...Using Mobile Phones While Driving As a Social Problem Name Institutional affiliation Date The issue of use of mobile phones while driving has become one of the leading causes of road accidents. With the latest advancements in technology, mobile phones have become commonplace and everyone seems to be amused by the fact that they can reach the world at the comfort of their palms. However, the use of mobile phones while driving has been one of the downsides of the technological advancements in as far as mobile phones are concerned. The current task describes the use of mobile phones while driving as one of the major social problems that need to be addressed. The drivers are also not left out among the people who are affected the use of phones while driving since when an accident occurs, they also get hurt or possibly lose their life, an occurrence that they could have prevented by not using a mobile phone while driving. How many people does the issue affect and in what ways? There is a wide range of people who are affected by the use of mobile phone by drivers while they are driving. The passengers are among the first people who are affected by the use of mobile phones while driving. When a driver is using a mobile phone while driving, chances are that their attention is divided and that they might not make the correct judgments while overtaking, breaking, or increasing their speed; factors that predispose the driver to causing an accident. When an accident...
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...Distracted Driving Driving is a big responsibility on the road ways, “Each year, more than 100,000 crashes result in injury and death involve texting drivers”, (Overton, et al). Distracted driving, such as texting while behind the wheel, is a recurring issue within the United States. Distractions are anything that requires drivers to take their eyes off the road or hands off the wheel. Not everyone drives responsibly, and accidents can happen no matter how experienced the drivers are behind the wheel. Abiding by the rules and regulations are all based upon the driver and also based on the passengers to warn the driver to not drive distracted. Although people argue that laws currently in place are sufficient, distracted driving causes death and injuries, so stricter laws and new technology in cars that monitor device usage are necessary in order to reduce the number of accidents caused by distracted drivers....
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...Globalization is defined as “the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy” (Hill, 2009, p. 6). There are different aspects involving globalization. One primary facet includes the globalization of markets that merges “historically distinct and separate national markets into one huge global marketplace” is classified as the globalization of markets (Hill, 2009, p. 6). The advancement of technology has increased international communication, resulting in the fall of national barriers, and the escalation of cross-border trade. Consumer preferences are crossing international borders and cultures enhancing global market trade. Products such as Coca-Cola soft drinks, McDonald’s hamburgers, and Sony PlayStation games are examples of the success of global market creation. Another primary aspect of globalization is the globalization of production. This process includes “the sourcing of goods and services from locations around the globe to take advantage of national differences in the cost and quality of factors of production (such as labor, energy, land, and capital)” (Hill, 2009, p. 7). Globalizing production allows businesses to compete more effectively, resulting in higher product quality and lower overall costs. There are quite a few traditional international trade theories that support the concept of globalization. One is Adam Smith’s theory of absolute advantage proposed in 1776. Smith’s theory explained “why unrestricted free trade is beneficial to a country”...
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...\Technology is evolving and changing everyday. Since the technological revolution, electricity has been necessary for survival. People feel intimidated or frightened when they could be fired because of new technology. These people are invariably mistaken. New jobs are formed every day to replace the old jobs. Furthermore, new technology will never replace the entire job market. At this moment, technology can not replicate the thought process of humans, but the technology is approaching. A computer pioneer, Alan Turing, from the 1950s declared that, “One day there would be a machine that could duplicate human intelligence in every way and prove it by passing a specialized test” (“Artificial Intelligence (AI)”). As a matter of fact, Alan Turing right now, is incorrect, artificial intelligence can...
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...one cannot enter a café or walk down the street without seeing someone talking, texting, or surfing the Internet on their cell phones, laptops or tablet PC. Information Technology (IT) is changing every aspect of how people live their lives. Technological advancement and IT development are the technological driving force for economic globalization. Over the past few decades advancements in information technology have had a marvelous effect on the global landscape.The argument will be presented, that innovation in information technology has been a major driving force behind globalization and that information technology has now become a key component of a corporation’s global business strategy.With the development of science and technology and increase of income level, industrial structures of all the countries have been also undergoing readjustment and upgrading. In recent years, developed countries in the west are gradually entering the era of knowledge economy and have started to shift to developing countries many labor-intensive industries of weak international competitiveness. This process of cross-country shift is pushing forward an in-depth development of economic globalization Technology shaped and set the foundation for modern globalization like innovations in the transportation technology such as commercial jet aircraft and the concept of containerization in the late 1970s and 1980s. Inventions of microprocessors and telecommunications enabled highly effective...
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...knows the answer for sure. Advancement and innovation is leading to a phase that we are slowly letting machines take over the job we are not so willing to do, or in other words are machines more reliable and efficient than humans? Research shows that 9 out of 10 people are not comfortable letting the technology take their hands off the wheels. It is certain that population is never comfortable to an emerging revolution. We have come so far in 500 years when we use to think Earth was flat. Then the idea of Earth being round was unacceptable and punishable. May be after many years we will back and think same for people who did not accept the idea of letting go the wheels on the hands of machines. This might be the beginning of technological revolution when people start gaining confidence on the machines. We are currently using automotive technology and relying on it; For example airplanes are automated and they fly themselves but we are very comfortable with that so far (Langewiesche, 2014). Many car companies like Audi, Volvo and BMW has successfully demonstrated that we can completely rely on the automated vehicles. Automated driving is just the part of what has been invented. Honda, Nissan and most of the car now provides lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring. According to the web article by Chuck Tannert, Audi, Volvo, Mercedes is rated as A+ when it comes to the most comprehensive list of driving assistance. Some of the examples of the driving assistance software that...
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...It distracts us all the time, in the classroom, on the road and during everyday life interactions. Although it is hard to argue that the advancements of technology can be bad there is proof that it has distracted people from the simple things in life that are necessities to focus on. In todays society text messaging is the most common way of getting in touch with people, however cellphones are becoming a major distraction. Texting has become so severe that people would rather sit on their phones and talk to certain people then talk to the actual people they are with. Everyday I notice a peer texting during class, they become glued to their phone and are not aware of the conversation happening around them. All over Plymouth and all other college campuses students are constantly distracted by texting in the class room. As texting becomes more common so does texting and driving, which “caused around 1.3 million crashes in 2011”(text statistics). and has significantly increased since then. It should be common courtesy to keep your phone away while driving to protect others, however millions of people are doing it every day because they are addicted. The constant use of cellphones in todays society continues to increase and with that phones have taken over the classroom and the road. Most teenagers these days have “Smart Phones” which are phones that are able to access the internet, play games, text, and take photos. The most common smartphone’s on the market are the Iphone and the...
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...The Emerging Technology of Autonomous Cars Name Institution The Emerging Technology of Autonomous Cars Introduction The autonomous car is a new and emerging technology that is transforming sedans in the automobile industry. An automatic car possesses the ability to change lanes automatically as it drives itself on the highway. There are car models such as Cadillac and Model S that possess the vehicle-to-vehicle technology with hands-off driving abilities. Such a driverless chauffeuring technology may seem an affront to those who love driving though technology is progressive and irrepressible. Since it is technology-oriented, it sparks mixed reactions among the car users on whether it is implementable or not and the challenges that accompany it. The Emerging Technology of Autonomous Cars The emergent of the autonomous cars in the automobile industry sparks mixed reactions among car users today. Some technology enthusiasts seem to welcome the idea as their ardent counterparts who love driving express skepticism. Autonomous cars have a number of benefits such as steer-by-wire, lane keeping, adaptive cruise control, and stability control. The cars can communicate with each other using vehicle-to-vehicle technology and with the infrastructure. With this technology, individuals who cannot drive will have a way to be mobile. Because of improved technology, many lives that perish on roads due to rampant...
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...Distracted Driving There are several ways people are distracted while driving but the most common reason is handheld cellular devices. Cellular telephones have been around for several years now and have evolved so much in the past few. Some of the first cellular phones only had the ability to make phone calls. Modern cell phones are personal computers that a person can hold in his/her hand. A person can read his/her e-mail, surf the web, send text messages, play games, and still make phone calls. The problem is people are using these handheld devices while driving, which is causing big distractions. Using a handheld device while driving is dangerous. Unfortunately there is no immediate solution to the problem of using handheld devices while driving (“Transportation Business Journal,” 2010). There are several levels of government that are making it illegal to use handheld devices while a person is driving through the area that they govern. Last year President Obama signed an executive order prohibiting texting while driving for federal employees. It is hard to enforce the laws because people are finding ways to hide that they are using the handheld device while driving. A lot of time law enforcement doesn’t know that a handheld device was being used until they investigate an accident (“Transportation Business Journal,” 2010). At this time there is no cost effective way to solve the problem. Studies have shown that using handheld devices while driving is a problem...
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...article on how they misuse the new technology. In the Kiki essay she was posting pictures of herself online and no one really knew who it was, until some people hacked into her page. Even when she was posting pictures and video of herself which made people comment nasty things talking about her. If those people that comment mean things talking about her where not just a profile and was someone face to face we usually wouldn't say things like that. Also in the Vanderbilt’s essay he talks about the road rage and the different types of communication while driving. Many people while driving get very upset with other drivers if they need to be somewhere quickly, or even if the person is driving slower then they want to drive, which cause the person that is behind the person that is going slow to speed up and cut them off. I have seen a lot of incidents where people cut someone off and they want to get pay back on they so they try to cut them off back, then it turns into an accident. Citizens do not understand how dangerous cars and truck are when we are behind the wheel, they can hurt someone very badly plus even kill them. We as people need to understand that our ethical compilations need to help us from being cyborgs, to understand that we have to live our own life without having to use all the new technology. People today are totally cyborgs we use technology in everything we do. We hardly do this that does not consist of new technology advancements. Whenever, people have questions...
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...Google Self-Driving Car Pranaw Kumar 500639475 MB8103 Submitted to Dr. Dale Carl 2nd October 2014 Ryerson University Toronto, Ontario, 2014 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Macro Environmental Analysis 5 PESTEL 5 Political 5 Economic 5 Social 5 Technological 6 Environmental 6 Legal 6 Summary 7 Micro Environmental Analysis 7 Porter’s Five Forces 7 Bargaining Power of supplier 7 Threat of substitutes 8 Bargaining power of customers 8 Threat of New entrants 8 Competitive rivalry 8 Summary 9 Conclusion 10 References 11 Executive Summary With continuous change in technology there is always continuous advancement in life style, and Google Self-drive car is going to be one of the biggest changes among them. This type of autonomous system always leaves long and prominent impact on the society and the environment. The whole world is moving towards more and more robotic systems where people just provide voice command or just a program and robotic system does the task automatically. This car can be a stepping stone towards such autonomous enhancement. There are many big players in auto industry who are trying to come into this futuristic field like BMW, Mercedes, Audi and many more, however Google’s self drive car stands apart in terms of completely autonomous car ‘no human interference’. This actually has some implication where human psychology interferes. Human by nature tries to keep control in their...
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...have come a long way. We’ve went from the original ford car to cars with four wheel drive to self driving cars. Cars have changed tremendously since the first car and there only changing more. All of us have heard of or seen the alleged self driving cars on tv or the news and most of us are intrigued and wonder what they have to bring. Most of us tend to skip the risk that come with the computer driven cars, the possibility of flaw can go right over our heads when we are sucked into this new fancy never before seen technology. Not to say there is not upsides that these cars have to offer as well. The cars we have come to know now a days have always been made by the car companies we have all come to know and love like ford, dodge, chevy, and nissan. It is not often we hear of another company making cars but that's no longer the case. With the technology being put in to...
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...Introduction This white paper discusses which technological advance will most influence future conflicts, specifically Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as Drones. I will provide a brief overview of drone existence; illustrate the driving forces for the development of advanced drone technologies, and how drones will shape future conflicts. Overview During the early years of drone development 1. What they are and what they were built for 2. First drones introduced as we know them today 3. Current uses by U.S. military and adversaries (use of COTS) Transition: Drones must evolve to stay ahead of adversaries. Driving force 1. Ever changing threats 2. Outdated sensors 3. The need for more capabilities and platforms Transition:...
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...How technology has made life more difficult? Technology everyone loves it everyone uses it but at what cost? In my opinion we have sacrificed a lot just to use technology. Technology has made life easier to an extent but at same time it has made some people too dependent on it. Life is only going to get more difficult with technology advancing the way it is. How technology makes life more difficult? With all of our advancement in technology things are getting more simplified to the point of difficulty. For example eBooks they are more difficult to use n read while doing your school work, but at the same time it’s cheaper and more available for students. Another good example of how technology has made things difficult is with the gps systems. The new advancements in gps makes some people think without it they couldn’t go anywhere without getting lost. How much is too much for technology? I got a lot of information from news articles. There are only few you will need to know are gps, and eBook. Gps is a graphical position system used to add a destination and find routes to it or just to know where you currently are. EBooks are the new way most students are having to get the books called an electronic book. There are no other key definitions needed for this paper. I have tried to find someone articles with good rebuttals. But most people seem to agree with my position on this paper that technology does in fact make life more difficult some times. We just keep finding ways to...
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...THE INFLUENCE OF DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS ON NEW AND EXISTING BUSINESS MODELS. Introduction A disruptive innovation can be simply referred to as the application of technological advancement, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or status quo product in the market. Disruptive innovations are innovations that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network (over a few years or decades), displacing an earlier technology. The term is used in business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways that the market does not expect, typically first by designing for a different set of consumers in a new market and later by lowering prices in the existing market. Some examples of disruptive innovations include: telephones replacing telegraphs, cell phones replacing land lines, digital photography replacing films etc In today’s complex, dynamic business world, having a disruptive innovation capability is mandatory, both for growing a business and protecting existing markets. But leading disruptive innovation requires new mindsets and behaviors, for leaders themselves and for the organizations that develop them. Disruptive Innovation is not a break through innovation that makes good products a lot better; it transforms a products that is expensive and complicated as such only few people with a lot of money could afford it. Disruptive Innovation...
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