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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to get in your car and simply puch a button to get where you want to go?
Most people think that this would pleasure to have.
Not many people take into consideration all of the problems that having driverless vehicles could bring.
Having driverless behicles might seem like a dream when in reality would be a nightmare.
Most people think of driving as a relaxing activity. Not only is it a form of transportation but a stress relieving pass time.
Having driverless cars would erradicate that peace and serenity.
In paragraph 8 the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" it states that, "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver?
Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?"
This statement exemplifies how inconvenient it would be to have to wait around for your car to tell you when you can resume driving.
Another reason that having "driverless" cars would be inconvenient would be that if an accident were to occur who would be to blame.
Paragraph 9 of the article demonstrates the problem by stating, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?"
This showcases that drivereless cars would also be causing trouble after an accident.
At the time there is no way of justifying which was the cause of the accident, man or machine.
Finally, it would be expensive to build either the roads or the cars.
These cars would have to come full of sensors and indicators which can't be cheap.
The article shows this by saying, "These smart-road systems worked surprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to the existing roads, something that was simply too expensive to be practical."
Sure these driverless cars work well on the road but at what cost.
Where would the funding to build entirely new roads over the entire country come from?
These are just three of the many different inconveniences that driverless roads would bring to us.
They would take the fun out of driving, bring more trouble than there already is after accidents, and burn a hole in our wallets. This is why having driverless cars might seem like a dream but in reality would be a nightmare. | 3 |
to begin with people say that cars are the number one things that can help them get around to where they need to be, but to others they say walking or bikes are much more safer or helpful, people have the most advantages when it comes to cars, cars are way faster and easier to drive. i think people should limit thier car usage because passangers cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and up to 50 percent in some cars-intensive areas in the united states. people should limit thier car usage because after days of near-record pollution paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city.
many people usally hicked,biked,skated or took buses to work during a car-free day and thats great exercise the number one thing to keep yu healty and strong its also a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. president obamas ambitious goals to curb the united states greenhouse gas emissions unveiled,that has left researchers pondering a fundamental question like has america passed peak driving but americas love for vehicles seems to be cooling.
a study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009.
doug short of advisor perspectives research company says the miles driven in the united states pealed in 2005 and dropped steadily thereafter according to an analysis. part of th explanitory certainly lies in the recession because cash strapped americans could not afford new cas and the unemployed werent going to work anyways. | 1 |
I think that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. How does someone knows others feelings? Well the new technology can notice how someone is feeling. Dr. Huang new computer software stores similiar anatomical information as electronic code. The article states, " Dr. Huang observes that artists studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely to convey specific emotions." I personally think that it should be valuable to use this technology to read student emotions in a classroom. I think it is valuable because you should worry about how your classmates are feeling, you should recognize when a teacher is becoming upset with the class, and also should know when someone is getting confused with the assignment.
In life today more than over thousands of students would want to use Dr. Huang new software. In the article it say, "the computer software can know your mixed emotions." Alot of students today are worried about their surrounding and others' emotions in school. Most student would like to argue that it is not valuable to use this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. Some people might disagree because they'll probably think like,
" worry about yourself and your own emotions." People wouldn't want others to know how they are feeling. " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," Dr. Haung predicts.
In a classroom you should always worry about how your classmates feeling. The article predicts, " to notice when someone is happy they indicates the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." So when your classmates smile like they are forced to they are unhappy. In an unhappy smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatiz major and a different muscle. This tells me to look closely to classmates reactions and smiles. If you look closely to a classmates smile you can recognize how they are feeling. Refering back to the text it states, " faces don't lie."
Secondly, you should recognize when a teacher is becoming upset with the class. Noticing when a teacher is getting upset because the class is to loud and disrespectful, just look at his/her face expression. You should have to use Dr. Huang new computer software to notice when someone is upset. If the teacher is frowning and began to stop teaching they are disappointed. To notice someone emotions it's all about those muscular action units.
How do you know when someone is getting confused, bored, or irritated with an class assignment? By wondering when someone is confused, bored, or irritated look t their reactions. Are they huffing and puffing? Are they sighing? If someone is sighing or huffing and puffing that means that they are either irritated or bored by the assignment. Usually when a student is bored by the assignment they'll just fall asleep.
This essay explains why I agree that the use of this technology to read students emotions is valuable and why others think it is not valuable. | 2 |
I think that the driverless cars should happen, they should pass a law to drive them on the streets. With of these smart phones, smart tv's, why shouldn't we have smarts driveless cars. These driveless cars can help us from causing more accidents, can help run traffic more smoothly. So what if the smart cars might need in active humans here or there, that is why we took driving test. If people don't want to do anything with the driveless car then they can go to the cars that you can drive.
In the 1980's, automarkes created the antilock brakes. Within 10 years they advances the brakes to detect and respond to any type of danger. Any more improvements can make driving safer even that the cars drive any tasks on their own. The Google cars werr driven more than half a million miles without crashing.
In 2013, BMW had announced that they developed the " Traffic Jam Assistant." They said that the cars are not developed enough to completely drive themsleves. The cars can steer, accelerate and brake by their self but if the can requires any human skills the car will notify the driver. GM made the driver's seat to vibrate when the car is near danger. Google's car will announce when the driver will be taking over. With all these heads up, there shouldn't be any accidents.
These driveless cars should not only be allowed to test in the State of California, Nevada, Florida, or even in the District of Columbia. The traffic law is saying that the only safe car allowed on the streets are in control human drivers. they are saying that the driveless cars might cause accidents becuase of a technology fail, humans can also cause acccidents. These cars were made to drive themsleve and to not make any accidents. Now if the car warns the human drive to take over and then they don't, and leads into an accident then that will be on the human drivers fault. The only way it should be the Manufacturer"s fault is if the car never gave a warning or if it had a technology fail.
These driveless cars should be going out on the market and allowed to be driven on. The automarkes are countinuing to work on the driveless cars to show the law and people that the driveless cars are safe to drive and safe to drive with. I still think that these cars are good enough to not cause any accidents and to drive as smooth than a control humsn driver. | 3 |
The Face on Mars is most definitely something, just not what conspiracies say it is. It isn't some ancient alien artifact. Photos taken by satelites and other evidence shows that it is merely just a naturally formed mesa, much like the ones we see here on our own planet. It may be interesting to imagine that it's the reminants of an ancient civilization gone for thousands of years, but that reality will unfortunately end up staying in our heads.
The first images of the ghostly face, taken in nineteen seventy-six, were quite blurry. This is probably one reason that it has been mistaken as evidence of life on Mars. Another possible reason that it looked so human-like was because of the shadows the face was casting on to the Martian surface. The shadows blended together to create an even more obscured image. All of these things caused people to mistake the Face on Mars for something more than it really is.
The second time NASA took photos of the mysterious figure, the camera took them ten times sharper than the previous ones. This provided even clearer evidence that the face was actually just part of the rust-colored Martian landscape. Unfortunately, the pictures were take during a cloudy time of year for Mars, which in turn added a slight layer of haziness to the image. This cause theorists to says that the view of the markings made by the aliens was concealed by the heavy amount of clouds. I can't understand why skeptics would think this. It's pretty unreasonable in my opinion.
Some people even believe that NASA is hiding the true reality of the photographs from the rest of the world. My question to them is, why would NASA do that? If NASA really did find evidence of life on Mars, there would be no reason to hide it. In fact, it would be good for NASA. It would draw more attention to the organization and maybe more people would become interested in their findings. My point is that NASA would have nothing to hide.
The final images didn't have anything in them for conspiracy theorists to use against NASA's claims, finally putting the myths about the Face on Mars to rest. The images had extremely high clarity, better than any of the pictures taken before. These final photos proved that the face wasn't anything made by alien lifeforms, but just a regular mesa. The proof may have let some people down, but it has satisfied a lot of people, too. | 3 |
Dear senator of Florida,
In my opinion of the Electoral College, I think we should keep it. Many people would most likely say I am wrong to think that way or I am just a kid and I have no idea what I am discussing, but I really think we should even though it has some flaws, here is my three reasons why.
First, it was established by our founding fathers. The ones who fought in battle against Britan. They sacerficed their lives to get us where we are today. Its not just a law, its what connects us to our ancestors and its what makes us unique from most nations voting systems today and back then.
Second, Though most will complain that we are not actually voting for president, but that we are putting our time and effort into voting for a slate of electors who then vote for president. Even though there is no rule against them not voting for the president of your choosing, most of them will vote for him since they are on his team and have pleged themselves to him. So really there is a very high chance of them voting for the president you want. I say they have done a very good job for such a stressing carrier.
Third, It has been going good so far. There are'nt wars taking place outside our homes like in some countries. Our Republican and Democratic parties are gracious in victory or humble in defeat. Yes there are some flaws in the system but thats just human nature. None of us are perfect and we never will be. We will make mistakes and we just got to live with them because there going to happen whether we like it or not.
This is my three major reasons why I think we should keep the Electoral College. I hope you found them intresting and will take the words to heart. Please dont tred on the fact that I am just a teen, but that there is a teen out there that actually cares about our nations future and government. | 2 |
Technology that can read your face? Wow, isn't that amazing! I've never heard of anything like it, and i thought no one would ever make anything like this! Also to try and ues it on a classroom of kids? Amazing! To create such technology had to have been super difficult. Although, it didn't seem so impossible for Porf. Thomas Huang and Prof. Nicu Sebe, the creators of the Facial Action Coding System, to create such an amazing computer system!
While reading this artical I thought to myself, "I wonder what it would be like to try and use this technology to read my peers emotions when I ask them if they are okay?", when I ask them I usually grt the sholder shrug, a sigh, or they just don't answer. But to use this technology and get an answer to the question I ask almost on a daily basis, would be amazing! I bet the teachers would love it too, because they could tell if the students really felt on a lesson, or if they just don't care enough to pay attention to what the teacher is saying.
Also if we could use this technology say, for example, two students get into a fight and neither one of them will tell how they feel about the situation, we could just use this to read how they feel, then adress the sitiation the way it needs to be. The technology could also be used for things such as theropy, for those who really don't know how to describe their feelings, or just want to be left alone to think. It could also help with seeing how people feel about diffrent situations, and they just don't want to speak up. Or if a student is getting bullied, and they don't want to talk about how they feel about it, read their face.
This new technology could be a great thing for the future. Using it to try and understand how students feel is a good thing. But also I do feel students have a choice, a choice that means if they want to have their face's read or not. If the student doesn't want their face to be read, then so be it. If the student is willing to have their face read, then so be it.
In conclusion to this essay, I find it amazing how Prof. Huang and Prof. Sebe were able to create something as amzaing as this! Jus t being able to read the face of a human is hard for people to do, but now with this new technology, we can do so much! Because a picture, in this case a face, can say a thousand words. And we can add even more words to the statement with the new Facial Action Coding System. | 2 |
I am Luke Bomberger, and i go on sea cowboy trips. There are many things to see and tour. There are many reasons why some one should become a sea cowboy. I hope you listen to my advice.
One reason someone should becoome a sea cowboy is because you get to do a lot of sightseeing. I got to go to China, Greece, Venice, and Crete. In China, there was great sightseeing. So many things to tour and look at, and i got to see the Panama Canal while heading there. It was beautiful.
I aslo got to go to Greece, as i have already told you, and got to see the Acropolis. Greece was by far the best place i went. It is one of the spectaclals of being a sea cowboy. If you aren't a sea cowboy then its likely that you will never see the things i got to see.
In Venice, the streets where made of water, or atleast people traveled by canals of water. The people of Venice had to be good at controling boats to do that because i tried, and fell in the water. You get to do some unique things as a sea cowboy, such as the things i just described to you.
Crete was the second best, because i got to see the Panama Canal. I couldn't say enough that it was beautiful. With its wide mouth and trees every where, you don't see that every day unless you're a sea cowboy.
There may be a big wait to get to those places, but its worth the wait. Hey, that reminds me of the time i almost died at sea. If you like risks, you'll love being a sea cowboy. Back to the time i almost died at sea. I was walking on deck, just back from checking the animals, and i sliped on a ladder below me. I started sildeing down the side of the boat, and caught on a peice of metal. That peice of metal saved my life. I did end up with a few broken ribs, but i was ok.
Did i mention the animals, almost 400 hundred animals each trip. The best part of it is being with the animals. I get to feed them, clean them, and water them. Some of the animals you get to see are some of the ones that might start to feel connected to. I got to keep a horse that i loved. Another great thing about being a sea cowboy.
Please take my advice and join me on these great adventures. | 3 |
The face would be a landform unless the alien went underground and somehow had it's face onto the outer landscape. Because of the red planets lanform their might've been a very bad storm and somehow created a face in the ground. Scientist believed that it was just another Martian Mesa, close to Cydonia but, the scientist had discovered that the faces had unusall shadows that made it look like Eygptian Pharaoh. Days later scientist discovered a unveiled image for all to see with a caption that said huge rock formation that resembles to a human head. Scientist had took more pictures to get more information and they discovered that their photo had looked exacally like the vikings photo they took in 1976 so that gave scientist ideas of what they had on their hands. Scientist also thought that the photo was Martian Equvalent of a butte or mesa landforms common around the American West. Garvin stated that the lava dome takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the face as on mars thiis statement gives second thoughts of what scientist discovered. No one really knew what it could be but they waren't going to stop until they came up with a conclusion so they would need more evidence more information and they needed to analyze their statements to come into conclusion. | 1 |
Cars have become an every day part of our lives, not just for Americans but, for the world. We rely on our cars for everything, from getting to work or getting food to eat, our cars are what gets us there. But what would happen if we were banned from using our cars. Many places have banned cars, whether permanently or for just a few days, cars are being banned. Cars create stress, the also create harmful pollution, that damages our health and our planet. Another reason is that cars are naturally dying out and becoming used less, than before.
In a small community of residents, cars have been completely banned. These are people who gave up there cars to live in this car-free environment. This is an area of about 5,500 people who has gave up, or possible sold there car to live here. Many of the people find that it is more relaxing, than when they had to worry about their car. In the article "In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars," Heidrun Walter expresses, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way." From a statistic taken from this area, it shows that 70 percent of people in Vauban do not own cars, the others who couldn't give up there cars completely had to pay $40,000, along with their house to buy a garage all the way at the end of the development. This has create a car-free. along with a stress free environment for the suburban pioneers.
Cars let out exhaust that is created from gasoline and diesel. This exhaust is also know as pollution, which damages our planet, along with our own health. In Paris, cars were banned partial because, of the dirty air in this world know city. For five days a terrible smog engulfed the city, leaving the people no choice but to not allow any cars to be driven, until this smog cleared out. According to the information from "Paris bans driving due to smog," almost 4,000 drivers were fined for continuing to drive there vehicles. The only exceptions to this car ban was plug-in cars, hybrids, and cars carrying more than three passengers, which causes less pollution. After a few days the restriction of cars was lifted, and cars could be driven after all the smog cleared.
The last reason we should limit our use of cars is because everyone else is stopping car use. We see hundreds of cars filling up highways, parking lots, or just driving down the road. But what we don't realize is how much car usage has dropped. In the passage, "The End of Car Culture," Adviser of Perspectives Doug Shorts explaining that " As of April 2013, the number of miles driven per person was nearly 9 percent below the peak and equal to where the country was in January 1995." So are cars naturally dying out, or is there something that is causing it to drop so steadily? One theory is that many Americans can't afford a new car, also many unemployed people are not driving to work anymore. This leads to the question, are cars dying out, or are Americans just unable to get their hands on a new car?
We need to protect our planet and ourselves. With all this car usage, we are killing our planet and ourselves. We are releasing pollution into our air every time we crank a vehicle and drive. Then we proceed to inhale this infected air, which hurts us. Then we worry about our car, putting ourselves into stressful environment. This also causes harm to ourselves. So the next time you want to drive somewhere right up the road, put the keys down, and follow the trend. | 3 |
The Face showing on Mars has been proved to be a natural landform. The Face is a landform because landforms are very common in Cydonia, the only reason the landform looked like a face was because of the shadows visible from the camera, and there was no other evidence found around the face. Also all research for the Face was done by authorized NASA scientists, and the research was believed to be done very carefully.
In Cydonia it is common to have natural landforms, so the Face was easy to be spotted as one. And as the cameras took pictures from different angles, the scientists could see it wasn't anything that spectacular. What made the Face so intresting and made people have false accusations was what made the Face an actual "face".
The reason that this lanform resembled a face was because of the shadows. There was shadows on the landform that resembled a head, eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Scientists even stated that the Face "looked like an Egyptian Pharoah".
Even if the Face was found to look like something that was a living thing does not have an effect on the research that had been completed on this landform.
To make this statement that the Face is in fact a landform is the amounts of research done by NASA scientists. From snapping numerous pictures to keep resuming to study the Face, NASA has had many ways to prove their point. And after placing the first image on a JPL website, it was settled for most people- the once known as "Face" was a natural landform. It was no sign of Aliens or an Alien monument anywhere to be seen on Mars.
And the last statement to be concluded about this discussion is that there was nothing else found near the Face to thinking there is any living activity on Mars. NASA has also concluded from the pictures that there had been no objects in the picture like "airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks..." So there had been no activity to prove to be nothing more from just a landform.
In the picture of the Face, it was also evidenced to resemble a mesa or a butte, another kind of natural landform. These kinds of natural landforms were even almost the same height as the Face on Mars. And all of this evidence proved that what used to be thought of as a real face is now catagorized as a natural landform with some shadows that gives it unique look. | 3 |
Venus is a planet that is called sometimes "Evening star".The planet Venus is called the "twin" of Earth because " closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size ,occasionally the closest in distance too." as said in Paragraph 2 .NASA is trying to explore Venus but, Venus has a thick atmosphere about 97 percent carbon dioxide which covers venus. Trying to persuit of studying Venus is dangerous but it is worthy to perusite the study of it.
NASA ( The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is currently studying to send humans to study Venus as said in Paragraph 5. The author supports this idea of studying Venus and he makes a lot of really great reasons why. Some include that " jet airplanes trael at a higher altitude to fly over many storms" in Paragraph 5. This would not be a bad idea but, this could not happen if they are not able to reasearch.
Another reason why it is worth pursuiting even though it is dangerous is that Nasa is not only sticking to one idea to explore Venus NASA is looking into more approaches, safer approaches like "simplifying electronics made of silicon carbide". "These approaches has been tested in a chamber simulating the choas of Venus's Surface." Have lasted for three weeks in such conditons" Paragraph 7. NASA got these ideas from looking back to old technology called mechanical computers. In the 1800s is when there were first envisioned.
My overall claim is that NASA has the potential to explore it just takes time.
Sooner or later Venus will be explored I say this because " Many researchers are working on innovations that allow our machines to ast long enought to contribute meaningfully to our knowlege of Venus" (Paragraph 6). This statement supports my thought of NASA being able to research Venus soon or later. " Scientist seeking tto conduct a thorough mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personal despite the risk"(Paragraph 6). Finally, another reason it worth studying is " Long ago, Venus was probably covered larely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth" (Paragraph 4).
In conclusion, Venus is worthy to pursuit despite it's dangers it presents. "Our travels on Earth and beyonf should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be exapanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation"( Paragraph 8). These are the reasons why Venus is worth exploring. | 2 |
Can I imagine a world with driverless cars? Yes, I can. Do I think they are a smart idea? No, I do not. I do think there are definitely some pros, but the cons are greater. They could have a glitch, cause accidents, and lose control.
I don't think they are a smart invention because they could glitch. What I mean by they could glitch is, they could just stop driving for you without you knowing and die on you. Possibly causing you to crash. Therefore, it is not safe.
Another reason I don't think they are smart is they could lose control. Yes, they do warn you when you need to take over, as it says in paragraph 7 of the article. But, what if you don't hear it? Or, it stops working and it doesn't let you know you need to take over? What are you supposed to do then?
The last reason I think the driverless cars are not smart is they could cause lots of accidents. Yes, normal cars have accidents as well
but I think driverless car accidents would be much worse. They would be worse because of all the computer pieces working in such a big device could cause it to possibly blow up, causing all othe surrounding cars to overheat and blow up themselves, the car could lose control an crash into another car.
Also, the car could also malfunction and do the opposite of what you want it to do. With a normal car, you are in control. So, most of these things are less likely to happen.
Now that I have shared my opinion with you, what do you think? Do you think they're a good invention? In paragraph 8 of the article, it even says safety is their biggest concern. So, what do you think? | 2 |
Dear state senator,The Electoral College is an American process that is unfair and is getting over on people every election by possibly voting for people that whould not like the President whe're voting for to be in office. If I'm American and my country is having an Presidential election i would like to vote for the President that i think is suitable to be in office but to know that i cuold possibly be voting for people who are not going to choose my selection is displeas ing.
Some people say that the Electoral College restores some of the weight in political balance that large states (by population) lose by the virtue of the mal-apportionment of the senate decreed in the constitution. But by saying that they're basically saying that they dont trust the Citizens in big state's to know what they're doing when voting for a President. Buy changing the election to popular vote you're letting the people know that theire vote realy does count instead of us basically voting for the people that are going to vote for us. A strong reason why i favor the abolishment of the Electoral College is because the president is chosen by the people (citizens of america) instead another group of people chosing for you i mean its like they think those are the only people in the united states. | 1 |
In the article the author talks about how two professors made a new software that can read facial expressions. Throughout the article the author tells the reader ways that this new technology can be useful. One of these ways that the author lists is that the technology can be used to read the facial expressions of students in a class at school to give feedback to the teacher to modify a lesson to make it more interesting. I belive that this technology can be seen as useful in certain ways but is mostly useless.
There are a few ways that this technology is useful. One of these ways is if the Facial Action Coding System can read the individual faces of the classroom and modify the lesson for that particular class. Since the "software can modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor" (paragraph 6) it would give the teacher feedback on how they can teach a lesson better therfore increasing the instrests in students and also could potentially increase test scores. Even though the software could have the potential to do these things I still belive that this software is useless.
The goal of a teacher, or anyone for that matter, is to succeed in their job. In a teacher's case it would be to grab the attention of the kids in their class so that the students can learn effectively. This software is useless because any great teacher can read their own class's facial expressions and modify their own lesson according to how a certain class reacts. What this means is that the Facial Action Coding System would be rendered as usless in the classroom because a great teacher can learn from their own class without the help from an external source such as the Facial Action Coding System.
In addition to great teachers being able to learn from themselves and their own classes without help, I believe that the software may not be able to accuratley describe all of the students facial expressions because of how many times we may change facial expressions in the duration of a class period. While some students may have the same facial expression throughout most students activley change their facial expression in multiple different ways. The Facial Action Coding System would have to activley read twenty to thirty students facial expressions activley at one time. This can also relate back the teachers not needing help from an external source because humans are engineered to read eachothers facial expressions so the teacher will already be reading the students facial expressions while teaching. This furthermore reinstates that this software is usless in the classroom.
Through teachers already reading students' facial expressions and great teachers being able to modify their own lessons to their class's needs this proves that the new software is near useless in classrooms. While others may disagree it is the truth that teachers already accomplish what the software can do. The software may do it in a different way but it is still being done. Outside of the classroom this software may be useful. One instance could be wile you are on a stage giving a speech in front of thousands of people it could help you modify your speech to attract attention. Or maybe video game develpoers could use a camera to track your facial expressions while you are playing a game to give them feedback if you are having fun and at what parts of the game. Theres a lot of new tehnology being developed today but I believe that facial recognition software does not belong in the classroom. | 3 |
Using the FACS in classrooms to read students emotional expressions is valuable. The Face action Coding System is a new creative piece of technology that can be very fun to use. It is painless and will only read or examine your facial expressions.
We humans do this all the time without even meaning to, we can look at a friend and tell whether they are having a bad day or not. If we can do it, wouldn't it be neat to see if the FACS can do it also? Technology is so smart in todays world, that the Face Action Coding System would be able to tell if you are making a fake expression or a real one. If classrooms were to invest in this system students would not be forced to use it, it is optional.
I think that it would be amazing to have this system in a classroom. Our computers here at home can't do the or handle the complex algorithms that were used to decode Mona Lisa's smile. I never would have thought that there was so much science and technology that was used to reveal or examine a smile or facial expression(s). | 1 |
Facial Action Coding Systems can tell alot about a person, even when a person techniacally doesn't speak a word. I do belive having these types of computers in a classroom is valuable. Having this in a class room also means you might not even need a teacher anymore, maybe just an instructor. Reasons why I believe this is a valuable is because technology is advancing, students faces don't lie, and this later on can lead to further inventions. Now, im going to say why I believe in these reasons.
First, technology is advancing. Many schools have thrown out he old fashioned paper and pencil learning style. Many schools have computerized progams that students use majority of their time spent in school. As they said in the passage this stystem can detect when a student is getting bored, or even when a student is not understanding. Many students don't learn at a high learning pace, so having a computer progam that understands that and detects when a student is having trouble is good. A teacher can't be everywhere at once, so if a progam is able to detect that, and help the student thats also helps the teacher out.
Second, students faces don't lie. You would be able to tell a confused face from a mile away. If computers detected when students were confused this is an easier way of finding out what the student needs help with. If a computer program is explaining a subject step by step, and all of a sudden the computer detects the student becoming confused this helps a teacher know were a student became lost. Many students won't admit to them not knowing, they'll try and find a way to understand,but at the same time many won't.
Lastly, this one idea can lead to further inventions. It many more things you can create when it comes to face action recgonition. With technology running the world today you never know what somebody can come up with. For example, Apple uses face recgonition for a possible way to unlock your phone. Another example is robots. Another example is a face scanner that could take attendance for you as students come into your classroom. The Facial action coding can play a part in telling the child's mood as they enter. Technology is too advanced to not take takeover. If it was my call i'd say bring in the Facial Action Coding Systems.
In Conclusion, I do believe this is valuable. I belive it will help much more in a classroom than many people expect. My reasons with the technology being advanced, students face expressions, and the ideas can open further gateways to new inventions are some reasons on why I believe people should consider this to be in a classroom. With that being said, I do believe this would be valuable to a classroom. | 3 |
Have you ever wanted to drive a car but never do anything? Well now a days they have cars like that and I'm here to tell you that it is a great idea to buy or use one. One good reason is for old people who may have bad vision or are sick. Another good reason is because some people may be injured to where they cant drive. Another good reason is because you really dont have to learn to drive, but you will still need to learn the rules of the rode.
For all you people ages 40 and up who may have bad vison, sick, or mabye just to old to drive you wont have to worry if you have a car that drives itself. If you want to go to see your grandkids instead of them always coming over your house you can go over there without making it hard on your back or eyes. What if you want to go to the store to get some food? What about when you want to just hang out with your friends or family to spend time together just because. I would most definetly take this car into consideration.
For people who are injured you wont have to use that injured arm or leg, you just sit back and relax as the car takes you to wherever you want to go. If you need to go to P.T you wont have to worry about over working your injury while getting there, you just think about what you are gong to do. Or when you need to go to work, you wont have to worry about making yourself more sore after you 9 to 5. So this would be a great rent car for when you banged up.
Last reason is because you wont have to learn to drive because all you are doing is basically taking a cab. You wont have to worry about how fast your going, you wont have to worry about getting pulled over, you dont have to worry about if you are going the right way because all you have to do it put in where you want to go and it will takes you there. Yeah you might want to know the rules of the rode just because you might have something go wrong with the car, but the point is all you have to do is just sit back and relax.
Have you ever wanted to drive a car but not do anything? Well i just gave you 3 great resons why you should. So I have you take my thoughts into consideration and i hope you go out and buy you one of the best cars invented. | 3 |
Have you ever asked yourself what it would be like to drive a driverless car? Think of all the things you do in a normal car. Well guess what you won't have to do several of these things in a driverless car. I think that driverless cars should absolutely be developed to make our world better. You won't ever have to worry about breaking, steering, or having to use too much gas because guess what the driverless car does it for you but also cuts on gas amounts. These cars should also be developed because they are much better than the normal cars we use today that emit pollution and other harmful things to our environment. Also these special driverless cars will offer us warnings incase of any dangers out in the road. So why not develope a driverless car that can not only keep us away from breaking and stearing but also help the world by reducing the amount of gas used throught the world.
Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to drive a driverless car and not having to move your foot to brake or your arm to steer, or even have to pay for so much gas? Well the driverless car eliminates all of these things. Infact the
only time you will have to steer or break is incase of an emergency or warning when driving. These cars should be built because it allows us to relax when we are cruising on the roads without having to move an arm or leg unless an emergency or warning is occuring on the roads. Also these cars will automatically break for us without moving a single muscle. They will also steer without having to even lift our arms. These are just three of the many things the driverless car may offer to us that regular cars won't ever do.
These cars should not only be developed because of its amazing abilities that offers us but also because it helps our environment. We all know what regular cars do to our environment. We have all probably seen the effects of it throughout the world, but what if I told you that if these driverless cars were created they would help out our environment much more than regular cars. Driverless cars won't just help the environment by reducung air pollution but it will also cut the use of gas. We wont have to pay those exagerated prices for gas anymore with the driverless car since they will only need about half or less gas than regular cars use. So why not pay for less gas with the developement of driverless cars.
We all probably know that those who have experienced car accidents many of them could have been avoided if we just had some kind of warning or notification. Well what if I told you that if we developed driverless cars we will have a warning or notification if we were to get into some kind of accident. Yes you may not beleive it but the driverless car does this for your. You may have to take control of the driverless car but it will atleast keep you away from any accident. How the car works is that it has small touch sensors that detect whether the driver has to take over when navigating through a work zones or around accidents through a notification. The driverless car just announces it to you so that you know when to take over. Sometimes it may also use heads-up displays. It all depends on what driverless car you would to buy when they are developed.
Have you ever asked yourself what it would be like to drive a driverless car? Think about all the things you would have to do in a regular car and then think about not ahving to do any of these in a driverless car. I think that driverless cars should be developed because it will help our world be a better place. You wont ever have to worry about breaking, steering, or having
to us too much of gas. The driverless car does it all for you but also cuts the amount of gas used. The cars should also be developed because they are much better than the cars we currently use today that emit pollutants to our environment and other harmful things. These cars also provide us with warnings and notifications when cruising on the road. The major thing about all of this is that driverless cars should be developed and replaced for regular cars if we want to make our world a better and more greener place. | 4 |
The evening star is the brightest points of light in the night sky however this nickname is misleading since venus is actually a planet it is close to the earth sometimes and mars also but people that have tried to go visit venus and tried to study about it have not made it back in about 3 decades so its really hard to study venus no spacecraft has survived landing up there more than a few hours because there is a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets and is even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid and on the planets surface the temperature is average over 800 degrees fahrenheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet these are dangerouse positions for the astronaunts because they will not come back and venus is closer to our planet but how is it so hot there and its not even close to the sun but NASA is trying to send some of its people up there so they can study more about it and hoverboard around it and venus is almost the same like earth they have a bunch of similarities they both have mountains and valleys and the canot even sample rocks or anything it could be a rick by putting something from another planet that. NASA on the other hand sent something really smart that they thought would last a while but only lasted three days in venus.They bult a mechanical part that was stong for gas, pressure, heat and other forces. | 0 |
"Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific conditions since 2009." Cars that can drive independently are a huge advancement in technology, travel, saftey, and history. Driverless cars, which they are called, are a positive and wonderful thing to have. This essay will provide why driverless cars should be developed.
Although there has been a large leap in vehicle technology, the cars are not yet completely driverless. With more and more research and test being done there will one day be a completely driverless car.
When the vechicle was first invented it took many trial and errors but it was never given up on. The driverless car is in the stage of developement and should not be given up on. People do not forget the first model vechicle because it changed history and made things easier and more convient. The same thing can happen with the driverless car.
"Their (Google) cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash."
Crashes can be caused by anything, but having vehicles that drive the exact same could potentially reduce the risk of accidents. In the driverless cars, drivers are still needed to stay alert at the wheel because the car cannot handle obstacles such as: passing constrcution or passing accidents. They need to continue to test and develope the driverless car so one day it can over come these obstacles.
With all cars there are dangers. If the driver of the driverless car is to cause an accident then the driver is held responsible. This car cannot promise hundred percent safety, and neither can any other vehicle. That does not let automakers stop them from continuing their work. The more reseach and developement they do the more problems they can resolve. Car manufactures have plans to make cars compelety capable of driving themselves.
The driverless car may take a few years to be made perfect, but automakers are not willing to give up. A driverless car can be good for technology advances, safety, travel, and a mark in history. Driverless cars need to be backed and have support in order to be completely succsessful. And the more developement and reseach done the closer automakers become to creating a change in history, a driverless car. | 2 |
The author suggestes studying Venus because it is a very interresting planet because it could also be dangerous and we will be able to study it. Venus is also know as the "Evening Star", but they also say that the name Evening Star is mis leading because Venus is actually a planet. Venus is the second planet from the sun which can probably be a reason why it can be so hot. we can see Venus from a distance because its safe, but scienstes say that it can be really dangerous up close. Its so dangerous that a spacecaft hasn't landed on Venus in over 30 decades.
Venus has many things to discover about it but, some have been discovered about the planet. Venus is referred to as Earth's "twin,"because its the closet to planet Earth in terms of size,density and distance to other planetary neighbor but, orbits the sun at different speeds. Earth is sometimes closer to Mars and sometimes Venus is closer. Venus has the highest surface temperture even through Mercury is closer to the sun. The planet Venus has a thick atomsphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. The average temperatures of Venus is over 800 degress. The mission was to send out rovers to get dirt samples and bring it back to study and learn more. | 0 |
In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author explains that despite all the danger trying to explore venus it will be worth it. He begins by explaining how in relation Venus is in some ways much like earth. He then goes into detail on how Venus at one point might have been much like earth. This theory is backed up by talking about the rocky terrain made by possible past oceans. The author then points out the dangerous tempatures and amout of pressure. Then backs up the statement that it is do able to get close to Venus from a distance because of the materials that are made to withstand the stresses.
The author belives the sister planet should be discovered because of the terrain and possible past. He belives that because there were oceans and variations of life, so he then compares it to earth. The authors point is that
" Furthermore, recall that Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planitary visit...". Although he belives that the conditions are too hard for humans to withstand but not, from a distance which would be amother challenge that could be solved. So the possibilities and the unknown of venus are worth the challenge.
"Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contribute meaningfully to our knowledge of Venus" This means many are wanting to know more about Venus and with that being said more can become possible with the success of more innovations. The challenge of Venus is so worth all challenges because knowing more about the sister planet can benifit science in ways many dont even know about yet. Things such as photographs and samples may not beable to be taken now but it all comes with the challenge of venus.
All in all knowledge about Venus will be found and many aspects of it could be figured out. The things they could take from a trip to venus could even help scientist on earth dramaticly. So if at one point Venus was like earth scientist could change the future of earth so that it does not become unlivable. Venus could have all the answers to every problem with earth. Earths future could depend on seeing our sister planet. Also opening the minds of many to the endless possibilities of the science of Earth and Venus. This is why despite all challenges persuing Venus is benificial. | 2 |
You should join the Seagoing Cowboys program! Here's a reason why, You could go sight seeing to places you've never been to like Venice or China! Keep reading to find some more reasons.
You could help all kinds of people get better from sickness or other kinds of problems they might have. You might get a chance to do a job you've never done before. On board after all the hard labor is done you could play games and meet new people while your at it. It could give you a special look at the world around you. You could go to all kinds of places like China, Greece, or Italy.
You get to take care of all kinds of animals. It depends where you go on your trip but you could go to Greece and see the Acropolis or take a gondala ride in Venice, Italy. You might be able to break the record of the most trips as a Sea Cowboy. It would probably make you feel good knowing that your helping people. While on board you could get really good at games you've probably never tried or were really bad at.
You could go sightseeing. "But seeing the Acropolis in Greece was special, So was taking a gondala ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." You would always be busy. "Caring for the animals kept Luke busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day." An expeirence like that can open up yours eyes to the world. "It opened up the world to him "I'm grateful for the opprotunity."
And that is why I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboy Program. | 2 |
People should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys program is a program that takes care of: horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. The Seagoing Cowboys were hired by UNRRA. The program started when World War 2 was over in Europe in 1945.
You should join the program, because it helps the lost animals. Another reason is you get to explore more of the world and meet new animals. When you are bored or have nothing to do for a while just join the Seagoing Cowboys. If you do this it would be generous to the animals who did go through all of this pain. That is just a few reasons to join just think of the other posibilities you can do to help animals.
In conclusion, you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. The UNRRA hired us and we need to help them. You get to help lost and injured animals either in the ocean or on land. This program first started in 1945, the year that World War 2 ended in Europe. Can you consider joining the Seagoing Cowboys programs? | 1 |
The author supports his idea of how the knowledge of Venus and how it can contribute innovations that would allow their machines that they us to last long enough and the dangers of that is that it can be striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself due to human curiosity it will likely lead us into many equally endeavors.
And my evidence that supports my claim is that the NASA is been working and studying on approaches of Venus, one of the examples that they have found is some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos on Venus's surface. Venus still features such as valleys, mountains, and craters to recall Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit.
My introduction is about Venus is that the value of the indisputable of it is where the options for making such a mission both safe and scientifically productive. My body that Venus is the same as Earth since their twins since their close to each other in terms of density and size and Venus even orbits the sun at different speeds. And my conclusion is Venus has a atomosphere at almost 100 percent of carbon dioxide and more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid on Venus that makes the hottest surface temp of any kind of planet in the solar system in outer space. | 1 |
Throughout the essay "The Challenge of Exploring Venus," the author does a good job of suporting the claim that studying Venus is worth while. The author provides examples and counters them with ways to overcome said obstacles, and uses specific examples on how NASA plans to study and explore Venus.
Venus has many different aspects and characteristics from Earth, such as the temperature of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure that is 90 times greater than the pressure on Earth. Geological and weather challenges include lightning strikes, erupting volcanoes, and powerful earthquakes. The author mentions all of the issues regarding visiting Venus in the second and third paragraph. Although the author mentions the challenges, he/she is doing that to completely inform the reader by giving all the details and then finding ways to counter those obstacles. The author brings up the question of "If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface?" in the beginning of paragraph 4. This shows how the author brings up an argument against the initial claim, and then proving that argument wrong to make the claim more valid. Next, in the fifth paragraph, the author uses evidence from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide ways to escape the hostile conditions of Venus. For example, one idea is to allow scientists to float above the fray in a blimp like vehicle. Again in the second paragraph, the author again mentions another plan by NASA to study Venus. This plan is to use simplified electronics made of silicon carbide because they could survive Venus's surface for a limited amount of time. By using specific evidence and research already done by NASA, the claim that "Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents," is being proven well. Lastly, in the final paragraph, the author does an excellent job of summarizing the scientific gains that would come from exploring Venus. The last line states, "Our travels 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." which is a fantastic summary of the article and shows how well the author presented and supported his claim.
In conclusion, the author uses excellent writing skills to support and validate the initial claim, and does it very well. The author thoroughly analyzes each danger and possible solution, and also states the positive effects of traveling to Venus. By using specific evidence and research from NASA, and countering all of the dangers with possible solutions, the author supports the claim brilliantly. | 4 |
I think that sometimes it would be good to use FACS, but at the same time, it would also be smart to not use it all the time. FACS is a Facial Action Coding System that detects the way someone is feeling. It can tell if you are feeling sad, happy, energetic or tired, just by your actions. I think we should only use it if we HAVE to, otherwise, just use our human instincts and look at each other to tell how one another is feeling.
I believe we should use FACS if it is a necessity. If someone is showing signs or actions that are just merely impossible to interpret, then yes, we should use FACS. "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal," says Dr. Huang. If someone is just smiling kind of broadly, like the article tells us, and not really showing us if they are smiling or not, I believe that is a time that we should use FACS (Facial Action Coding System). Some people though, think that we should not use it, and I agree with them just a little bit.
When should we not use it? I think times that we should not use it are when it is easy to tell the way someone is feeling, or if someone has a medical problem that would be affected by this. We also should not use this if you are at home. I know that in today's age, most homes probably don't have a PC that hooks into the wall anymore. Nowadays, most homes just have a laptop that everyone will share, and they will call it a home computer. Either that, or most people probably just have their own personal laptops. What I am trying to say though, is that we should not use it at home because as the article say, a home PC could not handle the complex algorithms that FACS requires.
Now, if you are one of those people who are somewhere in the middle, you don't know if we should use it or not, I would say just look at how it works. All FACS does, we as human can pretty much do ourselves. It just takes movements that you do, and then says what it thinks your emotion is that you are feeling. But, if you think about it, we can do that do as humans. So, there might be one reason that you start leaning more towards not using it. You might start to think again though if you think about what i said earlier. If someone is smiling broadly, we can't really tell how they are feeling. So, that might be a time that you would say use it.
Now, even after looking at all of this information, I will probably always be one of those people who just don't know if it would be good or not to use it. If you don't, then you would just use your human instincts and try to tell what someone is feeling. You might just be one of those people who likes to do everything old school. If you do, then that must mean you just don't want to try to tell what someone is feeling. This could be laziness, but who knows. Maybe that is a time that you should use FACS. | 3 |
Imagine a computer software that could tell you the different emotions that a student is feeling. The "Facial Action Coding System" is able to read your facial expressions and tell you how you feel. This would be good to use on students because it could tell you how they're feeling, it could help them with their work, and could let you get to understand the person more.
The "Facial Action Coding System" would be a good investment to put in classrooms because it could tell you how the students are feeling and if you should help them or not. In paragraph 6 Dr. Huang says that "a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This could help out the students because it could tell the instructor that he needs to switch something up with how he's teaching or could tell him that you need a break.
The "Facial Action Coding System" would also be a good investment to put in classrooms because it could help them with their work. In paragraph 6 Dr. Huang says "Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This could help out the students because it could modify the lesson so that the students could be taught the a different way so that it dont make them bored and or make them not confused. This could improve the way the learn and it could improve their overall grade.
The "Facial Action Coding System" would be a good investment to put in classrooms because it could let you get to understand the person more. In paragraph 3 it states that "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles." This would help you understand the students more because it could let you know if you need to talk to the student about any problems they are having or it could let you know if they need to be left alone.
The "Facial Action Coding System" would be good to use on students because it could tell you how they're feeling, it could help them with their work, and could let you get to understand the person more. | 3 |
NASA found a wierd object in a planet named Cydonia. They saw faces in Cydonia they didn't know what made the faces. NASA Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites. They were looking for landing sites for Viking 2. When they spotted the a human face.
I say that the face was made by landform. If it wasan't who would of made the face? The land had hills or something so it could make the face. The face has since became a pop icon. Or something made the figures in the area to make the face.
Although a few scientist believed the Face was an akien artifact, photographing cydonia became a priority for NASA. When Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Sept. 1997, eighteen long years after the viking missions ended. So, on April 5, 1998, when Global surveyor flew over cydonia for the firt time. Micheal malin and his Mars Orbite camera (MOC)team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original photos. | 2 |
There are many advantages to limiting car usage. It is better for the environment, it limits time spent sitting in traffic, and saves money.
The main cause of people wanting to limit driving is to protect the environment. According to an article by Elizabeth Rosenthal, "passenger cars are responsible for 12% of greenhouse gasses in Europe... and up to 50% in some car intensive areas in the United States." Emissions from car exhaust is polluting the air and creating smog in large cities. According to Robert Duffer, Paris had to enforce a partial driving ban to clear the air of smog. Some people want new suburbs to be built specifically to encourage the limiting of driving. Limiting driving does lower the amout of smog and air pollution in cities.
Another benefit of limiting driving is that it limits time spent sitting in traffic. In Bogota, Colombia, a "car-free day" was issued. The goal was to reduce smog as well as reduce traffic jams around the city. The reduction of these traffic jams also reduced stress and promoted excersize. People could stop worrying about being late for work because of the traffic. It caused many people to walk or bike to work instead of driving or taking the bus. Another advantage of this is that parks and sports centers have thrived across Bogota. Limiting the use of cars isn't only healthier for the environment but also for us.
One final advantage to limiting the use of cars is that it saves money. Citizens save money by not having to buy cars or the gas they require. Also, citizens don't have to pay taxes for roads, parking lots, or traffic lights. Another way limiting driving saves money is on the materials and equipment needed to pave roads and parking lots. Since many people who live in dense cities take the subway or bus to work anyway because of the recent recession, limiting car use would be an easy way to clean up some pollution in that city.
In conclusion, limiting driving has many big advantages. It protects the environment while limiting traffic in cities, encouraging excersize, and saving money. I'm not sure how it would work out here because of how spread out everything is, but it sounds like a great idea in a dense city. | 3 |
Studing Venus? Difficult task to acompish but well worth it becasuse Venus is a sister planet to Earth made from the same rock compositon as Earth despite its harsh conditions. My explinaition throught the help of this article should explain why its a great idea to explore venus.
The first reason I pulled from the article explains a very good idea through this quote, "NASA's possible soultion to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientist to float above the fray. This would be an amazing idea being in some kind of spacecraft just on the ouside of the atomosphere of venus to take pictures and such so humans could map out the surface more. The next parpgraph in the article has a contridiction this is quote explains it "However, peering at from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provdide limited insdight on the ground. To fix this problem they should invent more to it such as a smller hubble telescope mounted on ths ship with a lens capible of breaking through the thick atomosphere or some kind of sonar to map the surface.
The next explantion comes from the quote . "Another project is looking back to an old tehnology called mechanical computers". Thease devices are not excatly lighting fast and getting information could be a little slow but they do not have very many electronics in them more gears and swiches old style things like that. Gears in side of thease mechanical computers tend to be made of a heavy material that can hold up better. | 2 |
The new techonolgy called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) is a valuable tool for reading students emotions in classroms or elsewhere for many reasons. Since the system is to detect and go into depth of a persons emotion, accurate results will come out. There are multiple ways that this system can help teachers in determining how a student feels. These things such as knowing if the student is confused about a topic or if they are in a bad mood or not. The Facial Action Coding System would be of value for these reasons.
First off, this techology can classify the six main human emotions. Those which are sadness, happiness, anger, disgust, fear, and being surprised. Scientists have used the Mona Lisa picture as a way to help their research. As you know, Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, Mona Lisa, is a painting that relays many emotion's or face's in the picture. We are not able to tell if she is smiling or not, if she is angry or not, if she is happy or not, and etc... The system was able to detect the emotions of the painting, so if used on students', teachers will know what a student feels when a student puts on an undetectable face.
Furthermore, the use of thistechnology in classrooms will benefit how each student can learn. In the article, it states "For example if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar ad might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different. 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,' Dr Huang predicts. 'Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This will help students who may be having more trouble in certain subjects in classrooms, by adjusting to their learning style. That way the student may be able to understand more about what they are learning in the way they think. Since teachers cannot always detect how students feel about their teaching, the FACS can help and describe their expressions on certain lessons that are being taught.
Another reason as to why this is a valued source of technology for a student is because it can affect the way a classroom atmosphere will be. If everyone is happy, the class will also be happy. It says in the article that "... moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." If students put on a happy face then that will affect how they feel. Same with having a sad, mad, or surprised face. With this technology, since it is able to detect emotions by the facial structure, students can change their facial structure so that it may affect their actual emotion. This technology can also prove if a student is lying about something. Certain muscles in the face, if they are stretched, can determine if a person is being truthful or not. "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a 'smiling' politician or celebrity isn't being truthful" In classroom's, this technology can be used to help solve problem's occuring in class and be able to figure out the truth. Not only that, "'Most human communication is nonverbal incuding emotional communication'" this technology is also a great way for nonverbal communication between students when they are not able to verbally or physically communicate.
Overall, the Facial Action CIoding System is a great value of techonology used to determine a students' emotional expression. It can help adjust to a students learning type, help better atomosphere's, and better a person's emotion. It may also help a student if they are not in a good mood, and may need help from a friend or teacher but not be able to say it, but instead show it. This technology can help a lot for students in many of those ways. | 3 |
Making Mona LIsa Smile
Everybody wakes up with different emotions everyday , those emotions that we have gives us an idea on what type of day were going to have , so we give off a look that tells somebody if were happy , sad , or angry . Face expressions tells another perosn how you are feeling today , so they know how to come to us to have decent conversation . In this essay i am going to explain how face expresion is important and talk about how computers can read students emotional expressions .
Imagine being in the computer lab when all of sudden you log on to do your research in the computer can recoqnize your emotions by using the camera to look at yor face . And by scaning your face the computer can tell that your not having a good day or , having a bad , or just maybe can be sad . Will that make you feel awkward ? , Do you want your compurter knowing how you feel everyday you log on ? , well i am going to tell you my opinion , in the artical " making moan lisa smile " they specififcally talk about how computers can read your emeotions , by scaning your face expressions I ceratinly feel like that is its great idea because , it would make me feel better if im havinga bad day , that the computer can read my expressions. I mean would if a fellow student doesnt have any friends to talk to if there havin a bad day , well the computer can identify there emotions and give off and alert to the teacher who can talk to that student , that will help alot in school .
In the artical " Making Mona Lisa Smile " is stated that , the facial expressions for each emotion are universal , so that gives us an idea on that the problem is universal . It also stated that " We human perform this same impressive calculations everyday , you can probably tell how a friend is feeling " . That tells us that if we humans have the same expressions everyday it would be easy if a computer can do the same ,because were feeling the same as yesterday and we can easily recoqnize how a friend is feeling . Tecnology can be easily read how a students emotions are . it also stated that " The mona lisa demostraion is really intended to bring a smile to your face , while its shows just how much a computer can do .
I know reading all this makes you feel a little awkward because who would come up with an idea if computers can read students emotions , I mean should a computer really care ? , to answer yes because just as a teacher they should care how your feeling because they can make you feel better , give you a little talk for the day . If your feeling sad , or if your just to happy for the day , they can calm you down . But if a teacher doesnt know then to help that a computer can give off an alert to the teacher to tell how your feeling , your emotions . | 2 |
What are the biggest advantages of limiting car usage? Now you are probably wondering what I mean by car usage. I mean not using them so much or maybe not using them at all. You're probably thinking to your self that this is a stupid idea. You're probably right, but look at all of the up sides to it.
Think about it, if poeple stop driving motorized vehicals, there would be less smog in the air. Think about our planet, all the smog we pump out of our vehicals a day. In an artical "paris bans driving due to smog" writen by Robert Duffer, it says that Paris pumped out 147 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter in a week, that's a lot in one week. Also look at what smog can do, for the people with breathing problem, they'll have to wear oxygen maskes just so they can go out side. Then, a lot of plants will die not because there isn't enough carbon dioxied, the smog would be blocking out the sun light. Our planet should come first, that's why we are hear to take care of this planet.
Now think how quiet the streets would be. lets take the rurle areas for an example, there arn't any cars out their. It's nice and peaceful and you don't have worry about all the noise while your trying to take your afternoon nap. Now lets look at New York, there's nothing quiet there, theirs always cars, the noise of the cars motors running, people honking their horns and people just yell at the people in front of them because they arn't moving. I think having to deal with that every day would be annoiying.
One last thing, if people stop driving cars there would be more people walking and riding their bikes, oh and can't forget the skeatboarders. People doing that every day there would be more people in the world that would be fit. About eighty percent of America is over weight. So if we cut back on driving and start walking that percentige would go down trumendisly in a five year pirod. Also we could have more people trying out for the olympics, wouldn't that be great?
No cars sounds great to me. Now if you were going on a road trip it would be ideal to have a car for that, but in any other case you don't have use your car at all. Smog is never a great thing, it would be great to have a quiet neighborhood and there would be more fit people in the world. Over all not having cars would be great, you just don't know it yet. | 2 |
Luke' point of view of convincing others to participate in seagoings cowboys program . The text states , Luke was 18 before going to grece and when the draft board learned he was on a cattle boat trip , they told him to just keep doing his service . The text also states , it took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean from the eastern coast of china to the united states and a month to get to china . The text also states , caring for the animals during the crossing kept Luke busy , they had to feed and watered water the animals two or three times a day . Luke says helping on with his aunt katie's farm as a boy had prepaired him for hard work ,but not for the dangers at sea . on his second trip , Luke served as night watchman . his job was to check on all the animals every hour . Luke said on one rainy night , after making his hourly eport to the captain , he slid down a slippery ladder on his backside , and his heart started pounding . Luke also found a way to have fun on board, especially on return when the animals have been unloaded . At the end Luke said being a seagoing cowboy was much more than an adventure , it made Luke's world open up for him . This proves that Luke's point of view convincing people to go to the seagoing cowboys program . | 0 |
Plan:A photo from 1998,is a pciture of a mask. So why they "MGS" claims is not a face? We don't,be we do know is that a high-resolution images and 3D altimetry takes picture from outer space. It says that "NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet,snapping photo possible landing sites for it's sister ship". Meaning that maybe their is a possibitiy that maybe there is an "Anicent civilization" that lived on Mars that we don't know about. It also says, "A few days later NASA unveilied the images for all to see. The caption noted a "huge rock formation...which resembles a human head...formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes,nose,and mouth. So basically it tell the readers or the scientist thatat some point of time their was humans on "Planet Mars",and really they're trying to get them to realized just because its a"huge rock formation" what if they'rereally humans skulls under all of the rocks?"The Face is bona fide evidence of life on Mars evidence that NASA would rather hide,say conspriacy theorists. This shows that NASA was trying to keep it a sercet that theirs are head with a mouth,eyes,noes,and ears on Mars and they wasn't trying to put in no type of effort to get deeper in the situation or not even assummed is not normal for a planet that has nobody lived on and has a unusal head that just poped up out of nowhere on "Planet Mars". | 1 |
The "Face of Mars" was not created by aliens. The "face" is a mesa, an elevated piece of land similar to a plateau. The mesa is about 2 miles long, and the face is created by the shadows from protruding rock. The features of this landform could have been created by aliens if they had the ability to carve a two mile long mesa to look like a face, not knowing what it looked like while they were carving it. Since they were on the ground they we we carving, they would have had to either cut into the rock blindly, or have a method to see what the face looked like. That method, be it mechanical or optical should still be visible. The aliens might not be humanoid, and might not know what a human face looked like. They wouldn't be able to cut out an image of something if they don't know what it looks like. Even if aliens could cut a face into the rock, there would be fragments of that rock lying all around the base of the landform. Most of the debris might be swept away over time, but there would still be some. If the carving was done by aliens, they would have to have some way to get on top of the mesa, and that might be visible. It could be stairs, or a ladder, or a rope, but it should be visible to the satellite pictures. If the aliens did cut the face into the mesa, then it they would have gone about it in a different way. Assuming that the aliens created the face is assuming that they are intelligent beings. Intelligent beings would most likely have created finer details or carved a symbol or word to show who created the face. If they are unintelligent beings, how did they get on top of the mesa and how did they cut out the face. | 2 |
Dear Mr./Mrs. Senator,
The Electoral College is a process created by the founding fathers of America to choose a pesident by a vote in Congress and by a popular vote of qualified citizens. I believe this is not a very effective process. I think that we should go to popular vote because it allows the citizens to have a vote and it is not up to people that alread run our country and it allows the president to be chosen fairly.
To begin with, the electoral college is not a good idea becuase it allows citizens to have a voice and it is not decided by people that already run oour country. If we resorted to this method, there might be a higher voter turn out because the citizens will feel that they really have a say in who runs the country. They won't think that if they vote for one person and they win, that some lousy people in Congress will come in and make a different decision and go against the majority. This will make more and more people want to make a difference in the country. Then we will have more concered citizens and the U.S. will be a better all around country. As stated in Source two, "voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president." That fact is why we should absolutly not have an electoral college. Then if we don't have an electoral college then we will have a higher voter turn out. Then after that, the good ole USA will be a better country than all of the other countries in the world ccombined except for our health and education. That is just one reason why should not have an electoral college.
Additionally, we should not have an electoral college because it will then allow us to chose the president fairly. With not having the electoral college vote on a president, it would make theh voting system more fair and not based on a few people. Then when people try and figure out if they will vote or not, they will think, "hey, my vote does matter becuase there is no electoral college to spoil my vote!" This would make for a much better run country becuase the citizens have a voice in the government. The only reason a citizen would not vote would be if they were critically injured or they didn't like any of the canidates. This is just one of the many reasons why we should get rid of the electoral college.
In conclusion, we should get rid of the eclectoral college because it would give the citizens more of a voice and it would make theh voting process more fair. This would make the government and the country run smoothly and a lot better than if we keep the electoral college.
thank you for your time Mr./Mrs. Senator | 3 |
to bein with the passage mainly states or really talk bout the things that make up the percent of cair pollution in the airlike 70 pecent of and 57 percent of the cars moved car are better then bike because bike your pedaling cars your just pushing the gas and it makes you goes faster 12 pecent of the grenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes to passengers vars are most intensive in the united states all the cars since ww2 had been ways to move equipment to travel long places and miles it was used as the tranportation of amerin cars are the most unrelated.
second of all levitttown and scardale newyork suburbs was a wide spread out homes and private tranportation bills were formed by mister goldberg he said 80 oercent of approriatins have law gone 20 percent to eachother transport the passage also say america have a air pollution record for the most bad pollution in the air in the lobal city wise they say in most cities and countries say for instance china have mor bike riders and walkers do the have cars that y they have so much money because they dint used up allof the observation they save thats why china nd places like africa are rich countries third of of all that why china nights be so cold thats why it dont bethat much sicness because every one know what it takes to not pollute the air and all kinds of nonpoticular things that america does to pollute our air 67 percent of vehicles and france is compared to 57.3 percent of our cars in 73 percent in london well anyways china have long cold nights because its not that much gas or pollution in the air to me and others all scientists thats a good thing. | 0 |
Dealing with the Face and researching it on my own I feel very confident to say that it is not made by aliens. My reasons being that if you see what looks like a face in a wall or maybe even a curtain or something of that sort does it mean that it is created by some alien or another unrealistic being?
In an article I read is said that the scientist believe and then it said that the theorist believe, so my question is, are you going to believe a theorist someone who probably hasn't even seen it in person over someone who has probably examined the face over a thousand times trying to come up with something reasonable and real evidence to give the people. A scientist said that he believed that is was a mesa or a butte. Yes, it is true that the government could be hiding aliens and their having the scientist just say that for there sack, but is it likely, no. The scientist have said that they think they've actually seen it somewhere. So maybe there not lieing and it seriously is just a mesa or a butte.
Garvin, a man who went to go see the face has said "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho" and has also said "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same hight as the Face on Mars." Does that seriously sound like he's lieing. Hes actually seen it and studied it and everything, and he has no reason to lie about it. But it is your descion you can believe him or you can believe the theroist. The article I read gave me lots of reasons why it wasn't an alien face that it was just nature being nature and the way the put it was very informative and told me that it was definetly just nature being nature.
While ending this, I would like to say that yes I believe the scientist that the landform looking like a rock was just mesa or a butte, but what do I really know im not a scientist. But still answer the question to yourself do you believe the scientist or do you believe the theoriest. | 2 |
By reading this article I would be in no doubt certain that using FACS (Facial Action Coding Systme) for the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. It could keep the attention of the students inside a classroom.
In paragraph 6 it mentions why FACS is a good and helpful tool to use inside a classroom. According to Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Adanced Science at the Unversity of Illinois, ¨A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,¨ Dr. Haung also goes on and predicts ¨Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor.¨ By Dr. Haung telling us this information it shows us that by using FACS our students may pay better attention in class becuase they are not confused nor bored. Another reason why using FACS is important is because it has the potential in increase the students intelligence.
In conclusion, FACS is a good and helpful advancement in techology that could one day be in schools everywhere. It would make school less boring and could keep the attention of the students inside the classroom. | 1 |
Mona Lisa has always been a very important 'lady' since we were in elementry, but who thought of her bringing an idea to mind when it comes to science? She is a piece of art, so why does this old painting become art? Well if we talk about the mastermind or understand what he is saying, then that may anwser some questions. It can also make us reconsider the technology that we have today.
According to a computer program mona Losa is "83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." In other words the Mona Lisa's intention was actually supposed to make you happy, but why does this make him want to start the program? Well he noticed the way that the computer was detecting her emotions and to began to wonder about science in computers.
The author learing about him then began to think of how it could be changed and what it could do. the author though
Maybe if you smile it could show the happy adds. If you were sad however, there could be diffrent adds as well. After thinking this over and over the author began to think of other things like how video games expressions could be more alive.
Then came the idea of how this could happen and what could be changed. The author mentions that it can't be easy for a PC to just go and reconize it off the bat, but if it were to be programed with basic steps then it might work. The author believes that this can make our everyday lives better, but how so? Knowing all of the stuff we went through, we still wonder how so. So then what better way to give an final example; "A classroom computer could reconize when a student ios becoming confused or bored," Said the master mind of this idea.
In conclusion it is better to have a computer to help us create a emtion reading enviorment. It can help us in many ways and make the world more happy. This way would be so much better to show the way a mind works and help mpre scientist undrstand the brain. This can even lead to more dsicoveries that us human haven't reached yet and maybe make us a smarter country in return. | 2 |
Autonomous cars may seem like an amzing step forward as mankind continues to advance in technology, making our daily lives much easier.
However, with much development still needed on the concept, driverless cars may end up being more of a burden than a blessing.
The developmet of autonomous cars should be hindered as they will pose as they may pose as a threat to the privacy and safety of drivers.
Although manufacturers have come a long way in the advancement of automobiles, they still are not able to create a fully autonomous car.
As it is stated in paragraph seven, drivers must still remain alert and be ready to take control of the wheel if they are to enter a situation that recquires them to.
This may sound like a good reason why these cars should continue to be developed, but if one is not driving all the time then this could lead to problems.
If a driver is not driving for a period of time they will most likely lose focus on the road because they are not actively doing anything in the situation.
If a driver isn't focused and an event occurs that they need to take the wheel, then may not be able to react in time.
Even today in standard cars drivers are more likely to falls asleep at the wheel on highway roads that have them going in a long, straight path at the same speed. If this occurs when they are activly driving, then what will happen if they are just sitting in the seat while the car is driving itself? What's to stop them from falling asleep?
Would we then have to place our lives soley in the hands of our cars?
We've all had our computers randomly glitch or shut down without warning atleast one time or another.
Now imagaine if that were to happen with our driverless cars.
Someone could be on a highway with cars going 70+ mph and the computer operating their car could stop working.
Imagine the fatalities an event like this could cause.
The problem with technology is that it is not always fully reliable.
With this being the case, few people would be able to get into an autonomous car and get on the road trusting their safety with the car. As it is stated in paragraph nine, in the event of an error like this we don't even know who would be at fault.
The driver, or the manufacturer.
In conclusion, the development of autonomous cars should not continue until the technology is available in a way that driveres can be ensured that the technology will not fail on them. in the event of a driver less car, consumers of the product should be able to know that they are 100% safe.
Until this safety is made definite, driverless cars should not be placed on the market. | 3 |
Hello my name is Jordan and this is my eassy. He had a very well writen "essay" that really makes you think of what venus really had on the surface of its extrem and harsh envierment. The fact that they are thinking of send people to that planet is relly mind blowing to me. He also did an amazing job at discribing the dangers of the planet and all of the extrem caonditions on the surface like the volcanos and earthquakes as mention in paragraph three.
Also how he mentioned how many veachals have been sent to the planet and how they didnt survived the harsh weather for more than a copple hours. It is very intresting how he discribes the way NASA is trying to deal with the challenges.
the way they have made some progress. such as the silicone carbide electronics that can survive in a simulated or replecated venus up tp 3 weeks are mentioned in paragraph 6. My question is would'nt the silicon melt with the heat on venus that is hotter than mars that is closer to the sun. It is very intresting how they have ideas of how they can have people on venus with the hover crafts that the resurchers would stay on and collect information.
Oneday this earth is going to be imposible to live on and we woill have to move to anoher planet or just die off and honestly we have lived for way to long longer than any other type of animal that has ever lived on this earth. we have survived so many things and eras. Many wars have been foght and many men have dies on this eath just fot the sake of defending there country and having the will honor to die with respect. Other animals have gone we have done too much damage to the earth and taken to many animals to extiton and the oceans are extremly poluted many fish are just dying off and peolpe cant seem to know why but the harsh truth is that the wrold is ending and there is no going back now.
Humans hve changed climet pattens and know evey year it seems like the storms are getig stronger and the summers are geting hotter. The winters are taking longer to arive. and longer to leave volcano eruptions are almost common now evry year ut seems like a volcano want to erupt and sometimes it dose other times its just the ash that kills peolpe. What im trying to get at is that we really should'nt be exporing other planets when we dont even know what 98% of our oceans havent even been expored we need to learn how to take care of this planet before we even think about moving on to another planet or we will do the samething. The goverments dont seem to care much about the subject and act like its not happening. In conclution its amazing that we are trying to send men to other planets but not we really shoud'nt no matter how safe or dangeruse it is we need to fix the problems here on earth first. | 1 |
Venus is an intresting planet in our solar system. This soarching planet can reach extreamly high temperatures;and conditions of this planet are dangerous. That being said its hard to believe is reffered to as Earth's "twin?" Well, believe it or not Earth and Venus share more similarities than you may think. In the artical "The Challenege of exploring Venus," The author suggests that despite Venus's conditions, we should be trying to expore this planet and be more educated on it. The author of this artical did make a few valid arguements as to why we should be more willing to take a risks to find out more information about this firery hot planet.
First, lets start with a run down of Venus's charaterisics that mimic Earths. Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of size and density. In some circumstances Venus is acutaly closest in distance too, depending on their differences in speed. Astronomers are fascinated in Venus because they think it may have been more of an "Earth-like plantet" long ago. They think Venus was probably covered with oceans. The planet surface itself has rocky sediment and includes similar features like valleys, mountains, and craters.
As to why we havent gone to the planet before and the risks; for starters Venus has a thick atmosphere of 97 percernt carbon dioxide blankets. It has clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperatures can reach all the way up 800 dergrees farenheit, and the atmospheric peressure is 90 times greater than we experience on Earth. Venus also has been known to have erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes, and no spacecraft has survived the landing to Venus for mor than a few hours.
In concusion to reading the artical, i think we should be furthering our research on Venus. Venus could have supported various life forms before, and we want to know how Venus got the way it is now. How could we do that? NASA has an idea that we could possibly float above Venus to avoid the hostil conditions, but even then it would still be 170 degrees fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be closer to sea levels, and the radtion wouldnt exceed the Earths's levels. Even then, there would still be limited reaserch on the ground conditions because most forms of light cant get through the thick atmoshere, which means we cant use stadard forms of phtography and videography, and we wouldnt be able to take samples of rock, gas or anything else. Nasa is however working on some simplified electronics made of silicon carbine, and have been tested in chambers simulated Venus's surface and have lasted up to three weeks in these conditions. I think we could learn more about our "twin" planet, and it would be nice to have the reasearch done and acutally be educated on Venus. | 2 |
Development of cars will improve our society and make everyday life much easier. People will be much happier and more free with cars that drive them everywhere without worrying about traffic. The advantage of having a car that will talk to you if anything goes wrong is beyond amazing. This break through will lower many accidents and safety always has to be first. The development of cars should be continued further because it will help people with disabilities to go through life easier, the frustrations of always being alert while driving could be made easier, and the technology developing more could lead to other break throughs.
A supporting idea is how people with disabilities alwasy have it harder than others when driving cars. It doesn't matter if your old or even deaf, anybody with a disability will tell you it is harder to drive under circumstances like these. In the deaf world, the deaf people believe that they can do anything a hearing person can do and that is true but in driving accidents happen all the time. Not being able to hear just makes it worse. If someone did not hear a car behind them honking because there is something coming towards the car or the traffic light is green and he hasn't noticed, many things can go wrong at that moment. Having a car that will alert you with flashing lights will be a much safer choice than leaving it to how alert a person is. Everyone is human and everyone makes mistakes but in the development of cars mistakes will be avoided. The mistakes that will be avoided can even save lives. Senior citizens will probably say that having a technology based car that would make it easier for them to get in and out of their car is what they have alwasy wanted. When a person is old and fragile they want to be treated with grace, cars that are more developed will hopefully give their hips a rest from the other cars that are hard to drive and sit in.
Another aspect that will go away with furthur developed cars is the frustrations of a driver always having to be alert. People will make mistakes in driving and with a car that will be watching a driver and ready to correct that mistake, it will make it much more safer for the driver and others that could be potentially hurt from someone's mistake. Accidents can happen in a second and if these futuristic cars can prevent all the deaths each year, then why not furthur develop cars. The developments will have drivers that are at ease. Not always having to be alert and jumpy at the wheel makes everyone happy. The way google uses their cars to have alerts will be perfect for any driver. The story talked about how flashing lights will be put into the cars and sounds to alert the driver of any mishaps. If the technology reaches to even more developments it will be great, for example the drivers will not even have to drive.
The third supporting idea will be how the development of cars could lead to more break throughs in anyway. The cure for cancer could just need a tweak and the develpoment of cars could push that nodge. Yes, cars are totally different than diseases but if one truley thinks about it human beings could begin to furthur develop their brains more in any aspect of technology. Leading forward will have scientists and manufacturers working together in furthur developing cures and even inventions that will help any person with a disability. The help that will be pushed from all this technology just makes the idea of developing these cars more. The technology that will be developed will inspire many things. The break throughs will come from more ideas once developed.
Many people will apose the idea of developing the technology of cars. People believe that people will become lazy but the truth is people are already lazy. Many people die from car accidents and most of the time it is because someone was lazy to focus on the road instead of the radio or forgot that they were drinking. Break throughs with cars will allow people to save lives and put safety fisrt. The development of car should not be stopped but continused because furthur developed cars will help people with disabilities, it will allow alerts to be made for the driver to always be on the watch, it will also lead to other break throughs down the line. Supporting the idea of developing cars should be voted for and people need to realize that change is good. | 4 |
In the Article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" there are a lot of good reasons to explore Venus it is known as Earth's "twin". Venus in particular it stands out in the article it said "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds" venus is the closest planet to earth yet they both travel and both have different speeds. Furthermore venus has never actually be seem up close or touched before as in human contact "A single spaceship has not touched down on Venus in more than three decades". Venus has a lot higher pressure and conditions then earth " clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" and "temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit" it has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. But it is going to be a challenge to do studies on Venus but NASA is considering
to send a human to study Venus or Researchers are working on innovating a machine that would last long enough to study Venus. They find it facinating
because Venus has quite a few similarities to Earth " Venus still has some fetures that are analogous to those on earth" as in "Planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar fetures such as valleys, mountains, and craters". Furthermore the article applys many reasons why we should put time into studying and observing Venus. | 0 |
Cars are meant to have a driver behind the wheel and alert at all times. Driverless cars could be dangerous in so many ways. If the car is driverless and it needs someone to navigate it through a specific road condition and the driver is not paying attention, a really bad accident could be caused. Although the car is driverless the driver should still be alert, so who's fault is it for the accident? Huge unessacary accidents could be avoided if cars had alerted drivers at all times.
The danger that everyone's life is in around a driverless car is serious. A car cant sense everything, just think if a pedestrian was crossing the street from behind and the car didnt sense him, the pedestrian would be hurt. If a emergency vehicle is coming, flying down the street and the driver is not alerted fast enough the car could do the wrong thing and get hit by the emergency vehicle and everyone in the car could be seriously hurt. This could all be avoived by cars having alerted drivers at all times.
If a car is driverless and it needs it's driver to take control fast and the driver's attention is elsewhere and his reaction isn't quick enough he could be seriously hurt. The attention should always be on the road. If someone has a driverless car they would let their attention wander becuase their car drives itself. If somene is in the middle of texting and the car alerts them to take over and they are not quick enough they could crash and hurt themself or someone else. This could all be avoided by not using driverless cars.
Driverless cars could cause alot of conflict when or if someone gets hurt. If some gets hurts who will the blame be on the manufacturer or the driver? The car is meant to be smart and not hurt anyone but if it does who's to blame for it? If there is a crash and someone's car gets messed up who pays for the damages, the driver or the manufacturer? How will this all be figured out if this car is meant to be more safe than a human being driving the car and staying alert at all times?
So yes, i believe that driverless cars should not be developed any further. Cars are meant to be driven by a human being not a automated system. There are accidents all the time with humans being the driver, to think of the car driving itself i believe the accident rate would be doubled maybe even tripled. It could be dangerous and unsafe for everyone in the surroundings of the driverless car. Unessacary accidents could be prevented if the further developement of driverless cars is ceased immediately. | 3 |
Driverless cars should begin to be developed because they can be helpful in many ways. Driverless cars can change the world. They should begin to be developed because they have sensors that allow them to alert the driver when they detect danger, they alert the driver when they need to take over, and they are
working on making them as safe as possible.
The driverless cars have sensors that allow them to alert the driver when they detect any danger. In the article it says, "GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object." The car has many sensors that allows it to detect any danger so the driver is alert about it. They are working on improving sensors, which means they will be safer, and the driverless cars will be able to handle more driving tasks.
Even though the cars are driverless, they still alert the driver when they are needed to take over. Many times the road may require human skills, so the driver will need to take over. In the article it says, "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." Even though many people would want the car to be completely driverless, that may still be very helpful. It can prevent some accidents from happening, in case the car isn't able to function correctly during those conditions.
The manufacturers are trying to make driverless cars a safe as possible. They have many sensors to alert the driver when there are signs of danger. In the article it states, " Such diplays can be turned off instantly when the driver needs to take over, something not available to drivers trying to text with a cell phone. In this way, the in-car system is actually a safety feature, and safety is a big concern." As it says in the article, safety is a big concern. In case of danger the driver will be notified, therefore many accidents may be prevented.
Driverless cars could change the world in many ways, and they could be very helpful. There are many ways in how they will be helpful, and some of them are because they can alert drivers when they detect danger, they notify the driver when they need to take over, and they are working on making the driverless cars as safe a possible. Those reasons support the idea that driverless cars could be a big change in the future, which is why they should be developed. | 3 |
I will be convincing you today to join Seagoing Cowboys. When working for as a Seagoing cowboy you are able to do many things; such as you are able to take care of horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped over the seas. You are able to vist many beautiful places like Europe and China. We can not forget you will be helping people after World War two, people left in ruins without food supplies, animals, and so much more. After you are finished reading this I hope that you understand what its like to be a "Seagoing Cowboys."
In addition to caring for horses, young cows, and mules we enjoy hard workers to help take great care of the cattle. You should be a hard and caring worker such as in times when there are heavy seas. You check up on the cattle to make sure they are alright. To pass the time you can come up with fun games to play since the long trips may get tireing. Just think of where the cattle is being taken to see the beautiful sites.
After a long wait to finally reach land you walk out to see beautiful places. The sky prettyer than you may have ever saw. You relize all the hard work that you have been thourgh has payed off. Site seeing in these places are memorial you will never forget them. This is just one of the benefits of helping others. " The cattle-boat trips were an unbeliveable opportunity for a small-town boy," as I said.
Just take a mintue to think about what a change you are making for other people. How they will look up to you in a very important way, that no one will ever think. By you helping these people that are left alone feel helped and you will feel appricatable. " I'm grateful for the opportunity," I said. " It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
This are many reasons why you should join the "Seagoing Cowboys." You will help cattle. You are able to help other people when they need it. You are able see many beautiful things in the world with your help and support. You will enjoy the great opportunity that you will have with joining the " Seagoing Cowboys." This is why you should be apart of the "Seagoing Cowboys." | 2 |
97% carbon dioxide blankets venus. the planets surface tempatures average over 800 degrees in farenheit.
venus has the hottest surface tempature of any other planet that is in the solar system. venus has a suraface rocky and sediment and includes familular features just like earth such as things like valleys mountains and also craters. i think they are gonna try to find a way to study it more and alot closer without dying. many researchers been working on innovations that would allow machines to last long to contribute
to the knowlage of venus so they can find out more about the planet in a safer way. i think that they will meet the challenge faster if they use the machine instead of sending people up there because itbwould last longer and give them alot more time. the reasearchers cant take samples like rock or gas or anything from a distance. they would need to go up but in a more safer way. they could make the challenge if they keep trying and are careful. from far above the planet it can only provide limited insight on ground conditions alot of forms of light cant penetrate the dense atmosphere. they mustuve already tried to do that.they will probably start using devices or machines for the rest of the studdying of venus beacause in this passage they were talking alot about devices and what they could be used for and how putting a machine up on the plannet would last longer so they can get more knowlege. i think that they will most likley meet their goal. even though there may be some dangerous and doubts and less expectations. venus is closest to the sun. venus is reffered to as the earths twin. i think sciencetists want to keep finding out stuff about this planet beacause they think its somewhat like the earth. they said they belive it has some of the same features such ass rocks mountains and valleys. | 1 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" I do not think the author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit very well. He also supports it a little and instead focuses on the dangers of the planet. Some of the dangers he says is that no spacecraft has even lasted a few hours on Venus, and that tempratures are around 800 degrees. The planet has to harsh of an atmosphere for us to visit.
The author almost seems like he should be supporting not going to Venus. In the third paragraph he talks about how deadly of an enviroment it is. He says that the atmosphere is made of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide, and that the clouds are made of highly corrosive sulfuric acid. These things alone would make it nearly impossible for any type of life to exist, so why explore a place where its imposible for anything to have ever lived there. With 97 percent carbon dioxide it could have been a possibility for plant life, but he then adds that on the surface it is over 800 degrees Fahenheit. With that kind of heat its impossible to survive.
To make things worse the author is not just talking about an unmaned spacecraft visit, he is talking about humans visiting it. With the atmospheric pressure around 90 times greater than Earth, we would die before we even reached the surface. Even if you were to get to the surface the there are still many obsticals to overcome. Life for example volcanoes, powerful earthquakes and lightning strikes.
One of the only times the author supports his idea is in paragraph 4. The author says "Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth." While that may sound interesting that is a huge probably. They are basing this off the fact that Venus has some of the same features of Earth like valleys and mountains. That is to big of a risk to take because it could cost millions of dollars and even a life if we sent a human there.
In paragraph 5 the author talks about ideas that could be used to send humans there like a blimp. To me that just sounds to risky because you can do all the testing you want but it only takes one small mistake for everything to go south. The value of Venus that he talks about is insight gained and because human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. The values he talks about here are simply not enough. The risks by far outweights the rewards.
That was why to me the author did not support his idea well enouth. To me he gave more dangers that he did rewards. Plus risking a human life is not to be taken lightly, you need to be 100% certain that they will survive. With tempratures above 800 degrees and an atmospheric preassure 90 times greater than Earth I don't see how anyone could survive. Even when a drone does not survive how is a human supposed to? That is why the author did not support the idea well enough. | 4 |
The idea of driverless cars is an amazing idea that would be bring alot of postitve and negative factors. I believe that the positive out weights the negative factors in alot of aspects. The three main reasons I believe this is because it would be safer, its something that can be taken advantage of soon, and their are only a few laws that need to be disscused in order for this to happen.
The first factor that I will attribute is the fact that it would make driving alot safer. The reason behind that is because the number one cause behind crashes and accidents is texting and driving. A driverless car would completely eliminate that! You could be on your phone, taking an important call, or just scrolling on social media. The sad thing is that most people behind the wheel do not take being on your phone and driving as a big deal. So if someone in control of their own car gets an important call, they more than likely will take it which increases the chances of an accident. That is one reason I believe that smart cars would be a positive thing, it will make driving alot safer.
The second reason is that this is something that could be in affect very soon and what I think scares most states. The fact that something like this could be in our streets within four years is crazy! The article states, " Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to have cars that drive themselves by 2020". Some of the major car dealerships are already working towards this idea of a smart car so this is something that can and will be applied very soon. That is the second reason I think smart cars is a good idea, beacause this is something that can be in affect soon.
The third and last reason I believe smart cars is a great idea is because it will only take minor laws to be added or taken for smart cars to be on the road. That is an amazing thing that there are only a couple of laws and things to be discusssd for this to happen. One of those things, as stated in the article, is the issue of who will be at falt if the technology fails in the smart car and someone is injured? That is one of the minor issues that need to be discusses but still thats something that can be resolved. That is the last reason I believe smart cars is a positive thing, it only has a few minor things to be settled legaly.
Smart cars is an amazing idea and invention. It will bring a whole new way of driving and getting places that will improve society. Again the reasons are because they will prevent texting and driving, can be on our streets soon, and can have issues resolved easily. Salute to a whole new generation of driving. | 3 |
The author explains in the article that Venus is worth of studying despite the dangers because it is the closest to Earths conditions as in land but the atmosphere is dangerous. In the article the author explains that Venus is "like Earths twin." With the attempts to study the planet itself the spaceships and rovers they send do not even last a day let alone a few hours. The atomsphere is very dense with carbon dioxide which burns the spacecraft before it even touches down. Then the ship has to go through the clouds which are almost pure sulfuric acid which corrods away at the already burnt spacecraft. The study is to see what it would take for people to live on that planet. The people who attempt to live there would need a way to survive almost instantly deadly temperatures of 800 degrees fahrenhite and atomospheric pressure 90 times heavier than Earths. The investigation shows that with that kind of pressure will crush a submarine that could go to the deepest part of the oceans and would liquify almost any metal put on the surface. All in all the benefits of the study would show what needs to be done to make the planet habitable even though the dangers of the study is somewhat high. | 1 |
Have you ever wanted to help people during war without joining the military well you should join the Seagoing Cowboys program. The Seagoing Cowboys program is where you get on a boat with other people and go to far places to get animals.
The Seagoing Cowboys program is a good way to help other country so there country's people can survive after war and other causes. On the Seagoing Cowboys program you can meet new people, and see new places and structures. You can also take animals from one country to another to give one country animals so they can make food so they all don't starve. You can also help make peoples lives better after war and acomplish great things. Just like Luke Bomberger who was just a average town boy then he joined the Seagoing Cowboys program because his friend then he became a hero.
The Seagoing Cowboys program was created by the UNRRA (the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration). The UNRRA was created during World War 2 in 1945 to help country's effected by World War 2 by destruction. The UNRRA helps by getting soldiers to help fight. They also search for food and animals. The Seagoing Cowboys program helps by getting horses,young cows, and mules. The Seagoing Cowboys program headed to Greece with a cargo of 335 and enough hay and oats to feed them.
Joining the Seagoing Cowboy is a good idea if you want to help country's just like Luke Bombberger did by brining animals you can see different places and meet new people. | 2 |
Have you ever seen powerful, advanced, and self-piloting vehicles in a movie or cartoon? Many people dream of the moment that they can get into their car to go to work without even touching their steering wheel. Some people believe that a driverless car is a good idea, and should be developed, while others think that it is a poor idea, and that driverless cars should not be developed. Driverless cars should be developed because they are safer, more convenient, and have the potential to speed up the development of other devices.
First, driverless cars are much safer. Driverless cars have already proven to be much more reliable than a human driving. In the article, it states, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash." Furthermore, how could there be drunk driving if there's nobody driving the car in the first place? Cars that can operate on their own would decrease the risk of crashes exponentially.
Next, driverless cars are far more convenient than driver-required ones. The simple fact that you do not have to physically operate the vehicle is reason enough to know that they are more convenient than what we use today. To be able to get up in the morning, get inside your car and with no worries drive to your destined location is such a great concept that it almost sounds too good to be true.
Lastly, the development of driverless cars increase the possibility of speeding up the progress of other devices. The knowledge that we gain from developing these cars can be directly related to the technology we build our next GPS upon. In order to make such a car, we require powerful and reliable sensors. These same sensors can be used and applied to other devices and increase production speed of later products.
In conclusion, driverless cars are a good idea because they are much safer, a lot more convenient, and will improve our own technology for the future. I understand that some opponents to this concept may say that they would not trust being driven around by an automated vehicle. However, these companies that make these cars have to be perfect in what they do, as they would have to for this project to work. These companies will always be pushing for your safety, and statistically already are safer. Cars are already an important invention that we have used time and time again, but the future is now, and for the future to even be given existance, it requires change. | 3 |
The author emphasis how studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents is very important to Astronomers. "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" mainly supports how Venus is worth the riskand challenge to explore to see if it's as much like Earth as it's said to be, because it is close to Earth in size and density, has similiar geographics, and is known as Earth's sister planet.
First, Venus is set up with similar distancing as Earth it's sometimes often referred to as "Earth's twin". The text says that "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too." Venus is so similar to Earth, but yet so challenging to explore.
Second, just like Earth Venus has mountains and valleys. Some might even say long ago there were oceans, because the text says "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life,just like Earth."
Then, Venus is known to be Earth's sister planet! Venus has always been the closest planet to Earth other than Mars, but if Venus is so much like Earth astronomers can't figure out why it's so much more inhospitable than Earth.
In conclusion, Venus is a very challenging place to see and be. Venus has not been touched in more than 30 years! In the text it says ".. not a singlr spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades." So although Venus is the sister of Earth astronomers know very little about her. So they keep in pursuit to learn more despite the dangers it presents everytime. | 2 |
Dear senator my opinion of the electoral college is that we should change it to a more popular vote. As stated in the article "under the electoral college system voters vote not for the president but for a slate of electors " in this electoral college why do voters vote for electors and not for who they directly want voted in. Also what about the disaster factor and voters actually get confused on who they are actually voting for. At the most basic level the electoral college is unfair to voters because of the winner take all system,in each state candidiates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning focusing only on the states they know they will have the best chance for more votes. Like in the 2000 campaign seventeen states didnt see the candididates at all, including Rhode island and South Carolina. The people need a popular vote because they dont want to vote for people who will vote for them they want to vote directly for the person they want to vote for and as everyone refers the electoral college to as an anachronism, a non democratic way of selecting a president that ought to be overruled by declaring the candidtae who receives the most popular votes the winner. its official the elctoral college is unfair, outdated,and irrational. The best arguments in favor of it are mostly assertions without mush basis in reality. Cause some people get so confused or angry on who they are voting for they end up not voting or vote for someone completely random they become faithless as they cannot find a solution. | 2 |
The president is a serious job. Approve laws, representing our country, and he's very influential. So if it's such a big job, why not let the people of America choose their president? It's the right way to do things.
Americans fought the Revolutionary War to give us the right to choose our leaders, and if the Electoral College chooses the president, then we do not get much of the right that was fought for in the 1770's. If Americans don't get to choose the president that they want, then what's the point of voting? The answer is: there is no point, if the Electoral College votes the candidates instead.
The citizens of America chooses the Electors to represent their state. Then the Electors vote for the president. It seems simple, but what happens when the states are not properly represented, i. e. the electors do not vote for the candidate they were suppposed to? Why does the system still exist, but is majorly flawed? For one, it's confusing, two, it's a not practical, and three, it does not properly represent the states they are from.
Some might say that the Electoral College is an easier method to count the votes, maybe so, maybe not. It all depends on how the votes are counted. If they are counted by hand, then yes, it is a whole lot easier. If the polls are electronic, then there would be no difference, because the computer would do all the counting for you. It is also more efficient as to what the people really want rather than the Electoral College.
The Electoral College should be done away with, finished, no more. The American people need to vote to abolish the Electoral College, with no one voting for them this time. That way, the American people can finally be represented without any barriers interrupting them. | 2 |
I am against the cars that drive by there self. I am against this because the car would be operated by a computer and computers have glitches and so forth all the time. Anything could make the car have a malfunction and it could and more than likely will put people at risk. If there was something ahead and you saw it a human would have more time to react than a computer driving a car. I feel as if there would be a lot more wrecks and injuries because the car wouldn't be able to spot the car/person as soon as a human would be able to. I know that accidents are gonna happen with a human driving a car or with a computer driving a car but I feel as if it would be a lot safer with a human. If a lot of accidents were to happen the people that made those cars would more than likely get sued for almost all there money. I wouldn't be against this if we were farther in to the future and they knew and studied more about it. My opinion is that they dont know enough about it yet to make it safe for the environment. | 1 |
Venus is a planet were scientis are explorig to see if they can create another Earth. Therefore they have than some experiments to see how long things can survive. There are many good reason why studing Venus is worthy. One of the reasons is because Venus is the closest planet to Earth, Venus still has some features that are alike to Earth, and solar power would be plentiful.
Venus is the closest planet to Earth,which can be an advanage because we could have a more population, and more place to travel and see different types of culture. In the text it says that "Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size,and occasionally the closest in distance too" this maens that the other planets are further than Venus. In text it also says that "Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit". This is telling us that we have more option to visit.
The planet of Venus looks more alike to Earth than you think some scientist belive that Venus had larges amounts of water. The text satates that "Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like Earth .This shows us that this is why scientist are exploring this specific planet, because it look very alike to Earth. in text it also says that "The planet (Vunus) has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. It shows us how similar this planets are.
Another adventage is that Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Aaccording to the text it says that "Solar power would be plentiful, and radiatio would not exceed Earth levels" This could help by not using electronics or else the materials would melt.
One important fact is that no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, but scientis are working hard they say that it won't be on easy conditions but it would be survival for humans. If there happens to be life in Venus the temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit. | 3 |
In the story I read there was a man named Luke, he was a Sea Cowboy. Luke had gone off to sea to help check on cargo. others need to partcipate in what Luke did. If nobody else helped Luke he could have been all alone. If you were Luke would you help ou still work your two time job?
Luke had a friend named Don, wich if it wasn't for Don luke wouldn't be out there. Luke was working a two part job one at a grocery store and one at a bank. Then Don told Luke to go to on Europe cattle boat,and Luke couldn't say no. It was an opportunity of a life time for him.
It was 1945 and World War 2 had just ended for Europe, and many contries that were in war was nothing but ruin. So some people's job now were to help those contries get back in shape, so 44 nations came together and formed a UNRRA. The UNRRA hired "Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of animals that were shipped over sea, thats what Luke and Don sigend up for.
A lot of people may say this task is verry dangores and that nobody should do it. But if Luke and Don didn't help ou then a lot of people could die because they have no shelter or food. They helped by going to Greese with horses for all the people and food for them and the horses.
Luke had turned 18 by the time they got to Greece to help out, but turning 18 also meant that he could be drafted to war. By 1947 Luke had already made nine trips to help people out. Nine trips was the most any "Seagoin Cowby" has ever went before.
In this story I read there was a man named Luke and he became a "Seagoing Cowboy". Luke helped out so many people on his journey. It was important that people would help Luke out. A lot of people would say that this was dangores and noby should do it. So like i said before, if you were Luke would you go and help our would you still work your two time job? | 1 |
The article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" talks about a software that has been developed to percieve the emotions of others. This software determined that the Mona Lisa is 83 penrcent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful and 2 percent angry.
For sure is an interesting project, because sometimes we want to know how other people is feeling, but, this improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of the others as it is said on this article?
Dr. Huang explain how the facial expressions for each emotion are universal, but I think every human has different expressions, or they can hide them pretty well. For example: in a movie you can have a great actor. This actor can make perfect facial expression, as he was really feeling the situation; being truly sad, happy, scared etc. but he is an actor, and this feelings that he is showing for a specific situation on the movie, are not real. Those problems are not happening in his real life.
This actor can hide his emotions, and this software that can predict your emotions won't know that. So I think it's impossible know how people is feeling with just a software that works just by facial expression, because human feelings are more complex that this, and that's why whe have to study human behavior, or how their brains work with different feelings as love. Because humans are more complex than just an expression that you can hide.
In conclusion, sometimes, when people let you see their feelings, this program can work to show you the percents of your facial expression, but is not an accuracy way to do it because behind the human behavior there are more things to think about it if we are talking about feelings, and this may not be always the correct answer to the feelings of a person. | 2 |
This article, "Drivless Cars Are Coming", talks about development of how close manufacturers are to a car that can drive itself. After reading this article, I personally beileve that they should create a car that can drive itself. I feel that if the car can drive itself, car accidents will decrease. The car could be aware of its surroundings, and be able to prevent an accident from happening. The car will have sensors and will be able to tell how close an object is.
People often get distracted when driving. Whether, it's a mother trying to help her child, a teenager recieving a text, or a person is fatigue. People can only focus on so many things before something goes wrong. The driverless car would be focusing on the road no matter what. This way, the "driver" doesn't have to worry when looking away for a spilt second. Some people don't have fast reflexes, and can't brake on time, the senors could help with all this.
The driverless car can help with people who cannot drive, like the elderly. An elderly person cannot drive themselves around when nobody else can. WIth this car, it can solve that for them. With the elderly in this car that can drive itself, instead of the elderly person driving, it would be safer for the elder person and other people on the road. The elder wouldn't have to worry about not being able to look at the signs or farway objects anymore, since the car will be in control.
I do understand that something could go wrong with the car when in use. I beileve that there should be some sort of precautions set, in cause of faulty of product. Who would be the one to blame? It should all depend on evdience. If it was built wrong, then the manufacturer. If the person in the car knew something was wrong, and decided not to get it fix, the person is at fault for not fixing the problem before anything happened.
I beileve that driverless cars should be produce. I feel that it could change everything for the better. It could make life more simple, and easy. It could decrease car accidents. No more worrying about taking every turn you take is a bad one. You wouldn't have to worry if you're not quick enough to stop. The driverless car could help with problems when driving. | 2 |
Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our solar system. The author in this article suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, he states many details and reasons towards his suggestion. The author suggests that studying Venus is worth a risk because the conditions there are far more extreme than anything humans ever encounter on Earth, but also has some features that are analogous to those on Earth. The author stated many differences and similarites that Venus has with Earth to briefly explain why it should be explored.
The author gave many details to why studying Venus is worth a risk. In Paragraph 3, the author stated "These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth". This part of the article shows and explains how Venus is very different than Earth so there can be a long list of new things that can and should be discovered. The author also stated in Paragraph 4, ''Venus still has some features that are analagous to those on Earth.". Further into the article the author also gave examples of the similarities of Venus and Earth, such as a surface of rocky sediment, valleys, mountains and craters. This helps the reader understand that Venus should be explored by scientist because it has so many things in common with the planet we live on.
The author in this article suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents, he gives many details and reasons towards his suggestion. In the last paragraph, he described how human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors. He explains how humans want to know more about Venus but it takes hard work for explorations away from Earth, even though Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. Finally, The author stated many differences and similarites that Venus has with Earth in a form to help the reader understand why exploring Venus should be important, such as the temperature, the atmospheric pressure in Venus is 90 times greater than what we experience in our own planet. | 2 |
In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" the author prevents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. I believe in my own opinion that there should be driverless cars. There are many ways that these cars can help us people in our daily lifes. Here are three things that I think these cars can help us for talking/texting while driving, falling a sleep while dirivng, and preventing less car accidents while driving. Having these cars would be a huge help for people.
Firstly, we should driverless cars for talking/texting. With this car people can take all the time to check there phone when they need to. Most people while driving text or talk on their phone for either because something has happened to somebody close to them or because they have seen somthing that has gotten their attention. For example while someboddy is driving if somebody is texting and they're at a stop sign and someone is behind them the car could move itsself so that the driver behinfd them woudn't have to be waiting for long. This could also help prevent less accidents.
Secondly, we should have drverless cars for falling sleep. Many people fall asleep while driving a lot. This cause of this happening for people who don't get enough sleep at night. Or possibly someone could be on a roadtrip driving and this driver could have been driving for many hours this drverless car could come in handy for this situation. Letting the driverget some rest and letting the car driver for he or she. Falling asleep while driving is very common for accidents. Also, this is very scary for the driver who is driving and for those other drivers who are also on the road.
Lastly, we should have this driverless car so that he could help lower the death rate of preventing car accidents. With this car it could help save many lives. Having a car that can drive for you if your eating or even doing something that you probably shouldn't be doing is helpful. Having a car that could help you you with getting around things that you think you can't do is a help. What I mean by that is saying that you have to pull in or pull out out of a parking space.
In conclusion, we should really consider having a driverless vehicle. Having this as an option is very cool like can you imagine having your car drive on its own? If I were to get a car I would for sure get a driverless car just so I could text on my phone. With this car it could help people with their life, their everyday life, and for the community. I believe and think that everyone should consider getting a driverless car or even at least think about having one in the near future. | 3 |
The Electoral College should get changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United State. Because the voter's vote are not for the presidents, instead they are actually for the slate electors. Which then go and vote for the president. Which isnt fair becuase for all we know, the state legislatures choose the electors that could go againts the will of people. Also because of the "winner take all system in each state."
First of all the voter's votes aren't voting ofr the president, they are technally voteing for the slate electors. For example, you think you voted for the president. when actually you hav voted for 34 electors pledged to that president. You won't know who those electors are, and sometimes "the voters get confused about the electors and accidently vote for the wrong candidate".
Another thing that could happen is that the state legislatures can choose electors that can go againts with what the people choose. Like for example, "Back in 1960, segregationists in Louisiana legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors with new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy". Also they can completely refuse to vote for their party's candidate and go and vote for who ever they want. Which wouldn't be fair to the people who thought they voted for the candidate. But in reality they voted for a party of electors that can go againts the party's candidate and vote for whomever they please.
The "winner take all system" is aslo unfair. because some candidates go to certain states where they know they have a chance of winning. But completely ignore other states that they know they won't have a chance in winning. Like for example, " During the 2000 campaign, atleast 17 states didnt get to see the candidates at all. Also 25 of the largest media markets didnt get to see a single campaign ad".
So in conclusion, The Electoral College shoud get changed to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. Because The voters vote aren't really voteing for the candidate. They are actually voteing for the party of electors for the candidate. But those electors can refuse to vote for the candidate and vote for anybody else. (Which woudn't be fair to the voter). And finally becuase the "winner takes all system isnt' fair". | 3 |
The FACS (Facial Action Coding System) machine developed by Dr. Paul Eckman is turning the tides of facial expression recognition. It is able to distinguish individual expressions such as happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness which humans can find hard to do making it vital to being infused into the use of schools. Teachers would be able to learn more of their students and improve on their curriculums in order to satisfy the needs of their students. The FACS machine would be able to tell whether a student is lying, needs emotional support and help, and see whether they understand the lesson or not making the machine essential to school life.
When it comes to school, students will not always tell the truth. They may lie about not doing their homework or be untruthful about whether they were involved in a fight. The FACS machine could solve that issue as it is able to determine whether someone is lying or not based on their expression which is stated in the quote," To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celebrity isn't being truthful." This machine is able to examine the details of one's face to find out if they are lying or not. It examines the key traits of each specific emotion and if they are not meant, that is how it knows whther the truth has been told or not. Students will no longer bee able to weasel their way out of punishment due to their superior lying skills as the FACS machine is able to see through the lies. This is not the only thing this machine can do though for schools.
This mechanism is able to determine the emotions of a student and see if they need help or not. It can read a total of six emotions with some branches coming off of those emotions. The six emotions are stated in the quote," Eckman has classified six basic emotions - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness - and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." The machine is able to determine whether a student is in distress or not thus telling the teacher to help the student out with the problem that they are facing. The teacher would be able to help the student cope and deal with their emotional sadness or anger and tell them how to deal with it in order to assist them in getting through it. This is not the end though of what this incredible machine can do for a school.
Students may not understand a lesson and are having troubles getting through it. SInce humans find the task of reading emotions diffficult, a teacher may not be able to see this and help the student out but this machine can deal with that problem too. How the machine deals with this horrible issue is state in the statement," A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. Huang predicts. Then it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructor." This quote shows how the FACS mechanism would be able to tell if a student is bored which would signal the teacher to modiffy the lesson in order for it to be better understood. Students would no longer have to complain about not understanding their homework or curriculum. This would allow for better grades and better lives for the students in the future.
In conclusion, the FACS machine would be essential to the lives of students in a classroom. Teachers would b able to make the experience of school even better than it is already and easier than it is already. No student would have to struggle anymore which is key to the success of a school as everyone would learn greatly and effecttively. The machine would deal with the problems of whether a student is telling the truth or not, whether a student is in need of emotional support or not, and whether a student needs help understanding the curriculum and lesson that they are learning. | 5 |
Do you think that there are advantages to limiting car usage? Yes, I do think that there are advantages to limiting car usage because of pollution. There are many advantages of having limited car usage. This includes many different transportations and because of car culture.
To begin with, there are advantages to limited car usage because of pollution. Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five-days of intensifying smog, the smog rivale Beijing, China, which is known as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Diesel fuel was blamed, since France has a tax policy that favors diesel over gas. Diesel make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to 53.3 percent average of diesel engines. Paris has more smog than other European capitals.
To continue, there are advantages to limited car usage because of many different acts of transportation. In Bogota, Colombia a program is set to spread to other countries. It was called a "Car Free" day which meant that you could not use your car for a whole day. Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated or took buses to work during a car-free day leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams. It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the Day Without Cars in this capital city of 7 million. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce smog. "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza.
Furthermore, there are advantages to limited car usage because of Car Culture. President Obama's ambitious goals to curb the United States greenhouse gas emissions is to shift in American behavior. Research studies suggest that Americans are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by. The United States has long been one of the world's prime car cultures. The number of miles driven in the United States peaked in 2005. "What most intrigues me is that rates of car ownership per household and per person started to come down two to three years before the downturn," says Michael Sivak, a research professor at the University of Michigan's Transportation
Research Institute. The internet makes telecommuting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends. With all these changes, people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit.
In conclusion, there are many different advantages to limiting car usage because of pollution, many different acts of transportation, and because of Car Culture. | 2 |
Technology is accelerating at a very rapid pace! Just 30 years ago the computer was created, and now we're almost at the point of a car driving for you completly. Everyone has their own thoughts on this subject, some people might think it's interesting and some might feel skeptical and that we're creating a dissastor. How do you feel about a car that will drive for you?
Thinking about a car that could potentially drive for you sounds a bit scary. Looking at the statistics of automotive accidents, they would be sure to increase significantally due to the technology being new to everyone and them not being used to it, but also dysfunctions with the car itself. The new technology would be great, but only if when it's used it's very regulated such as having special tracks the cars drive on. If it gets regulated, companies who own tracks the cars are permitted to drive on could have insurance that if something happens they're fully covered. This would help with a lot of the law suits, and also a written contract should be signed stating that you agree with the terms of use.
In conclusion, driverless cars would be a nice thing to have but only if regulated and restricted on state roads. The way technology is expanding maybe one day a car will be invented that would be smart enough to drive on roads, but we haven't gotten to that point yet. As for now driving should be left to humans not technology, that's getting too risky for your own safety as well as others. | 2 |
Venus could present a new ground on which to lay ideas and should be taken into more consideration in our spacial explorations. As quoted from the article, "Our travels 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." - "The chalenge of eploring venis."
Selling ourselfs short on the idea of researching venus and its potential gain will never allow us to advance. Furthermore the information gather could provide insight on the distruction of our so called "sister planet" which was once thought to be able to carry orginisms of life. The various rock formations such as mountains, valleys, and volcanoes can also prove that restoration may be possible. What we need is a push a way to udilize our limitation and to research which the aurhtor of the article does a great idea of explaining.
He states that using a ship floating above the surface at a safe heght; would allow for the dangers to be minimized. The only problem would be that the clouds block the view from even our most advanced of cameras.
Although as stated in paragraph 8 "...human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." in which we believe we can surpass and exceed. | 1 |
Technology to read the emotional expressions of students shouldn't be used because someones facial expressions of students in a classroom well be like there mad but they won't be mad . Sometimes facial expressions are not always right , they can look upset and not be upset at all . Sometimes people just don't wanna smile or show any emotion . Sometimes the "Facial Action Coding System" might work but sometimes it might not . Not everyone face say how they really feel . Can't no computer tell you how you feel because a computer is not you and is not in your head . Can't nobody say how the Vinci was feeling at the time of him painting Mona Lisa . A computer is used to look up things , found out information , video chat , email , do homework on but having a computer read the emotinal expressions on a teenagers face is going have the system broke nobody know's how a teenager feels at that time not even the teenager . Teenagers have so many emotions in one second so how can a computer read a students facial expressions . | 1 |
The reduction or limited usage of cars impacts the daily lifes of society and also benefits the enviroment; It could also Change the way you see things.
Limiting the usage of cars can reduce the pollution in the air caused by cars and motorists.
Around the world people have a different way of thinking when it comes to cars, Society has come to realize that car usage is becoming dangerous & unnecessary. "It was the third straight year cars have been banned with only buses and taxis permitted for the day; to promote alternative transportion and reduce smog". In colombia People have decided to change the routine of driving everywhere in cars because it might be unnecessary since their destinations might be close; instead they reduced the transportation usage and only buses are permitted; it lowers the pollution in the air. This demostrates that a campaign of limiting the car usage should begin in other countries.
In Germany People have founded other ways to limit the car usage instead of banning cars. Society decided to make the streets more compact less far away from the community itself. "Make suburbs more compact and more accessible to public transportation with, less space for parking, stores are placed a walk away on a main street" By doing this action; it takes pressure away for people who use their cars everyday to drive anywhere. It also saves people money by not spending on gas & most importantly it encourages people to walk and exercise by doing simple things like shopping. It also psychologicaly impacts community members. " When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way".
There's many others ways of influencing people to not use cars. For example, making a national fine. Like the goverment in France made " License plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fine".
Driving less could have beneficial implications for carbon emissions and the enviroment, It will allow people to feel more free and less stressed and it also allow them to meet new friends, their could health become better ; The economy could rise, traffic will be cut. There would also be less car accidents and crashes due to less traffic. | 3 |
The author suggests that studying Venus is worth trying to study despite the dangers it presents. Venus is a planet close to Earth that is still wanted to be studied because imformation is yet to be discovered. Venus damages the technology that is sent there but still has vaulable imformation and is believed that we have the technology to keep the monitors there longer. Studying Venus is still worth the damages it provides to the technology being sent there.
Venus was believed to once be alike to Earth and there is proof on Venus for us to find. In the article it states," Astronomers are fascinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth-like planet in our solar system." Scientists say that there was once life on Venus as there was on Earth and that there are still vaulable imformation for us to find. Also in the article it states," Long ago, Venus was probably covered largely with oceans and could have supported varius forms of life..." For us to find out how Venus had forms of life, technology should be launced so that we are able to provide evidence on how Venus provided life.
Venus still has some features alike to Earth. The article states," The planet has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters." The surface of Venus is said to be alike Earth despite the dangers Venus has. Also in text,"... Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideration given the long time frames of space travel." Venus is wanted to be visited so that scientist have more knowlege on how the conditions is like.
The past two paragraph are about why Venus should be visited despite the dangers. But yet to be said how the technology can survive Venus. The pressure is about 90 times more than what humans experience on Earth, so how will our technology survive? The article states," ...some simplified electronics 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." Scientist have been preparing and trying to improve the technology so it is able to handle the conditions. Also in the text,"... looking back to an old technology called mechanical computers...The thought of computers existing in those days may sound shocking, but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers and do not require electronics at all." Old technology from the 1800s and 1900s are stronger than the newer technology because newer technology tend to be more delicate when in extreme conditions.
Studying Venus is still worth the damages it provides to technology being sent there. Scientist working on stronger technology may help us discover more on Venus. So, the author supports that studying Venus is a worthy persuit despite the dangers that is done. The travels beyond Earth should not be limited by dangers that is thrown to human technology. | 3 |
There is a new technology called "Facial Action Coding System" that allows a computer system to read humans emotions by their expressions. This new advanced technology isn't valuable in a classroom enviroment. In a classroom it depends on the reason, and the student for this technology to be used. This system in a classroom can be taken advantage, and not used correctly.
The "Facial Action Coding System" being used in a class isn't very valuable, unless a student is always sad, and not doing well in school. No one wants everyone knowing their personal issues. In the article "Making Mona Lisa Smile" (by Nick D' Alto) it states " The facial expresstions for each emotion are universal," observes Dr. Huang, "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression" (para 4). Dr. Huang is saying that there is several emotions, even though people show expressions very little or not very much. Explaing that not everyone shows too much emotion, because some people might be to their selves. But even if a person is more to their selves the system can still read you're emotions even if you aren't really showing any. In the article it explains how the software can recognize the expressions. In the article it states " By weighting the different units, the software can even identify mixed emotions (as in da Vinci's master piece). Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)" (para 4). In this qoute it explains the process of the new technology "Facial Action Coding".
Some people won't want their expressions read by people they don't really know.
They also might not even want to talk about thier personal issues, because they just don't want to stress about it or because they don't want people judging them. This system can be taken advantage of for the wrong reasons in a classroom, and not be valuable. If this system is used in a class room it has to be for the correct reasons and not just because you think someone is always "mad" or "sad", and it might not always be the case. It has to be because you want to help a student, because they might be going through a rough patch in life and need someone to talk to. But if this new system is used to help someone, it should be in private; where no one is around.
In conclusion, the new technology " Facial Action Coding System" is not valuable in a classroom. This new system shouldn't be used by students/teachers unless they have a teachers permission and only for a reasonable case. It shouldn't be used a lot, specially in a class room full of students. | 2 |
Driverless cars, for better or for worse? I think that driverless cars will be both good and bad. They will take out the human error, but they might also have errors themselves. Humans will become more dependent on technology, and lose certain aspects we have learned.
Driverless cars can help us in the future by taking out the human error. We will have driverless taxis, as said in the text, we will be able to go way more miles without crashes, and cut down on our use of fossli fuels. With this roads will become safer and there will be less deaths caused by accidents, and out world will become cleaner. These cars might have unforseen errors too. They might have errors on the manufactors side and cause death. This will cause the manufactors to build better and safer cars, and take out the error all together.
With the upcoming technology is driverless cars, people will become more dependent on them than we already have. This technology will cause us to lose our evolved instincts, and leave us helpless and dependent on technology. I think that this will hurt us in the long run.
With driverless cars so close to being in everyday use, there will be both good and bad outcomes from it. We will cut down the death totals caused from accidents caused by human error. On the downside we will become very delendent on technology to assist us in our everyday life. I may be wrong on both parts, I guess we will just have to wait and see. | 2 |
Have you ever seen the face of mars, well if you haven't it's this 2 mile land form on mars and because its shadows and some other resons it looks like a pharose face.
See when the first picture of The Face was taken it only had 43 meters per pixel making all those little details to show it was just a bunch of rock unnoticable, plus the land was shaped right to make it look like a face . But in 2001 we used our most enhanced camera that had 1.56 meters per pixel. And I know the all the supersticios people who think it's "Alians" would say that nothing that I'm saying proves anything but with the new camera that we had if there would have been any housing, which there would have had to be to construct such a monument, thene we would have seen it.
Now that i have told my side of the story everyone can calm down. | 0 |
The creation of the Facial Action Coding System has the potential to be very innovative and useful in today's society. In schools, teachers often have difficulty obtaining the attention of students and maintaining it when they have it. This could be a result of the way they are teaching, and how it makes the students feel. The use of FACS in all classrooms would be found valuable.
Problems such as obtaining attention could easily be solved with the use of the FACS. If students are placed in a classroom, and are unhappy and bored, they are less likely to pay attention and learn at the rate they are capable of. The FACS can record these students' emotions and help change the method of teaching used in that class to interest the students. As stated in the passage by Dr. Huang, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored." This could potentially change the students attitude towards learning for the better.
A teacher is capable of understanding verbal communication better than that which is nonverbal. Unless a student tells their teacher he or she is confused or bored, the teacher has little to no way of knowing this. Dr. Huang states, "Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication." The FACS is able to detect such forms of emotion, and make corrections based upon them. This process makes the FACS more capable of dealing with these situations than any teacher.
Emotion is displayed often through facial expressions. Certain muscles in your face respond to specific emotions you are feeling at the time. It is not uncommon for a student to put on a fake smille or expression of understanding towards a teacher when he or she is bored and could care less. A teacher may have some difficulty understanding if the student's emotions are real or fake. Luckily the FACS recieves data from the recognition of movement in muscle tissues. The FACS is programmed to recognize which muscles move during each emotion. To provide an example the author explains, "But in false smiles, the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." SInce a different muscle is used in fake smiling than in that which is real, the FACS can tell the difference between the two expressions with ease.
The facts about FACS suggest that it is a perfect candidate for the use of innovative technology in the classroom. This system can improve the learning rates, as well as the mental growth of the students in a classroom. FACS can easily be proven valuable in all classrooms, as well as in many other environments among modern society. FACS proves that the use of technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. | 4 |
The new technology used to undertstand facial expressions would be a valuable thing in a classroom. This can help alot in schools,because the system will be able to understand the students emotions like confused,or bored,the system can modify and change the learning style. This can increase the students studying skills and also they would learn more efficiently.
The text states that,a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,'Dr. Huang predicts."then it would be able to modify the lesson,like an effective human instructor.'This show that the facial recognition can help students to learn more. The system can help teachers alot in schools to let them know what they need to change to teach better.
In the future the facial recognizer might be able to replace teachers. The idea is still to far off because the system , still doesn't understand that most human comunications are none verbal. The system could help solve crimes and other things it would be able to recognize if a person is lying or not by their facial expresions.
The system would be a good way to teach students at schools or at home if possible. Now the students will not be bored in class,neither will they be confused because the system would be able to recognize it and change it .The progam still has alot of flaws but when is solved hopefully, we can have them in our classrooms in the future this could be the most valuable "teacher" so far it would be of a great value for schools. | 2 |
Hello everyone today you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. Do you know why you sholud. If you don't know why here are some reasons.
Some reasons are you can see so many beautiful places such as Europe, Greece, and even China. Another reason is because you can explore some famous Oceans just like the Atlantic Ocean. And many other places you can see that you can't see working at a Grocery Store . that is what one man did before he became a Seagoing Cowboy. Then one week after the man took the job and loved it. Also if you love animals or even taking care of them then this is the job you want and need. You could explore the world without geting a plane ticket. That is all I have to say.
These are the reasons why you should become a Seagoing Cowboy. now go sign up at your local Grocery Store. | 1 |
I think luke can bring people to ride the waves because luke has a friend that like riding waves but luke hasn`t rode a wave yet. Luke has so much of enthusiasum to go on this once in the life time trip. Luke also went to ride wave s with is friend because luke wanted to help people that was injured in world war II. Luke turned eighteen while going to Greece. Luke knew that ment to be in the military sevices.
I think luke could bring society in because riding waves can be fun. For luke its absoulutley fun because he was waiting for a long time for his friend to tell him ''want to go ride some waves with me?'' Said lukes friend. If I was going to ride waves. I would bring my family like mom,dad,sister,sister,and me.
Conclusion.
My conclusion is that if it is very hot outside. Ride the waves if you live by the ocean or at a hotel by the ocean. The other thing is live your life until you cant live it any more. | 0 |
Dear senator,
I think keeping the electoral college is pointless. What is the point of having us vote if the electoral college are the ones who get too decide based on our votes. I defend the idea of allowing the popular vote to decide who our president is. I am in agreement with Bob Dole so he says, "Abolish the electoral college!" Like stated in the article, the electoral college is unfair, outdated, and irrational.
As read i the passage, "knowing their vote will have no effect, they have less incentive to pay attention to the campaign than they would have if the president were picked by popular vote..." Which brings be back to why the electoral college is irrelevant. The more we feel our vote doesn't count the less were going to care. If majority of us want a democratic president or a republican president, let that be our decision. For all we know the electoral college could just be in favor for a republican president rather than a democratic president and vice versa.
The electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates dont spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states, as stated in the article. We voters dont even vote for our president, we vote for a slate of elector, who actually elect the president. SO then again our vote doesn't even matter, which makes us upcoming voters not even want to vote. Knowing that my vote doesn't really count. All in all keeping the electoral college is pointless, its unfair, and just needs to be left alone. | 2 |
Have you ever seen an alien? No? Exactly because aliens are not real. After NASA shared with the world their images of the "Face on Mars," conspiracy theorists were excited that it was an alien monument. And why do you think they were? Because they had never seen anything from an alien civilization before. The text states that "As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size." said Jim Garvin, chief scientist of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. "So, if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" This proves that the face was not an early martian civilization.
The images also show a resemblance of a butte or mesa, which are landforms found on Earth, and Earth does not have aliens here. If they are natural landforms found on Earth, then why are there ones just like them on Mars? Earth and Mars are very similar planets, so they most likely form on both. All of these things prove that the Face on Mars is not an alien monument from an early martian civilization, just a landform that can also be found it's sister planet, Earth. | 1 |
Facial Action Coding System Disadvantages
Imagine a world that only involves computers. No teachers, no parents to tell us what is best, no books and writing. Using computers for everything isn't always the answer. It is important to also use old fashion ways to determine emotion no matter how much someone dislikes it. Using the Facial Action Coding System we aren't able to figure out others emotions by ourselves, it assumes someones emotions just by the way someone is showing their face, and it can have technical difficulties which may provide false information.
To begin, it is important that we use context clues to determine someone's emotions. Using a computer app can take away from someone trying to figure out facial emotions by themselves. Sometimes it can be usfeul to figure out expressions by ourselves. This can help us with everyday people. We can't carry a computer everywhere we go and use it to determine if someone is sad, angry, happy, excited, etc.. If we figure out these expressions by ourselves we can apply those skills when it is necessary.
Moreover, some people hide their emotions causing us to believe something that may be false. For example, some depressed people hide the fact that they are very upset and hide it with a smile. If the Facial Action Coding System were to try and tell the emotions of that person smiling it would give a completely different set of emotions than the person is really feeling. There isn't much someone can do to fix the fact that misjudged faces can lead to false emotions.
Lastly, computer programs aren't always correct. They can have technical difficulties and give out the wrong information. Programs can mess up and give the total opposite of what is being presented. There could be times where this Facial Action Coding System can say someones emotions are angry and mad. In reality the person could've been very happy or pleased. Programs mess up all the time so it isn't always credible to use one.
In conclusion, using the Facial Action Coding System wouldn't be to useful. It may lead to false information, take away from peoples everyday skills, and have technical diffuclties. Using what we know about humans can take us a long way and maybe even help us more than a program will. Although the system seems like it can help with emotions it can do more harm than good. | 3 |
I am all for driverless cars because I think it's the next step to further our advancments in technology. We have always wanted to strive for more and always have wanted more, this is the nextstep for that. Right now we are just in the midst for driverless cars, but very soon we will have them as they are in the works and being planned right now.
I think we should have driverless cars because the rest of the items around us are also advanving in technology so why not cars while we're at it. It's not a brand new idea because we've seen this creation or idea in many sci-fi movies and fictional movies as well. If phones can advance from large, bulky, and using buttons to smart, small, and being touch screen then cars can become self drivers. Another example of advancement are tv's they have had alot of history because when they were first made they didn't have any color and they also varied in size. Then they went ahead and added color to advance the creation just a bit more. Now look, we have flat screens all in HD being hanged on the wall with color! They have come along way and so can cars! We're almost there to reaching self driving cars, all it takes is time. We already have technology for it we just need a bit more tweaking on it. Take a look at the google car as mentioned in paragraph 4, it can basically drive all by its self thanks to all the technology it has such as the sensors on it. There are certain times it may need human help, but all we need to do is perfect the technology and boom we'll have self driving cars everywhere in no time!
We don't always want to remain in the same place without advancement so with these cars it will be the next step, the next step to change! We've always been about change and advancement so why stop here? Why stop here and not achieve a goal many people have dreamed about for years and finally make it a reality? With time, belief, and great minds working with great technology, it is most likely possible that one day we will have these self driving cars. Very soon! | 1 |
i think that having self driving cars would help alot. there are so many wreacks in the states because some people just dont know how to drive right.
so if we was to invent and sell computerized cars it could stop us from having so many wreaks plus it would also cause us to drive way safer. for instance if your drunk and you have to get home you just sit in the car and it will drive for you since you cant do it yourself because your not in the right stae of mind.
there is also the thought of making better roads but when you think about it that would cost more then a fortune to do. one other reason im all for this invention is because you know that the people making these cars are gonna earn a tone of money so that means more people will be switching to the new car instead of their old one. before you know it there will be somthing new and even better in technology since we just keep getting smarter over the years. who knows we might be driving hover craft later on in a few years because alot can be learned.
although we would also have to make some new laws or change a few of them. like in the text it states that what if somone gets in a wreak in a smart car should the driver be blamed or the companies that sold the the car to that person beheld responcibale. there also still some improvements that have to be made before they can even start selling those cars .
those are the main reasons that i think making smarter cars is a great idea. | 2 |
In the text " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the aurthor tells the reader allot about Venus. From the temperature to how close it is to earth. " A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. Even more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid". This shows that the aurthor is supporting his text wioth facts by giving the reader an idea of what Venus is like. " Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned and for good reason, since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study, despite its proximity to us". In this paragraph the aurthor lets the reader know that there has been scientist and Astronomers that tried to land on Venus but they werent successfull because of the dangers on Venus. It also shows that because the scientest couldnt do this it wanted them to want to do it even more. | 0 |
This Essay will talk about the Mona Lisa, FACS, and the universities that came up with the investigation, of the Mona lisa Picture. The value of the technology of the FACS, is great in my opinion. the answer to a question that has been asked for a long time has finally been solved. That question is; is the mona Lisa smiling?
This evidence from the article I have found, tells us the emotions that are going on with the Mona Lisa painting. It says " She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry." Most people have thought that the Mona Lisa was always, 100 percent happy. A lot of other people could not read Mona's facial expressions. Know one would have had the clue to think that the Mona Lisa painting would have had four different expressions in one picture.
My name is Nathan, and I am here to tell people about the Mona Lisa painting. I have read this article, and I have made some good questions, and opinions. There are a lot of facts in here, but also a good number of opinions as well. Obviously know one knows 100 percent, about what happened in the renisance back then. Know one Knows what had happened, because know one from our century, was around when that happend, because it was from a long time ago.
I think the Mona Lisa had mixed feelings when this painting took place. It might have ben her lifestyle, or her attitude that effected the vibe, and the attitude towards, her face that eventually went into the painting. It is so interesting to know what happend before, we lived.
We the people, can now know the Facial expressions, and the mood of paintings that were painted long ago. People have invented something that is extrordinary, and can change research, and that development is called FACS. FACS stands for "Facial
Action Coding System."
What the FACS does is it allows people to identify pictures, and expressions. It is all done on computer. This inovation is a big step, in learning. It inspires young kids to become even better researchers, with is great.
The people that are involved in this are very intelligent. and they come from good schools. Researchers in different schools use the FACS, too. The person that innovated the FACS is Prof. Thomas Huang, that is from the Beckman institute. That is for the Advanced Science at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang's main goal was to have humans and computers to communicate better.
I think the FACS is very great, and I strongly think it is a leap forward in technology. The FACS has let us learn about things we couldn't before, and I think the world of invention and innovation will let us journey even farther. The Mona Lisa facial expression recognation, was just the beggining. | 1 |
The author supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit is because in the passage, he explains on how log he has been studying it and at the beginning called it an "Evening Star" because it one of the brightest points of light, giving more specific examples on why its more worthy and how important it is to study it immediately to know what else that it might do.
Another valuble reason that it is important for them to study and examine Venus even more is that Venus is the closest planet near Earth. But, also knowing that both Earth and Venus have travelled around the sun at various different speeds. In the passage, it says " These differences in speed mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times Venus. Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner- in space terms- humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world." This is showing on how hard that they have worked on study on venus to know more on its whereabouts and how dangerous it can be sometimes.
In my conclusion, this is all shows all why people of Earth want to study Venus so badly and knowing on how dangerous it can really be on studying the planet. For example, on the planet, that it has a very, thick atmosphere which is almost 97% carbon dioxide on it, having highly corrosive sulfuric acid in the atmosphere, and the temperature being at 800 degrees fahrenheit. This giving out a reason on why it is dangerous to enter Venus, but still wanting a chance to explore the planet. | 1 |
You like your car right? What if i told you that not only are you putting yourself in danger but everyone else in the world as well. You might not know it but you really are and its a big problem. There is many ways to fix this but in this case we could try using the easiest. That is to limit the use of cars. Now hold on before you throw this away like paper continue reading on so you know what kind of help you could be doing if we limit the driving for not only you but everyone in this world. Limiting use of the car you drive today will improve your safety, pollution, and others safety as well. Dont just stop at a red light, stop hurting the things around you.
Buckle up, safety first. All those sayings that your parents or drivers ed teachers have told you are not just for them to control you. They actually mean to help you but your just so excited about driving you dont even pay attention. See if you have a car, you must pay a forty thousand doller parking space in Vauban. Its a car free zone and some people actually like it. As a result 70 percent of Vaubans familys do not own cars and 57 percent sold there car to mover there. When your in a car, you always feel so tense dont you? In my opinion its because your afraid of getting hurt or into a crash. If we limited the time of driving you wouldnt have to be so tense because there would be less people around you.
Now the world is dying. Dont feel frightened or ashamed but this is sort of your fault. You cant see it but when you drive a car, gas comes out the back and into the earths atmosphere. This is called pollution and it isnt one of the good guys. In our case its a bad guy that need to be and should be stopped. It wont be one of those quick novels either and will take a lot of your support but it could be done. Limiting everyones driving uses will help try saving the earth from what we are doing to it. Paris typically has more smog than other European capitals and just last week had 147 micrograms of particular matter. This is the danger to the world and the earth just wont stop fighting back.
Look out! Wow that was close from hitting you. See there in the road is a line that forms a lane. A lane shows you the area you can drive on and all you have to do is stay in the lane. You put oher peoples lives at risk if you drive anywhere besides that lane and even yourself. Dont be selfish enough to just worry about yourself but aware enough on where your going and how you are to get there. Causing a car crash will get you nowhere in life except the hospita which believe me is not one of the best places to take your new friend. Limiting the use of cars will help you keep your awares up and about in case the worst of evemt could happen.
So limiting a car usage is not such a bad thing now is it? instead of thinking of yourself think of your safety, the pollution, and others safety. It could make a real difference in the world if we could just limit the use. Need to go somewhere? Try using a bicicycle or skateboard and you will find it might be a little slower but will get you where you need to go with almost no damage warrantys. You never know, you might like it so much yo would have your own personal spongebob car free zone on your door that you bought after selling your car. This does not inlcude the spongebob car free zone bicycle either which is sold seperatly from the store nearest you. | 2 |
Facial Action Coding at schools?
Class rooms with , Facial Action Coding , ? I think for a classroom with Facial Action Coding would not be such a good idea in a classroom. There are many reasons why it's not a good idea. There are many emotions in a student in a class room that a student wouldn't want to be recogize . For many student there always someone who is in love and does not want anyone to figure it out . In paragrahp 3 it tells readers that " happiness, surpise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness" can all be shown with the Facial Action Coding System. The student might be sad because the girl wouldn't go out on a date with him and show that emotion in class.
For many students I honstley think alot of students would not like it . Another reason why it would not be a good idea to put this new Facial Action Coding System in many classroom is it might distract many of the students. Alot of classroom students are already going through alot of things like stressing, grades, finals, and credits. They wouldn't want that to be pick up by the system for a example a student could be really sad about his grades and doen't want anyone to know. Our minds are only safe place to go where anyone can't go.
Other places would be a better option for the Facial Action Coding like hostiptals and nursing homes. A good reason why I think it would be a good idea at a hostpital because it can help alot of people that are sick and feeling pain. In paragraph 3 it say the system can pick up happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. At a hostpital a patient could be help out with the machine and tell if she or he is sad or happy. At a nursing home he can help out the the old folks by making sure that there not depressed or angry.
What if the Facial Action Cding system shows that 50% percent of the student show that they really get the work. And the other 50% percent do not get the work what would the teacher do? Would the teacher choice be right to choose to get the same work where the 50% percent doesn't understand it and give the same work to the other 50% percent of the class that already knows how to solve the work. I think it not a good idea for classrooms to have Facial Action Coding System at schools.
At schools it might not be a good idea and might be better in many other places. For many students it coulld distract them or if other dont want to show emotions because of there personal thoughts being shown to teachers. Would you want schools to have this new Facial Action Coding System at there school and on computers? | 3 |
Yes, I agree The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. The use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because you can read someone's emotions by the look on their face when they walk to the classroom. In the article,It refers "you can probably tell how a friend is feeling by the look on her face". An example in the article is refering "A classroom computer could recongize when a student is becoming confused or bored". Another example,"The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgey. This is how the technology is vaulable to read someone's emotions.
You can read a friend's emotions to tell how they are feeling. If you have a friend is forcing herself to smile, you can tell she is feeling sad, depressed, or angry. I know you can't read someone's mind to tell how are they feeling. Only you can read someone's emotion is by the computer knownig your are sad or happy. An example in the article, "if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen,a similar ad might follow. But If you frown,the next ad will be different". This is how computer tell emotions on that person.
If your a teacher,when you see all the students in the classroom, they get tired,bored,confused,or excited. You see different emotions from students when they got to school this moring. Some of the students stay up to late and they woke up early this moring. half of the students in the classroom they might get bored and do not want to learn anything today.
The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expressive-for video games or video surgey. In this modern technology,kids love to have their phone to play on their games like Iphones,samsungs,lg's phone,or more phones I can think about right now. There are alot of games(Apps) you can play on your smartphone like video games. There is a list of video games kids are so excited about like subway surfers, Archey,Basketball games and etc. This how kids in classrooms's love to have technology with them.
This usefulness this technology to read someone's expressions of the students in a classroom is valuable. You can tell someone's feelings simply by the look on her face. In a classroom you can tell the students how they feel like confused or bored. the technology can be fun like playing games or looking at videos. This how you tell the technology is valuable inside in a clasroom. | 2 |
The author explains why studying Venus is an important thing by stating the facts about how it is beneficial to us to study our sister planet. Do to to our current limit in technology and the harsh ecosystem on Venus, it is is extremely hard for us to find out any information about this planet. Many people wonder why scientist still try to find out more information about Venus. The reason is that Venus's ecosystem could have been similar to ours many years ago. Since the planet shows signs of mountains, valleys and craters we can safley assume their was once an ocean on the now uninhabitable planet. Many scientist believe that we can safley hover above Venus's atomsphere to get a better look at it. However other scientist state that they want to go on to the planet to take samples of rock, gas ect. Either way going to Venus will not be happening anytime soon. | 0 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers its present because its 97 persent of cardon dioxide blanks. The temperature of Venus is even worst them Earth. Why would a scientist need people to Venus to make us die from the air and the clouds. Being at Venus won't do anyting better for living there. Some reasons why people shouldn't stay in Venus is the air, the clouds, and planet's surface.
The reasons why Venus is so dangers is because of the air. the clouds, and the planet's surface. Venis thick atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blanket. The clouds are highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere. The plant's surface temperature is average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmosphere pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet. Our sister plane is so inhospitable. I don't know why scientist are talking about further visites to the surface. They think that long away that Venus had everything like Earth but it might not true. Why is NASA going to send people to Venus to study it? It's a bad idea to do it because all they going to do it die.
Is Venus really a twin to Earth no its not. This is why Venus has so much danger because of the air, the clouds, and the planet's surface. NASA should just send robots to Venus instead of people. Making a person to go to risk their life is not fair. Robots are the better answer. | 1 |
Dear State Senator,
The Electoral College is a process of selecting electors to vote for the president. The Electoral College has both its pros and cons, many reasons for it to stay or be abolished. However, it has more reason to stay rather than changing to election by popular vote for the President. The wnning canidate for U.S President should be who's the best rather rather than who's more popular. The Electoral College may not be the most democratic method but, it does create a sense of balance. The Electoral College has equal tran-regional appeal, and garuntees an outcome. Therfore, the Electoral College should not be abolished.
The Electoral College garuntees an outcome. With popular voting and a tie could occur. As, Souce 3; "In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised methaod of choosing the President" informs "The reason is that the winning canidate's share of the Electoral College invariable exceeds his share of the popular vote."(18). So the losing canidate could argue that winner isn't who the people want however, it's the political party members who chose the electors. In, Source 1; "What is the Electoral College?", it states that "Each canidate ruinning for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the canidate's political party..." Therefore, there is no mystery or deciet, each party knows their electors and canidates so the people are the ones who indirectly chose the winner. As a result, the Electoral College promises an undebatabe outcome.
Also,the Electoral College doesn't have any prejudice based on region or location. "The Electoral College requires to have a trans-regional appeal." (sorce 3). Therefore, a canidate has to campiaign in all regions, withought just focusing on just one. So every region has an equal oppurtunity and knowledge to be able to vote. Also this way there's a less chance of "The residents of other reions to feel disenfranchised-to feel that their votes do not count, that the new president will have no regard for their interest, that he really isn't their president."(19). That feeling of equality and "my opinion matters" is exactly what America is about and this aspect of the Electoral College captures that beautifully.
In conclusion, the Electoral college may not be the most democratic way of voting however, it is quite fair. If we only had popular voting canidates would possible just focuse on one are to build a strong support base. This would'nt give every region or person a fair chance and strong word, which is against everything America stands for. Equality is one of the major virtues of America and the Electoral College expresses equality through balance more so than popular vote. The Electoral College garuntees a certaint outcome without debates or tie breakers. It allows every region to have a fair chance in the election by making sure they are well informed and included through the recquirment of trans-regional appeal. For these reasons the Electoral College should not be abolished and changed to popular vote for United States of America. | 3 |
Even though the article about "Driveless Cars Are Coming" state both positive and negative aspects of driveless cars, an argument from me will help give a better understanding. The narrator of this article think that the driveless car can change the future. I think it can change the future but yet harm people in the furture. The driveless car isn't such a bad idea but i will explain how it can and can't be a good idea.
The driveless car isn't such a bad idea because it can help certain people. Now some older people in ther 70's or 80's can't drive. Most of the time they have to ask for rides from there children or grandchildren, in which can be annoying cause who really wants to ride with younger people. Then here comes the driveless car, an older person in which I feel will be more safe in this car because they are more careful then younger people.
The driveless car can help the elders get where they need to go without them driving. They can get in the car and just pay attention to the road. This can stop some several problems between family, because little arguments cause the older person needs a ride can tear a family apart, but with the driveless car everything will be better in that case.
The driveless car can be a bad idea because it can cause problems with teens. Now we do have teens driving and really drive out of control. The driveless car is dangers because some teens don't drive safe, they like to get reckless and show out. So lets say a teen get this driveless car and think its pretty cool, so of course their gone to want to show it off. The teen drives one day and thinks its okay to text and drive and an accident happens. So now there's death and causes that this car isn't safe. A teen is the main people who text and drive now with regular cars.
There's a slight differences with the regular car and the driveless car dealing with teens. The regular keeps a team eyes on a road more then it will on a driveless car. A driveless car remember you aren't DRIVING so a teen will be more focused on their phones instead of the road. While using a regular car a teen have to focus on the road and his or her car and eventually they will justcput the phone down.
In short a driveless car in my perspective the car is safer for elders then teens because elder are more controling. A elder person is going to be safer because they pay attention to the road and other drivers around him or her. A teen doesn't really pay attention at all times because him or her is checking their phone and don't mind other drivers. | 3 |
Dear senator,
I think we should keep our Electoral College because its fair if we get to choose our president and he or she wins then he or she should be president. Some people should consider themselves lucky because of what happened in 2000 with that fiasco and it was the biggest election crisis in a century. Even though there is 270 votes required to vote for the president, whats fun about that is because there be more votes and atleast people participate in them. Choosing our president is best because when your voting for the president your voting for state electors. Also, it gives chances for people that want to be president or senator. Electoral college is not a place its a process that it lets people choose who they want in the white house. I think people should start taking things seriously because they might think its a joke but its real serious to other people. Under the 23rd Amendent of the constitution,"the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for the purpose of the Electoral College." After the presidential election,our governor prepares a "certificate of ascertainment" listing all the people who ran for president. It also gives them a chance to show and see who would do more for our country,like for example when they do their campaign commercials and what i look at is who does the best. Thats what i think about if it should be changed or not. Thank you for reading my letter and i hope my letter changes your mind. | 0 |
My years a Seagoing Cowboy was a great time. Not only did I do it with one of my best friends, I got to experince something that comes once in a life time. Also, I had many different experinces out of the United States. Finally, I was kept from going to serve in the military. I for one was a little excited about that.
Like I said, for a small town boy like me, sailing around the world is an opprotunity of a life time. There was no way I was going to turn down something like that. On my first trip I turned 18 years old and as you probably know, I would have had to join the military. But, they made an exeption due to the fact that I was already involved with the Seagoing Cowboys. Again, there was know way I would take serving in the military over sailing around the world. Another reason why I think that anyone should tryout the Seagoing Cowboys program is because, I had the opprotunity to see many different cultures or ways of life. Once, I got to go on a gondola ride in Venice, Italy. I also saw the Acropolis in Greece. Finally, I got to see many parts of China.
Thanks to the Seagoing Cowboys program, I have gained knowledge about Europe and China. Now, I hope that you will go and enjoy it too. Believe me, I have gone on the most trips of a Seagoing Cowboy... I know what I'm talking about. | 2 |
In my opinion the use of the Facial Action Coding System computer is valuable for reading emotions. Stated in paragraph 6, they show an example of when and how it works, so smiling at an ad that apppears on the screen another like it will appear, and frowning at that particular ad the next ad will be diffrent. Showing that these computers work at identifing emotions in diffrent ways is amazing. In paragraph 7 showing that the emotions used cant be identified on an regular home PC computer because the process is too complex, is also showing how the FACS computers is the real thing. How it calculates what emotions is shown in the painting of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci by the specific percentages in paragraph 1 gives us a more stable idea of how it works, it doesn't just gives us the bland emotion of happy or sad, but gives all of the emotions that might've been happening with Mona Lisa while getting painted. This is why i believe the Facial Action Coding System computer is valuable for reading human emotions. | 1 |
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