...in.’ While you may dismiss this as just another trivial pop song, it nevertheless captures the modern reality that technological knowledge has not just enabled Man to meet his needs, but to master and manipulate the world around him for his own benefit. While many traditionalists may criticize these radical new uses of technology as pursuing selfish personal improvements, many urbanites would find these necessary for their advancement in society. In my opinion, the various forms of technology have become imperative in addressing our needs more than our desires. First and foremost, it is crucial to acknowledge that modern technology has addressed our most basic need for sustenance – food and water. Throughout history, scientific and technological advances have greatly impacted the agriculture industry. Scientists and researches have been at work to address the issue of scarcity of food and it is genetic modification that has allowed us to improve crop varieties by adding genes from other species. One successful application is the development of a corn hybrid, Bt corn, that is resistant to certain insect pests because of the addition of a gene from a natural soil bacterium. As a staple in the diets of both livestock and humans alike, the arrival of Bt corn in 1996 was very significant because it promised better production yield and easier harvests. Water purification technologies like Reverse Osmosis (RO) have also enabled Man to optimize the usage of scarce resources that...
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...In today’s society modern technology has helped us live longer, healthier, cleaner, and more comfortable lives than our ancestors did. Yet we are all aware of some technologies disadvantages, ranging from the minor frustrations we have with technology gadgets to the thousands of lives lost from automobile accidents. Technology has changed the way we as humans live; it changes our understanding of the way things work and changes the way we interact with one another. In science, our goal is to get further and understand everything there is to understand about our earth and our capabilities with technology. But the way we are viewing technology now these days is making our life more efficient for us. When you look around what do you see? You see certain individuals walking around with a phone up to their ear, holding laptop cases, or just listening to music from their Ipod. From a Christian perspective, technology must be judged for its value in realizing the good and fulfilling the moral lessons that Jesus taught. When it comes to people, technology is important in providing food, clothing, shelter and supplies. Through technology random helpful people were able to send books to Africa to support a school ran by the Peace Corps by airplanes. Church’s sent much needed food and clothing to Haiti after the earthquake on airplanes and ships. Also many people went to help after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. People were able to use technology to contact loved ones either by phone...
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...Water and Environment Technology Modern Issues INTRODUCTION This paper is to give you idea on the formatting of a manuscript for Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET). MATERIALS AND METHODS Preparation of electronic versions Articles should be provided in electronic form through the online submission site < http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jwet >. This will help us to publish your article rapidly with fewer errors, and enable your article's inclusion in electronic archives. A sample paper is available from JSWE website. Authors should follow the format of the sample paper. We can accept most of the popular word-processing packages in PC or Macintosh formats; however, MS Word is recommended. Authors should not add their own macros. Please only supply the final version of your file (with no hidden text) so as to avoid any risk of old versions of the text being used in error. Uploaded files are converted to a single PDF file at the submission website. You must confirm the PDF proof to complete your submission. The upper limit of manuscript length is 16 pages in the format of the sample paper provided on JSWE website. Table 1 - Conservation and Creation of Clean Water Environment. SHAPE \* MERGEFORMAT Nomenclature and Units Please take care that all terminology and notation used will be widely understood. Abbreviations and acronyms should be spelled out in full at their first occurrence in the text. SI units are strongly recommended...
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...world evolves, the technology is also evolving and we can’t deny the fact that it is happening also to education. One of the examples is the modern technologies used by some of the teachers as their instructional materials. (Richards) Before, children were taught in a rigid and stereotyped way. Teachers used authentic or created materials as their tool in teaching the learners. Nowadays, there are lots of instructional materials to be used in teaching. There are new trends on language teaching and this is by the use of modern technology as their instructional material. These instructional materials include laptops, LCD projector, speech laboratory, power point presentation, tablets, etc. By the use of it, learners can relate to their discussion. Instructional materials serves as the basis for match of the language input learners and the language practice that occurs in the classroom. They can provide a detailed specification of content, even in the absence of the syllabus (Richards and Rodgers, 1986). It is an important element within the curriculum and their often tangible and visible aspect of it (Nunan, 1991). Technology has become an integral part of higher education instruction with the increased use of technology; instructional resources like the textbooks are slowly making their way into the higher education system. The use of technology is still increasing although main acceptance influences the user’s attitude towards the use of instructional technology. Its environment...
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...Modern technology these days is widening dynamically and it is ultimately causing the introduction of different areas of your financial system. In recent years the mushrooming functionality and ubiquity of computers and the Internet have outstripped early forecasts about technology’s rate of advancement and usefulness in everyday life. Products of advanced technology are generating everyday life amazingly less difficult and also have began overtaking distinctive steps performed by human beings.Especially the highly amazing gadgets that are getting smarter than humans. First and foremost,based on my article we must mark that the year 2029 in our diary that the day at it is when the artificial intelligence will finally be smarter than humans,...
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...Modern technology has changed our ways of communicate In ancient times, horses were used as a public transport in the use of post letters which can help people to keep in touch with friends and family members, it’s not so convenience because of the long time cost. As a result, many new technologies were invented in the following years. These modern technologies not only have been changing humans lives but also have been bringing many new issues. So that, it’s important to know how our ways of communicate has changed by these modern technologies and to know both the positive and negative effects have be given. This essay will discuss about modern technologies’ effectives then find out whether they’re more positive or more negative. Frist of all, communication ways After that, these modern technologies make our society run in a high speed and give the condition to create more and more new technology. The most important element for businessmen is efficiency which allows them to deal with a case in a short time and create more wealth. A research was made in china about public transport, the experts found that the faster speed these public transport have, the more economic income will be created refer to the information given by these researchers in Shanghai.3 On the other hand, modern technology also has harm effects of communicate manner and lead to a shortage at social society. We used to learn social manners and polite ways of speaking, however, these things seem disappeared...
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...Technology, while integral to our modern, everyday lives, has not always been where it is. Technology in prehistoric times was nothing more than simple torches or sharpened rock bound to sticks, and a future with encyclopaedias that fit in our pocket or the ability to travel the world in a matter of days was inconceivable, and the visionaries who dreamed of these things were simply written off as mad in such times. While the unified ‘We’ featured in Anthem is hardly as primeval, they are still far from even our present and even farther from other fictional futures, as their ‘perfect and equal’ system has slowed any progress to a dreadful crawl. The design of this society inherently hinders technological progression, and is decades behind the present in terms of technological ability and eons behind the capabilities of other imaginary dystopian worlds. Any sort of advance for humanity, beneficial or otherwise, is strictly forbidden as long as it is the effort of a lone man. An invention, the creation of which must be overseen by many for it not to be considered a cardinal sin, must go through an egregiously sluggish process in which every ranking leader in the world must approve of the invention. After...
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...meaning of science and technology is viewed in different ways. In its broad term technology is dealing with the use and knowledge of humanity’s tools and crafts. It is also a knowledge of using tools and machines to do tasks efficiently. We often use technology to control the world in which we live and it is developed to extend human capabilities. Technology is an innovation, change, or modification of the natural environment to satisfy perceived human needs and wants. we can also view technology in four aspects. First, technology is defined as technics which refer to material products of human making or fabrication. It refers to all material artifacts produced by a person or group in society. Second, technology is viewed as a technology which refers to the complex of knowledge, methods, materials and constituent parts used in making certain kind of technic. it means that not only one technology is use in making a certain kind of technic. technology is also a form of human cultural activity so it is viewed as a distinctive form of human practice like other proffesions which is pratice by technologists like mechanists and engineers. Lastly, technology as a total societal enterprise is the complex of knowledge, people, skills, organizations, facilities, technichs, physical resources, methods,and technologies that taken together and in relationship to one another are devoted to the research, development, production, and operation of technics. in this sense technology is viewed as a whole...
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...“A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO STUDENTS” A Research Paper Submitted to: Professor Rhona Theresa S. Sambrano, M.A.T School of Medical Laboratory Science Far Eastern University Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation In Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for English 2 Albarico, Karl Marco S. Lim, Patrick Joseph C. March 2016 APPROVAL SHEET The research paper entitled “A STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY”; prepared and submitted by Patrick Joseph C. Lim and Karl Marco S. Albarico, in partial fulfilment for the requirements in English II has been examined and is recommended for approval and acceptance. _________________________________________ Rhona Theresa S. Sambrano, M.A.T Professor and Research Adviser ______________________ Date Accepted and approved in partial fulfilment of the requirements of English II with the grade of __________ on March _____, 2016. _________________________________________ Rhona Theresa S. Sambrano, M.A.T Professor and Research Adviser ______________________ Date ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The researcher’s would like first, to express their gratitude to our English 2 Professor in second semester, MS. Rhona Theresa S. Sambrano for her continuous support to our thesis study and related research. Her Guidance helped us in all the time of our research and writing of this thesis. We could not have imagined having a very kind English professor that helped us to finish this thesis study. ...
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...What Does it Mean to be Human in an Age of Modern Technology? What does it mean to be human in the age of modern technology? Many feel that technology is only a useful tool and has not changed what it means to be human. Others argue that today’s technological advances have become so rapid, sophisticated and ingrained in daily life it is taking away from the interest, welfare and humanistic nature of our society. Most all do agree that technology has certainly played a role in humanity’s social and behavioral progress throughout history. However, to what extent technology really drives the development of our social and behavioral changes can elicit a heated discussion. Humans are driven, curious creatures that seek to solve problems and have a need for social interactions. As well they desire some form of system of belief (though not necessarily religious in nature) and aspire to be part of something collective or feel a sense of purpose to life. Countless studies provide that human behavior arises out of the interaction between individuals and their environment. Although environments do influence human behavior, many contend the basic tenets of humanity such as compassion, the need to have connected relationships and the desire to improve upon our lives have not changed in the face of technology. However, it is clear that human attitudes and expectations today are certainly very different than even several generations ago. Much of which, is a direct result of technological...
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...Assignment : 1. Welga –Strike group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; a. boykoteo- boycott Ang boykot o boykoteo (Ingles: boycott, Kastila: boicot) ay ang pagtanggi ng pangkat na pangnegosyo o panlipunan na makipagkasundo sa isang indibiduwal, samahan o organisasyon, o bansa upang magpakita ng hindi pagsang-ayon o upang pilitin ang pagtanggap ng kagustuhan o pangangailangan. Ginagamit ito ng samahang manggagawa laban sa mga nagpapatrabaho na itinuturing ng samahan bilang hindi makatarungan at kung minsan ng mga bansa para sa mga layuning pampulitika. Nagsimula ang salitang ito saIrlanda noong maltratuhin o pakitunguhan nang hindi mabuti ni Kapitan Charles Cunningham Boycott (1832-1897) ang mga nangungupahan sa kanyang estado o lupain, na nagresulta sa pagtanggi sa pakikipagkasundo ng mga nangungupahang ito sa kanya. Sa madaling sabi, ang boykot ay ang "pagtangging tumangkilik o tumulong bilang tanda ng pagtutol. b. Sitdown Strike- A sit-down strike is a form of civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers, usually employed at a factory or other centralized location, take possession of the workplace by "sitting down" at their stations, effectively preventing their employers from replacing them with strikebreakers or, in some cases, moving production to other locations. hunger strike . A voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest, as by a prisoner. A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or...
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...Emerging Technology Paper Week 5 Assignment Anthony M. Garrett BIS/221 Instructor Keith Hopkins November 23, 2015 The emerging technology that I will be discussing is the military grade smart phone. The smart phone has been around for quite a while now but has yet to be introduced for government use. The blackberry has been the phone of use for the last 10 years. This is due to the simplicity of the use as well as how inexpensive the phone is. Due to its platform it is a phone that is not and cannot be used to the capabilities needed by the war fighter. The introduction of the smart phone is going to revolutionize the administrative and mission driven military. The google platform is going to open up document formation and implementation as well as PowerPoint. You cannot forget the importance of the GPS feature as well as the ability to transfer all information from one phone to the other simply by touching the two phones together. You also must look at the storage capabilities, and the ability to wipe, or erase all information remotely in the case that the phone is compromised. Other benefits that will come from this is the picture taking and processing capabilities that is not offered by the blackberry. Needless to say the ability to use these phones will greatly out do the benefits of the blackberry. Now we will discuss the drawbacks to the smartphone as opposed to the blackberry. First off the ability to ensure that the phones are used only for work will greatly...
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...Today’s world is a global village. Everyone is connected to one another in this vast network generated by the Internet. As said by Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher of communication theory, “The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.” This electronic independence is inherently dependent upon the Internet. It illuminates the lives of thousands of people by spreading knowledge internationally, thereby making us global citizens. In the past, the communicating and free sharing of thoughts among people were restricted by long distance, nationality and/or religion. But now, even these barriers cannot stop the flow of information and knowledge. The new world of social networking allows free sharing of thoughts. Online social networks are created by websites such as Facebook, which has emerged as a giant in this social world. So how do these networks affect our education? How do they influence the lives of students? Humans are social animals. We always like to remain in some group or another, and we prefer to follow what this group does. All of our traditions and cultures are the product of this group-oriented facet of human nature. A well-known American psychologist, Abraham Maslow, stated in his “Theory of Motivation” that the social need of human beings is the third most important requirement after our physical and safety needs — the third tier in his hierarchy of needs. Even our self-esteem comes after this social dependence. This is the...
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...Cantonment, Dhaka – 1216 Subject: Submission of report on Information Technology is the most important marketing tool for Modern Business organization. Dear Sir, Here is the report you asked to submit on Computer and its application in business. We are very happy to submit this report on time to you. In this report we have tried to provide as much information as we can about Information Technology and its importance in marketing. We have done the report according to your specification. We will always be available for any supplementary interpretation or clarification that you may require. We sincerely hope that this report will live up to your expectation. Thank you for your valuable time and cordial consideration. Sincerely yours On behalf of my group Objective of the study * To understand the importance of information technology. * The business implication of IT. * IT as a modern marketing tool for modern business organization. Information technology Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Several industries are associated with information technology, including computer hardware, software, electronics, semiconductors...
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...Modern technology and communication Nowadays modern technology modifies traditional forms of knowledge and communication and promotes cognitive, social, ethical and political transformations. According to various scientists the digital era is creating an anthropological change that modifies thought processes, the relationship with reality, the ways by which human being relate with environment, with himself and others. This evolution is characterized by biotechnology that, applied to communication, creates a new interaction among people, thanks to web connections. Thus, technology provokes a change in terms of thought, language and education.1)The impact of digital era in the cultural sphere could be viewed in a pessimistic light because it promotes the phenomenon of globalization, typically associated with the destruction of cultural identities, victims of the accelerating encroachment of a homogenized, consumer culture. This view tends to interpret globalization as an extension of western cultural imperialism and to consider it as a marginalizing practice. A central issue concerns the relationship between power, media and news media. News media offer innovative modalities of communication and they can become tools of cultural and political, economical domination. For instance, Western nations impose their cultural values on popular culture. Critics of globalization call this "cultural imperialism," because the West promotes its culture as having more worth, or being more...
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