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In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author states how new technology can help students. I believe this to be true. I think it is true becasue if the Facial Action Coding System actually works then it can switch the students lesson up and help them learn.
One reason I think it will work is because as a student I personally tend to get bored and doze off and get distracted. I also know this happens to other kids because too because when i'm bored I look around the room so i see all the other students who are not paying attention. If a student were toget mad and the computer sensed this and changed up the lesson then that could get the student back into it and make them want to do the work. these computers would make it the same as having a perfect teacher there for every student.
In conclusion I think that the "Facial Action Coding System" is valuble to us and every student. I think they could really help students who struggle with being bored and just not understanding things in school. The End | 1 |
Do you believe in aliens? If so do you believe they left acients remains behind? If you do you're not the only one . About 25 years ago NASA's Viking 1 space craft was circling the planet of Mars , snapping pictures of possible landing zones for it's sister ship viking 2, when it spotted the likeness of a human face . The head was aproximatly two miles long and was staring back at the cameres from a region from Mars called Cydonia .
Mission control were suprised at first until they realised it was just another "Martian mesa". A few days later NASA unveiled the image to the public and the caption noted huge rock formation . . . which resembles a human head . . . formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth. The authors reasoned it was a great way to attract attention to Mars . The "Face on Mars " has became a pop icon it has starred in many magazines and books.
All the fame that came from the marking soon died out this was all just a natural land formation , it had nothing to do with aliens . Have you ever heard of the
Snake River Plain of Idaho , well it has the same natural formations such as Mars. Many people including you believe that aliens created it ,but there is no proof , in contrast aliens have never even been discovered so why conclude they made this natural formation.
However there is a reason why some people may believ that this is an alien making. The cameras that were used that day had trouble getting a clear image because of the cloudy weather that day. So the image is very blurred which may lead to some differnt reasoning on the "Face on Mars". NASA try their best to get better shots to prove if it was an alien artifact or not , We felt this was important to taxpayers, said Jim Garvin .
Although , this image would bring NASA biliions of dollars if it had been discovered near an ancient civilization .It was only a natural earth formation caused by natural causes , if there was an earthquake would you think aliens made that to . No , exactly because aliens do not exist as we know it. We have no proof that they exist to why conclude that they had made markings on Mars . Just to prove to conspirists like you that aliens didn't leave a marking NASA went to the same spot they took the first images and and retook them again in better weather conditions. They once again found nothing that would relate to a "martain marking".
In conclusion , the "Face On Mars" was just a natural formation. This happens in many places on earth too . Which is why you should believe that aliens didnt leave a mark on mars . What the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. | 3 |
Thomas Huang has created an software that can recongnize your emotions from an computer and I dont think its a good or bad idea. Here are some why its not valuable.
People shouldnt always know how others feel. They shouldnt have to be worried about if a computer knows there sad or not. Most students come to class to get away from there emotions so why would you bring them back up?
Although this computer could be valuable in some ways like helping your friend feel happy. As they said in the passage " it could recognize when a student is becoming confused and bored" which would get them back on track. It also modifies the lesson for you. Making it easier on the person that is on the computer.
So is the emtional expressions of students in a classroom valuable? I would have to save thats all up to you. Some people would like others knowing if they are sad or not. Personally I woud not like them knowing I was sad all the time. | 1 |
The posibilty of a face reconizing computer would be very helpful for children or even adults. Its would be helpful in a ways of satifying our needs and why showing us thing that would make going on the internet better.
I think that the face reconizing computer would be very reliable; because in the text its says " A class room computer could recognize when a student is confused or bored". And if the students is "confused and bored" then the students is not really learning anything, beacuse all children can't be taught the same way. Some children have trouble learning or its harder for those children to learn; in a result of failing grades and low participation happening in the classroom.
In my conclusion I think that face reconizing computers would the best thing for students. In way if a students were to not understand what her/she is learning in class the face reconizing computer could realize that the child doesn't understand is and give more instructions on what to do for the topic or assingment the're doing. | 1 |
The author supports the idea that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers.so therefore the author was saying its not going to easy by saying despite the dangers.The study of venus is a worthy study because you'll learn things you never knew like venus is referred as earth's twin,venus is also the closest planet to earth.In terms of density and size besides mars.venus has a thick atmosphere of 97 percent carbon dioxide which blankets venus.Venus also has challeging weather like clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid.
On venus the planets surface tempertures average anywhere from 800 degrees and up fahrenheit.The type of atmosphere the planet have's its not very suitable for spacecraft's to stay for no more than a few hours.That's why the author stated that is has dangers but its very interesting.The conditons that are on venus is far too extreme than any humans encounter on earth.So if can infer that if astronaunts went to venus they wouldn't probaly survive for long.
I don't understand why the scientist keep discussing further visits to venus surface either.Because venus is a so custom planet but like the author states in the passage.Venus is so fascinating to astronomers because it is the most earth like planet in our solar system.The author believes long ago venus probably was covered largely with oceans and could've had supported various forms of life just like earth.I can't really agree on that with the author because of the facts stated about venus.
I think that the national aeronautics and space administration aka (nasa) should overly think about sending astronauts to study venus on a blimp-like vehicles hovering.Around venus because even if all the math and calculations are right you have to think.If the astronaunt scientist can survive more than a hour or 2 will have enough time to get information about the planet.I don't quite think its a good idea cause of what if some exrosion or anything happen.while astronaunt scientist are there. | 2 |
In this story I will be telling you about how the supposed face made by aliens are actually just made by a natual landform that looked like a face.
This is how we know that it was not made by aliens if it was made by a alien then how is it decaying would they of came back to fix it. To have it stay forever or do they just not care about it anymore.
Also wouldn't it of kept it's shape for more than 25 years or do you think that is just a sequence that happens to things over time. You never know if they are more advanced then us and can keep all of their stuff in ship shape and if it was a alien it would of stay and not changed.
"Matian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." "Formed by shadows giving illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth." | 1 |
I think that driverless cars are a very bad idea for many reasons. I do not think that a vehicle moving without anyone in it is a good idea. They sound cool but they wouldn't work well at all.
Have you seen the commercials where a man has a talking car and he says something that aggrevates the car and the car locks it's doors? I think that that would probably end up happening. I think that a vehicle could have malfunctions and end up harming anyone in it because they couldn't get it to stop or get the doors open to jump out. Everyone thinks that more is always great but it isn't. A vehicle is made to be driven by a person. That's something teenagers look forward to. They can't wait to get their permit and license to drive around or go pick out their very first vehicle. No one wants a vehicle that can drive by it's self. I think that if I was a parent I wouldn't want to put my children in a vehicle that ran by itself because I'd have a constant fear that something will happen and they would get injured. Wrecks happen, how would a driverless car know when to stop if an accident had just occured seconds before? How could it stop buy itself? If their had to be a driver in there just incase something would to happen wouldn't it make since for them to just drive anyway? What if they fell asleep and the vibrating seat or the flashing lights didn't wake them up? What would happen then? I
think that we do need vehicles that take less gas and are bigger but I do not believe that we need cars that run by theirselves. Sometimes with the ways people drive an automatic car sounds like a good idea but you need to think of all the ways that it could be a wrong idea too. Many people will end up buying the car when it comes out because they wanna see what it does and everyone else will be doing it too. But I won't be one of those people. I'd rather drive all night driving somewhere than to fall asleep in my automatic car and not wake up because it stalled and I got wrapped around a tree.
The driverless car sounds more like a bad idea everytime it goes through my mind. I do not think that it is a good idea. I think that it will make auto accidents be the number one reason for deaths for a very long time. None of the things it includes is a good enough reason for someone to lose their life because their vehicle wouldn't stop on an icy road or multiple other reasons. I think that the manufacturers making these cars are just asking for lawsuits. | 2 |
Crash. That was the noise of a driverless car having a collision because its sensors did not work. With scientist creating driverless cars they are opening a new set of problems for the daily driver. There is a possiblity that it
will be hard for people to figure out who is at fault, or a driverless car could take lives do to computer problems.
When a driver less car is in a crash, who is the damage pinned on? The car or the driver? This is an issue the daily driver will have to deal with if they start putting driverless cars on the road. When we start letting driverless cars on the road it is a matter of time till one of the cars gets into a crash.
What if a driverless car kills or hits a pedestrian? The counter argument maybe that the car will not hit someone because they have sensors and cameras to not hit someone. There is a possiblity that our technology can go out or stop working and hit someone. That could cause a chain reaction of states not wanting the driverless cars in there state like California did. There is going to be flaws and glitches that need to be worked out before we can put these cars on the road.
With techonolgy advancing, scientist creating are new inventions and modernizing the old ones. Some new invertions are great, but some of them their not such great ideas. With the driverless car there is too many errors that could happen for them to be safe on the road. The cars would cause a lot of problems like it could be hard for people to figure out who is at fault, or a driverless car could take lives do to computer problems or glitches in the system. The world is not ready for driverless cars. | 2 |
Venus our sister planet, with her surface being the harshes of the other planets and her breathtaking carbon dioxide atmosphere that takes up 97%. Venus been looked at for years as the next planet to visit,as so is Mars but lets talk to her yet,Venus has been studied to know that their had been life on her before and what causes the carbon dioxide and what forces the planet to keep its posure. Venus is a really complicated planet and the thought of visiting could be harmful.
As in the 1800s devices where invisioned but not in that way,since World War 2 computers were first looked at in 1940s and the technology they had back them was even close to compare to modern day,as they were slow to load and ares was fast to load .
But think even with modern day technology,we do still fail to communicate so what if we try to vist Venus and then the connection with the commanding officer is lost and now your space floating and that their is a real danger.
So maybe going to venus is not bad idea but its an idea that won't happen but who knows, lets not see whose survives the longest.
But my conclution is why does Venus have to be the go to planet, despite all the carbon dioxide and her 800 degrees Fahrenheit. I know why we picked Venus becaouse it's the exact size of us and the 2nd closes to the sun. | 1 |
Luke Bomberger crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by Word War ll. In this passage there is a lot of good things and bad things about being Seagoing Cowboy, like what fears you have to overcome,what jobs you do, and how long you have to do it and what kind of fun they have.
To begin with,you have to be very brave to become a Seagoing Cowboy.
To become a Seagoing Cowboy you can't be scared of water or being on a boat for a long time. One day when Luke was on night watchman it was very rainy.
When he was going to make his hourly report to his captin he fell on a slippery ladder and cracked his ribs.
Next, is what jobs you do to become a Seagoing Cowboy. If you are a Seagoing Cowboy you have help a lot of people and animals.
On the way across the Atlantic Ocean, Luke's boat picked up some animals. Luke was incharge of feeding them and give them water 2 to 3 times a day. Also he had to clean up after the animals.
Last, is how long you have to be on the ship and what fun you can have.
When Luke had to cross the Atlantic Ocean it took his ship 2 weeks to get across. After the animals got unloaded, the other Seagoing Cowboys got to have some fun. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games where the animals had been housed.
Tabel-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass time.
To sum up my thoughts, being a Seagoing Cowboy isn't that bad.
In the passage there is a lot of good and bad things about Seagoing Cowboys in the fears you have to overcome, how long you have to do it and the fun you can have, and the jobs you have to do. In the future, I hope we can have more people become Seagoing Cowboys. | 2 |
The driverless car can make everybody happy. Old and young people would be happy with this car. They would love it because its feathers. Development of the driverless cars would be best to have by being safety, the date the car will be released, and how the car is designed.
One reason for the driverless cars would be the safety.The car goes the speed limit.This would make predestrians safer to cross the road or the parking lot. The cars are safer for the enverment. The car will have a lot of sensors to noteify the driver.
The second reason would be the date the car comes out. Tesle has the car coming out in 2016.Mercedes-benz has it coming out in 2020. Audi has the car coming out in 2020 also. Nissan also has it coming out in 2020.
The third reason is how the car is designed.The car comes with a heads-up display.The car also can come with in-car entertainment. The car can help you if you are lost with the information system. The display turns of when the driver needs to take over.
Would you be happy with this car? I know I would love the interior and the exterior. Everyone would love this car for what it is. A lot of the displays are still in the process. This is why I beleive this car would be good for this wolrd. | 2 |
A person emotion should be allowed on how the person wants to express them self in the way they want to and how how emotion can have an impact on how they are treated in a way. and people can right away identify how a friend or relative is feeling
By their facial expressions. people who use this cumputer can rerally benefit from it when they want to put a smile on their faces when the person feels down. how the perosn may be feeling about a lots of thing that is going threw the perosn mind at that moment and how they are going to react next. by emotion it can show a lot of a human personality in their face expression.
personality can help with emotion and how your reaction may ocur in a sitiocional life and experiencing you have might confronted. when you look in the mirror might that affct the way you show emotion in you personality. and how you force the look at look that you dont really want to show but have to anyway because they make you.
why would facial expression show who you are and how they make you look in your own person and how it can come so natrually in yourself. And how you express yourself in that form and how muscle motion can help you with all the muscles working to help you. With the facial expression you make in yourself and to never fear your emotion and just let it out and be confident in yourself. | 1 |
Dear state senator,
We all are here today to right a letter to argue in favor of keeping the Electoral college, or changing to election by popular vote for the president of the united states. The Elector College process consists of the selection of the Electors, the meeting of the Electors where they vote for the president and vice president, and the counting of the electoral votes by congress. It consists of 538 electors 270 elector votes is requiredto elect the president.
So? witch one do I think is the best. I agree to keep the Elector College because things are running ok for now but it think the the people of the United States should have a little more say so in the disitions made in america because we are the american peopele and we have the right to speak are mind, and if we dont think somthing is a good idea we should be able to tell the congrees we dont belive in that and choice somthing eles that more people agree on. The only thing i see wrong with every one getting to have a say so is that not every one agrees with one another.
I do agree that a bigger population shold get more elector votes but i dont thing it i far but it is what it is and i dont have a say so im ok with it. the only thing i have to say is its not right that the bigger populated states get the most etention they are the most important but i dont feel its right all states should be equal no mater there population size.
I dont think that they shold change the Election of popularity because instead of voting for the right thing we could just vote for the presedent that is offering the best stuff, and when presedents promise us stuff it dosent alwasy men there going to keep that promise. they keep promises to every one and they cant keep a promise to one person with out breaking that promis to another person. like i sai i think the elector college should just stay the same way as it is with thoughs little changes because it is working. but things stop working at some point and when that time comes we will need a new system. | 0 |
"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" is a passage about how Venus is the twin of earth. The second planet from the sun but yet the most hottest one of all.The author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents becuase it shows us that Venus is important even though its a dangerous place.
The author's idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit, because Venus is referred to as our Earth's twin. In paragraph 2 it states "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Thus saying that we should learn more about this planet and how Venus functions. It states "Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." This quote demonstrates how Venus can be a place we live on which the author meant by worthy pursuit.
Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present according to the author. In paragraph 3 it says "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." This means that our "twin" planet, Venus is way hotter than what we are used too. When the author suggests despite the dangers that means that even though Venus looks like its impossible for man kind to live there is a way and we have to not be worried.
The reason why the author suggest these things is becuase Venus has similar features to Earth. In paragraph 4 "The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. This goes to show that Venus isn't that far away from dangerous. Studying Venus can't be so hard. In paragraph 7 it states "Solar power would be plentiful, and radation would not exceed Earth levels." This is showing us that we can learn more about Venus as in some parts does not succeed Earth in like air pressure although it is close.
To wrap this up, the journey to study Venus as the author suggests will be hard, but its the way you got there. Life is not for eternity we have to grow and push the limits. We can not be scared of dangers but improve on them so when we fall, we get back up and build up till the peek of the sky and pass any limts that stop us even if it's Venus thats what the author suggests in this passage. | 3 |
Technology is one of the fastest industrys growing rapidly in our generation. There are well over 100 ads on television that ties to better technology. These ads are to prompt customers into buying the latest devices such as the latest computer, mac pad, the IPHONE X, the smart phone that is as thin as a piece of paper, and the widest, flattest television screen. There is something that all of these devices do not have. Now a new system called the Facial Action Coding System is reaching the surface. This system allows computers to dictate how a person is feeling by just their facial expressions such as muscle placemnts in their face, the rise and fall of cheeks and under eyelids. So is this new system valuable, and can it be beneficial to our community?
This system is beneficial to our school communities. According to the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D'Alto its says " a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,"Dr. Hauang predicts. "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructure." If computers were able to see how many kids were and were not ingaged in the activity that takes place on computers, then it would help the schools and the state to know what new things to try to keep kids ingaged so they can get the best possible education offered to them. This system is great for Istep test taking as well. Sometimes kids may fall asleep during testing or they may start too dose off and not be as consentrated as they should, and that could have a negative affect on their test. If the computer could read their emotions it would help us to know what the problem is and the reason why kids are losing focus and once we have confronted the problem we can then began the process of finding an affective solution.
This computer would be very beneficial in offices and in police stations. They could be used to help with criminal justice. A suspect can be told to tell their side of the story infront of a computer screen and the computer would be able to dictate that persons true emotions. This could make the officer, and investigaters job alot easier. They could be used in hospitals to keep an eye on how a paitent is feeling maybe after a recovery or when they are lying on their death bed. In the article it says " They even can indicate the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." So there is no faking of emotions out of a crime. Its also says " In a false smile, the mouth is stretched sidways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." There is no faking with that computer.
This new system has the ability to make our jobs alot easier. Nowadays people dont usually communicate face to face anymore. That means people dont usually express theirselves in person as much as they once did in earlier days when technology wasnt around. So this can be a way to still be able to know how someone is feeling, esspecially if they are less likely to tell how they are feeling when your right infront of them. This can be very effective with younger kids who may not know how to epress how they may be feeling in the right way, shape, or form. This new system gives us a new way to still connect with our community. This new system is a pathway to a brighter future. This new system is valuable to our community. | 3 |
Mona Lisa, she's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. At least according to some new computer software that can recognize emotions. Thomas Huang, the beckman institute for advanced science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration of the Unversity of Amsterdam and his colleague are experts at developing better way for human and computer to communicate to each person or online. For computer can use homework research to recognize the subtle facial movement the human use to express how they feel about the computer's using in it. The fact, they perform this same impressive for calculation for every day. Most of them would have trouble their issue of describing each facial trait that conveys happy, worried and etc. The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intended to bring a big smile to your face. By the way, making you happy face in this experiment also make you feel slightly happy to your face. Making faces could be reveal so they have a much of the science of emotions. | 0 |
Do you think hands free cars are a good idea? They may be, but who knows. Driverless cars aren't going to be fast and easy to make. It takes a lot of time into putting moniters, motion sensors, cameras, and a lot of other technical wiring, but do we really need them?
When driverless cars were first being thought of it was in the 1950's. It was a lot more technical and difficult to do back then, because they didn't have all the major technology we do in todays time. At first they thought of putting special tracks in the roads but realized it would need a lot of money to complete that project.
Later on in the year 2013, BMW came up with the Traffic Jam Assitant. It can only speed up to 25mph, but hey you have to start somewhere. In this car you have to have your hands on the wheel, the cars themselves are fully driverless but they can; steer, accelerate, and break them selves. The cars are specailly made and will notify the driver when they need to take control of the driving, in situations such as navigating around accidents and work zones.
There can be a bit of trouble when it comes to the laws of Driverless cars. It is illegal to test a computer opperated vehical in; California, Nevada, florida, and in the District of Colombia. It is much safer if the driver is in full control and fully aware of everything. There are still new laws being made since everything around us keeps changing.
So in conclusion, Driverless cars should not be made. They arent going to be very well made till years to come. the science behind it all is much more technical then you could imagine. There are a lot of laws that need to be made and modefied in order for people to be able to ride those cars. It is much safer to have a human driver who is wide awake and aware of everything that is going on. | 1 |
Limiting your car use could be a great way to enjoy nature and life. Walking is a great way to work out. Even riding a bike around your city, or town is a great way to work out. Some advantages of not using a car is that you don't have to worry about getting in to a car wreck, you don't have to smoke up your area with all the carbon dioxide that comes out of your car, and you actually work out for once. Limiting your car usage will have you not in a hurry. Heidrun Walter said, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way". She feels that not using a car would make her feel better.
Cars are just a waste, I see that in the future there is going to be like a lot of over weight people. No one hardly work out nowadays. Just get in the car and go somewhere instead of walking around the block. It's going to be the real version of "Wal-E" where the earth is full of trash and everyone is going to live on a spaceship and their all over weight.
Being in a car will pollute your city so fast if everyone around had a car. As it says in the article, "[The smog] rivaled Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world". It is that way because a whole lot of people live there and almost everyone has a car over there in the two cities. Using a car will only make things better for the people and for the environment.
"BOGOTA, Colombia... millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day yesterday, leaving the streets o fthis capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams." This excerpt from the article explains some of the advantages of not using a car. All of them sound joyful. Hiking, Biking, Skating and no traffic jams? This sounds like a field day in the city. What could go wrong with all of these delightful activites goin on?
The excerpt clearly says that without cars you could have multiple and multiple things to do besides being lazy. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," - Carlos Arturo Plaza. Less stress and lower air pollution, I think that's the best combination of all. New york even has a bike-sharing program so you could ride your bike all over its city. Wow ! sounds like a deal to me.
Not using a car is a great way to be yourself and do something with your life and to help others. No one likes pollution, and no one wants to be out of shape. As said by Carlos, he's stress free from cars. There's multiple sources out there that you could join and be apart of without having a car. The United States people are not using cars as much now, and all over the world people are starting programs to stop car usage. Without cars I believe that the world would be a better and healthier place. | 3 |
My postion on the matter of " the Driverless cars," is this, I oppose drivable cars. The reasons that I explain in this draft are not proven by fact, but are instead driven by only opinons as well as personal feelings towards drivelress cars. I will us information from the previous article, but I cannot verify or confirm the information to be true. Without any delays, let's get right into the reasons on why I oppose driverless cars.
Reason number on is that sitting and watching can be rather dull. I know I am not the only one who has been sitting in a passenger side seat, looking out the window thinkiing" this is boring."
I know what your saying " Javaughn, you can just get on your phone," well what if I'm driving because the driver is know a passanger, but with less things to do. Even though the driver is no longer the driver he/she must keep their eyes on the road as stated in paragraph seven. Sure there could be a wow factor in not having to drive, but how long will that last.
Second reason is that you are no longer resonsable for yourself. No longer will you have to take the blame if you aren't the driver, right. Wrong even though your not driving the car, you might still have to pay the price for the maufacture's faults. What happens if the system fails? Sure you can then take controll of the car, if it's yours. These future taxies, what would happen if they started to maulfuction and you couldn't get out? There are to many what ifs when it comes to these things and that can be deadly.
Lastly, it's going to be expensive to make. These cars will more than likley come with a heafty price tag. Only those who are rich could be able to buy them. These were my reasons for my oppositon to the driverless cars, thanks for reading. | 2 |
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Unmasking The Face Is A Natural Landform let me tell you how. The article says that the space carft was circling the planet snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship. When he spotted human face enormous head nearly two miles from end to end looking back at the cameras from the planet called Cydonia. Others thinks that it is just a resemble of a human head by a shadow.
The auther predicts that its two diffrent side that us humans have to figure out. Web surfers were waiting for the image to apear on JPL web sit revealing a natrul landform. Web surfers also can remake and edit a photo so who willl know if its real or not we would never know. Unmasking is trying to figure out if the face of the human really real. Mars global surveyor is a mapping spacecraft that normally looks straight down and scans the planet like a fax machine in narrow 2.5 km wide strips. They say the never passed the face.
They also says that alien markingds were hidden by haze. The mission controllers prepared to look again. Its not easy to target cydoin say gargvin. | 0 |
The program called Seagoing Cowboys will allow you to experience adventure and vist many unique places. The reason I think this is because he gets to deal with horses every day, which I would love to do that, and when he stops he gets to travel around the cities.
Luke says he gets to care for the animals while he´s crossing oceans. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bags of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. Stalles had to be cleand too.
He says he got the benefit of seeing Europe and China. ¨But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special,¨ he says. ¨So was taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water.¨ Luke also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal on his way to China.
This proves to me that the Seagoing Cowboys program trip would be fun. Please consiter this idea. | 1 |
"Welcome back to your new math lesson!" An automated voice shouts into the student's headphones, jolting them awake. They look at their school issued chromebook to see that the previously boring and sleep-inducing math lesson has changed into something that makes it hard to even think about sleeping. Studies have shown that human emotion is able to be calculated and predicted and this technology may be present in classrooms. But is this really necessary? This sort of technology isn't needed for reasons such as humans already being able to read others emotions, human anatomy giving away emotions, and the technology just simply not being able to be used by a school's computers.
One reason the technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is not as valuable as it seems is because already, humans are able to read each others' expressions. In the fifth paragraph, the author states that, "for instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look on her face." This shows that humans are able to predict how someone is feeling in the same way that the technology being developed is. People are able to register that certain facial features indicate certain emotions. This is what the technology is attempting to replicate.
Another way that the technology being developed is not as valuable as it seems is that human anatomy plays a role in showing emotions. Also stated in the fifth paragraph, the author mentions that "artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions."
This shows that humans do not need the assistance of technology in order to understand emotions. Humans are able to study the anatomy of the facial muscles and understand that certain movements can express certain emotions.
A final way the technology is not valuable enough to be used in classrooms is simply because schools may not be able to support the software. In the seventh paragraph, the author points out that "your home PC can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode Mona Lisa's smile." If a home PC isn't apple to support the software, it is very likely that school computers wont be able to as well. More often than not, computers used in school aren't as high quality as ones used in home for personal use. In the end, there is a very real chance that schools won't be able to have access to this technology.
In conclusion, the technology to read human emotions is not valuable for use in classrooms. Humans are able to read and respond to emotions without the help of software. A teacher sees her student almost falling asleep in class and decides to change up her lesson plan the next day in hopes of her student going from being bored to excited and willing to participate the next day. | 3 |
Dear, Florida State Sentor
I'm writing you this note to express my opinian wether or not to keep the Electoral College or to get rid of the Electoral College. My opinian has to go with no i'm not in favor of keeping the Electoral College due to the fact that it's unfair to a candidate that wins the popular vote but loss the election because the other candidate gained control of a state like texas with 34 electoral votes. Most people clear want this candidate better than the other but the candidate with the popular vote wouldn't win because the other candidnate would get states with more electoral votes. Another problem i want to adress is that sometimes the electors get confused on who to vote for i know if i had all that pressure on my i think i would get confused also from the pressure. The Electoral College can also turn off potential voters due to the fact that they hvae no hope of carrying their state. In other words people think they don't have a voice in the election because their vote really doesn't matter the vote that really matters is the Eletroral vote. Due to this reason less and less people vote these days. About i half of eligible voters voted in 2012's election as you can see there is a drop in voters. Most voters these days are people who want to expreess a political preference instead of people who think a single vote may decide who will win the election. Also Sentor im not the only one that wanted to gte rid of the Electoral College. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dole, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the AFL-CIO all wanted to get rid of the Electoral College.
Sincerly,
PROPER_NAME
P.S.
Sentor i hope you make the right choice. | 1 |
Why explore Venus? Is it not dangerous, and scary, and hot? What could it possibly have that Earth has not already given us? Well, Venus is much more like Earth than most people like to think. And personally, between you and I, I think they are scared of the opportunity to leave their comfortable homes and Cheetos. Venus could be crucial for Earth, and we are about to find out why.
Here is a hypothetical scenario. Tomorrow, we find out it is too late to stop global warming, and we have twenty years to evacuate the planet, or we die with it. Scientists everywhere panic! 'Oh no! We don't have anywhere to go!' Then, NASA steps in, like a really protective dad, 'fear not, children. We can be safe on Venus.' Everyone responds happily, until they process the situation. 'Wait, did you say Venus?! We would never last in such a desolate, violent place!' Well, you're wrong buddy. And science can vouch for me. Venus isn't so different from Earth. At least, it didn't used to be. Scientists who have made successful missions to Venus with droids have found traces of oceans, valleys, mountains, you name it! There have been many, many signs on Venus of Earth-like conditions! The article states that Astronomers have reason to believe Venus was actually more Earth-like than Mars! It amazes and confuses them! On top of Venus being just like us, it would be easily acessible. After all, it is just a few light years away.
Venus, while very desolate, and violent, has also shown signs of possibly being able to support life as we know it. Scientists would like to keep their manned missions above the violent weather conditions, making it easy for them to study the surface of the small planet. The traces of water and weather left behind provide a sense of comfort for humans, knowing that if Venus was a last resort, they would be safe and secure.
Now, in order for Venus to truly be acessable, in those hypothetical twenty years, we would have to make major technological advances. We would need transportation, protection, shelter, amongst many other things. However, Venus does provide some of the things we need, or keeps us safe from what we should avoid. Venus provides a close position to the sun, which, while still very hot, leaves plenty of wiggle room for solar energy, utilized by us! Not only would that power us, but it would also keep us from ruining another planet! The air pressure in the atmosphere is similar to that of sea level on Earth, which would be ideal for the young, and the old. Additionally, Venus provides protection from harmful radiation, much like Earth! What's not to love about avoiding radiation?
Venus is a strong, beautiful, powerful and incredible planet. It can protect us, serve us, and make us feelm safe. While there are some disadvantages, I'd argue that there are more advantages. Who wouldn't? Humans act on their curiosity, with no regard for danger or doubts. In this growing age of technology, how could we? I'd keep an open mind on space exploration. After all, we might be just lightyears from our new home. | 3 |
A Step in the Right Direction
Cars are a great means of transportation. Unfortunately nothing is perfect. Cars have many advantages, and like everything, disadvantages too. People rely too heavily on their private vehicles especially with the easy accessability of public transportation. Limiting the use of cars limits pollution, which is a growing issue among many people. Among that, there are many other advantages too. Limiting the use of cars is certainly a step in the right direction.
As the ice near the poles shrink, the problem of global warming grows. Global warming has been linked to car emmisions. Limiting cars will limit emmisions of harmful gasses into the air. Sadly people seem to like their cars more than the environment. This is unfortunate because there are so many other ways to get around. For some reason people are just too close minded to try something else. If the amount of cars on the road shrinks, then the amount of pollution going into our envirenment will follow. Car-free days in major cities is a good way to get the car-free trend started. With large turnouts, it certainly gets people open to the idea(Source 3). Saying that, this will not work long term. Getting the ball rolling and keeping the ball rolling are two completely different things. Car free cities is a better long term strategy(Source 1).
Now lets talk about our economy. Most people probably wish it was a little better. Jobs make a strong economy. If people didnt have cars they would be in need of some public transportation. Instead of paying that monthly payment on your car, go take the bus. The demand for public transportation would rise immensily thus the supply would follow; opening more jobs.
All in all, limiting the use of cars has more advantages than disadvantages. Most of the potential problems could be easily fixed with a little bit of brain power. Opening more jobs and cleaning up the envirenment should be reason enough to switch over to a car-free lifestyle. | 3 |
There are mny factors that influence using technology to read emotions in the classroom. The technoogy can influence certain lessons based on given understanding. Facial expression evaluated by these computers could help teachers. This kind of technology could benefit the future as well. Lesson planning, teacher help, and futue technology are three factors that contribute to using emotional expressions for the classroom.
Facial exression are a elling sign of the current state of emotion a person is in. These emotionas are universal for people to understand, such as a smile representing a good mood of a friend. Now computers are able to tell emtions based of facial muscles, which has led to innovations in the classroom environment. For example, if a student is working on a homework assignment and gives off a look of confusion, the computer can tell that the student is struggling to understand whatthe question or problem is asking or how to solve the problem. This new technology could benefit the student in that the lesson could be mdified to help the comprehension of the learner.
This technology could help teachers ina sense that they have easier communication with their students. Since teachers have to teach a multitude of students, it can be difficult for the teacher to see who is struggling with the material presented, Most communicaton between people is done through that of emtional communication rather than verbal. From that this formof technology can help teachers know who comprehends themaerial, who is confused by the directions or the material, or those who simply do not understand the content. Using this facial expression technology can be of beneficiary to those in educaion.
Emotion technology can be of benefit to not only the school evironmwnt but also can open new doors for the future. Even though the algorithm is not compatible with a normal PC at home, this technology could benefit in the future for new innovations such as helping a students interest levels for at home assignments. The only slight flaw that could go against this facial software is that computers cannot detect genuine emotion. Such as a person hiding certain emotions that are not shown on a facial expression. However more advancement and developments of this technology in the future could benefit many people in different circumstances.
Many factors of Facial Action Coding System can help benefit students in a classroom. Three factors significantly hold value to the influence of this software. Students can be able to have customized lessons to maximize learning in that subject based of assinments completed on the emotiion recognizing software. Teachers will be able to communicate better with students in helping undrestand the content and what needs to be focused on more. Future softwares can be made from this intial technology that can recognize students understanding and comprehension of the material from at home assignments on possiby a PC. Overall, the ability to recognize emotions of students from muscle movements of the face is a great advanncemet for the classroom enviroment, and once more developments are made, man students will benfit in being able to understand the material beter. | 4 |
The face that you see on mars was not something created by aliens. Although it may look like a face its not. What you see in this picture is a butte or a mesa. In the following paragraphs I will state reasons helping you undertstand that the pictures effect everything and that it wasnt created by aliens.
The pictures that you have seen are very old. Most of the pictures you have seen where taken from 1976-2001. These pictures have really bad graphics. Things that are old are usaually harder to understand and comperhend. Its hard to see old things clear. Advances in technology have helped us see older things a lot more clear. We can fully understand things from the past now.
The cameras we use today have a lot better grapics. Back then their images could only span 43 meters per pixel. Today our cameras can span 1.56 meters per pixel which is a lot better. This helps us see pictures a lot more clear. We took pictures of the of the face and could see certain things the older cameras couldn't see.
In the new pictures if there were objects in this picture like airplanes or Egyptian-style pyramids we would easily see them. There wasn't any of these things. What the picture of the face showed was equivalent to a butte or mesa. It looked like landforms found in the American West. It reminds people of the
Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
All the new pictures we have help us undertstand and see things more clear. We now know that it wasn't created by aliens. Its just a simple butte or mesa thats no very special besides the fact that it kind of looks like a face. It reminds people of a Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho. This face has nothing to do with aliens. | 3 |
Is the use of a Facial Action Coding System valuable in classroom setting? My argument would claim yes it is and heres why.
The F.A.C.S is a powerful machine that can make a classroom alot easier to teach if every teacher had one because th classroom could get boring at times but the teacher wouldn't know it was unless they had this tool because at times they are just trying to do their job and dont pay attention enough to know that they are boring the class.
Think about a setting of second grade students they are energized and happy to be at school but you hae to keep there attention or else they might goof around and not learn anything. The first thing a teacher would assume of a child of that age is goofing off is that their a bad child but thats not the case they are just bored and are trying to find something more entertaing to do. The teacher cant just tell that the child is bored though because their young faces cant appear bored their full of energy, but if the teacher had this extraordinary computer in their room they can look at it and say ok i have to make this lesson more exciting instead of telling the parrents of the child because their not going to learn that way they are going to have fun weather you tell them to or not.
lets give one more example though to show this invention is more usefull then just for a class of little kids. look at a high school setting teens wont always show their emotions so you have to figure out on your own and if you cant then your going to have a hard time.
A frustrating class is the worst in highschool and sometimes when half the students get the lesson and half dont you dont know weather to move on or to help the machine can show the teacher that the students are getting frustated and angry so the teacher can eaisly see and say ok less take this lesson slow or turn it into a game because children
can remember things easier if they associate it with something fun because they will want to do it again.
In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System is valuable in the classroom because it can give the teacher a little more information on how to teach their class because it will show how the students are feeling as they are teaching the class and if they need to change up the way they teach or not. | 3 |
The Facial Action Coding System could be useful for panting and people as well. If you look at at painting at someone you really cant tell if they are happy or sad. If you use the Facial Action Coding System it could tell you how they are feeling in the painting and if they are happy or not. You can easliy tell if a person right infront of you is not happy but sometimes you cant. You can use the Facial System on them and it can tell you how they are feeling. Computers can also help out a lot on what you dont understand.
For instance in the Mona Lisa painting you cant tell her emotion in her picture. If you use technology it can help you out and tell you if she is happy or sad. It gives you a percentage like shes 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful, and 2% angry. It can give you an estimation on how she is feeling in the picture. The computer has an 3-D computer model so it has all of the face major muscles so it can tell your emotion on your face. It can show your surprised if your eyebrows are raised up or if your angry yuour lips would be tightened to show anger. You can also write down different emotions that you do in the mirror and see if someone can reconize what emotion you have. It can tell if you force a smile and if it wasn't a real one. Technology is creating better ways to communicate with humans and developing different things for humans to interact with.
I believe that it would be very different and amazing if they use this on people ands paintings0. It could tell poeple a lot of things they are wondering about people in the world or even paintings that they see. It shows us that technology has plenty of ways to interact with us and give us new things to experince and learn about. | 1 |
Why people should go to the Seagoing Cowboys Program
Introduction
People all over the world should go to the Seagoing Cowboys Program because of how fun it is and they could found out so much about the wolrd. Some people ask how would that be fun, it would be fun because some people can't always go and see new place in the world that they have never seen and I say from the article Luke Bomberger was so excited to see new things like he went to China and he loved it he went to Venice, Italy and he loved it. My another reason was because all the stuff you could found out like is the great wall of china really great and does Italy food really good.
So now you guys can really see how fun and amazing it is to be a Seagoing cowboy. I will give you 2 reason you should go, then I will explain them. First reason is because it is fun, Second reason is all the stuff you can figure out. Details about the first reason it is fun because all the cool stuff you can see. So one cool thing you can see is thegreat wall of China then is Italy food really good you can learn new stuff like new laugaues and bring back cool stuff and like is the great wall of China really great and like what the queen of Englad really look like. So now the second reason is all the cool stuff you could find out like how war zone really like after a war. What city you want to be saving up for. So now all of this brings me to my conclusion.
Conclusion
Be a seagoing cowboy could be fun and cool but its all about what you learn and doing the job that needs to be done so basically make sure you get those horse and young cattle and mules to the place they to be. if a friend offer you to go to another coutry or state go with them you will be amazed about what you would found Luke found a job that let him travel all over the world and that is that job any body could have. | 1 |
Technology To Read Emotions
In this article they share about the Facial Acting Coding System. They ask us if we agree with it or not. My answer would be yes, I think there is nothing wrong with it. My personal opinon is it is actually kind of cool. This can really help people out knowing others emotions.
The reason I think there isn't anything wrong with this is because I dont see its harming anything. When I said it could help people I was refering to when they said that it can show when someone is bored and that the teacher could try to make it less boring. If I was a teacher or I wondered hiow someone is I9 would want to use this.
Another reason this is helpful is that it can detect when someone is feeling down or mad or something else. When someone sees what it detected they can see if the student needs someone to talk to or help. When a teacher uses this and they see that the student is bored and not focus they could try to make it fun or do something at the moment and make the focus and awake.
This system can be compareded to peoples thoughts on what some are feeling. There are some people that can almost do the same as this. But this system can do it pretty fast and tell yus exactly everything. They say when you do this you move your muscles and whatever ones you usae can make you happy. Which I think is cool and smart.
In conclusion I totally agree with this. Almost everything I put is my feeling on this Facial Action Coding System. Overall I can say it can really help some people out and that it is very smart. This is a thing they could use in an everyday thing. It could aso correct how people feel about teachers lessons or just anything like that. | 2 |
After reading the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," I have learned about the positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. I am against the idea of driverless cars. The reason I am against the idea of driverless cars is that in order to build these cars, there has to be a motion sensor system, the drivers may lose focus if the car is driving itself and if technology fails, there would be an accident.
First off, if Google Car project starts buiding these cars to drive on their own, the articl states that there would have to be rotating road sensors. Along with the sensros, htere would have to be a video camera mounted on the rearview mirror, automatic radar sensors, a GPS reciever and an inertial motion snesor. All of these devices seem to be important when creating these cars, but it also appears to be too much. If all of that is what it takes to build one Driverless Car, then it might be best to just leave cars in there simpliest and safest forms.
A counterarguement could be someone trying to claim that the cars are safe even with all of the sensors and other features the car needs in order to function. They may be safe as soon as they are built, but after a few drives the sensors, GPS or other car features may break. If the car breaks duirng the middle of a drive, what is the driver supposed to do?
This leads me to my next topic, if the tchnology fails, there could be an accicdent. Even if one of the car features breaks there may be a serious accident that had nothing to do with the driver in the first place. If the technology continues to break, the expenses to fix them would start to rise. I'm sure this is not a cheap project in the first place and fixing the car everytime something breaks wouldn't be helping the cost either.
Finally, someone sitting behind the wheel of the car may begin to lose focus while the car drives itself. Despite the "heads-up" displays that have been mentioned in paragraph eight, I do not believe that this would awake someone who may have fallen asleep in the car. Also, may feel that it is pointless to have to drive a driveless car.
In conclusion, there are still to many problems with the idea of Driverless cars and to rush to produce these things is an accident waiting to happen. It is important to see that there are too many breakable features, technology dependance and poorly concentrated people out there to bring this invention to life. Even though there are good intentions, I do not believe in Driverless cars. | 3 |
Driverless cars really fasinates me. In the near we will be able to have cars that drive by themselves. In my opinoin this is a really good idea. There are some good reasons why this is a good idea. One reason why is it would make driving safe.
There are some examples that driverless cars would make driving safe. In the article states that it can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves. Also in the article it said it has special touch sensors to make sure the driver keeps hold on the wheel. Lastly these cars will have in-car entertainment and information systems to keep the driver having alittle fun time. Thought these systems will turn off automaticlly when the driver will have to take over and drive.
One reason why driverless cars is a good idea is that this will make driving safe. Reckless driving happens all the time everyday. For that reason driverless cars can use these special features to improve safer driving. For this it can decrease car accidents. In my opinion driverless cars is benifcal for everyone. | 1 |
If I was trying to tell someone why I think that the landform on Mars was created naturally I would start by saying this:
First you must bring into consideration that to have a logical reason to think that aliens created the face on Mars you would have to have reliable evidence that there is life on Mars. Without the evidence of life on Mars, there would be nothing to base this belief off of, other than hope. Also, there are landforms on Earth that were created naturally that resemble this lanform.
The way the "face" looks in the pictures can also be caused by lighting and the way the picture was taken. If pictures were taken today, it could have better resolution and it might not even look like a face.
Scientists have found flowing water on Mars, so the "face" could have been created by weathering and erosion and just happened to look like a face. It may have also been created by storms with weathering and eroding.
Garvin mentions that," If there were homes in the most recent picture, you would have been able to see them because the quality of the picture has increased to the point where it is almost as clear as you could get.
Finally, it all comes down to what you believe, but all of the evidence points toward a natural creation of this landform, so whether or not you believe is your choice but if you listen to fact over opinion, then the natural way is the way to believe. | 1 |
Everywhere you look and everywhere you walk you hear a car or truck going down the street and you think to yourself, why cant they walk or bike rather poluting the air. With that in mind, there are several ways into limiting car usage. Some envole not getting a drivers license. some evolve banning car usage on specific days.
In the first source it talked about how german residennts given up there car's. And this new district forbides the idea of street parking and home garages and driveways. So what this community is showing is that there starting a new trend to get other countries envolved in this idea to start limiting car usage and green house gasses. Car ownership is allowed in that community, but you would have buy a space in a large garage's for $40,000 along with a house.
In the third source, in Bogota Colombia millions of columbians started to hike bike skate and or take the bus to avoid traffic jams. Bogota has been continuing the ban of NO cars excluding buses and taxis for three years. The reason why they did this is to promote an alternative for transportation and to reduce smog. People who don't follow this will pay a fine for $25.
In conclusion the idea on limiting car usage will benifit you in a good way. You won't have to spend thousands of dollars on a car. It will help preventing more green house gases. And it will help reduce the number of people who drive a car. So who knows when the world will change their minds of driving and owning a car we will not until we incounter something that would change the environment's or even the world. | 2 |
Have you ever been driving a car and wishing the car would do it for you? Well, driverless cars are not so futuristic anymore. These cars are bringing us closer and closer to a minimal working society, and that can be very unsettling. Driverless cars would make us even lazier, cause uproar between drivers and manufacturers, and most importantly, are not safe.
Safety on the road is already a big enough issue with people controlling cars. Throwing these driverless cars into the mix will only make matters worse. How are the cars supposed to know the speed limits? How are cars supposed to know when there is a stop sign? All of this will take millions, maybe billions of dollars to install that many sensors all around the world.
Like regular manual cars today, accidents happen and they are bound to happen with driverless cars. In the case of an accident today, it will always be the driver's fault. But, if these driverless cars come into the picture, who's to say the manufacturing company isn't to blame? According to the passage, Driverless Cars Are Coming, "... new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident.". Creating these new laws will only cause uproar between drivers and manufacturers, just so people don't have to drive as much.
Driving is already an easy enough task. You press the gas and brake, steer the wheel, and pay attention. Driverless cars would only increase the amount of laziness already plaguing our society today. All the work would be done for you, making people get bored at the wheel. Drivers will be less attentive, causing even more accidents that already happen too frequently.
Driverless cars may seem like a fun and simple way to get to and from, but they can also be hazradous to our society, casue arguments between car manufacturers and car drivers, and give drivers more of a reason to be less attentive at the wheel. Overall, these driverless cars will do more harm than help. Would you really trust a machine to do your work for you? | 3 |
The Challenge of Exploring Venus gives us fastinating information about the planet. Venus is sometimes called "Evening star." The planet is one of the brightest points of light in the sky. Venus is the second planet from the sun. Venus is a worthy pursuit to study dispite from its danger it presents in many reasons. Venus is a part of our solar system, and it's also important.
Earth is often concidered just like Venus, they are like twins but only reffered by density and size. Venus had ben proved a very challenging place to examine and to study. It may be the closest to the sun but safe vantage point of Earth. Mars and Venus are actually Earth neighbors.
Concering that Venus is by the Sun it must be hot there. Well that's correct, on the planet surface the tempeture is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atomsphric is over 90 times greater than we experienced on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface in any planet in our solar system although Mercury is closer to the sun Venus is 10 times hotter. With that type of heat it's like erupting volcanos, earthquakes, lighting strike, and even more.
You might ask yourself why do scientists want do travel to Vensus at all for new imormation with that type of heat? Well they are fascinated by it as well as you are reading this story. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration also know as NASA, wants to be able to sent humans to Venus, but wiht heat like that it is impossiable. Even sending a rover wouldn't last a day. Over 800 degrees is very hot for a 30 or so miles vehicle. Wouldn't be easy conditions for the rover or humans.
In conclusion, Venus is the brightest and dangerest planet yet has to be the most fascinating , most information ever. Venus is the cloest planet and the hotest. Studying the planet Venus is very interesting. Striving to meet the challange to be on the planet is dificult. Our travel to Venus will soon come to being able to live on it. Scientists are trying to find more imformation and figure out what can be done and what can not. For these reasons i think studying Venus is a worth pursuit despite the dangers it presents. | 1 |
Hi, name is Luke and I am part of the Seagoing Cowboys program. Many people don't conclude the idea of joining the program, but there are many reasons why you should join this program. I crodded the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice. At first i knew nothing about this program until my friend invited me and now, im glad he did because it was an adventure to never forget.
You get to go on adventures, and visit unique places such as Europe, China, sail across the Atlantic Ocean, and visit Greece. During these adventures you meet new people, see new cultures and how people live. You also help people around the world. When I help people in need I feel good inside knowing that im helping and making a difference in the world. Also we found that we could have fun on the ship, we played baseball, volleyball, table-tennis, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games that fullfilled our time.
Overall, I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboy club for these reasons. You feel like a better person by helping people, you see the world and different countries, you go on adventures, and have fun while doing this by playing games and doing hobbies. Why would anyone take up this once and a life time opritunity? This adventure was very rememberful and fun so I think you should join the program and experience the remberable adventure yourself. | 2 |
Venus is the closest thing to Earth in our solar system scientists claim. We can't even explore it though because of many factors. It would be great to explore Venus and see if any life forms once had inhabitted it. There would be many advantages with having another planet.
Venus being able to support humans would be a great thing for the world. The air pollution in the world right now is very high. Once our ozone breaks away completly we will fly to Venus and pretty much start over. It might be a crazy idea but it could work. The ozone on Earth won't last forever. We just have to figure out a way to safely inhabit Venus.
Venus has many problems when it comes to conditions to live there. The atmosphere is made of mostly corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperatures on Venus' surface is also around 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The pressure alone on Venus is 90 times greater than Earth, that's enough pressure to crush a submarine. Scientists will have to brainstorm some amazing ideas to try and inhabit Venus.
Scientists can barely even learn anything about Venus with our technology to date. Even if we take a blimp 30 miles above Venus to try and do research, it will still be around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. Also you won't be able to see the ground do to the atmosphere, it's so dense it doesn't let in any light. Scientists will try and resort to older technology to maybe get some data from Venus. They will use mechanical machines instead of machines containg computers. This may lead to the machine lasting long enough on Venus for scientists to gain enough data to try and send a human there.
Scientists have a heavy task ahead of them if they want to inhabit Venus. There are many factors that make exploration of Venus difficult, hopefully scientists can figure out ways to get around them. We will just have to wait and see what the future holds for the exploration of Venus. | 2 |
The author in "Driverless Cars Are Coming" presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. I think that car manufacturers should be able to be on the streets more. Some examples are that they let out less CO2 and they use less gas to save you more money.
One example is that the driverless cars are safer than non driverless cars. Most of the people will agree that driveless cars are safer than people that are driving because they aren't focused on the road. They are more foucused on what is happing on their phones or watching what is happing around them instead o what is going on in frount of them. In the article it says that driverless cars have gone millions of miles without a single crash. While everyday people are crashing and killing other people because they care about what is going on their phone than what is going on the road. Sure they still will crash into other cars but with these cars but it will be less then what it is right now with people driving.
The second thing that makes driverless cars better is that they don't use that much gas and it'll help earth. Instead of paying like 50 dollars you will just have to pay 25 dollars to fill up your gas tank at the pump. You will start saving hundreds of dollars in just a year for chaniging to a driverless car and not only that it will also help on the place we live on. The cars we use now produces a lot of CO2 and that CO2 is hurting us but if we switch now we can change the world we live in by having less CO2 in the air.
Another way that driverless cars are better is that when you go on a long trip you get tired and feel like resting for a little bit. Well now you can, you'll be able to get on your phone and talk to someone or you could just lay back and see a movie that you have been meaning to see but just haven't had enough time to. You'll be able to do that and if something is going on around you the car's sensors will pick it up and tell you what you need to do. It would be a win-win thing case you get to do what you want to do and the car will take you where you need to go and it'll inform you if it needs you help to do something.
Those are some few exampels that shows us why we need to have driverless cars on the streets. So far it looks like the future is looking good for driverless cars for helping us be safe on the roads and saving us time and money. Its just a matter of time that we'll see everyone with driverless cars. | 3 |
The student don't need there emotion's expressed some like it hidden. It says we humans perform this same impressive calculation but why would we need to if we keep trying it maybe someone will get mad and not like it because why would someone want to know what there emotions are. Computers don't need to understand what humans feel because they don't have feelings. The computers are using emotions and the way we look at the computer to see if we know what we are doing if we don't the computer will make it easier on us so we will understand what is going on.
The main idea is about the science of emotions and not a lot of the people care about there emotions but sometimes it is important to learn about ur emotions even if we don't want to because sometimes we could use the work of why we use so much emotions when we talk to people or even taking the trash out we all still use emotions but why do we.
in conclusion the whole story is about the science of emotions it lets everyone know if we are mad or sad even angry and sometimes people help out with getting ur anger down but not all the time does ur anger go down sometimes it stays up because you won't let anyone help you. our emotions are hard to hide but sometimes it helps like when ur mad but don't want to show it but you also want to show it because you want the person to leave you alone or put down something that i already yours.
body: some people use a stress ball to calm down and not a lot of people use it because they think it is for babys but some people need it if they can't keep there anger in check everyone needs to keep there anger in check if not there anger will get the best of them and then they will be getting in a whole lot of trouble from letting there anger get the best of them the best way to make sure you don't get angry is just to find something you like to do and do it then just put headphones on so you can just mute them and can't hear anything if they mess with you then go somewhere they won't go. | 1 |
Driverless cars seem like an amazing jump into the future.
They would be a great addition to public transporation or maybe even personal use.
Google has already made some effort to making this dream a reality.
Although, these cars are not fully independent to be driving by themselves.
I believe that driverless cars would not only be better for our means of public transportation, but better for our environment as well.
Googles invisions would highly support my position.
The company is making efforts to have a public transportation system of driverless taxis.
With this improvement, today's taxis fuel usage would be halfed.
Ultimatly, the less fuel used is almost always better for our environment.
Although, it seems with every advance in technology, there is often a down side. The driverless cars are not exactly safe with modern technology. It is said that the cars can only do so much, needing a human to do some work at times.
The cars would need help with complicated traffic, work zones, and accidents.
Some accidents could even come from the cars themselves.
With the good and bad, driverless cars have much improvement to reach better safety requirements.
They wil help with minimizing the usage of fuel and public transportation trafic.
These cars have a ways to go, but thats nothing automakers can't solve. | 2 |
How is the election of the president of the U.S.? The election is base on two parts, the first one is the Electoral College and the second one is the popular vote or the vote of the people. Changing to the election by popular vote would be a great idea because the president of the U.S. would be loved and accepted for most of the of the people in United States and it less complicated than the Electoral vote that can create a big mess.
According to the beginning of the U.S. Constitution ,''We the people of the United States of America...", it shows that the people have the right to change the government. When we select someone to be our leader we are selecting someone according to their values and to their actions before being the leader, but we are not selecting someone according to his political view-democrat or republican-. In the Electoral college what they basically due is vote for the president who have the same political view as they have and if that person is going to help them in the future as president. So the Electoral College means business, while the popular vote select the president according to what is he going to do with the country. Also the 358 electors cannot represent the whole population of the United States, so basically they are not having a democratic system where everyone have a right. For example in 2000 when the elction between Bush and Gore, Gore won the popular vote while Bush won the Electoral vote letting Bush won the precidency. After Bush won the precidency, he began sending soldiers to Afghanistan and Irac separating millions of U.S families, so the meaning is that people were right that Brush was not going to be a good president since the beginning, but at the end it was the fault of the Electoral College. Sometimes the Electoral College make a well political decision and could problaby help more the government, while the people were just selecting someone that was going to destroy the government.
The popular vote is less complicated than the Electoral college where they have sometimes ties and controversies. Ther Electoral College sometimes is unfair against the popular, for example in Florida have 29 electoral votes while Wyoming have only 3 electoral votes is not fair to compare the two of them. The popular vote is easier, must of the times there are no ties so it woukld make it easy to select the president. In the other hand the popular vote would get really tie and one of the person that is running for president would ask for a recount of the vote, so it would take longer to select the president. Aslo if is there a tie in the Electoral College the election would be thrown at the House of Representative and giving the Senate the opportunity to select the president, leading to more complexity for choosing a president.
At the end the popular vote means the people's vote and a fair election. Voting for the president of the United States is not an easy way, but as you read in the eassay you would see that the popular vote get the highest point for being the easiest one. Having a country that select their own president means that the countruy would accept anything that the precident is doing. | 3 |
For example, some simplifed eclctronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions. Another project is looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers. These devices were first envisioned in the 1800s and played an important role in the 1940s during World War 2. The thought of computers exiting in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronis at all. Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate when it comes to tablet to acid or heat capabel of melting tin. By comparison, systems that use mechanical parts can be made more resistant to pressure, heat, and other forces. Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value , not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. Our tavels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation.
It still important in those day , learning about Venus and what is near by our human world .So, we should keep learn about NASA. | 0 |
Even though driverless cars can solve many problems, they can also create many problems. Driverless cars can enhance the risk of accidents on the road and put other drivers on the road at risk for danger. They also rise the question of liability. Who is responable if there is an acciedent involving a driverless car? The creation of this car can also promote laziness.
Driverless cars can enhance the risk of accidents on the road and put other drivers on the road at risk for danger. Roads are already dangerous with human error that can lead to accidents, and sometimes death. By putting a car on the road that can drive by itself rise the danger rate. How can you insure safety for other drivers on the road? It reads in the text "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves" cars are machines and machines have malfunctions, so how can you trust a machine to have control of your life?
However, driverless cars also rise the question of liability. Who is responable there is an accident involving a driverless car? Who should we blame the car or the driver? "Most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrains safe" if this is true driverless cars have no liability. Driverless cars open a window to endless amounts of questions, all of which needs to be answered before they are on the road.
Lastly, driverless cars also can promote laziness. Technology is a beautiful thing to have but it can also make us lazy. Technology such as cellular phones have become a dependent for many people. So adding driverless cars to the list of technology that make us move and be active is dangerous. Car driven by people allow them to interact with their surroundings, but driverless cars take away a lot of that interaction.
In conclusion, I do not support driverless cars because of many different reasons. One it has a safety risk for other drivers, two who is responable for a accident involving a driverless car, and finally it promotes human laziness. Until all of the logical concerns have been answered these cars should not be on the road. Driverless cars might be in the wave of the future but not until we are sure their are little to no health concerns. | 3 |
Have you ever heard the phase "If it ain't broke don't fix it?", well as Americans we shoud stick by that when it comes to the Electoral College.
Politics aren't a popularity contest, they are an important asset of this great nation and should not be taken lightly. The Electoral College is one of the many compromises established by The Founding Fathers of these United States and if they believed in the compromise why go and change it? With this method citizens can be certain that there will be a new president next term without fault.
To ferther elaberate, people might argue that this "winner takes all method" is outdate and irrational, but do people really know what this method is? The Electoral College is a process that consist of a body of electors, 538 to be exact, the majority of the votes is required to elect the President. Your state also has a say in this , it has an allotment of electors that equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation. In lamens terms theres a vote for each member of the House of Representives and two for your Senators. This process is simple.
There is always the chance of a dispute- it happened in 2000- but with this method its less likely. As stated in sourse 3 by Richard A. Posner he sets the 2012 election as an example by saying "Obama received 61.7 percent of the electoral vote compared to only 51.3 percent of the popular votes." That's 10.4 percent more than popular voting methods. Posner also adds " A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes--538-- is an even number, but it is highly unlikely..." With the Electoral College there is certainty of outcome.
The evidense is there, certainty of outcoome gives the public a sigh of relief and with such a simple process of election there will be no confusion. So like mentioned before if it ain't broke don't fix it this process has been around for more than a century and it hasn't failed yet. | 2 |
The concept of a driverless car seems very interesting and even mind-blowing. There could be many ways that the world could benefit from the development of these cars, but thinking deeper into it, these cars could also be quite a problem. Technology is not always the most reliable source. Having a self-driving car based on technology will not always be reliable either. Sometimes, things malfunction, and if these cars are self-driving becasue of technology, these cars will most likely malfunction as well. Therefore, I do not support the manufacturing of driverless cars.
Regardless of still being able to take control of the car, drivers may still find it hazzardly to be sitting in a piece of metal and technology and just rely on that to get them where they want to be. If the car malfunctions, and the person inside the car gets injured, it would not be their fault, nor the other people driving on the road with them. Most likely, it would the be the manufacturer's fault because of faulty design or poor assembly. Example of a malfuntion of these cars could include simply losing its directions. Sitting in a car that has no idea where it is going could be scary. Though the driver could take control if need be, this would still be concering if the driver was not paying attention, and therefore arriving at a place they did not want to visit. Even if the car could be perfected, there is always the thought of bad weather and icy roads, or roadblocks and accidents. Again, taking control could be an easy solution, though one not might have the time to do so.
Driverless cars still would need a lot of work. They would need to be tested over and over again, even if nothing is wrong with the car to enusre safety. It would have to be tested in different weather conditions and different roads with accidents and roadblocks on them to test the feature of letting the driver take back control of the car. There very well could be fewer accidents with these cars, but problems can come with solutions. While self-driving cars is a wonderous idea, I believe there are still too many risks. Today's technology is getting to the point where it is very possible, but technology will always be technology; there will always be some kinks that need to be fixed. | 2 |
Are driverless cars the technology of the future? In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", the author writes about the new developments and possibilities of driverless automobiles. The author also explains the potential drawbacks of the related technology. I am against the development of these driverless vehicles.
The most important issue relating to autonomous vehicles is safety. Most driverless automobiles that are currently tested are not fully autonomous. For example, Google's modified Toyota Prius uses 7 different sensors, a video camera, and a GPS reciever. Despite this technology, the car still requires a human driver at the wheel to manage difficult traffic situations. So far, there has not been a single driverless automobile that does not require a human driver for safety. The issue of safety is the main reason why driverless vehicle development is not currently practical.
The second main issue relating to autonomous vehicles is legal requirements for these vehicles. Current traffic laws do not favor the development of driverless vehicles.. Only California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have allowed driverless vehicles to be tested on public roads; driverless cars are otherwise illegal in all states. Liability is a major factor in the legalization of driverless cars. In a situation where driverless technology fails, liability cannot easilty be determined between the driver and the manufacturer. Both liability and legal status of driverless vehicles have significantly hampered the development of these vehicles.
I am currently against the development of autonomous vehicles. Currently, all driverless vehicles require a human driver for safety, and the requirement of a human driver should be considered impractical. Secondly, the legal status of these automobiles indicates that driverless automobiles have not been developed enough for practical usage. I believe that both of these issues will ultimately prevent the usage of driverless vehicles. | 2 |
"Drivless Cars Are Coming,'' is a article about the pros and cons of using drivless cars.I don't see the reasoning behind using drivless cars , when the cars people drive now are working perfetly normal.The old saying if it ain't broke don't fix it works perfect in this case.
Driving is a very common thing in the United States of America, almost every adult in todays society drives. If driveless cars become normalized then think about the people who can't afford drivless cars. The law would have to change so what would happen to the old car drivers. Would they have to follow the new ''Drivless'' laws or the old ones that where set? The law system would get very confusing ans would be hard on police oficers.
A big problem would be accidents. Who would you charge, the manufactures or the driver? You wouldn't know who's fault it would be. Since Sometimes the cars drive by there selves it could be either one. The compunies have the money so even if it was a cars fault the cumponie would get out of the Law suit and could leave the driver paying a lot for something that wasn't his/her fault. The biggest concern is safty. What happens when the car gets glitchy or if a circut goes out and the car starts to panic and crash. The children could get severly injured from something that wasn't your fault.
The car is almost aslways based on a computer sytem. People in todays society are smart and know how to work computers. Would the car have a firewalll of some sort. If not there could be lots of trouble if somme one was deranged and haked a car a ran it into stuff blowing things up. with the knew teroist coming up people need to think about things like that. That could be the next attack using our cars to strike fear into people. Then we couldnt tell who or where it came from.
In the end i do think Drivless cars could work i just don't think they're ready for use in the forseable future. they need alot of work and alot of explaining before the cars can be usable or to be common in society. So could it work of course , but I don't see it happening any time soon. | 3 |
What a time to be alive. We have people who have figured out a way for cars to drive themselves with little assistance. It amazes me how far we have come in technology. But, there are a few downsides to all this new technology.
Google cofounder Sergey Brin sees a bright future with public transportation. In paragraph one of "Driverless Cars Are Coming," it says, "He envisions a future with a public transportation system where fleets of driverless cars form a public-transportation taxi system. The cars he forsees would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more felxibility than a bus. He believes such cars would fundamentally change the world." All these improvments in technology and cars could change the way we live.
There are some downsides to all this great technology, sadly. The passage states in paragraph two that "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash, but so far, Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues, such as navigation through roadwork or accidents." Also in paragraph seven it states, "In fact, none of the cars developed so far are completely driverless. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skils."
These driverless cars do still need assistance in a few things to where you have to stay alert while driving but, besides that, this new technology will change the lives of many people. I am personally all for the driverless cars. The less I have to drive would make it much easier on me. I would love if within the next 10 or 20 years, we get it to where we don't have to do any assitance with the driverless cars and we could just sit back and enjoy the ride.
In conclusion, driverless cars and all this new technology impacts many people of all ages. Some people believe it's for the better and some believe it's not. It is a matter of opinion. But I believe that everyone would love to have these driverless cars. It saves on fuel, there would be less traffic accidents, and many other great improvments that could save the lives of others. | 3 |
Dear, senator I hereby to inform you that I'm in favor of changing the election by popular vote for the president of the United Staes, the kind we have now. For many reasons we believe the Electoral College should be abolish due to the process of electing the next president. During the Electoral College voters tend to vote but, not vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who turn to elect the president. We believe that over 60 percent of voters would prefer an election the kind we have now, as I said before. As you know the Electoral College consist of 538 electors, making it a majority of 270 electoral votes to elect the President. Californa, making it the state with the most electoral votes, is a state that could rise a candidates votes, and is considered by the following candidates that California could be an enormous help for the candidate. Many voters have many questions regarless to the Electoral Vote, for example; can voters control whom, their electors vote for? Nor who picks the electors in the 1st place?, These are a few questions that many voters have. I believe we should forment and focous more on the popular vote of those who are qualified citizens. The biggest disaster with the electoral college was when the 2000 fiasco was the biggest election crisis in a century, therefore making state legislatures responsible for picking electors. During an electoral college vote, if the electoral vote ends in a tie, the election would be held in the House of Reprsentatives, whereas state delegations would vote on the president. Candidates don't get to spend time in the states they know, having a chance of not winning. As a result of that, in the 2000 campaign, approximately seventeen states didn't have the oppurtunity to see the candidates. On the other hand the electoral college avoids the problem of elections. Therefore i considerate the electoral collge vote unfair to voters. | 1 |
In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile"The author said their is a new technology that can identify human emotion its name is the Facial Action Coding System. why is it improtant? it improtant becaues we can accuracy perceiving an emotion of someone or something. for example like the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci we can take Mona Lisa and put it facial coding system. then we can know her emotional. in the text it said " she 83 percent happy, 9 percent disduste and 6 percent fearful" it cool how they can get emotional of artwork.
The two people that make the coding system are Professor Thomas Huang and Professor Nicu at the university of lllinois, and the university of Amsterdam. To start, The computer make a 3-D model of the face with the major muscles. Then using video imagey the software recognize the factial movement. Then it be classified with in six basic emtions.
If this technology can use in classroom it will help alot of student. becaues the computer can recognize if your confused or disinterested. then it will modify the instuctor for help. it can class like drama,it can help the actors reproduce the some emotions. this technology is valubleful for the student and the classroom beaues reveal the amotions of a another person can be helpful. | 1 |
Limiting car usages is a goood thing because near record pollution is found in our air when cars are being used. Also 60 percent of conjestion went down in the capital of france because of cars. Diesel fuel was blamed because diesel makes up 67 percent of cars. Parks and sports centers will bloom throughout the city;pitted sidewalks will be replaced by broad; smooth sidewalks. Rush-hour restrictions will drop dramatically; and upscale shopping and new restuarants will be builted or will start to a variety of new customers and a jump start in better bussiness.
Recent studies have shown americans that buy fewer cars,driving less are getting less licenses as the year goes by which equals up to less pollution in the our air. An with these changes people stop the usage of car usages and ride bike where they go thir will be a weight drop in all ages around the world. Also if this happen kids from ages 18-21 will be less bothered of getting a license. Some may still be interested, it wont be a priority no more. Also the will be a upscale in the growth of bikes and bike bissinesses.
An from all this you will learn that cars pollute are airs. Therefore if we stop the usages of cars we will less traffic,more bussinessses, and also more bikes. Are air will less polluted and their will be a recent weight loss in all ages plus many professional bike businessess wil upscale in making bikes and make more over time. | 1 |
I am going to give you reasons why you should join the seagoing Cowboys program.1 you should enter cause you can go to different countries and cities. We also get to help people who were in the war and their town so that's a lot of fun. When you see the smile on the people's face it makes you feel good. Another reason you should join is cause we get to get on boats and feed and water animals,but it just takes so long to get to our destination. Its really fun if you are at home helping you can help here we need any and everyone who wants to help. There can be bad days where lets say you are on the night shift so you fall and break something. Well that means you can just sit down or try to help somewhere else. There can be bad and good days but mostly good outs here you can have so much free time cause we are on the boat a lot. Sometimes we go to countries who just had fought a war so it's just nice to go and try to help them recover. This offer is an opportunity of a lifetime you won't have as much fun anywhere than here. | 1 |
"All of our developement since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change.", stated David Goldberg, accordind to author Elisabeth Rosenthal. Fellow citizens, the time has come to adress the complications of our over usage of cars. There are many advantages to limiting car usage that you need to take into consideration. Less stress, reduced air pollution, and less money spent on such a worthless form of transportation. Sounds like an intriguing advantage, right?!
First off, stress can be caused greatly by cars. Although, this may sound absurd, just put some thought into it. With a limit on car usage, you hardly have to worry about your kid crossing the street by themselves. Say bye bye, to car hijackers! They are no longer a problem, neither is getting in an accident. Stop worrying, because do to the limit on car usage, your chances of caos are finited, they are no longer limitless.
Furthermore, air pollution is a big economic problem today. Limiting car usage means a great deal of air pollution reduction. In article, " Paris Bans Driving Due To Smog", we see congestion was down 60 percent, after five days, five days alone! Can you imagine how much better our health would be? We see many cases of lung cancer, due to smoke in the lungs, putting a limit on many lives. Also, air pollution is as well bed for mother nature herself, killing trees, our vital resource we not only rely on to put a roof over our heads, but also our whole source of living. Air pollution, is a definite economic problem that we can get rid of simply with the reduction of car usage.
Is your money being well spent? Not really, and you can thank the monster sitting in your driving, hiding in plain site. Cars need lots of attention. We're talking about more attention than an infant! You have to provide it with insurance, monthly bills and so much more. For instance, if you were to get a flat tire, you have to replace it with a spare, tand then that flat has to also get fixed. Money, money, and more money just being stolen right from under your nose, while gas prises are piling higher!
To conclude, if you were to limit your car usage you shall find many advantages, not only for you but for the economy. Stress, is a never ending cycle with the hunk of parts you may call your, "friend". A reduction in air pollution has a great amount of benefits. Next time, you decide to take a ride out with your buddies in your car, take a nice good thought about all the exhaust possibly filling up your lungs, and if not yours then someone else's. Lastly, you no longer will have to worry about your money jumping out your pocket. | 3 |
Bob is out drinking with his friends, he decides that he should go home and get ready for work the next day. Bob gets in his car and heads home, not realising how under the influcence he was, he does not notice the semi taking the corner and Boom, Just like that Bob is dead, his wife has to get a job and his kids are missing their father. It could have all been prevented with the introduction of driverless cars. Autonomous cars are more reliable, more effective, and safer than modern vehicles.
Autonomous cars will be much more reliable than common cars. Google has had cars out that have been semi-independent sine 2009. While the cars do have drivers for some issues such as complicated traffic the car does the majority of the work. With slight developments the cars have the potential to be fully autonomous. One easy solution to this is to simply have the cars GPS connect to the local news studio and hire people in that building to update the GPS to show heavy traffic and road work so the car can just avoid them.
Recent developments have made the cars more effective as well, for example they would offer much more flexibility than your avarage bus. The bus has a set route of stops and pick ups, wherein the car could pick people up at the bar and take them safely home. This not only reduces the amount of tickets, but it also saves lives. Think how great the world would be without people dying to drunk driving. Not only that but the cars also consume less gas and require less people.
Speaking of people, The cars would be much safer than your avarage taxi, people never know the whole story behind a cab driver. It's possible that a cab driver isn't a certified cab driver, found the taxi sign at a junkyard, painted his car yellow. This leaves people in a dangerous spot when calling a cab on the streets of new york. A driverless car could pick people up and there would be no danger for the user. Another part that makes the car safer is that it can sense things better than a human can. This cars are outfitted with a massive quantity of sonars and sensors to check for other vehicles. Not only is the car safer for the person inside it is also safer for everyone else. A smart car will never have road rage, as it is a computer, without the capability to feel it will never get angry. A smart car won't run people off of the road because its feelings got hurt.
In conclusion, Autonomous cars are very reliable, effective, and safe. Think of all the Bobs in the world who because of one bad decision have not only lost their life but ruined the lives of those who loved them. it is possible that autonomous cars can prevent it from happening in the future. Google cofounder Sergey Brin believes such cars can fundamentally change the world. Do you want to help change the world for a brighter safer tomarrow. | 3 |
When it comes to having a computer program to help the teachers know what is going on with the class it should be used. If the program can tell how every kid is doing during class they should be using it. This technology can help with keeping the kids concentrated and help them learn better. If they can tell how the kids feel about a certain subject it can help teachers know that they should stop teaching it and teach another or that they like that subject. IT could also tell the teacher if the kid is struggling with the homework it can tell the teacher to help the kid out. Especially for the little kids who are to scared to ask questions or even middle or high schooler.
Another thing the Facial Action Coding System could really help with an issue like suicide. If these programs are telling us that there sad we can ask them if there's anything wrong and if they need to talk to anyone. These outputs of how they feel can help the world especially if it can help catch suicides from happening. These programs could also help teach how a certain test or classes make them feel.
My only problems is time. If the programs take an hour or more plus time you can't really act on the problem imediatly. Also the way that people feel changes so fast that if you do ask how they feel they could be just fine by then. Also another problem i could see is can it take one face or a whole class room of faces. If it can take a whole classroom and spit out how each individual felt at that exact moment then we should us them in classes.
If they can not do these things they should be worked on till they can do those two things. These facial action coding system should be improved so that it can fo those two things and be put in all schools as soon as possible. This device can change teaching for good and also save lives in the process. | 3 |
It is obvious that driverless cars are the future of transportation. Self driving cars not only provide you with a more comfortable and convinient way of getting place to place, but also a safer and more eco-friendly way of transportation. The development of driverless cars are a neccesity in moving into a safer and overall better future.
Driverless cars are equipt with the latest in sensor technologies. Used collectivley, the sensors provide a model of the world around the car and not only enable it to mimic the driving of a human, but more effectivley and precisely navigate roads. This makes the car safer than if it were operated by a human driver. Current driverless cars aren't even properley driverless. BMW developed a car that can handle basic driving functions at slow speeds, but sensors in the car's driving wheel make sure that an alert human is able to operate the car in dangerous situations (i. e. car accidents or work zones). Even if cars are not fully autonomous, the technology being developed for driverless cars can assist a driver and help to avoid crashes. Google's test cars alone have independently driven over a half a million miles without any crashes.
Future driverless cars can make traveling a more enjoyable experience. Google's cofounder Sergey Brin imagines a day where public-transport is not gas guzziling buses, but a fleet of driverless cars that only consume half of what modern car's do. Not only will these cars allow you to travel somewhere without having to worry about the road and even allow you to work or interact with family member, but will take you to a specific destination unlike current public-transport. Such cars could fundamentally change the world.
Development of driverless cars are the future in automotive transportation. There are little to no cons on the the development of such cars as well as an enormous amount of pros. Technology and research engineered for the production of these cars not only benifit the automotive industry, but can have applications outside of the industry even if driverless cars are not eventually commercially avalible. The future is self driving cars. | 3 |
Dear Senator,
The Electoral College is filled with electors that people from different states voted for. They are the people who vote and elect the president and vice president. Their votes are more imprtant than everyone elses because they are higher people than everyone else. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. They need 270 electoral votes on a president before the elect one. Every candidate the is running for president had their own group of electors, so of course they gonna vote for them and thats not fair.
I think that each candidate shouldnt have their own electors because it wouldnt be fair if one candidate had 20 electors and another candidate has like 10. Bascially the candidate with the most electors has a better chance of winning the election. Each state has a group of electors that vote for their state and thats not right. It shouldnt be up to the electors to vote for their state, everyone should just be able to vote for who they want to be president and see what happens from there. Not everything is up to the electors.
We shouldnt keep the Electoral College because its not fair that their votes matter more than the communitys. Everyone in the world is able to vote for who they want for president. Then finally when a president is elected most people are angry because the Electoral College picked who they wanted and didnt pay much attention to the communitys vote. Instead of the Electoral College voteing and choosing the president it should be up to the community. After everyone has voted, we should just add up who got the most votes and whoever did should be elected as president. It shouldnt be up to the Electoral College. Just because they are higher then everyone else, they shouldnt just be able to choose who they want for president.
Also not everyone is able to vote, and thats not fair. The Electoral College adds there votes to everyone elses and then elects the president they want. But what about the people who didnt vote? Everyone should have a chance to vote. It wouldnt be fair that the Electoral College elected a president when theres people out there who didnt even have the chance to vote. In source 2 paragraph 14 , it says,
"its offical: the Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational"
. That is true, they arent fair because they make it so that their votes are more important than everyone elses. Most people dont even vote for president, they vote for electors in the Electoral College so they can vote for president. I bet that everytime the Electoral College voted for a president people from different states yelled and screamed at them.
So the best thing is to pay attention to who everyone in the United States is voting for instead of the Electoral College. If we keep voting like this sooner or later everyone is going to get fed up with it and do something about it themselves.
Sincerely
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
How do you think the Face was formed. There could be many reasons how the Face was formed. However I think that the Face was not formed by aliens. One reason is, is that they haven't prove that aliens are real yet. Also, that the day they took they picture they said that there was wispy clouds over it. Another reason is that it all happend because of science.
Mars is an odd planet, I've heard people call it the pizza planets because it was red, I think. That's not the point though, the point is, is that the planet has not proven that aliens live on that planet. The face had been thought it was created by aliens. NASA said that the Face was a "huge rock formation" showing the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth. There are more reasons why they face was Face was not formed by aliens.
Another reason is that the day they took the picture, there was wispy winds. In order to take a good picture you need to have good weather. The weather can effect the picture because if it's windy you need to make sure that everything is not blowing around. The wispy winds could have effected the picutre becuase the winds were blowing so the rocks, sand and everything else was blowing around. So, when Viking 1 captured that picture, it can everything else blowing with it. Wind storms happen on planets, I am not sure om which ones but i know they happen-just like how on the sun it doesn't have wind storms but has almosr like volcanic action on it with lave everywhere. There is one more other reason.
One more reason is that is just plain old science. Science occurs in a lot of discussing and working on the planet. When planning to send some sort of machine to a planet, you have to undertand the planet. In 1976 there wasn't the best technology at the time. They didn't know when a storm was gonna come or if they would have to send their machines threw a bunch of metors. When they sent out Viking 1 a win storm occured and the camera on Viking 1 couldn't focus right and that is why it looked like a face.
There are many more reasons why the Face was not formed but an aliens. Some are that it was that aliens have not been proven yet. Also, that there was wispy clounds. One more is that is was all science. Those are resons why that the Face was not formed by aliens. | 2 |
Venus is the sister planet to are home planet of Earth. Venus is the closest planet to Earth and is the closest to the size of Earth. Earth and Venus are said to be sister planets because of theas facters. There is also reson to belive that venus was ones simeler to earth is termas of living condishins . Venus is worth studeang even if the planet is no longer sutibul for life.
Venus was once like earth so what hapend? Now it is one of the most inhbitabul planets in the solersistum with a averige surfes temprituer of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atmosphere that is almost 97 persent cardon dioxide. The geravitashinal pull is also 90 times stronger than that of Earthes geravitashinal pull. Even with theas lnhabital condishens of Venus scientists continue to resertch Venus because of the fact that it was one just like Earth is today.
Even whith the fact that vanis is inhabitabul for human life. there is still so much that we can learn about not only venus but are own planet. NASA has evan been exploring to idea that we send a maned space craft to Venus so that there can be people exsurbing Venus from a close but safe distance. You never know the seacrits that hide on venus may even hold the key to the futcher of are own planet. | 1 |
Many people wonder what the Face on the Mars planet really is. New high-resolution images and 3D altimetry from NASA's Mars Global Survey spacecraft reveal the Face on Mars fro what it really is: A mesa. According to this article's explaination, I believe that it is just a natural landform, not created by aliens. Some of the NASA's Mars scientists share their opinions based on what and how they discovered it.
To begin with, there are lots of reasons why the Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) team revealed that it was a landform and no alien monument after all by snapping a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos to be certain and clear. Also by looking at the picture, it looks like a huge rock that pops up and creates different shapes and forms.
In addition, what the picture actually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common arounf the American West. It also looks like Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho, which JIm Garvin stated, " It reminds me most of Middle Butte...." and " ..that's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars. This proves that it is not an alien handwork.
Some scientists are not sure of the Face. They think it is created by aliens. They might be right since it is theory and answer is not given. Nevertheless, the caption noted that " a huge rock formation...which resembles a human head..formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth, " which means it formed by itself that illustrated a human head.
All in all, the Face is not created by aliens. It is just a huge rock that formed a human head. Therefore, there is no reasons why it is created by aliens. Also, few scientists prove about it by using their investigations and the photos on Mars planet. | 2 |
"When I had a car, I was always tense," Heidrun Walter said in the article, 'In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars', in the New York Times, "I'm much happier this way." In Vauban, Germany, people do not use cars. They find other means of transportation, such as biking and walking. In Bogota, the construction of bicycle paths has made 118 miles of passages for residents. According to David Goldberg, "All our development since World War II has been centered around the car." While that is not entirely true, it does have a good point. We should move on from the all-powerful box with wheels.
One major reason for not using cars is pollution. As most of us know, pollution is bad for the environment, and for most life on Earth. Unfortunately, our use of cars and power plants is generating pollution faster then plants can take it out of the atmosphere. "Transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions", Elisabeth Rosenthal said. In the article, "Paris bans driving due to smog", 60% of drivers in Paris stopped after five days of intensifying smog. That means that the smog was dense enough to where it was dangerous for drivers to go anywhere.
The article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" mentions that: "The turnout [for car-free day] was large, despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota." Why would people continue to participate in car-free day if they hated it so much? Despite the fine of $25, it really isn't a big deal. One of the participants, Carlos Arturo Plaza, said, "It's a good oppurtunity to take away stress and lower air pollution."
Now, how can you simply stop driving? You need to get to your job! Nobody is telling you to move to Vauban. However, biking or walking to the park could help. You don't need a car to go to your neighbor's house. They're right next door. Of course, not using cars is not going to stop the pollution from power plants, but it will certainly slow down how fast it is going into the atmosphere.
We simply can't allow pollution to go where it is going. If we all stop relying on cars to get us to places, we will have enough time to think of an easier solution. Bill Ford laid out a business plan for a world in which personal vehicle ownership is impractical or undesirable. There is a chance that being car-free won't be as bad as everyone thinks. It might even be enjoyable. There is also a chance that it will despised. We'll only know if we try it, now won't we? | 3 |
Have you ever wondered what someone is feeling by just looking at their face? Now, scientist have discovered a new technology to read emotions. The new technology uses recognition of muscle movements in the face. This new technology would be valubale in a classroom with students because you could tell how the students really feeling, you could tell if they are faking emotions, and it could be a learning tool.
First, you could tell how the students are really feeling. In paragraph 9, the author states "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." This means if a teacher sees an upset student, the teacher can tell them to make a happy face and eventually the student won't be as upset. It would help everyone be happy because everyone will "... unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions."
Second, it would help show if anyone is faking emotions. In paragraph 8, the author says "...these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This would also be helpful with students in a classroom because if student his trying a student is trying to hide being upset a teacher could know and then ask them whats wrong. Also, it would work the other way too. The teacher would know if a student would be faking being upset.
Lastly, it could be used as a learning tool. It could be a way of showing how facial muscles work and the emotions that are shown by them. In paragraph 6, the author states " Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This shows that it would be able to help students learn based off of their emotions.
There many things in the new technology that would be valuable in a classroom with students. For instance, it help tell how students are feeling. Also it could tell if a student is faking a smile and is really upset. Finally, it would be a helpful learning tool by changing lessons by the students emotions. Next time you see a facial expression try telling what emotion that it applies to. | 2 |
Is technology a valuable source for everything? In the world we live in now, the year of 2016, we've discovered things that are taking place that would've never even been though of before. And now, the idea of driverless cars has came upon. I don't agree that this is the best idea for us right now. Simply because, it takes away from alot of learning, it'll cause lots of disagreements with individuals and manufacturers, and technology is'nt always dependable.
Driverless cars will take away from learning. In the United States now there are many laws for finally being elgible to drive. Going through the permit policy at the correct age, and then finally your license. Many teenagers have already went through this process, with taking drivers ed, practicing behind the wheel and more. But, with driverless cars it'll lead the growing generation right into what they don't know and you should still know how to drive while in the car, but with no knowledge of that concept, how will that work?
As stated in the passage, "if the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" If there is any type of wrong happening, both sides will make any claim to make sure their not at fault. Factors like money problems and a bad name could occur against the manufacturer, and money situations against the individuals also. No one will want to be blamed, and it could cause so much. There are always lawsuits and situations where it's a company against a citizen.
As we can all verify now, technology isn't always dependable. Starting from phone problems, updating apps, getting into Google, loosing files, crashing, and more. It's never 100 percent dependable. Let's say the sensors seek a problem too late, or not at all, it's the inviduals job to just be secure and take control, then what is the purpose of even having them hold the name of driverless? There so many wrongs that can happen. If a driver is sleepy, and thats her reason for wanting the driverless taxi, and ends up falling asleep, not able to respond to sensors, what happens? And whose fault is it?
All in all, I believe there's not a big purpose or need for this concept right now. There's not, and theres so many reasons why. Taking away from learning, causing lawful conflicts, and the use of not so dependable technology. | 3 |
I feel as if the making and implementaion of driverless cars will benefit our society greatly. I do not drive personnaly but as someone who ha been picked up,an dropped off endless amount of times i have seen my fair share of the roads. Upon these roads bad drivers and good drivers exist; and they are all humans controling the cars. As humans we are not perfect at all and we have our flaws. An example of one of many flaws is our inability to truly multitask. Texting and driving is something many of us believe we can do but it is the samething that kills numerous amounts of people a year: shown from multiple statistics.
In my opinion computers are more reliable unlike people. when they are bugged and have malfunctions yes its irratating and complex to fix them, but when there up and running there is no stoping the leaps and bounds they go through just to produce information efforetlesly. yes there will be those who belive that there is too much of risk of putting your lives in the hands of technology but on an everyday basis we do without realizing it. when you think about it everyday you wake due to the sound of your alarm, everyday you wake up to check your phone to stay updated with worldy and local topics, we also check our phones for time. what im trying to state is we wake up because of technology and we go to bed because of technology so why not get to your chosen destination by upgraded technology.
One of reason I feel so strongly about the idea of having driverless cars is due to the idea of them using half the fuel of todays taxis. this could be so helpful in two ways; one way is it could help everyone finacialy. with the price of fuel always fluxating from high to low, those that do use the driverless taxis would in theory pay less then what they would do now. Also another great reason for driverless cars is there would hopefully be a lesser carborn footprint then what we have been producing. Our abuse of releasing too much co2 has led unpredictable climate change which is having long lasting effects in parts of the united states let alone the globe. | 3 |
Do you know why the earth has air pollution ? they are many reason from cars. Limiting car usage could have many advances because it can slow down air pollution,save money, and safety. Sit back and relax while I explain.
To begin one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that it can slow down air pollution.
First reason that limiting car usage is that it can slow down air pollution is that because in the passage it says that "after days of near-record pollution,Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." what that quote was basically saying was that the air pollution in paris was so terrible that they had to ban driving in order for the air to get stabilized. Next limiting car usage can slow down car pollution because it will keep major fuel companies from burning coal into the air. Lastly limiting car usage can slow down air pollution by using bikes,walking,taking the bus,riding skate boards,taking the subway,and ect.
Next one of the advantages of limiting car usage is it saves money.
the first reason limiting car usage saves money is because in one of the passages it says that "The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. violaters are to face $25 fines". and I dont think any one want to be a part of that. Next one of the advantages of limiting car usage is that it saves money because when a person has a car they spend lots on money to put gas in their car every week and every year gas prices are rising. finally one of the advantages on limiting car usage is it saves money is because people that drive have to be aware of tickets that are very expensive also mantanace for your car like tires, lights,oil and ect if you limit your car usages over time you will see yourself spending less.
Finally one advantage on limiting car usage is safety. The first reason lmiting car usage can raise safety is because in the passage it says "pedestian,bicycle,private cars,commercial and public transportation traffic are woven into a connected network to save time,conserve resouses,lower emissions and improve safety". The next reason limiting car usage can bring safety is by stoping traffic jams and droping the percentage of the amount of people dying fron car accidents. The final reason limiting car usage can bring safety keeping motorcyclists,bikers,and pedestrians from getting hit by cars also keeping drunk drivers of the streets.
To sum up they are many advantages of limiting car usage ,my reasons are it can slow down air pollution,save money, and safety I told you my reasons now tell me yours. | 3 |
I believe that there are many advantages when it comes to limiting car usage. Using cars for transportation has been around for nearly a decade, starting with the very first car to run on gas ever made. Many believe that having a car makes life more convenient. But there are many more cons that justify the right to limit car usage.
The first advantage to limiting car usage would be the most obvious one, which is economical purposes. Buying a car usually means spending thousands of dollars all at once or having to pay a bill every month until the full price of the car is payed. This does not include the price for gas or other needs the car could have. Things like oil changes, transmission failure, or even something as simple as a flat tire could cost well over a hundred dollars just to fix all depending on the situation. This is not even considering the chance that your car could just stop functioning and you would need to buy a new car, which would lead to the ugly circle of life you just went through with your old car.
Not only is limiting car use good economically, but also enviromentally friendly as well. Studys shown that cars and other vehicles like this are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. This could be very dangerous in a place where many people live.
Another advantage would be that if there are less cars, there would be less accidents as well. Many deaths that have been occuring over the pass year are all car related. Things like natural storms that destroy cars or drinking and driving could be prevented if car usage is limited. If car usage was limited, the death toll would definitly get smaller.
One last advantage limiting car usage would bring is the gift of excersise. Many believe a car is very convenient due to the fact that it can get you where you want to go in a small amount of time which, in fact, could be very useful for special occasions. However, when it comes to using a car limits to driving to a gas station 4 blocks away from where you live just for snacks, that's when things get out of hand. If you want to get somewhere, there are other ways besides cars that are safe and healthy for you. You could ride a bike, or even walk to where you want to go and still get the excersise you wouldn't get from using a car.
In conclusion, there are many reasons why car usage should be limited. However, that does not mean i don't beileve in the usage of cars. Cars are a advancement in technology for people to get to where they need to go without a hassle. A gift like that should not be taken advantage of. People can still use cars, but in moderation. And if we take the time to walk or ride a bike, you will be healthy, happy, and have a pocket full of money left over. | 3 |
Is limiting car usage a benefitial way to reduce many uneccessary smog and pollution in any part of the world? This is a case of many opinions. Many people say it is beneficial to the environment and where they live in. Others disagree about limiting car usage due to slow mobility going from place to place that might be far away. In my opinion, i do support the idea that limiting car usage is a helpful way to reduce smog and many other pollutants that might spread in the natural world. For example, reducing smog from the air helps animals and humans to breath better air and reduces the risk factor of getting a decease from the pollution or smog. Also, it just not only cleans the air but it helps citizens live a helathier life by always staying physically active either going from place to place.
It is a great way to reduce smog or pollution by limitng car usage and helps stop cars and truscks to stop generating many malitiant gases that may cause deceases. According to Source #3, its states that "Millions of columbians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day." This is a great example and idea of living in an environment that has reduced the amount of pollution generated by cars and trucks. Not using cars can also help the animals in the environment they live in. Animals also have a roll
Penultimately, the limiting of car usage also helps citizens live a healthier life by staying physically active and helps them stay in shape. Doing exercise everyday can also help reduce the risk factor of getting inmobile. Transportation like walking and jogging to places and not using mechanical transportation is the best way due to the fact that we dont produce pollution or smog.
Finally, limiting the car usage can help reduce pollution and smog for many reasons. It can help the environment we live in and helps citizens stay physically active and healthy. It also helps animals live better due to the air they breathe. We need to take part on cleaning the place we live in and so if we caused smog and pollution into the air, Why not make a change and reduce what we already created? | 2 |
Driveless cars should never exist because, it is dangerous, it is not exactly perfect, and it is time consuming. Driving driveless cars is pointless. Even though technology has advanced and became more efficient, we still don't have the technology needed to ensure the drivers safety. According to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" in paragraph 9, technology could fail and someone could get injured. Would it be the driver's fault or the manufacturer?
If you're going to invent and call a car, a driveless car, why does it still require a human to drive it? Yes I know that, the article in paragraph 7 says that you're only required to do so if the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones or around accidents. But what's the point if you're going to do that? It is a waste of time and money. It is not exactly perfect. If driveless cars ever exist in the future, the price of the car would be very high and almost no one would be able to afford it. It won't be the future way of transportation.
But if everyone could afford it, laws would have to change. The article says, in paragraph 9, that most driving laws focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. As a result, in most states it is illegal even to test computer driven cars. The aritlce also says, in paragraph 9, "But even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to covor liability in case of an accident". The whole process will be time consuming and that's why, I think that driveless cars should never exist. Companies and manufacturers should focus on making the car better in terms of handling, engine, and etc. | 2 |
I think
that driverless cars are a good idea for tjhe majority of the time, but there are some people who will try and abuse the power of a driverless car. There were many negatives to using a driverless car like who is at fault when a accident occurs or who would want to drive a driverless car. I will tell you my argument for why I strongly believe that driverless cars are not so much of a good idea.
For my frist reason evin if there are some catious drivers in the U.S. there are more uncatious drivers than catious drivers. If we have driverless smart cars then people will be put at more risk then when they were manually operating of their vehicle. Also what if a malfunction occurs and one or more drivers or pedestrians get hurt then, "who is at fault- the driver or the manufactuer?" says the article and I would believe that the manufactuer would be at fault but one would say otherwise.
My next reason is that a lot of driving laws would be altered or changed and more laws would be added. That is a big time consuming process and development would change every year with new designs, and other things of the sorts. With changing or adding laws people will start to loose their intrest in the car and look for something new in a manually operated vehicle. Most people would try and say that it is worth the wait but why wait for new technology that could malfucntion without alerting the driver like it says in the article about the development of the driverless car.
My final reason is that it is a big waste of money and could hurt one or more if not developed with the right technology and the right safety percaution are taken. The article says that there would be considerations of flashing lights in the windshield and this could be a big hazard because it could possabliy blind the driver also it could distract on coming traffic. The reason this would be a big waste of money is because if one were to get in a accident then there driverless car is completely totaled and rendered useless. Also with all the new features that would be added the cost of the car would be doubled most likely so this would be a very exspensive purchase for most who even considered trying the new technology.
In conclusion I have said for the most part a driverless car is pretty useful in many ways, but if you think about the big key which is safety then you would have to reconsider your choice. Even with the fact the car will be equip with many ways to alert the driver when it is time for them to take control it would just not work with the safety standards of most people. So really it all falls back on safety, so this is why I strongly believe that driverless cars are not a good idea. | 3 |
Driverless cars should not even be advertised in car stores because they sound dangerous. People may think driverless cars sound cool in all, but in reality; what if someone's driverless crashes? Then that person would not think their driverlesss car is so cool then.
Driverless cars are just like other cars around the world except that driverless cars do not have drivers inside them. Driverless cars also have sensors like regular cars as stated in paragraph 5 so that is nothing new to anybody or anything. Driverless cars look basically like regular ordinary car which makes not very interesting to people who are looking to buy them.
Driverless cars are also very dangerous and can cause serious problems to humans on this earth. As stated in paragraph 8, The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge, Driverless cars can cause so much trouble in people's lves. They can also cause confusion when it comes to having an accident with another driver because as stateed in paragraph 9, "Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at faultthe driver or the manufacturer?" If someone gets into a car accident; they will not even know who's fault it would if somebody got severely injured because the driver would have no control at all over the vehicle so in my opinion driverless cars should not be advertised in car shops.
In conclusion, whether that driverless cars are dangerous or that they can cause problems; they should not be sold to anybody because they would be nothing but trouble and pain. | 1 |
I am very one sided with the way I feel about driverless cars. I feel that driverless cars are dangerous and hazardous. The cars could be more prone to crashes then when a person is at the wheel. "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." This states that the cars are safe for only a period of time. An all computerized car is just asking for the worse when it gets older.
Driverless cars aren't even really driverless, so what's the point? "But so far, Google cars aren't truely driverless." The idea of a driverless car may put a person to ease, to where they aren't paying attention to the road ahead. The at ease person may become stressed when the car signals to take over. They might not even be ready to take over the wheel. This is a risky thing when coming to complicated traffic issues.
These driverless cars also seem to be very expensive, something not the everyday person could afford. The car has even been know to be to costly without the price of the car itself. The article talks about the use of smart roads for the smart cars. "These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical." The car itself needs a lot of mechanics, such as Dubbed LIDAR, to make sure the vehicle can mimic the skill of a human at the wheel.
The article talks a lot about the future of these driverless cars. But I do not think there will be such a future. With the concern of a person's life at risk, the driverless cars will intimidate many. The cost issue will also be an intimating factor. With manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan, many will not be able to afford it. Overall, the bad outweighs the good for this project. The driverless car is simply just not worth it. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
In the year 2000, a great injustice was made in our country. The president who the people voted for was unfairly defeated because of the electoral college. Our government says that it is by the people and for the people, but the electoral college is against this whole ideal. The electoral college is unfair, undemocratic, and outdated.
To begin with, the electoral college is unfair because we aren't actually voting for the president, which is a constitutional right. We are voting for a group of people, who by human nature, have their own opinions and agendas. It is quite possible that they would go against us and vote differently like the 2000 election.
In addition, the electoral college is not democratic. The people, who are supposed to decide who becomes president, are in fact, not deciding at all. The voters are a piece of unnecessary government. The popular vote should always be the way presidents are chosen according to the constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
Finally, the electoral college is a very outdated idea. Maybe, in our country's beginning when people didn't have media or fast-traveling news, it may have been a good idea to have informed voters, but now, everyone has the chance to be informed. Our country doesn't need an electoral college because we can think for ourselves.
Thank you,
PROPER_NAME. | 2 |
Driverless cars do seem like the thing today's society is pushing for in the future, but is it as good as they say it is? How would one operate such a car? How much could it cost? These are questions that have all been asked before.
"Google cars aren't truly driverless; they still alert the driver to take over when pulling in and out of driveways or dealing with complicated traffic issues." Now why pay for a car that can't fully operate itself through such tribulations? If I get a "driverless car" I want to be able to go to sleep and wake up parked at my destination.
Driverless cars do seem good in a sense of not being able to drunk drive, unless you put too much gas in the tank. If you know what I mean. On the note of gas, would a driverless car be running on gas or electric? Or both since it would have such high energy usage with all of the cameras. Which would spike up the price dramatically if it was electric and you'd constantly have to charge it.
In my opinion driverless cars are something that do sound fun, but at the same time dangerous. There are certain things that your car wouldn't be able to see that the human eye could. For example, what if somebody's turn signals were out so they had to use their hand. How would the car see that and know to slow down? With that question on the table who would be responsible for that crash?
So in a sense driverless cars are very cool, but seem to be more of a hastle than it's worth. I'd rather just keep both hands on the wheel and move on with life. It's also just lazy, what's the point in having a drivers license if I'm not driving the car? | 2 |
The Electoral College shouldn't stay the same, in fact we shouldn't even have it anymor the reasons why we should not keep the Electoral College is because we are voting for electors, the tie that occurs in a election and representatives in states. There is so many problems with our constitution and the Electoral College is one of them.
You may not think voting is what it seems to be. We don't vote for our president like we should but instead we vote for electors, in which all the electors in that state gives the president their vote if the majority of the population voted for them. Wouldn't it just be easier if can automatically add up all votes for each president since we are so technologically advanced? I say we just let the people of the United States vote the way we should vote and everything would be easier and there would be less complaints.
A tie that occurs in an election is unfair. The House of Representatives is now responsible for the election. The winner-takes-all is also a big problem. The eclection is basically in the "Swing" states because the election is so close. So i guess the smaller the better. "The Electoral College is unfair, outdated, and irrational." Says Bradford Plumer in the article "The Indefensible Electoral College: Why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong."
The biggest problem in he electoral college is the representatives in the states. "Wyoming, representating 500,000 voters, would have as much asthe 55 representatives from California, who represents 37 million," Says Bradford Plumer in paragraph 12. That makes no sense at all. Why would a smaller state with a smaller population have more votes than a bigger state with a larger population? That is unfair to the citizens of the United States and is unfair in the election.
My arguement for this voting process could continue on. Agree or disagree, you still know that there are tons of problems wrong with the Electoral College. I hope one day it'll change and less talk and arguements will occur, it's time for a new voting process. | 2 |
I am against the development of these "driverless cars." I am against these driverless cars because they cost alot of money and will only create more political issues in our counrty. There is also way more important problems to try and fix. These cars indeed are one of the least important. Especially when time is such a scarce thing and building these cars would take up so much of our time.
Building these cars would cost alot of money. This article states that since the late 1950s, there has been companies that have tried to make this world a better place with driverless cars. Clearly its been a long time since the late 1950s and we have still not made it possible. The smart- rode systems these companies created worked well but this article states it was way too expensive. If back then the materials needed to make these cars were very expensive, don't you think our advanced technology now will be way more expensive? There are lots of things required for this car to work and with every little mistake, justice must be served.
Laws are not an easy thing in our world. We have a great law system, but yet after years and years it is not perfect. This article states that new laws will be needed in order to cover liablility in the case of an accident. Why should we work on making new laws instead of prefecting our laws now? We already have a great focus on keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. We can make it better but we must not lose our focus. Focus is such an important thing when improvments need to be done.
Yes, we have had great innovations in our generation. Our technology has advanced by alot. It does make it possible for there to be cars that actually are driveless. But we must also think of the more importants things in life not just cars. We need to make out government better. We need better ways to stay healthy. We did need great transportation, the safer the better, but we need to work on more important things right now. Time is such a scarce thing for a human and we should spend it on things that actually matter.
I am against these driverless cars because they cost alot of money and will only create more political issues in our country. There is also way more important problems to try and fix. Maybe one day we will realize how people went to jail for something they didnt do and all we did was care about a more entertaining way to get us from one place to another. This can work, but we all have to be on the same side first. | 3 |
In this article the author makes sure to provide all the facts but altimately the good outweighs the bad.Venus is a challenging planet for humans to study.A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.It has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acide in its atmosphere.Its temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit.It has the hottest surface temperature out of all the planets.Its atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth's.Venus wasnt always inhospitable scientists say it was probably just like Earth.Venus still has some features analogous to Earth.The value of returning to Venus seems indisputable but we don't really have options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive.Recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit,a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel.
The author makes sure to include a couple solutions to the problem.One solution would be to allow scientists to float above the fray.A vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions.They would have solar power and radiation would not exeed Earth levels.It would be survivable for humans.The downside in that researchers wouldn't be able to take samples of rock,gas and anything from a distance.Electronics made from silicon carbide have been tested.Lastly the author states that our travels on Earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
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This can get you very successful in life, helping others live in their country is a very kind thing to do, so Joing the Seagoing Cowboys if you would like to be successful in like and help countries and animals. | 1 |
Dear,Senator
The United States Of America should change the voting of the president to popular vote. popular vote gets to see what the citizens of the United States want not just the 538 electors. They should change it to popular vote because it gets to see what the people want and we cant control who the electors vote for.
The president should be picked by the people because whoever wins the presidency is in charge of us. In the passage "What is the electoral college" it says "The electoral college consists of 538 electors". That means 538 people get a say in who they want the president to be not the many citizens. We all should get a vote because if the electors are the only ones who get to pick then the popular vote is useless.
Another reason why we shuold use only popular vote is because the electors dont always choose the president that their state wants. There only been a couple incidents of this happening but its possible. In the article"the indefensible electoral college:why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong" it says "Can voters control who their electors vote for? Not always". That is saying that theres always a possibility that your electors does not vote for what the state wants. Thats not right so they should change it to popular vote.
The citizens of the united states should have direct votes to the election of our presidents. Thats why You should change to popular vote. We get to see what the citizens want and we cant always trust our electors. | 2 |
I think if we limit the usage of cars it could possibly be a good thing. America has very high pollution a lot of it comes from cars, second only to power plants. If say Jacksonville decided to be car free it would be hard because Jacksonville is the biggest city, according to how much land it takes up. But Vauban in Germany is the perfect city for it because it has 5,500 people in a rectangular square mile which is small and allows people to walk from place to place. But jacksonville, say if i wanted to walk to Orange Park it would take a long time beacause it is already a 45 minute drive.
If America was to become car free then there would be a lot of complications, such as if you live at the beach and have to go downtown for work and cant catch a bus. I think America should pick one city to start this and if it works well then move it to a whole state and only allow buses and taxis to be driving around. In America the drving peak has already passed, in 2005 was the when the highest amount of cars and most driver liscense were given out.
An advantage of being "car free" would be that the stress of evryday life would go down. A lot of stress results from cars and driving. If you get stuck in traffic your going to get mad but we wouldnt have to worry about traffic anymore because we would be either walking or taking buses/taxis. Also local buisness would be making more money because if a person is walking they are going to want to eat what ever is nearest to them. People live very close to some local buisness and instead of just driving by them all the time you would actually eat there.
Looking into the future I could see honestly say I dont see America becoming car free. I see it staying in Europe the reason I say this is because we have a lot of evryday commuting going on, in every city, in every state someone is almost always out driving wether its to catch a early flight or to get a head start on a road trip. people are always drving. Looking back into the past, a lot of people did walk places, and then more and more people started driving and it eventually caught on.
So now once again I ask you, do you think America will ever become car free? Do you think less and less people will start driving or will the number of drivers increase? People who have tried this seem to be a little less stessed wich could ultimatley help us all. | 2 |
Driverless cars are going to make a huge impact on multple people who own one in many positive ways. Nevertheless, driverless cars can possibly impact on people negatively. Therefore, I do not agree with the invention of driverless cars for thr United States.
Located in paragraph one, the positive behind driverless cars is that they use "half the fuel of today's taxis and off far more flexibilty than a bus." Sergey Brin believes that these care will fundamentally make a difference in the world. Another amazing fact is that these cars can drive independently drive themselves more than half a million miles without crashing.
Located in paragraph two, line four, it states that these Google cars are not particularly driverless. These cars appear to alert th driver to take over the car when the car is pulling in and out of driveways. They even alert the driver when dealing with complicating issues with traffic. For example, "navigating through roadwork or accidents." Car accidents can happen in a split second. It may alert you right away, but this will not give you time to turn away or slam the breaks to keep you from being involved in the wreck. If you happen to be involved in an accident, who is to blame?
Located on paragraph nine, line nine, it states " new laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of the accident. If the technology fails and some is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This is a huge problem! Most people now will trust that this car will not wreck, however, if they do get involved in an accident they will blame the manufacturers. Like most large businesses will defend themselves and bring them to court.
Finally, what about the teenagers? They go to school and study real hard for their future. The first car they receive is a driverless car. How will this teach young adults to be responsible? How will young adults learn the basics of paying attention to everything on the road and around it? Personally, this whole driverless car invention is sounding a bit lazy and crazy. As a sixteen year old with a drivers permit, I would rather drive on my own then to sit in a driverless car. Driving has helped me to not be completely oblivious in my surroundings. I have learned to pick up some sort of detail in everything. Driving has also helped me with my reflexes. Ina driverless car it doesn't sound too reassuring.
Driverless cars can impact many people in many different ways. This invention can save us fundamentally. This invention could lower the car accidents rate. Nevertheless, we the people can do that on our own. We all just need to pay more attention on the road, and to know when or when not to drive. That is definietly one way to save money. Don't believe me?
Many people just feel like driving instead of walking. If it is a nice day out and the store is a mile away. I do believe people have the ability to walk. Get out and enjoy. Like I have said before, and I will say it again. Driverless cars can impact many people in many different ways. | 3 |
On may 24,2001 NASA Viking was snapping pictures around mars when something weird showed up on one of the photos. when NASA seen what looked like a human face went crazy. An ever since NASA'S crazy image got out thousends and thousends of people all around america were talking about "the face on mars". But Mars Orbiter Camera team came to find that it was not a human face but just a simple natural landform.
Many people believed that it was an alien artifact. Even few sciantists believed this too. But on April 5, 1998, Mars global surveyor flew over Cydonia for the frist time .Mas Orbiter team took a picture ten times sharper then viking photo. When the picture was taken by Mars camera team showed upon a JPL web site. Showing that the image was a natural landform, that there was no alien atifact. People still don't believe that it's just a natural landform, but this picture was taken by a digital image 3 times bigger then pixel size. so if any other objects such as airplanes, egyptial shaped pyramids, or small shacks you would most definetly see them. The landform that is actually shown on mars was a commom landform around American West.
In conclusion you can see that this image was studied very hard on to find out was it actually was, wich is a natural landform found in the American West. An if you still don't believe just think about it. The image taken that reaveled it to be a natural landform had each pixel in the 2001 spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the 1976 Viking image. | 2 |
Dear Senator,
I feel as if you should keep the Electoral College as it is. Our country is so messed up that we have a lot of our people not working or just getting well-fair. To be honest, that isnt fair that they get a vote. Who are they going to choose when it comes to voting? Someone trying to help us move forward or someone making our tax money got to the people who dont want to get off there lazy butt and do something. I do not know 100% of the facts on who can vote or not, but if a bum sitting on state road 70 all day begging for money just so he can go buy beer, seems unfair that he should even get a vote. In my opinion half of the population will end up voting for someone because, of what bad benefits he is offering and then we will be stuck with another bad president for another 4 years! Who knows more about congress then our congress? Lets be a honest here, do we really want all our tax money going to families with 8 kids and cant afford 2 or the bums on the side of the road begging for money or the trashy people hitting up crack ever time they get a little bit of money? Not me!
The article states that yes the electors may choose differently from what the people and the popularity wanted. I dont think that matters because why would they vote for someone who isnt fit to be president? If they are even up there, they are fit. So I think the Electoral College is just fine of a process to use for the United States of America. Yes, maybe our electors dont see certain benefits one canidate might be offering or doesnt understand as to why one might be better in your eyes. But in the end, the president we choose is probably not even going to actually do half the things he promised so who cares?
If we want this country to go anywere we need to let the people who actually understand what the men up on the campains telling the people of america a bunch of lies really offer us. They know whats good for us and thats why they are voting for them.
I hope you understand where I am coming from.
Thank You, PROPER_NAME | 1 |
I am for having teachnology in class rooms that can read peoples emotions.
If we have this tech we can have a better chance of preventing harmful situations. This will really help the special ed teachers because there is kids with emotional problems and if you can reach out to the students fast enough you can most likely prvent a issue. I thhink if we know what emotions someone is having we would have a better chance of helping them. I like the idea of helping others. We can improve are way of teaching others with this tech. It says in paragraph 1 " Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." we need to leave it to the experts to help us find better ways to communicate with humans and computers.
If we are helping kids on this earth im all for this way of tech. | 1 |
Driverless cars being brought into the world sounds like a dream come true, no more worrying about horrible car accidents, or having the urge to text and drive at the same time, right? Wrong. Having driverless cars may sound like a good idea, but to me they're not. Especially when a persons' fate in being messed with.Plus bringing driverless cars into mind would also bring an even lazier world, and people that work as driving instructors would be out of a job. Having driverless cars will lead to humans becoming lazier than they already are, twice as many car accidents as there were before, and some lots of people around the world wouldn't have a job.
Car accidents can happen anywhere at anytime, and they are not a pretty sight to look at. Most car accidents happen during " work traffic" and on the highway. Now think of how many more car accidents would happen if we have "smart" cars driving by themselves. The damge would be horrific. In the passage, paragraphs 7-8, they talk mainly about how even though these are computer engineered cars, they still would need human assistance if nessecary. A line from paragraph 7 says "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselevs, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents." This sentence showed that even though these are smart cars, humans still have to be alert at all time. But what if the technology in the smart car refuses to provide smart alerts and warnings to the human? This would lead to a huge accident. And since the law doesn't know wheather to blame it on the manufracturer or the driver, its completely pointless to take the risk of putting these cars on the road.
Human laziness is another reason that we should not have driverless cars. This new idea just gives humans more reasons not to use their brains. Not having car skills, like focusing on the road,and knowing road signs wouldn't be helping our brains develop more. And having driverless cars should just mean that everyone should throw their brains in the trash.
Last but not least, jobs. Alot of people all around the world have the job of being a driving instructor. People get made and make a living for teaching other people how to drive good. If we take learning how to drive, and replace it with a computer just doing all the work, we would have alot of people without a job. And I'm pretty sure there would be a huge controversy about it. Plus, learning how to drive should be a special, and very big part of becoming an adult. If we replace that with technology, then the next generations wouldn't know how it feels to work for you freedom.
Basically, what I'm trying to prove is that bringing driverless cars into this world, would bring more accidents, worldwide laziness, and jobless people. Chaos would be among us. So I do not think we should have driverless cars, beacause it would keep humans really safe, and it would keep the "tradition" of learning how to drive a car living on through many generations to come. | 3 |
Driverless cars are coming, and it seems to be an amazing idea. It will be a big change for the world, and it will be here before we know it. More and more things are being discovered about how to make theses cars better and soon people will see it for themselves. Even though there are still things being worked out to make these cars even better, it seems like it is going to help out in a lot of ways. It would use half of the fuel of today's taxis, offer new safety features, and make getting places easier.
These new vehicles would consume less fuel than most of today's cars currently take. They could get you farther on less gas, making it a cheaper way to travel and get to everyday places such as work or the store. Cars like this would fundamentally change the world and how we live. By 2020, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that meet these standards out to the public. In such little time, the people could see the world and transportation changing right before their eyes.
Even if certain vehicles do not function completely driverless, they do offer new safety features that would help in a lot of ways. In some cars, such as the ones built by BMW who developed the "Traffic Jam Assistant" in 2013, they can handle driving functions at speeds up to 25 mph, but the driver must still have both hands on the wheel at all times for it to do so. These kinds of vehicles also require for people to take the wheel at certain times such as driving through work zones and around accidents. They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but they will notify the driver if human skills are needed, so the driver must remain alert at all times. Companies such as GM have developed seats that will vibrate to get the driver's attention, but they are also considering things such as flashing lights on the windsheild to warn a driver if they need to take over. The idea of having cameras in the cars so the car can watch if the driver is keeping focus on the road or not have come up as well. Many different safety features are developing with the research of driverless cars.
Getting where you would need to go would be easier in a driverless car from one of the public transportation systems that Google cofounder Sergey Brin has imagined. If would be less worrying as well for some people. If somebody goes out and drinks, then they cannot get behind the wheel of a car. However, with the driverless cars, the car would do all the work to get them home safely and with no hassle. It would be safer and more efficient in an event like this. As research and development of new technologies for these continue, it could begin to help in situations such as this. It would make a lot of people's lives easier and maybe even save a few. With the technology, it could help prevent accidents and keep the people in the car safer with minimal human control of it unless needed.
As we wait to see what happens in the next few years, it is interesting to look more into what an amazing and brilliant idea driverless cars would be. They are quickly becoming more of a reality. The world continues to change and develop right in front of everybody's eyes. These will change how a lot of things happen and how a lot of people get around from place to place. New ideas like these can lead to safer and more efficient ways of traveling. It could help out in everyday life, or if you are taking a trip somewhere and do not want to have complete control the entire time so you can relax. | 3 |
In this article,"The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author gives various reason on why scientists are so excited to explore and learn more about Venus despite its many dangers. Venus is sometimes called the "Evening Star," because it is one of the brightest points of light in the sky at night. Although it is called this, the name may be misleading, it is actually a planet. Venus is referred to Earth's "twin," because it is the closest planet to Earth in terms of Density and Size.
The most intresting part is that Venus was once the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. This idea got scientists wondering if there could be forms of life on another planet. So, scientists in past years have sent multiple spacecrafts to land on venus unmanned due to the fact that no spacecraft has survived the landing for more than a few hours.
Although Venus have similar features to Earth such as valleys, mountains and craters, the planet's surface temperature averages over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Because the surface is so hot this stops scientists from being able to get samples of rock and gas, they can only watch from a distance at this point.
NASA is determined to find out more about Venus so they are working on different approaches to study it more in depth. So far they have made some simplified electronics made from silicon carbide and it have been tested in a chamber with the same temperture of Venus's surface and it has lasted for three weeks in such conditions.
In conclusion, scientists want to learn more about Venus because they once thought there could be forms of life on this planet. They are also testing themselves to see if they can get a spacecraft to land on Venus and with-hold the extreme temperatures of the surface, so they can get samples. I think Venus is worthy to pursuit despite the many dangers because it would be intresting to compare Venus to Earth in terms on if life could ever live there and just see how similar the two planets are despite Venus having extreme hot surface temperature. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubt but should be expanded to meet the very edged of imagination and innovation. | 2 |
The use of technology in a classroom is very useful; but what about the use of technology in order to detect the emotions in a classroom? In "Making Mona Lisa Smile", you learn about a technology called Facial Action Coding System. This system uses facial expressions in order to detect a human emotions. This can be very useful and beneficial in a classroom setting. Students become bored or confused during a lesson and a teacher can't always tell whats going on behind the stares of students, so this system can be very valuable in the learning process.
In the article, paragraph six, Dr. Huang states, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor". This supports the idea that teaching with a system like Facial Action Coding in a classroom can be very accurate and beneficial to a student. A lesson can become personalized to the particular student; unlike regular computer lessons that have no control or idea on how well the student is understanding a lesson. Learning can become more interesting to a student if they realize that their attention habits are being paid attention to rather than just ignored. This concept could be more effective than even regular classroom teaching. A teacher cannot always pin point the students that are having a hard time paying attetion or even the ones that are just confused with a lesson. With this system, the students needs will always be accomedated to.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System would be a very valuable technology in a classroom. Students lessons can be modified according to the mood they are in. If they are zoning out, the coding system will be able to recognize this and switch the lesson to a more engaging activity so the student doesn't lose interest in learning. If a student is even feeling sad , maybe the system can notify an instructor and they can arrange a break for the student because the mental health of a student is always important too. Emotions of a child in a classroom affects their attention and productivity emensly, this system can be used to their benefit. | 2 |
Well first of all we have no evidence that it was aliens that created the face. Though it is possible. I am sure NASA would love to see life on mars. But it is believed that it is like a butte or mesa. A
butte or mesa is a landform common in the American west. Some facts even show it maybe be a mesa. Scientist say it takes form of a mesa. They are both the same hieght and same sturucture.
Also from the new pictures from Mars Global Surveyor in 2001 shows great detail. It was taking in a cloudless summer day. There for the image of the picture wasn't ubstructed by any clouds. So the scientist at NASA could study it and determine if there was life on Mars or not. But as I said before Scientist have narrowed it down to either be something similar to a mese or butte.
So as I said before. The scientist at NASA have study that image for a long time. And have narrowed it down to be either a mesa or butte. But there is still some hope that there really is life on Mars. But for now all we can conclud is that the Face on Mars was formed naturaly and not form aliens. | 1 |
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions. I think using the Facial Action Coding System is valuable to read students' emotional expressions in a classroom. I think this because if a student is bored or tired, you can tell just by their face on how they feel. Also, this new technology system could help humans learn how to use their muscles in order to make them smile again. In the next two paragraphs, I will explain using eveidence from this article on how this is true.
Using the new technology called the Facial Action Coding System shows how you feel just by the look on your face. In paragraph 5 it states "In face, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" every day. For instance, you can probably tell how a friend is feeling simply by the look her on face... Yet Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely enough to convey specific emotions... His new computer software update stores similar anatomical information as electronic code." This statement from the text is saying how humans show emotions just by their face. This detail states how using the new technology shows us more on how a person is feeling.
The new technology called the Facial Action Coding System also shows humans on how to learn to move their facial muscles. In paragraph 9 it states "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help you produce them... Empathy may happen because we unconsciously imitate another person's facial expressions." This is stating that if you use your facial muscles, you can actually start to feel slightly happy. This detail explains how using your facial expressions can actually make you feel slightly happy.
In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile," this new technology the Facial Action Coding System is valuable with students in a classroom. We can tell by students' faces on how they feel, but the new technology helps us figure out their emotions even more. The technology is a very good use if you want to figure out someone's emotions. This can also help students realize what they actually feel and start moving their facial muscles to make them feel slightly happy again. The more you move your facial muscles the slightly happier you will get! | 2 |
It was either I'm against or for the value of using technology to read students emotions. I happen to be against it, because yo uuse technology for working not reading emotions first of all. Two, we aren't lab rats.
I think that if you want to find out your emotions, you're pretty weird from my point of view. You should know how you feel, not letting a computer or any other technology ran device to find out your emotions. If you don't know your emotions that's because you have mixed thoughts. Your facial expression that you show to people as you walk around should tell them how you feel, for instance; looking upset shows many emotions, smiling could mean you're happy or just faking it because you're actually really depressed and don't want anyone to know. This technology that people are creating just to do that is a waste of time. Do something different, don't focus on something that people may not really even use. There are more reasons on way I am against it because all it did was just show a painting's emotions.
Therefore, that is why i am against this facial Action Coding Device. It makes no sense to me at all on why anybody would want to create this type of technology. | 1 |
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On the boat, time will fly, because you will be doing something fun most of the time. You get to see beatiful sites such as: the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, China, and the Acropolis in Greece. You also get to help people in need, and you can tend to animals. An example of an animal is a horse, you would have to clean them and feed them. On the way back, after the animals have been dropped off, the Seagoing Cowboys and I can play baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals have been. As a Seagoing Cowboy you get to travel a lot, places like: Greece, Europe, and China.
I have been a Seagoing Cowboy for a long time, and I like it a lot. You get to see beatiful sites, help people, deal with animals, and play games with other Seagoing Cowboys. You also get to travel places. It's an opportunity of a lifetime, that you don't want to miss. It's a lot of fun, and I would recommend that you try it. | 1 |
The author suggests that studying "Venus" is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it can cause. The author is making "NASA" seem that they're willing to take a risk on finding and discovering new things if they were to keep studying Venus.
NASA has been studying a few new features that can possibly help with the search of Venus. To do more study's on Venus will be very challenging due to it's features. Venus is known to have the hottest surface temperature of any planet on the solar system. It's temperature average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land, but no spacecraft has survived the landing for than a few hours. Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. But that is still being tested and studied.
NASA is planning on having a vehicle hover over Venus and would possibly avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way.
NASA is still working on other ways they could approach Venus to keep studying this planet. NASA and its team will keep working on new ideas to get more information on "Venus". They will try their best. They already came up with new ideas. They will be focused on trying to have a system that will use mechanical parts that can be made more resistant to pressure, heat , and other forces. | 2 |
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I crossed the Atlantic Ocean sixteen times, and the Pacific Ocean twice.
If you become a Seagoing Cowboy, you will be able to do everything that I did, maybe even much more.
If you aren't already convinced, with getting to explore and tour many parts of the world, then you should know this.
With joining the Seagoing Cowboys, you get to help people and their countries' needs.
After World War 2 there is a lot to recover from in Europe and many parts of the world.
By joining us and working for the UNRRA you would be helping by taking care of the horses, young cows, and mules being shipped overseas to the needy countries.
If you like animals and don't get sea sick too easy, I say you join the Seagoing Cowboys.
Going on this journey made me more aware of people of their countries and their needs.
It changed me in a wonderful way, and it will do the same to you.
The new friends, exploration, sites to see, and people to take care of is just a few of the reasons to consider joining the Seagoing Cowboys.
You would be not only helping the needy, but you'd also be helping yourself become a better person.
Joining the Seagoing Cowboys program is an eye-opening experience, and I strongly encourage you to take part in the journey. | 3 |
In the passage the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this idea because it shows us the positive side as well as the negative side. For example a positive thing is Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. It is also the closest in distance too. Despite all the dangers Venus has the author wants us to examine and study the benefits and the challenges Venus has for all of us.
Here in Earth we are used to the atmospheric pressure and the amount of carbon dioxide we encounter on earth. The quote "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees fahreinheit,and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet."
shows us how a negative thing is that those conditions are way more extreme than what us humans contribute to on earth. Meaning that we would not survive in Venus in those conditions. Another thing is that Venus has a way more hotter surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. This shows us how even though mercury is closet to the sun, even venus has a hotter temperature which to us that is dangerous. More over high pressure and heat, the venus weather presents additional inpediments such as erupting volcanoes,strong earthquakes,and most likely lightning strikes.
Scientists are discussing further visits to Venus. As well as astronomers think that there might have been a possibility that in venus it may well once have been the planet that has been more earth-like planet in our solar system. The quote "Long ago,Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like earth." shows us how Venus one day could have became a planet just like earth and have life. Which is a positive thing because today venus still has some features that are similar to those on earth. Some of those characteristics that venus has similar to earth are valleys,mountains,and craters. In the future this could be a recall that venus can one day be a safe option for a planetary visit,space travel,and maybe one day it can have life.
The NASA has an idea for sending humans to study venus but could that really be a safe plan? There plan to the rare conditions on the surface of venus would allow scientists to float above. The quote "At thirty-plus miles above the surface,temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees fahreinheit,but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth." shows us how those would not be easy conditions for humans to travel and be survivable too. This is a risk that humans have but scientists are telling us to look at them as challenges and not risks. Which could be a negative thing.
In conclusion the author explains the negatives and positives that Venus has for us in the future and today. There can be risks but if they find a way for us to be safe, everything will be okay. Human curiosity will lead us into many new adventures in the future. Our travels on earth and beyond shouldn't be limited by the dangers and doubts, but lead us into the safest way possible. | 3 |
Everyone has their own opinions on everything. Some people would be for the driverless cars. Others may be against them. In my opinion I do not think we should have driverless cars.
To begin, at the end of paragraph 9 it says, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at faullt- the driver or the manufacturer?" I think that if we get into an accident then the government would blame us for not paying attention or something but it could have been the cars fault for not telling us to take over soon enough or we did not feel the vibration of the car so we back into something. Also, if the car were to malfunction and not tell us to take over or do any of the things that the author tells us that the car does. Then if you were to almost back into an object the seat would vibrate, the google car tells us when to take over, and there are a few other options. Because in this case I think that the risk of us getting in more accidents are higher that way than what they would be if we drove on our own. Also, if we got in an accident there would be costs such as medical bills, insurance, and if it was your fault or the cars fault that you crashed into somone else you would have to pay to get their car fixed too.
Furthormore, If we had to just sit back and wait until the car tells us to take over we might fall asleep. If that was the case then there would cause a ratio of accidents. Also, I feel like it would be hard for the driver to pay attention to the road because they would be distracted by everything else that they could not see before if they were focused on the road like they would be in a normal car.
Lastly, It would cost so much money to get rid of every car invented now and upgrade them to the driverless car. Because our taxes would probably go up so that the govenment could get the money to pay for all the parts needed. So I think we should just keep it the way it is because money is an issue for a lot of us.
Everyone should take this into deep thought and realize how much of a mistake this would be to invent a driverless car and look at all the cons of driverless cars. Some people will still be for it just so they could sit back and relax at the wheel. Others see that there are a lot of cautions to driverless cars. I think everyone should be on the same page and say no to driverless cars. | 3 |
Eh, its cool, sorta but knowing me I really dont care about this facial action coding thing. I wanna find out the mood of the picture on my own. But its a cool thingy, the fact that you can find out what the person in a painting is feeling is insane. As Dr. Huang says in paragraph 4 "the facial expression for each emotions are universal," "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression." and that you can also reproduce a smile is weird ( I never knew that was a thing).But yea FACs can show you what your mood(s) are in a picture just by scanning your facial parts. Muscles called orbiculariaris make crows feet around your eye, but in a false smile. the mouth is strectched sideways using zygomatic major and a different muscle, the riorius. So all the muscles can get the coding to scan your face and it'll tell you the percentage of the mood that you are in whether you're sad, mad, happy, bored, it will tell you all of that jazyy stuff. | 0 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author states both positive and negative views of driverless cars. I believe that cars should be controlled by a person and not driven based off of a computer.I think if we let the computers take over there will be more crashes and problems with traffic there will also be more technology issues and after all it would be very exspensive.
The problems with a car that is not controlled by a person is the computer does not have a better reaction time so if the person in front of you braked really hard you would just run into the back of their car because the computer could not see that that person braked and so your car
could not react and stop. This car is also banned from being tested in most states as it says in paragraph 9. So that shows that they are scared to let technology fully take over because it is not allways ready.
Another problem is that the technology will be way to exspensive for just your regular everyday person like it says in paragraph 6 "Radar was a device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars. It wasn't somthing you buy from Radio Shack." Most people wouldn't even be able to buy this car because of the technology that costs so much that does not even do it's job and if your car gets into an acciedent you have to take the blame for their technology.
The last problem is crashes and having to take over it says that the cars could not navigate their way threw road construction or if there was an accident they could not drive themself but the person in the car would have to drive what is the point of getting a car that is supposed to drive by it's self but when the road gets bad you have to take control to me it just sounds like a bunch of useless technology that they installed so you can pay more for your car.
I think that cars should stay controlled by a person because if they don't then you are basically paying more for a car that says it can drive by it's self but when it comes to the hard part it does not do it's job of keeping you safe or keep it's promise of it driving it's self. I think it should stay banned becuase if someone gets hurt then who is going to be responsible for the acciedent the person who is not even supposed to be driving the car or the automakers who's technology caused the problem ? | 3 |
Today, automobiles are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to 50 percent in some areas of the United States. To lower this statistic, many cities around the world are trying to cut down on car use in order to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. Cities like Vauban, Germany, Paris, France, and Bogota, Colombia have their own strategies for the reduction of these emissions from cars. These cities are having extraordinary success and many Americans are limiting their car usage as well.
In Vauban, Germany, many residents have given up their cars. This is due to the strict rules and limitations for car ownership in this experimental new district. If one would like to own a car, large garages that cost $40,000, along with a home must be bought. This has made many residents completely give up the use of cars and rely on public transportation and bicycles. In the article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, one resident stated,"When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." Residents are embracing this new and innovative lifestyle and as a result, the greenhouse gas emissions from this area in Germany has decreased exponentially. The location of stores and businesses has also changed due to the very few who use automobiles. In the article, it is revealed, "In this new approach, stores are placed a walk away, on a main street, rather than in malls along some distant highway." Even with these limitations, residents are not complaining and as a result, new suburbs around the world may start to look and be like Vauban, Germany.
Many cities around the world are being forced to issue partial driving bans in order to clear the air of the city. In the article, "Paris bans driving due to smog", by Robert Duffer, it is explained how and why the city of Paris was forced to issue partial driving bans due to the very high levels of smog. Duffer writes, "On Monday, motorists with even-numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine ($31). The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." Due to this partial ban, congestion was down 60 percent and 4,000 drivers were fined. These fined drivers paid, in total, around 88,0000-euro($124,000). Not only did the pollution decrease dramatically but this money went back to the government. The article then reveals, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to rescind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday." After just one day, the results that was wanted by the city of Paris were achieved. This is absolutely astounding and very beneficial to the city of Paris and also to Europe as a whole.
Like in Paris, France, in Bogota Colombia, car-free days have been established. In the article, " Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota", by Andrew Selsky, the Day Without Cars in Bogota is detailed. Like in Paris, there were fines for violators, however this time it is $25. Due to the fine, many of the 7 million resident used public transportation, taxis, bicycles in order to get where they needed to go. One resident said, "It's a good way to take away stress and lower air pollution." As a result of the success that Bogota has with these car-free days, more than 118 miles of bicycle paths have been made, sidewalks have been repaired, and many new restaurants and shopping districts have emerged. Other cities in Colombia and other cities in South America want to follow Bogota's lead. In the article, the mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay Enrique Riera, is quoted saying, "These people are generating a revolutionary change, and that is crossing borders." Hopefully, the car-free days that Bogota has will be common around South America and eventually around the world.
A new global trend is emerging and that is the decrease in car usage. Cities like Vauban, Germany has a large majority of its residents using public transportation and bicycles and many residents have acceoted and embraced this lifestyle. Cities like Paris and Bogota have partial driving bans and car-free days, respectively, and as a result smog and pollution in the air has decreased and many residents feel like it is a good way to take away stress. These changes bans and car-free days have lowered pollution dramatically and many feel like this is a good path for the future. Limiting car usage is beneficial to the world and these cities have proven that it can be achieved without many issues and hopefully many other cities around the world will copy this innovative new idea toward decreasing greenhouse emissions. | 4 |
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