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In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile" the author desribes how a new technology, named the Facial Action Coding System (FACS) , makes it possible for a computer to "calculate" our emotions. The first subject that this was tested on was Mona Lisa. You might be thinking, but that's a painting how could that be done. To ...
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As a scientist at NASA and from the research made by other scientists here at NASA I can tell that this here face is nothing more than just a landform. The Face is just a natural landform, it is not created by aliens. Although many people would love to think that the Face wa created by aliens, it is not. The face is wi...
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There were many details from the article from Luke's point of veiw that supports convincing others to join th Seagoing Cowboys program. One detail from the story that supported it was that World War II happed in Europe. That is an important detail because during or after a war, the counrty is most likely going to be i...
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Limiting car usage is a very good idea. With limiting car ussage there are many advantages such as no pollution, decreasing stress and excercise. First of all, with not much car use you wont have pollution. There won't be any sickness from air pollution. If there arent as many cars then pollution will decrease. Accord...
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Would you owe a "Driverless cars." if possable? Driverless cars should be stopped from being created. Driverless cars sensors can suddently stop working and can cause an acsedent. They can also are not fully in control someone always have to be in alert and ready to take over. The also mentions 'safety is best enforce ...
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The author supports this idea that studying venus is worthy pursuit despite the dangers because venus is the second planet from our sun. While venus is simple to see from the distant away but still safe . Earth, Venus, and mars are the planetary neighbor, that will go aroud the other planets. Venus is very close to the...
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Driverless cars, the future of the world. There could be many disadvanteges with driverless cars. One disadvantage would be that there could be malfunctions within the hardware inside of the vehicle. Another would be if someone would hack into the mainframe of the car and take control of it without the owner or driver ...
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do i think the computers should be able to scan a kids face to tell if he/she is mad? no I dont because that means the cia/fbi know has your face on everyone of there computers and knows where you are and if someone was to hack into that camra they could see everythong they are doing witch is an invation of my and your...
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Dear State Senator, I think we should get rid of the Electoral Collage vote. It's not fair that a majority of people get to vote extra. The candidate's get to choose people who will vote for the person who picked them just bc they picked them. They probbaly dont have good reasons on the they pick that candidate they j...
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I don't think we should use the Facial Action Coding System to read childrens emotions expressions in school because what if the student didn't want the teacher knowing how he or she is feeling for personal reason? If we did that without permission it can lead to privaticy being broken and the students would probably f...
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Mustangs, Mercedes, Hummers , and the "Punch buggy " are just a few brands of vehicles well known in America . Vechicles today are big factor in life  for the reason that cars are used every single day all around the world as transportation and although we have the bus or other ways to get to places , driving is the mo...
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HI, I'm Luke, and i work for the UNRRA, or the United Nations Relief and Rahabilitation Administration. I am a Seagoing Cowboy, and my job is to help countries recover their food supplies, animals, and more. On the ship you get to take care of the animals and sometimes play games. There is no better job than this! When...
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There are some positive and negative aspects of this driverless car but some positives may out weight the negative or some negative may out weight the positives but all together this is a really a great idea. The positive aspects of the driverless cars is that we as a people can relax and enjoy riding in the car. Also ...
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Humans are challenging to study about Venus. Venus is an planet which is very close to the Earth. Sometimes, Venus is the closest to the Earth and other time to Mars that is caused by the right around the corner. Before, we have tried to send numerous spacecraft but didn't survive the landing for more than a few hours....
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There are many resons that people should do that. #1 is that it it would be some much fun to go explor places that you havent been befor, and go see all the unic culters that many people dont ever get to see in their life. #2 is that you could get closer with some of yor friends and family if they go with you, or invit...
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How would I feel about being able to detect somone else's feelings? I honestly believe that it would be helpful to understand someone and what they are going through at that specific time. My first thought on this opinion is that it must of took a while to actually build this and to think of the idea as to what you co...
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Its just a Martian mesa from the red planet Cydonia. It's not made up by aliens its just a landform. Even if the the landmark was an alien made thing then where are the aliens. If people are checking up on this everday and keeping watch you would be able to see these "aliens". So when you think of it getting made by al...
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Although, Venus is seen as unlivable and dangerous to human life, NASA has thought of an idea to defeat the odds. Venus is our neighboring planet, and once long ago, may have been the most Earth-like. To this day, there are still some anologous features. Will this be enough to convince the Nation that we should send NA...
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In 1976 NASA captured a picture of a landform on Mars . The landform resembeld a blurred face . Many people beleive that this martian "face " was created by aliens . However these theories have proven to be false with photos, and common logic. Since the first sighting of the face more photos have been taken . Each new...
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For centuries, man has been fascinated by the stars in the sky. From the earliest civilizations, people looked to the skies for answers. They worshipped the flaming sun and glowing moon. Later, this worship subsided, and looking to the skies took on a more scientific pursuit. Now, man has come to a time where they can ...
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Exploring Venus I love the thought of humans trying to explore venus and one day maybe even making it there alive. I personally think that this moment in time would be a bad ideal to try and do so. There are of course pros and cons to exploring Venus such as research and a better understanding for the planet. But the ...
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In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author clearly describes the article. He supports everything he says, its backed up with more facts after another. He explains how NASA is working on getting more knowledge about venus, but venus is too hot and extreme for a ship to land on it or even hover over it...
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Are cars necessary in today's society? Of course they are necessary. Now, are driverless cars necessary? I would argue that they are not. Cars have been around for about a hundred years, and not once has society put its foot down and demanded a car that drives itself. The driverless cars this article discusses are not ...
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Whoever thought that a machine could read a person's emotions? To our surpise, a highly advanced technology called the "Facial Action Coding System" is capable of reading one's emotion by calculating the movement of our face muscles. Some may say that this technology has no value and should be abandoned. However, it is...
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Well the author is saying that Venus is the most like Earth than any other planet we have seen. Venus has oceans covering a bunch of the planet. The author also explains that there could be various forms of life that could be living on Venus, but we don't have any information because Venus is a super hot planet and whe...
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Self-driving cars a thing of the future that we used to dream about. With recent technology we are prettty close to having self-driving cars. Self-driving cars can be the solution to many problems that may occur during the time we are in our vehicles. However, we solve one problem but other problems will occur also....
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The Facial Action Coding System is a good idea if the general populous likes it. There is a posiblity that most everyone would like to have that coding system on their computer to make life that extra step easier. Profs. like Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe have disinged it to help keep students active in school, and to hel...
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I think we should change elections to popular vote because it will give the people more say in the elections, it will be more fair, and you would actually be voting for the president and vice president them selves, and not for a slate of electors. First of all, if we change elections to be based off of popular vote pe...
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In my opinion, I think driverless cars could simply change the world, i don't see many negative aspects of the idea of trying to make a car that a human doesn't need to drive. I also think that making a driverless car that needs human assitance aswell is pointless because, the driver would sit there waiting for his tu...
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Dear senator, I highly suggest you to reconsider about voting for that particular president. There might be quite a few people that voted for that person. Also there is a lot of people that like the other canidate. Most of the people that are not eligable to vote would want you to make the right choice. Now that most...
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In this article it talks about the face of Mon Lisa. Many of people have wondered and thought what Mona was feeling or was trying to express. Will now they came out with a new software were it recgonizes and tell the experssions of ones face. To me I don't like the idea of the software, it can be subatage to someones a...
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We have all dreamed of owning a self driving car, and have heard about it once or twice. They may seem very cool and very far off in the future, but in fact, driverless cars may be the next big project the world will start to expand on. We all believe that there will come a day when none of the things we do now will be...
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I truly believe that as a human race, we need fully driverless cars. I feel like we need these cars for many reasons. All the time on the news you hear about someone who was innocent get hit by a drunk driver, or someone who was texting and driving. Face it, we are all humans, and no matter what the law says we will st...
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The technology to read people emotional expressions is valuable. The six basic emotions are happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear,and sadness. It associates each characteristic movements of facial muscles. Its good to have a technology that actually can tell whats their emotions. Telling whats their emotions is good fo...
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The date is May 24, 2001 and twenty-five years ago we found something that left both NASA and I speechless. They say that this face was created by Aliens however they are totally wrong. NASA says otherwise that it's just natural landform. The most logical reason is the natural landform, because we haven't had any evide...
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In 1976 NASA'S Viking 1 Mars Global Surveyor had taken a picture of a face-like form on Mars. The area that this was found in is common for having these types of forms. This land form was found in Cydonia, a region on Mars. This form on Mars is a natural land form, although many people thought it to be created by al...
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Dear Senator, I feel that the electoral college should be be removed from the voting process and replaced by the popular vote. The vioce of the people is the most imprtant thingin ensuring the president elected is truly the people's president. The Electoral college is an unfair system for many voters and keeps our nat...
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If someone invited you to become a Seagoing Cowboy would you go or not? I know for a fact that I would take the invitation and go. I mean there are pros to this. There also cons. There are so many opportunities to go explore the world. These are one of them. You would get to visit China, Europe, Greece, and many other...
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Do you think that the Face on Mars is a natural landform, or do you think that it was created by aliens? The picture of the Face on Mars was captured on May 21, 2001, and a few days later it was shown to the public which got this whole thing started. Most of the people from NASA believed that it was just a natural land...
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When they got on Mars they realized that it looked like a human face and they wanted to know if it was left by an alien or something. In order for the face to be created by aliens we would have to know that they exist. We would have to actually know that aliens made the face on Mars, we would have to have evidence that...
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"Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," notes Dr. Huang. "So computers need to understand that, too." The use of this technology to read students' emotional expressions is a great way to see if someone is happy. It can possibly help others to see the person in front of them and what...
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Dear, senator I belive the electoral college was a usefull tool in the past ,but is now an out date system that should be changed. If we continue to use this system we aren't really giving the people a fair chance to vote for who they want. For example in California a more democrtic state republicans may be lessen the...
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To Whom it May Concern: The Electoral College is the cause of many political disagreements and problems whenever mentioned. Although established in the constitution, it is seen as undemocratic by many. The Electoral College takes away the ability of citizens to vote for their president; instead they are voting for Ele...
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The author supports the idea by telling us how Venus has great temperature. In the text it says "On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.' This means this eas the first time they've had great we...
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Driverless cars have been a big topic lately. In some ways driverless cars sound cool but they also seem a little scary. I think that diverless cars shouldn't be allowed on public roads because they are not safe. Some think being able to have your car drive itself sounds nice. You could just sit in your car and listen...
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Driving cars can be a tiresome chore. In "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents driveless cars. Although there is not an official driveless car, there is progess towards making one. He displays both the advantages and disadvantages of driveless cars, but the advantages out-weigh the disadvantages. The advan...
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The future is comeing and it is coming iin the shape of cars. Driverles cars hve been a dream form long ago and it might just now be coming true. Although smoe popele think that this is is not avery good idea there many advantages to driverless cars. These cars are safe, well tested, and very helpfull. Some peole wil...
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In this article the author is supporting his idea about the studies of Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In the article the author gives reason and evidence why. There is a posiblity to live on Venus, but still too dangerous. Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers because it may well once been the ...
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Dirverless cars can be good or bad, safe or reckless, and smart or dumb. Either way our technology is advancing and it may be adavncing too quickly. A good thing about the car is that its easier for disabled people and a bad thing is technology isnt always reliable. The cars could cause less accidents or cause even mor...
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Nick D'Alto wrote this passage in the mindset of informing us how this new technology works with analyzing and even producing seemingly accurate emotionsal information theough a computer analyzing the muscles in individuals faces. Prof. Thomas Huang is primarily the man who produces or made this program for a computer....
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Dear State senator, The Electoral college is a process that was established by our founding fathers in a constitution as a compromise between election of the president by a vote in congress and election of the president by a popular vote of qualified citizens.The electoral college consists of the selection of the elec...
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Dear State Senator As it may have come to yourn notice I would like to foucus your attention to the debate about the Electoral Collage. The Electoral Collage is a unfair process the fathers of the Constintution established. As you know it is a "Compromise between electon of the President by a vote in Congress and elet...
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The face on mars created by aliens or just a natural landform. I have solid evidence that it is just a landform. In the photo from 2001 it is very clear to see that its just a natural landform. The face on mars is just a mesa we have very clear pictures taken by our latest MGS in 2001. We have a satelite circling mars...
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Dear Mr. Senator: The Electoral College has been around for quite some time. It has aided us in the election of the president for years. Is it truly fair though? Are the right votes being expressed? Whilst the Electoral College has a history for determining and appointing the president, I believe that it is not quite ...
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In the Article " Driverless Cars Are Coming" has a very distinct view on cars. Majority rules that even though these computer cars are more efficient, it can also be endangered for the drivers due to any conditions. These smart cars need more power than just a start button they need sensors. For instance the Toyota Pri...
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The evening star, the closest to us, the one with famliar features, our nearest option for a planetary visit, what are the options for making a mission safe and scientifically productive? Venus also known as the evening start, is actually a planet and it is simple to see from the distant, it has proved a very challen...
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Do people vote for the man who runs the country. No, thats the Electoral Colleges job. The Electoral College is a process in which a numerous 538 electors cast there vote from the people of their state want as their president. The people have no interaction but to put in there ballet and choose there own electors who f...
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The Trip to Venus Have you ever been looking up in the sky and see somthing that youve never seen before? Well thers a good chance that was Venus. Venus is the one of the neighboring plantets next to earth and also the most simular. In " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author talks about how NASA has been studyi...
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25 years ago, a NASA spacecraft called Viking 1 was circling Mars, taking pictures of landing sites that its sister spacecraft, Viking 2, could possibly use. While circling Mars, it snapped a photo of a landform that seemed to look similar to a human face. Thay called it the "Face on Mars", and it became hugely popular...
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INTRODUCTION: A brand new software has been developed. This software improves accuracy in perceiving the emotions of others; This new software has promising applications for a variety of industries. Imagine a computer can tell how you're feeling just from your face, like for example you go to a computer and ask her ho...
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The used of this technology in the classroom would benifit the teachers. The teachers could teach and use the technology to see if the students were bored or confused. Another way this technology would help with is teachers could make a video teaching the lesson and use the technology to see how the students reacted. ...
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" The advantages of the limiting cars usages " Time ago cars where just a little aspect to people use . But now cars are an obsesion, a way to go anywhere without walk , the car has become the foot of society in adiction of it . Streets parking , driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experiment ne...
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In American society today- and other countries also- it's safe to say that only a little bit more than half of teengers are wanting to get their driver's liscense. It is the same way with adults too. More people are choosing to move to smaller communities where shopping centers and restaraunts are a walking distance aw...
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Driverless cars are an amazing step forward in the technology field, but they are also a huge bump in the road for many drivers. Driverless cars are great, they make it easier for new drivers to drive, also cuts down on human activity so we can do something else instead of picking our spouse up from work. The problem w...
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The details that the author is showing through this article are the most interesting thoughts on how we should explore venus more deeply. The main thought on why we should explore venus more is because it could be the next planet we could inhabit and survive on. Venus could open a new curiosity for humans to explore in...
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There are many positive ideas to the driverless cars of the future. Not having to drive, uses less gas and oil, and less crashes. Even though these are all good points to make about the driverless car, autonomously driving cars will not bring the driverless function untill the technology is available. If these driverle...
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The use of Facial Action Coding System would not be needed to be use on students or evn at schools.For example, It would be a waste on money, we can already tell on how a person is feeling ,and the schools would have to get better computers because it wont be able to handle the program. Even though it looks like a good...
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In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", it tells the reader about the challenges that there are for exploring Venus. It also talks about reasons why reseachers and scientist should not give up on the exploration of Venus. In the passage, the author supports his idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers by ...
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Luke Bomberger is a Seagoing Cowboy that travels world wide to help horses, young cows, mules,and people after World War 2. I'm Luke Bomberger a Seagoing I travel around the world to help animals like horses, young cows, mules ,and people after World War 2 destroyed most countries were left in ruins. I am now going ar...
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Dear state senator, I strongly believe that we should get rid of the Electoral College, not only is it unfair to voters, but it lacks democratic pedigree. Firstly, my honest opinion is that I stongly believe that we should get rid of the Electoral Colledge. It's very unfair to voters, and most of the time their votes...
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"Driverless Cars Are Coming" What do you think the world will be if the cars were driverless? Will there be more danger? Or, will this benefit us? There are many things that you can say about having driverless cars, some main things would be having that type of money for it, the different dangers that can occur, and a...
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So close, yet so far away. Venus, also known as the evening star or Earths twin is so close yet we know so little about it. Witch gives us all the reasons to find out more, after all wouldnt you want to know what your liveing by? In the artivcle " The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the auther has meny great points descr...
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I finally got everyones attention in the plaza, Now just to let them know.''Everyone can I have your attention! If anybody is looking for a decent job then please listen. I used to work for two jobs at the same time, but one day a friend came to me and said if I wanted to become a Seagoing Cowboy, Well you all might be...
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Humans have been curious about what is out beyond the sky for a long time. From ancient Greek and Roman astronomers who thought the Earth was the center of the universe, to Galielio who proved them wrong, humans have been wondering about what is truly out there amoung the heavens and the stars. In the "The Challenge of...
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In this story talks that mona lisa wants to invited a technology object thst can see people's emotions. And this is why mona lisa is trying to come up with technology object. But I disagree that she should not invited a technology object that can see peolpe's emotions. Someone people will say that they will feel worrie...
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On May 24,2001 NASA vikings 1 spacecraft was circling mars and snapped a photo of a strange human like face on mars. It just so happens its not actually a face. Scientists discovered that the face on mars was just a natural landform. Some people think aliens created the "face" on mars. However, aliens did not create t...
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Some people might think that the Face photograph taken from 1976 is an alien artifact, an alien monument, or an Egyptian Pharaoh. However the Face is in fact a natural landform or a Martian Mesa. A Martian mesa is common around Cydonia or the Red Planet. The evidence that the Face is a natural landform is because the ...
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Amazing, fun, extraordinary, this is what the cars of 2020 will be! Could you have a car that drive's by it's own? Can you even believe that some cars are driverless? I know it's hard to believe when i studied about this topic it was unbelievable at first, but then I started to get in the topic a little bit more and it...
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Did you know Venus is the second planet from our sun? Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus is simple to see from the distant but safe vantage point from Earth, it has proved a very challenging place to examine more closely. You will learn why Venus is worthy pursuit despite the dange...
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In 2005, the number of miles driven in the United States peaked. All of those miles contributed to global warming by emitting green house gases. Germany, France, and Bogota have realized the effects of driving cars and are taking action. There are many advantages to limiting car usage. Since the mid-1990's Bogota has ...
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I'm against having driverless cars because I don't think that driverless cars will ever work properly without getting into a wreck on its own. The cars wouldn't even be driverless because it would have to have a person turn them into and out of a driveway or dealing with complicated issues dealing with traffic. You're ...
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I think that driverless cars could be a good thing or a bad thing, but I think that the pros out weigh the cons. First of all the numbers of deaths and car accidents would be derastically decreased. If all the cars were automated you would have no human emotions getting in the way of driving and there would be very few...
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Attention my fellow citizens, we should limit car usage  because limiting car usage will release stress, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes, and stop smog. First, we should limit car usage because driving a car can be stressful. For example say you just got finished with a hard day of work and it was not t...
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Technology. It surrounds us, it grows, it changes the world. A resent advancement in technology has been brought to locals attention. That is, driverless cars. A driverless car. It's been hypothetically promoted in movies and TV shows about the future and has always been a perfect idea in society's mind. However, is a ...
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today i will be writing an essay on this machine called FACS which stands for Facial Action Coding System it can read emotions from people in paintings and people that actually move it can tell you their emotions which i think is incredible in all but you can't just look at people's emotions without them knowing what y...
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As cars become more involved in the technology world, the roads will become a dependable environment to get from point A to B without risking danger. The develpment of the driverless car is a postive advance in technology because of its ability to create a safe, comfortable and smart environment. With roof and wheel se...
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The authors supports the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers is that NASA is sending humans to study Venus and the difference between Earth and Venus. Humans cannot lived or survived the landing for a few hours. The planet for humans to study can not lived there because the planet is hot to...
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In this article i am against the value of using technology to read students emotinal expressions , because most people hate being reminded that they are mad. When looking at a person u can tell if they mad sad or really down , and for technology to do that there is no reason we should have a computer knowing were mad, ...
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Earth is the third planet in our solar system , and the big rock we humans inhabit in todays time. Living on Earth, conditions are pretty good with inhabitable surface temperature, low atmospheric pressure, and breathable air. Our space neighbors, however, aren't so lucky. The two closest planets to Earth are Mars and ...
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I am against letting computers drive for us. Computers are smart but they are not humans driving. If a compuer drives for you and you dont have enough time to grab the wheel or arent paying attention, you will end up in a crash. Humans are meant to drive not computers. Another thing is that these cars that drive on th...
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I am totally against driverless cars. It seems like a waste of our resources. Creating driverless cars can waste a lot of money too. The car isn't completely driverless , some help is still required. You'll also need to create new roads , so the car can pick up on the signals. Creating driverless cars can waste a lot ...
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Just like the Google cofounder Sergey Brin, I too also visualize a future where cars just aren't much of a use to the world much anymore. I envision cats being used with less gas and being much more functional than other public transportation systems. Driverless cars were an option that was invented because the option ...
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Smog, acid rain, high carbondioxide levles, all of these things are due to pollution. In many contries the leaders have put a ban towards cars. Paris France, Vauban Germany, Bogota Colombia, and even the United States of America have/are thinking about putting a ban on cars or other transporting objects. Their are many...
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Value of Face Action Coding Systems in Schools Today, I believe that in some cases face recogniton in classrooms could be slightly valuable but overall I think that there would be more negative effects than positive effects when it comes to Face Action Coding on school computers. Some negative effects of the Face Acti...
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Venus is the second planet from our sun, its referred as earths twin. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of density, size and distance. Venus is one of the brightest stars in our solar system. Venus is easy to spot since its so bright. But earth wants to study the plant to try to find life. Long ago Venus h...
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Do i think that the Facial Action Coding system is valuable or not? I do believe sometimes it may be valuable because some people and students or teachers may look at a student n not notice they are unhappy and if you use the technology the machine can tell weather if the student is upset or not throught their facial ...
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Many people strongly believe that the face that has beem discovered on Mars was created by aliens. Others say it was just a natural landform that was unitentionally created to have the appearence of a face on Mars. NASA unveiled the image for all people to see. In that case, the image really convinced many people that ...
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FACS or Facial Action Coding System is a new technology that enables computers to identify human emotions so when they used it on the Mona Lisa it said that she was eighty three percent happy, nine percent disgusted, six percent fearfu, and two percent angy, in which I dont think is true. What I think about FACS is tha...
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Twenty five years ago an enormous head almost two miles end to end has been seen to be staring back at the cameras from a region of the red planet called Cydonia. For some conspiracy theorists, they thought that it was a sign of life on Mars, or it may be from some kind of ancient civilization that was there millions o...
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Dear Senator, The electoral college was a perfect way of electing, in the 1900's. Now, we should be allowing the people of the United States decide who they want to be their president. Not only is this inequality, but it is decieving and unfair. I know people say "Life's unfair." and while it is, we should be doing ou...
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