WHAT IS Robotics

 

WIRED HANDS - A Brief Look at Robotics NEWSCIENCE 

 

Two years ago, the Chrysler corporation completely gutted its Windsor, Ontario, car assembly plant and within six weeks had installed an entirely new factory inside the building. It was a marvel of engineering. When it came time to go to work, a whole new work force marched onto the assembly line. There on opening day was a crew of 150 industrial robots. Industrial robots don't look anything like the androids from sci-fi books and movies. They don't act like the evil Daleks or a fusspot C-3P0. If anything, the industrial robots toiling on the Chrysler line resemble elegant swans or baby brontosauruses with their fat, squat bodies, long arched necks and small heads. An industrial robot is essentially a long manipulator arm that holds tools such as welding guns or motorized screwdrivers or grippers for picking up objects. The robots 

History Of Data Bases

 

Brief History Of Data Bases

In the 1960's, the use of main frame computers became widespread in many companies. To access vast amounts of stored information, these companies started to use computer programs like COBOL and FORTRAN. Data accessibility and data sharing soon became an important feature because of the large amount of information recquired by different departments within certain companies. With this system, each application owns its own data files. The problems thus associated with this type of file processing was uncontrolled redundancy, inconsistent data, inflexibility, poor enforcement of standards, and low programmer maintenance. 

2000 BUG, 2000 PROBLEM

Fiction, Fantasy, and Fact:

"The Mad Scramble for the Elusive Silver Bullet . . . and the Clock Ticks Away."

Wayne Anderson

November 7, 1996

The year 2000 is practically around the corner, promising a new era of greatness and

wonder . . . as long as you don't own a computer or work with one. The year 2000 is bringing a

Pandora's Box of gifts to the computer world, and the latch is slowly coming undone.

The year 2000 bug is not really a "bug" or "virus," but is more a computer industry

mistake. Many of the PC's, mainframes, and software out there are not designed or

programmed to compute a future year ending in double zeros. This is going to be a costly "fix"

for the industry to absorb. In fact, Mike Elgan who is the editor of Windows Magazine, says " . .

. the problem could cost businesses a total of $600 billion to remedy." (p. 1) 

We have an environmental crisis because we have a people crisis

"We have an environmental crisis because we have a people crisis - a crisis of population growth, of wasteful consumption of resources, and a crisis of apathy and inaction."

An environmental crisis is an emergency concerned with the place in which every human lives - the environment. A people crisis is an emergency with the community that inhabits the world environment. A crisis of population growth is a turning point where the environment can no longer sustain the amounts of people which it contains. A crisis of apathy and inaction is one where the human race cannot be motivated to solve the problems with the environment that they themselves have created.

The claim that we have an environmental crisis because we have a people crisis is valid 

What I understand from term "development"

What I understand from term "development"

From what I understand from the term, a developed country, it is the
dividing line between an advanced country and  a developing country. It is
generally based on per capita income. Those with per capita incomes of less
than one fifth of the level of those in the US are considered 'undeveloped'.
   The definition is very similar to explanation of wealth and poverty. It
also suggests the balance of power between the two countries which are at
different stages of development.

World Demographic Development and Food Supply Essay

1.) The Neolithic and Industrial Revolutions

The two changes in the use of the earth's resources that had the greatest effect on the world population were

the neolithic and the industrial revolutions.

The neolithic revolution (a.k.a. agricultural revolution) was a change in the way of life of our ancestors. It

took place about 8000 years ago among various tribes in Asia and the Middle East. It included a transition

from foraging and hunting to the domestication of animals (most probably starting with the dog) and to

farming. Tribes settled in fertile areas and formed agricultural communities many of which grew into villages

and cities. This relatively stable way of life and the more reliable food supply (and surplus) led to the 

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