounces, opponent can block or catch the ball from getting in the drum. * At the end of a turn, each drum containing a ball will be poured on the opponent. Get wet with colored water on each drum. * A ball that lands in a drum is worth one drum. * A bounced ball that lands in a drum is worth two drums. * If a team throws two balls...
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...OFFICIAL BEER PONG RULES Starting: Each team will shoot on the count of three while looking each other in the eye. If the player from one team makes his cup and the player from the other doesn't, the next player on the first team will shoot. If they both make or miss, the next shooters on each team will shoot in the same fashion. This continues until the outcomes are different. Turns: Each team shoots twice per turn. If both players make their shots, the balls are returned and receive an extra turn. If you and your teammate make the same cup during the same turn, then remove the made cup and two additional cups of the opposing team’s choice. Shooting: The ball can be thrown or bounced into the cup. Your elbow may not be allowed to cross the end of the table while shooting. Sinking Cups: A cup is sunk as soon as the ball touches the contents of the cup. If a ball is spinning in the cup you may attempt to blow it out before it touches the cups contents. (Warning: If the ball touches the contents and then you blow it out and it lands in another cup, both cups are considered sunk). If a team shoots and hit the other team's cup the team who had the cup that was sunk drinks the contents. Team members alternate drinking cups. If a person shooting knocks over the other teams cup unintentionally, the cup is considered sunk. If you knock over one of your own cups, it is considered sunk. Game Ending Situations: Note: redemption round means last turn by the team on the verge...
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...may think. The article shows how baby’s brains are unique and subject to learn. Based on new scientific techniques, studies have shown that even young infants are capable of understanding about objects, languages, and sounds. In previous years researchers belived that babies were incoherent and individualistic. Recent research has shown that Babies are able to gather intelligence through experinces and use the new intelligence to make a decision. Studies show young children grasp the world around them similarly to scientists. Babies are able to attempt exercises and analyze statistics forming hypothesis to report experiences. By the age of three or four children have a basic concept about biology, genetics, and illnesses. Scientists have discovered that babies have an exceptional capability to learn from statistical patterns. Babies have also found to be able to comprehend between a statistical sample and a population. Learning statistical patterns is the first step in scientific discovery. What scientists have found even more remarkable is that children are able to take this statistical data and make interpretations about the world around them. This discovery also shows how young children have the capability to make reasonable decisions based on statistical data. It is important to keep in mind that children are not aware that they are able to conduct experiments and statistical data, however, it is important that the child’s brain is able to...
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...Marc Prensky Digital Natives Digital Immigrants ©2001 Marc Prensky _____________________________________________________________________________ Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants By Marc Prensky From On the Horizon (NCB University Press, Vol. 9 No. 5, October 2001) © 2001 Marc Prensky It is amazing to me how in all the hoopla and debate these days about the decline of education in the US we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Today’s students have not just changed incrementally from those of the past, nor simply changed their slang, clothes, body adornments, or styles, as has happened between generations previously. A really big discontinuity has taken place. One might even call it a “singularity” – an event which changes things so fundamentally that there is absolutely no going back. This so-called “singularity” is the arrival and rapid dissemination of digital technology in the last decades of the 20th century. Today’s students – K through college – represent the first generations to grow up with this new technology. They have spent their entire lives surrounded by and using computers, videogames, digital music players, video cams, cell phones, and all the other toys and tools of the digital age. Today’s average college grads have spent less than 5,000 hours of their lives reading, but over 10,000 hours playing video games (not to mention...
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...Psych 100, Notes Sept. 6, 2012 History and Perspectives * Definitions of Psychology * The science of mental life (William James, 1890) * “The study of human or animal behaviour” (Webster’s Dictionary 1988) * “The scientific study of behavior and mind” “The scientific study of behaviour and its causes” (Passer & Smith) * Roots of the Word * Psyche – Greek for soul * Logos – Greek for the study of a subject * Related Fields * Philosophy * Rene Decartes (1595-1650) Dualism (interactionism) * Body is physical entity * Mind is nonphysical entity * Mind and body are separate, distinct entities involved in the production of behaviour * Pineal gland (Used for mind and body to communicate) * Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) * Materialism – position that since nothing exists other than matter and energy the concept of soul is meaningless * Form of monism * Empiricism (Position that all human knowledge and thought are derived from sensory experience * Branch of Biology concerned with the scientific study of how living organisms function (Muller, Helmholtz, Fechner) * Birth of Psychology * Wilhelm Wundt * Established first independent psychology lab at university of Leipzig 1879 (birth of psychology) * Established first psychology journal 1881 * Studied consciousness (one’s awareness...
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...Biopsychology The brain is the control centre for the body and it sits in the skull at the top of the spinal chord. The brain is so complex that doctors and scientists still don’t know what some parts do. The brain is made up of different sections consisting of the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes. Memory Part of the brain that is responsible for memory is also known as the hippocampus, it is located within the temporal lobes, adjacent to the amygdale. The hippocampus is involved in memory forming, organizing and storing information. It is particularly important in storing new memories and connecting emotions and senses, such as smell and sound to, memories. A case study of H.M. (1953) highlights how important the function of the hippocampus is. H.M. was a man who suffered from epilepsy who had surgery to remove the hippocampus to prevent his severe symptoms. After his operation he suffered from major memory loss, which then went on to cause an inability to transfer new information into his long term memory. This resulted in the realisation that the removal of the hippocampus can have detrimental effects on the brains memory. Language and speech The Boca’s area is one of the main areas of the brain which is responsible for producing language. It is located in the lower portion of the left frontal lobe and was discovered by French neurosurgeon Paul Broca .He realised that people who had language difficulties often had damage to this area of the brain. This part of...
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...numerous ways in studying methods of the brain. It ranges from electrical and chemical stimulation, recordings of the electrical activity from the brain, scanning and imaging techniques, and so on. The effects of electrical and chemical stimulation take place within different places in the brain that selectively affect specific psychological processes as well as psychologically active medications; anesthetics and recreational drugs). These selectively affect different mental processes because they act on the brain in different brain systems. Small amounts of psychologically active chemicals can be injected into small parts of the brain. These experimental ways have helped identify the location and function of brain systems that carry out the effects of these chemicals. Through electrical stimulation, we can only stimulate the desired part of the brain. The advances in technology have made it possible to study the internal work of the brain without having to cut into an individual’s skull. The brain scanning is the mechanical and electrical measurements of the specific activates of the brain. One example I am familiar with of a scanning technique is the MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging. It uses a magnetic field in which the individual’s head is put in place. The radio waves aimed in the brain cause certain atoms within the brain to emit signals which the computer picks up. These studying techniques can distinguish between closely related brain structures. There are a variety of...
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...of the mind and body, have attempted to explain the apparent interaction between the mind and body, whilst setting up objects to the theories. I will conclude that Cartesian dualism is the most plausible theory of mind, as it is the most conceivable and argues the mind-body interaction that seems to exist, actually does. I will define a mind by defining those things that have minds as contain a mind are capable of self-directed motion and which have mental states - cognitive, conative and affective states- such as beliefs and desires and sensations. Therefore something that has these qualities has a mind in which mental states are contained. Dualists argue that the mind is not physical and does not have physical mental states, such as brain states, but rather that it is a non-physical entity, entirely separate from the body, and sharing no properties of physical matter such as mass or location. They also maintain "there is something about consciousness that eludes the explanatory apparatus of physical science " and therefore needs further...
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