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The author of 'The Challenge of Exploring Venus" definietly leans towards giving it all we got and pushing to find a way to land on Venus. In paragraph 3, the author describes the different dangers of even being on Venus, like the atmosphere being to thick and made out of carbon dioxide, and the tempatures being extremely high. Even so, the author writes about how it's the cloesest thing to earth beside Mars, and even says it could have been covered by large oceans and mountains and could even support LIFE on it at some point or another.
paragraph 3 and 4 both talk about both of these points, along with paragraph 5, which includes NASA scheming up ideas for how avoid Venus's dangerous conditions. Such ideas include a blimp like vehicle 30 or so feet above the ground. Although it'd give much better insight than staying on the very edge of the planet's atmosphere, such an idea wouldn't be able to recover samples of any kind since i'd be too high up.
The author gives off even more ideas that NASA is thinking up, which lets the reader know that he's very headstrong about this situation and generally loves the idea of exploering Earth's neighbour. The author ends his passage by telling the reader that dangers and set backs shouldn't hold us back from exploring not just Venus, but everything else in life. while there'll be way more set backs and problems, the author is confident that the human race can achieve everything and "expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation".
All in all, the author supports his claim greatly. He goes over why Venus should even be explored, his and NASA's ideas for exploering said planet, and the challenges it presents along the way. By the end of the story, the reader can tell that the author is very passionate about exploering this foreign planet that we all know of as Earth's relative, and he's very excited about what will come about these challenges and ideas NASA has came up with. We shouldn't be limited or set back by doubts and set backs, the author's right about that. We should reach for the stars and go in as headstrong about anything we face, just as the author did. | 2 |
Bang! That was the sound of a drunk driver just hitting your car. Did you do anything wrong? No, but this guy did because he was under the influence while driving. So many people every year are killed in car accidents. Not only drunk driving but just driving mistakes by people. Do no let yourself feel guilty and miserable for the rest of your life because of one mistake you made. If you had a driverless car there are no mistakes to be made!
Driverless cars are the way to go. There are so many fantastic reasons why driverless cars are good, but I will just tell you the main points. For one of the most important features of all, SAFETY. Safety while driving is a huge concern in our society today. With people driving drunk or sedated or maybe people just make a driving mistake. Sure it happens but do you want that kind of guilt for the rest of your life? With this safety come a lot of things. One being your parents assurance. They no if you have a driverless car that you will be just fine because of the features it has. This puts less stress on them which is ALWAYS a good thing.
Less stress is always a good thing. Whether it is for your parents or if its for you. With the driverless car you can minimize your stress. One simple way is to get caught up on what you need to do while it is driving. Did not get enough sleep last night and are stressed you may have a bad day at school? Then take a nap on the way there and let the car do the driving. Maybe you forogt to do your homework or did not study for a test. With a driverless car it is very simple, you can get more stuff done!
You will always be able to get your stuff done with a driverless car. Lets say you had a rushed morning and could not get your daily breakfast in. Do not risk an accident by trying to eat and drive at the same time. Be a smart individual and have your car drive while you eat. You may also talk on the phone while your car is driving. You forgot to wish your sweet old grandma a happy birthday and are already in the car. With a driverless car it would be perfectly fine to call your grandma while the car is driving itself. One more reason is to enjoy the scenery. You may go on vacation and are driving through the Rocky Mountains. Why miss the great view and once in a lifetime experience? Have your driverless car drive while you soak up that view.
Driverless cars will be a lifetime experience. They will also save you money. I say this because they will not make mistakes like the average person. How many speeding tickets or objects have you backed into? The driverless car will not speed or make traffic mistakes. This being said means that there will be more money in your pocket.
With a driverless car mistakes will not be made. These low occurence of mistakes will not only save you money, but make the world we live in a safer place. Less percentage of wrecks would be a main statistic on why you should get a driverless car. Having a car that drives itself will prevent drunk driving and many traffic mistakes. Do not feel guilty for the rest of your life because of a common mistake or a bad decision. Go and purchase a driverless car and make the world a better place. | 3 |
Driverless cars may seem like a thing of the future, but they are much closer than most people seem to believe. Many different companies such as Google, Tesla, Audi, and many more have already built and tested their own models. However, many people are wondering whether self-driving cars are a help or a danger to society. Driverless cars are the next step in automotive technology and the research on them should continue because they will be safer and more efficient than cars driven by human drivers.
Every human makes a mistake at some point in his or her life. Whether they are distracted by something they see or they fall asleep at the wheel, people will make errors; it is part of our nature. On the other hand, computers function on data and do not make nearly the amount of mistakes as people. That is why self-driving cars will make roads safer and lead to less damage. Driverless cars take data they recieve from sensors, cameras, and GPS and they use this information to pick the smartest way to keep occupants safe on the road. Also the automated systems like driver assitance and antilock brakes that are already inside cars have proven that these programs will make driving safer. For example, antilock brakes function by detecting and then reacting to skids by apply brakes and reducing engine power. Therefore the driver is better able to avoid hazards and maintain control in dangerous situations. Google has also already tested some of their semi-driverless cars and these vehicles have not crashed in half a million miles. As proven by already installed automated features, technology will continue to make drivers and passangers safer. The next step in this technology is a self-driving car that will limit the amount of error that can be cost lives.
Another reason driverless cars should continue to be manufactered is that they will be more efficient and better protect the enviroment. Global warming is a problem that needs to be dealt with and one of the major culprits of it is the exhaust from diesel burning cars. The cars that Google is manufacturing are attempting to use half the fuel of a regular car while providing a safer function. With computers that can regulate exhaust, it is not too hard to imagine in the near future, if given more research, that a self-driving car could accomplish such a feat. Driverless cars would also be more efficient in that they would cut down on transportation time between destinations. Using GPS features, an autonomous car could calculate the quickest route to a destination and it would never miss a turn. Self-driving cars would not only be more fuel-efficient and help save the environment, but they also would be more time efficient.
Safety and efficiency are a few of the reasons why autonomous cars should continue to be reseached and developed. Many automoble manufacters are already producing mostly independent driving cars and soon they will become common place. By 2020 most major car producers plan to have a autonomous car model. That is not to say that everyone needs to have a self-driving, but those who do purchase one of these vehicles will not only help themselves, but they will also help others and the world around them. | 4 |
I disagree on this article well im in between to story i believe it is going to be like that in the future but also it might not because there going to upgrade the cars or whatever so imma have to say i disagree.
the reason i disagree is that there going to be better cars than what they is now they just going to keep coming out with new stuff and everything. In the future future like 2032 type stuff like that i really dont know cause i dont even know if im still ognig to be living at that time. Yeah they coming out with new cars yes people are still ging to be driving even if the car is old or new you still going to do something.
I mean none is going to walk i know im not but some people might have to of take the bus because they dont have a car or some like that btu other than people is still going to drive and so will i Then again i really dont know if im still going to be here to see it but i still say no people love driving i do i mean i really be really angry if school take away cars like people will be mad and complain becayse thats how they get to places thats how i get to places.
And if u dont have a car you can take a bus our a taxes but a taxes is considered a car to so a train fly and airplane. My final answer is disagree because thats not going to hapened my predition to the world when it becmoes the future if i live to see it. Really the point of this article is would cars still be in the future the article is saying no its not but i really believe yes it would be but to be honest we really would know until we actually seen it for ourself but i mean if they gone take cars away in the that mean they should of been took it this years ago like they would ask use thing in 2012 but its 2016 and cars are still here and going to stay here not thay long like 2045 type stuff if i live to see that year i would be 45. They say that most most driving laws focusing on is keeping driver,passengers and pedestians safe i really dont believe that because if you guys was reakky thinking about that you wouldnt be say you gonig to as if cars are still going to be here in the future. | 0 |
The article, "Making Mona Lisa Smile" by Nick D' Alto is quite an interesting article. As it talks about how technology can detect one's true emotions. At the first glance, this article looked redicilous to me, How can a machine show one's true emotions but as I read more and more the disgust started becoming interest. And, now I am just fasinated by thid article.
In paragraph 1, the author states "She's 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry". Which shows how much technology has grown, now the technology can even tell us how and how much of a specific thing we are feeling. Quite amazing, is it not? One can't specifically say that the machine is 100 percent correct but in future maybe the technology goes even beyond this.
When reading this article, one may have had a few question about all this calculating emotions but in paragraph 2 many of the question that comes to ones mind are stated "Hold on! Can we actually 'calculate' emotions---like math homework? And how can a computer recognize the subtle fcial movements we humans use to express how we feel". After stating these questions the author gave us their answers and not just left us curious. Recognizing one's feelings correctly is quite hard for even an human eye since someone may be trying to hide their true emotions, it's not as impossible as it sounds now due to the technology which is a good thing about the improvement in it.
In the article the authior states a couple benefits of having technology that can detect your actually feelings, one of them is in paragraph 6 " 'A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored, Dr. huang predicts. 'Then it could modify lesson, like an effective human instructor" This one particular benefit of having something that can calculate your expressions, quite got to me. It can help so many students and teachers as it can lesson the burden on teacher to go to the specific person and help them understand and the student also would not have to wait for a turn.
So for all the reasons that I have listen above and explained I would like the reader to understand the benefits of having such technology. | 2 |
I am for the value of using this technology in students reading emotional experssions because it helps understand more what the paintings are trying to show, for example when the atricle said in paragraph 1 ( she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful , and 2 percent angry) A software is the latest innovation and it developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate. Other reasons why im for the technology because the process begins when the computer constructs 3-D computers model of the face: all 44 majors muscles in the model must move like human muscles. The movement of one or more msucles is callled an " action unit"
A professor Eckman has classfied six basic emotions- happiness, surprise, anger,disgust,fear, and sadness then this would associated each with characteristic movements of the facial movements. ( paragraph 2)
My conclusion is that techonlogy is helping us better undertand cultral and seeing the true beauty of it that even in person we can see the diffrences of peoples experssions and their meaning. Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication.. notes Dr. Huang. | 0 |
On May 24, 1976, NASA's Viking one spacecraft was circling mars. It took many photos of landing sites for its sister ship Viking two. As viking one took pictures, it came across a pecuiliar formation on the surface of the planet. The formation seemed to be an enormouse head similar to that of a humans. The scientist figured it was just another Martioan mesa, that was commonly spread throught the surface of Mars.
Conspiracy theorists think that it is bona fide evidence that there is life on Mars. Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an acncient civilization on Mars. And so on April 5, 1998 another Mars global surveyor flew over and took a picture ten times sharper than the original photos. This led the the scientist to conclude and reveal that the face was just a natural land form and that it wasn't an alien monument at all.
Some people were not happy. The face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north of the martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998. This was a coudy time of year on Mars. They had said that the camera the pictures had been taken with had to peer through clouds to see the Face. They believed that the alien markings were hidden by the haze at the time.
On April 8, 2001, there was a cloudles day on Mars. The surveyor drew close for another picture. They said they increased the image quality to take the best picture they had taken of the face. They added that in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixle size you could see things like airplains, egyptian-style pyramids, or even small shacks.
This showed people that it was the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa, which are landforms common around the American West. This showed that the conspiracy theorists had been proven wrong. Since NASA actually researches theier data to learn more about it and they make hypothesize, it shows that they have a lot of since in saying that theorists are wrong. Theorist just make theories and they don't have anything to back them up if someone were to arugue about the subject. Conspiracy theorists are not always wrong but in this case they are. | 2 |
The "Face on Mars" is a natural landfrom. It was not created by aliens or other forms of life because there is no proof that it was but there is evidence that proves it is just a mesa or butte.
In 1976 NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling mars when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face. It was about two miles from end to end. It seemed to be staring back at the cameras from a region on mars. But scientists figured out it was just another Martian mesa. They were common in that area on mars, but it had an unusual shadow that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh.
A few days later NASA unreveiled the image for all to see. The headline said that it was a "huge rock formaiton, which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth". The authors thought it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars. It did.
After that the "Face on Mars" became a pop icon. It starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, and radio talk shows. It even haunted grocery store checkout lines for 25 years.
But some people think that NASA was hiding it as being bona fide evidence of life on Mars. But NASA defenders said "they wish that there was an ancient civilization on Mars". Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photographing Mars became a priority for NASA.
So on April 5, 1998, when Mars Global Surveyor flew over Mars for the first time, Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camera team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. But not everyone was satisfied. The picture of the face was taken when it was a cloudy time of year on Mars, but some skeptics believed that the aliens were trying to hide the Face by using haze.
After that in 2001 NASA took another picture of the face with 3 times the pixel size, so if there was anything the martians used to build it you could see it. What the picture actually shows was a Martian equivelant of a butte or mesa. | 1 |
Well in this Essay / Final Draft I am going to include a little bit of everything that belongs in an essay. This passage will also be an argumentative essay. On which I should pick that it's okay to have these type of cars or that we shouldn't have these kind of cars. So let's get started.
This passage is going to be based on my decion about picking or not picking the cars. I think my answer to that would be NO I don't think we should have the Driverless Cars. I think that because the whole point or should i say the whole reason why everyone wanted to be able to have there own car an be able to drive by there selfs. I don't think that people want a smart car . The smart car i would use for like old an blind people.
So that is my argument that we should not have smart cars. | 0 |
Can you imagine a world with driverless cars? I cant. The human population seems to be getting lazier and lazier by the minute. The concept of futuristic driverless cars is something that souldn't even be considered. You can never trust technology.
First off to even make a driverless car will cost fortunes. If it cost fortunes, then it will cost even more to get a driverless car. Who has enough money for that ? It will be a waste of money.
Secondly, a driverless car is not safe. What if there is a malfunction and the car wrecks into walking pedestrians? If the roads ahead are too complicated for the driverless car to steer itself that puts the passanger at risk. Currently, " all the driverless cars are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills." What if the human doesnt respond becauss he or she fell asleep? That is something you have to consider.
Lastly, there will be tons of liability sues if something goes wrong. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault , the driver or the manufacturer?" Why would anyone bother to go through all this. Considering that half of America is obese, why would anyone want to continue to add to the problem. Instead of people being lazy and wanting a driverless car, they should just walk where they need to go.
I feel that driverless cars are a bad idea. They dont solve any problems. They just add more problems. Driverless car will be very expensive, they arent considered safe, and there will be alot of lawful problems. No one should even consider going through all that. You can never really trust technology. | 2 |
Some think that driverless cars are in our future. Others think that driverless cars are, and should stay, merely a product of science fiction. I believe that driverless cars are not a good idea. Driverless cars are not a good idea for several reasons. The first and most obvious reason is safety. A second reason is the large cost of manufacturing these cars. And finally, a third reason we do not need driverless cars in this day and age, is people would forget how to drive a regular car or neglect to even learn if the car drove itself.
The first reason that society does not need driverless cars is safety. Of course, people can argue that if a car were to drive itself, there would be less accidents. It is true that driverless cars could reduce accidents from drunk driving and other impaired states, or just simple driving errors. However, some of these problems are easy to prevent now. It is illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The simple solution is not to do it. Most crashes caused from simple driving mistakes could be prevented as well. The problem is the driver, not the car. In addition, driverless cars would be at an increased risk for technolgical malfunctions causing potentially fatal crashes. As of right now, the technology in driverless cars is only experimental and theoretical. It would take many years to iron out all the bugs, so to speak, to make these cars function properly all the time. As mentioned paragrpah nine of the article, in most of the Unites States, it is illegal to test drive driverless cars. It is illegal for these very reasons. It is illegal because experimenting with that kind of technology is dangerous.
A second reason that driverless cars are not necessary is the unimaginable cost it would be to manufacture these cars. In addition, millions of dollars would be spent first to research and perfect the workings of the driverless cars. Not to mention, driverless cars would probably cost a larger sum of money than regular cars because of the time and cost of manufacturing them. In the past few years, in the United States has been going through a financial crisis. While our economy is now doing better, where would the money to fund these cars come from? In the article, the author mentions building smarter roads for cars. If that was the case, it would cost even more to fund this grand scheme. So much money is spent on paving and repairing roads every year, it would cost so much more to have to change or rebuild all of the roads in the country. In addition, if cars were to drive themselves, many laws would have to be changed for the new cars. Right now in the United States, one in five children will go hungry, there are clearly more important things to spend money on right now than to fund driverless cars.
A third and final reason that we do not need driverless cars is if we did, people would forget how to drive a regular car, or neglect to even learn. The article mentions that cameras might be needed to ensure people pay attention to the road. There are already enough distractions for drivers to worry about. Texting and driving has become a major issue in recent years. Imagine how easy it would be to be distracted by a phone or other device if the car you were in were driving itself? This is a slippery slope. It starts out with relatively small things, such as not paying full attantion to the road if the car drove itself. But soon, if people did not have to worry about traffic laws and safety, then they would soon forget them. Hypothetically speaking, what if someone who had been driving a driverless for a period of time one day had to go back to driving a regular one. This person may still have their liscense, but would they be able to pass a test for it now? Problems like this would make the road more dangerous than it already is. In addition, that same person who is now driving a regular car, may forget that he or she is controlling the car, being that they were so used to the car driving itself. There is enough reckless driving, that we do not nead people operating vehicles with no memory of how to do it! Or people might even neglect to learn how to drive a regular car at all if they depended on a driverless car all the time. If society allowed this to happen, the results could be catastrophic.
In conclusion, driverless cars are not a good idea. Maybe in the distant future if more problems that we are currently dealing with are resolved, but not at this time. Driverless cars are not currently safe, and will not be for many years to come. They would cost a significant amount of money, money that can be spent elsewhere for better causes, especially when we already have cars that work perfectly fine. Finally, driverless cars are not a good idea because they could cause people to forget how to drive a regular car, which could lead to a very dangerous and potentially deadly situation. There are benefits of driverless cars, however there are even more downfalls to the idea that certainly outweigh the benefits. | 4 |
In the first story it is talking about how cars aren't really drivin near the French and Swiss. Though theyallow the cars they just allow them to be parked in only two places: the car-owner buys a space or it to, $40,000 along with the home, or large garages at the edge of the development.
David Goldberg said " All of our development since World War ll has been centered on the car, and that will have to change."
Paris, France has enforeced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the gobal city. Diesel fuel was blamed, since diesels make up 67 percent of vehicles in France, compared to a 53.3 percent average of diesel engines in the Western Europe.
In Bogota, Colombia they ban cars altogether. they go rid of the roads and made them into sidwalks. Now that people have to walk to get to their final destination a lot of people now go to the parks and to the sports centers that they have there.
President Obama's goals are to curb the United States ' greenhouse gas emissions will get a fortuitous assit from the incipient shift in American behavior. Obama said that if we Americans buy less cars then there would be less drivers lisenes each year and fewer driving altoether. | 0 |
Creating these driverless cars are amazing, but with technology today, it will need a lot of security systems, the car has many cameras to it but if one bad person who knows a lot about those cars, they will try to hack into it, if they succeced, it could do harm on the streets. People can hack into bank accout with ease, by only a couple of numbers, if the people who create these driverless cars don't understand that, then many cars are going to be hijacked or worse.
Many of these cars can also have a malfunction also, no matter if they say it will, if any of the sensors that are on the car gets hit, then it may malfunction. Would the car need an upgrade just like a computer? My computer take a very long while and multiple tries for it to successivly upgrade and i only had it for a year, would that same thing happen to the cars? It says in the text that the cars would use half of the fuel today, would it be priced right to even sell? Many people have had the same car for many years and never had a accident in it, some people would have the money, some people don't, if the people who create the driverless cars must know a good price where they can make a living and keep making more and the buyers are pleased with the price and how well they are developed. If the cars become semi-automatic, if a person sleeps on the interstate, how long will the car go before i needs a human to take the wheel? Many people get injured or worse by falling asleep behind the wheel and I hope that the driverless car will solve that problem. | 1 |
Ever since the 20th century many people have been intrested in cars. Cars have played a major role in our societys till today, for family road trips, fild trips, sports events, and even going to school. Today many peoples ideals on cars are withering into a more fundumental and evnviromental mind set on why people should limit driving, and or if not, dish it out compleatly. showing the positive effects on why limiting car use is good and showing how bad it can turn if we dont limit the driving in our daily lives.
Why is it good to limit driving in our socities today a few reasons are that they reduce stress, it lessens air pollution, its a healthy life style, and it is much safer. In source 3
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota by Andrew Selsky states "
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It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution,"
said businessman Carlos Arturo Plaza as he rode a two-seat bicycle with his wife." this quote, quoted from selsky states that not only did car bring pollution but also stress because of bills and damages these cars brought to our socities, so because of limited driving and more open space to breath clean air most stress is readuced. Air pollution is a big factor that we face today in some countries like Pairs, Germany, Japan, China, and our own country The United States of America. The limitation of cars can reduce this problem and help us keep a cleaner society. Today countries like Germany, Pairs, and Colombia are taking large steps into saving our world from smog by creating comunities that dont allow cars in them ( source1
In German Suburb, Life Gose On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosethal
), or bans drving because of smog ( source 2
Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer)
, and creates days that become popular that invoves a day or days without driving ( source 3 Car-free day in spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky). In source 4
The End of Car Culture by Elisabeth Rosenthal shows us on how todays generation (21st century) is less intrested in cars than the people in the 20th century generations. This decrease of intest may be because of car accedents and or the reason that they feel no need to get a car. This is and can be possible in we limit the public and personal transportation.
Cars and any type of transportantion hase been a big benifactor to many people through the 20th and 21st Century but it has caused many dmages not only to the atmosphere, but to our comunities too. Cars have caused stress on people due to car bills, damage to there cars that might not have been there fault but the other civilians fault, it also creates stress by the living conditions for example ( our air due to pollution ). In source 2
Paris bans driving due to smog by Robert Duffer he states " After days of near- record pollution, Pairs enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city" he states that Pairs air pollution was so bad that they had to ban the city from drivning. Air pollution is not only bad in Paris, France but it is also bad in countries like Germany, Colombia, the US, and Beijing,China holding a record of the most polluted cities in the world. Because pollutuion is a very big problem in our socities today it can cause breathing problems and or mental disorders. Cars have also caused congestion preventing people to get to their destinations on time. this all could and is happening because of the no limitation of cars.
In conclusion, Cars have held a huge impact to our comunity that led to some benifit but mostly damage like pollution, stress, and congestion; on the other hand due to the limitation of cars not only do we have less air pollution but it also reduces stress and helps people live a more healthy life style. Drving is nice but it even nicer to look at your community with a much stress free feel and enjoy the out doors. | 2 |
The author supports this idea well because they give alot infromation, and deatils about Venus, and how venus is the second planet from our sun. The author suggest to study Venus because is important to know about it and how it's bad or good. Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. The mission was unmanned, and for a good reason because no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hour. This why venus could be dangerous because not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades. I choose this evidence because expalins alot about venus, and how spacescraft don't want to go down their because no one survived the landing, and how Venus could be dangerous. First, it talks about how Venus,and Mars our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. Then it talks about 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus even more challenging are the clous of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere and the planet surface, temparatures avarage over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. | 1 |
My opinion on Driverless cars? I personally do not think we should have them because, if we did then Technology would be taking over the world. What's next driveless Lawn Mowers? No, Driveless cars is a dumb and stupid idea. If we have cars that drive themselves then the world would become really lazy.
In the article it had said that they would be having "Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and NIssan" cars that can drive themselves by 2020. Just think of if that actually happened how many people would be obese and not getting exercise. Yeah driving really is not a form of physical fitness. The world is already lazy enough as it is so having cars that can drive themselves that would just make the world even lazier.
There are some positives like it could make driving safer for some people and teens that are not so good driving and how to hold their hands etc.. All in all It could go both ways it could be good and bad. I honestly seeing it ending badly but that is just my opinion. I do not think that having cars that can drive theirself is a good idea. It takes the fun out of growing up.
So what if we did having driveless cars it would take away a lot of money because then kids would not need driver ED, which cost roughly $400 to $475 and that is only some places. Other it cost as much as $800 just to even do driver ed. Just think about how many kids do driver ed and how much money that brings in. What if no one decides they want a driveless car then what? it would be a huge wast of money.
If all the reason I have provided is not enough to make people vote against driverless cars then I do not know what would. There are so many reason why there should not be driverless cars. There are some reason why there should not be driverless cars than they are why we should have them. So how about driving just stays the way it is. | 2 |
Body actions say more than words could ever say. This can simply be tested by taking a glance at any individual you may come in-contact with; almost immediately, our brains can process exactly how the other person is feeling. In recent years, this process we do ourselves, has turned to technology. Professor Thomas Huang from the Beckam Institue for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois has worked close by Professor Nicu Seb from the University of Amsterdam, to accomplish creating a computer program that can capture and explain human emotions. After some time, this work in progress became a reality, and was named the Facial Action Coding System. This invention has sparked interest in many different groups of people and in many varying fields of work. One of these fields is education. The Facial Action Coding System can positvely be used in the classroom to improve overall student experience by effectively and accurately catching a glimpse of their nonverbal communication in hopes to result in lesson plan alterations and opening prime opportunities for vulnerability in teacher to student relationships.
This new technology advancement has been found to provide very accurate results based on anatomy; therefore, would be sucessful no matter where it was used. Creator, Dr. Huang, definitely did his research when creating the Facial Action Coding System. The text reads, "Dr. Huang observes that artists such as da Vinci studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisley enough to convery specific emotions." Based on this information, it is easy to see that our body language, and simple expressions are simply coded in our human anatomy; Da Vinci knew it and now so do many others. All of the human muscles work together to deliver our innermost feelings and thoughts. The text reads, Eckman has classified six basic emotions -- happiness, suprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness -- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." This information is essentially the way in which the Facial Action Coding System calculates human emotions in hopes to cause other people to potentially act differently. All humans use the same facial muscles, so this product can be effective on anyone.
Dr. Huang says, "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal...the software can even identify mixed emotions. Each expression is compared against a neutral face (showing no emotion)." This piece of text is important to comprehend in order to fully understand the capabilities of the Facial Action Coding System. By using this structured and prepared system the results relayed back to an individual are extremely accurate. As a result of this accuracy, not only could the product be used anywhere; one of the most effective uses would lie in the classroom. In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System uses a sytematic process to determine any individual across the world's emotions; which is an important piece of evidence because many individuals may not believe its' accuracy.
The Facial Action Coding System can effectively used in the classroom to adjust lesson plans based on student preference. One aspect, Dr. Huang mentions is the prevelance of nonverbal communication; especially for young children who are in the education system. He says, "Most human communication is nonverbal, includimg emotional communication." This quote is significant when in the context of the Facial Action Coding System. Within the walls of a classroom this computer program could be used to dig deeper into a students emotions and feelings in order to understand them better and adjust to specific needs. For example, after using this program on a group of kids in the classroom; red flags may appear that gear toward frustration, stress, or confusion and this would give way for a teacher to step in and make a difference. If a large group of students were confused, the teacher would then know they may need to review the topic more thouroughly or by taking an alternate approach. If the computer system can reveal that a student is frustrated, the teacher would be able to console them positively in hopes they would be willing to take part in extra help or practice wihtin a subject. Dr. Huang also mentions, "A classroom computer could recognize when a student in becoming confused or bored." As previously mentioned, by using the Facial Action Coding System, the teacher will be informed of the emotions and feelings of their students that they are unwilling to first hand share with an adult. Overall, this computer program would offer many positive advancements to the classroom that help teachers better prepare for individual student needs and preferences.
As the Facial Action Coding System could contribute to a teacher's knowledge of student reaction in the classroom, it could also make the classroom a much happier place by opening up chances for vulnerability and positive emotions. As previously stated, as a teacher becomes more aware of his or her students' emotions and takes practical steps towards fulfilling their individual needs; a door to vulnerability is quickly opened. Within the walls of a classroom, the relationship between a teacher and student is very important and can make or break a students learning for a short span of time. If the Facial Action Coding System was able to spot a negative emotion, and enable the teacher to step in and help the student walk through that struggle; vulnerability happens in the classroom and can make it a much better place to be. In additon the text reads, "According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them." As the FACS enters into classroom usage, many students will become more aware of emotions they may be unable to verbalize. With this knowledge they may be able to better combat their negative body language and work on recognizing when their emotions may be going down a wrong path and be able to change it quickly. Just as that quote said, making a specific emotion may allow the individual to rapidly improve. Overall, the usage of FACS in the classroom would allow for students to have much more realistic and intentional relationships with their teachers and improve their emotions everyday.
All in all, the Facial Action Codign System is a computer system created that could have many important usages in the future. However, one of the most essential would be within the walls of a classroom. This opportunity would open many positive chances for emotions to be relayed accurately to a teacher in hopes that they would be able to alter lesson plans and change other aspects of their teaching style to better suit individual student needs. In addition, other studies and research completed with the FACS shows that this system can and will relay accurate results because body language is universal and our human anatomy does not lie. Lastly, allowing students to better understand their emotions will help them react to them before they may get out of hand. With early detection and acknowledgement of negative emotions the classroom could become a much happier place to be. This system is going to change the way many programs work, but mostly within the classroom. Teens emotions are always changing, body actions always say more than words could ever. | 5 |
I agree and disagere with The Challenge of Exploring Venus i got becasue i got reasons why we should and sholdn't explore venus.
My frist reason is that we should explore veuns becasue venus is the brightest point of light in night and to spot and its nickname is misleading but back a long time ago it was probably coverd by largely oceans and could had various form of life just like in Earth today.
My second reason is that it is actually a planet in our solar system and is the second plant from our sun and it is the closest planet to earth in terms of density and size and the closest in distance to earth we should land in venus and study more but it is dangreous.
For my diagare reson is the venus is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide and more challenging are the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric scid in venu's atmosphere and its surface temperatuers are average over 800 degrees fahrentheit and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what they experience on our planet no thats a lot and dangreous.
MY second disagre is that is it over 800 degrees and it is the hottest temperature and that it is a challenging planet for humans to study they examine more closely they sent a machine to last long but with the tempuarture
and they cant take rocks or gas from a far distance and we are looking back at old technology called conditions computers
Venus is the nerset option for a vist but we have to extaime it more and closely it has to be safe and scientificaly reductive amd of course it is closer to earth and it is a planet and a long time ago it was almost like earth but its tempuarte is higer ut sicentice are studying machines to survive long in venus. | 1 |
In this enviroment today are electronics are becoming very specail to us and the humans that are buliding or providing these are becoming very intelligente to us. They're the ones that are going to help us get transportation when it is needed or when we need help that can bulid robots that act just like humans and that can talk just like us to. But we have some postives and negavtives going on here for these cars today in this enviroment because we don't know foresure if its going to work properly when it needs to be used in the right matter of time. Im going to tell us the postive and negatives on the side of my story for examples.
Positves sides of the driverless cars are that they are made with an computer and they're self-driving that's very smart or imortant to the project of cars because we have humans that will get off work or come home from a party and be very sleepy or to drunk to drive and not everyone is going to have someone in the car to drive with them to drive for them. So it's an good thing for this program to be put inside of cars so that it can take the drivers home and safely without the driver getting hurt or injured for the rest of their lives. Or the senors that can help someone while backing up will sense you to react with the road before hitting something.
Negative sides of these driverless cars are that how do we know that this is an very safe car to buy and that the cars will actualy work on roads while driving it. We don't know if this car will be the safest thing to get if the program dosen't work like its suppose to. Because this can still be very dangerous to teens an adults cause we can take are attetion off the roads and the program could get confused of what its doing and can cause an fatal crash or could cause fatal death to us. Then it will have to be new laws like what the promt said "Waiting on the Law". If the program is working good the company or the manufacturer could be sued for a lot of money and if they are putting extra programs into this cars that's illegal they will be in trouble with the law enforcements. Because if the technology fails who fault would or could it be?That's why they need to make sure that this will be an reliably safe program for these cars cause this won't be an human driving it's an computer(program) running this car. Just like how are phones and laptops frezzes the car could to the same exact thing to us but it's worst because it's an car that's driving on roads that can kill teens or little baby's that haven't even begin there lives yet.
Another reason is the pricing of these cars negative. Not everyone is going to be able to afford an Telsa or an Audi these or 90,0000 to 100,000 cars. I think they're goign to have to make some cars that are affortable to buy for everyone to have since they say its an safe car to have. Not everyone is going to have this car unless you ahve an good paying job or a good bank account with lots of money saved up for it. | 2 |
Is getting emotional facial recognization the best way to go with technology? Computers are getting smarter and it doesn't sound like it will be slowing down any time soon. When scientests and computer programers combine it can be a beautiful thing. Scientests are developing better ways for humans and computers to comunicate. With new encoding and development of software scientests have now created a way for a computer to tell how someone is feeling by using their facial muscles. The new programing will be a positive thing, muscles in the face just act naturally, the encoding is complex, and the new technology could be coming to local classrooms.
The Scientests have a whole process. The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D model of the face and has all 44 major muscles that must move like human muscles (D'Alto 3). All of the muscle units that work together as one is called an "action unit." Since all facial emotions are universal the technology could go worldwide once improved. The software could also identify mixed emotions. The technology reads how major muscles move and show emotion. With each emotion that is showed they compare it to a neutral face. Every day humans do the same thing. Humans read the face of other humans to try and tell how they are feeling. If they are sad or happy. There are six major emotions within the technology right now, there maybe more encoded at a later date.
With the new technology comes new computers. A home PC could not take the proper encoding right now. The scientests are working on something much better to try and get the home PC's to where they can encode them. The scientests new computer software stores similar anatomical information as an electric code (D'Alto 5). Although the home PC couldn't handle the encoding, they can give simple encoding to your home PC. The encdoing that can be given is simple instructions for differnent emotions. The simple encoding would not be able to read mixed emotions.
The emotional facial reading could be coming to a local schools. The new technology would be able to tell if a student was bored, or if they got confused. Then the computer could modify the lesson for the student to help them learn better. The technology could act like an effective human instructor. Must human communication is nonverbal. Emotional communication is also nonverbal. The studesnts could improve with one on one lesson plans. The studensts could also work at their own pace and have their own personal plans.
All the technology needs to understand how to read and comunicate with a human through facial features. The anatomy of a human is complex and hard to understand and encode into computers. The new programing will be a positive thing, muscles in the face just act naturally, the encoding is complex, and the new technology could be coming to local classrooms. Scientests are hard at work trying to make the new technology common and natural for everyone to use. | 2 |
Imagining a time in the future when no buys cars because they don't need them is almost a utopian dream. The dream of not having to actually drive your car something every driver dreams about. Mainly because of the responsiblity and stress that is placed on your shoulder as you get into that drivers seat. Whether you're an inexperienced driver or not this could be very beneficial.
Not only do you have to be cautious of other drivers but you have to remained focused on the road. So for a student driver, or perhaps an elder who may be too impaired with medication to drive, this driveless car could benefit them. This could lower the emotional strain you have about grandma not seeing that vehicle pull out in front of her or your child crashing into another driver because they may have been texting.
For a driver education vehicle, I think this could be a good teaching device. If you look at all of the accidents that have happened while in the process of learning the rules of the road cpuld save a lot of lives. The benefits of the car, such as knowing how close you are to bumping into another vehicle, could help someone who maybe parrelle parking. The vehicle will know if you are too close to the curb you are, or may parrallel park for you!
So, in conclusion, what is my position on driverless cars? I support the idea of this vehicle however, referring to my first statement, I don't think we will ever have a vehicle that is completely driverless. Even if a computer takes over your driving, you still have to watch the road and navigate, as said in paragraph 7 of the article.
Yes, the fantasy of having a completely driverless car seems like a good idea for drivers, and teen drivers such as myself, but this could result in people revolting against the safe regulations required when you're required to follow when behind that wheel. Why wouldn't anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't they get bored waiting for their turn to drive? No, they wouldn't they still need to take caution to the road and be prepared to break, turn, and accelerate just incase the computer doesn't do it for them! Once you're behind the wheel, even if that car you're in drives itself, you still are in control and your hand still need to be on that wheel! | 3 |
Dear,
State Senator
I think that we should keep this electoral college because the founding fathers established it in the 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.
On the other hand it would be way easier for people to vote. Also a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. your states entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its congressional delegation. Plus, each candidate running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. So this would be perfect for everyone to vote.
After the presidential election, your governor prepares a ' certificate of Ascertainment' listing all of the candidates who ran for president in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of theelectors in december of the election year. Your states certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the congress and the national Archives as part of the offical records of the presidential election.
Also, most States have a 'winner-take-all' system that awards all the electors to the winning presidential candidate. however, maine and Nebraska each have a variation of 'proportional representation'.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the constitution, the District of columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral college. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word 'state' also refers to the district of columbia.
so i really do think that we should keep this it would be a really good thing to keep.
but this is why i think that we should keep it.
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Making Mona Lisa Smile
In the article " Making Mona Lisa Smile," the author describes how a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System enables computers to identify human emotions "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. Movement of one or more muscl is called an "action unit." Then Dr. Huang relies on the work of psycologist, such as Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS ( Facial Action Coding System ). Eckman has classified six basic emotions---happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness-- and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles. ''
" 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" The same technology can make computer-animated faces more expenssive--- for video games or surgery. The Facial Action Coding System is a great help because then we can determine is some one is happy or sad , depending on face expression that they make in the picture according to the computer.
The Facial Action Coding System does calculate a little bit of the persons emotions depending on your facial expression. It even shows how you can try this at home. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them. They detect the muscle " orbicularis oculi pars palpabraeus '' | 0 |
Yes driverless cars could be great in this world for the if they save a lot more fuel, reduce the number of traffic accidents, and much more. But there could be problems to that many people will ask. I will talk about three of these problems such like what if the computer of the car goes crazy and it makes the car go out of control. Second what if some hacker just hacks into the computer of the car and purposly messes with the computer to make it crash. The third thing is what will happen if one of these sensors breaks or stops working. These are all major things thats could cause serious problems of death.
Lets talk about the first issue which was what if the computer in the car goes crazy. If it when crazy this car could possibly drive on the wrong side of the road, go of the road, and it possibly even run somebody over. I mean we cant say thats not possible because we see problems with technology everyday. So what could make it not happen, This could cause a serious life or death situation which would not be very good.
Okay now you could that it would happen because of new computer software and it updates constantly. Yes that could make it much more safe but the only problem is there is alway criminals in this world who kill. Now what or would stop them from hacking into one of the cars computer and change coding so it could crash. This could be a really big issue. Theres always new ways of hacking coming out so it would be to hard for people to just do it. We see it all the time that somebody has hacked into the goverment, into apples icloud, or even a internet server. Theres no way of stopping them before it happens.
The third big issue is what if a sensor or the sensor stop working on the car and the computer doesnt recgonize that. This could cause it to go of the road, hit another car, and crash. Yes the car does alert the driver but what would be the point if most people will put their alert down evetually getting used to the car. So their reaction would be slower and it would possibly be to late.
Nobody wants to lose their life or risk it with such a car. It would be much better if the human was incontrol the who time. Its much more safe and they get more experince to driving so when they are in a situation they will know what to do over a driverless car. So i say that we shouldnt have driverless cars. | 3 |
In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author supports this idea pretty well.
"The Challenges of Explooring Venus" says "Venus, something called the Evening Star, is one of the brightest points of lights in the night
sky. making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot". The authoor explain it very carefully and in intersting way. The other thing that author did is he give us an evidens of what he is talking about and he explain it. Like"On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees Fahrebheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet". This part was so important because it is telling about what is the degrees and the time.
So it's mean the author supports this ideas pretty good. He tell us about everything that we can think off. He explains everything that he says in the aritcle. | 1 |
In my opinion, I think that this technolgy in this story can read emotional expressions. It says in the story: "The process begins when the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the falce all 44 major muscles in the model must move like human muscles". Dr. Hunang says that "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal".
The technology from this story and the technology in our present time is way different then in this story in our real world the technolgy has changed in many different ways having phones that track where you are and what your location is. The Phones, computers, and tablets have really changed over the past few years. Although in this story you are talking about mona lisa and what there technology consits of. In our era now we have 3D and 4D printers that you can print projects and other things from. In the story it says it scans mona lisa's face and tells whether she is mad or angry and a whole bunch of emotions and other things that go on during the scan. But you can proably tell how your friend or a person is feeling by the look on him or her's face. Computers are really changing alot on what processor it has in it and a bunch of new features added to the computer each year. Meanwhile, in the story it says by moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions but it also may even help produce emotions.
In conclusion, I explained whether the use of this technolgy in this reading to explain the emotional expresssions of students in a classroom. | 1 |
The Facial Action Coding System is should not be use in classroom, or in anywhere. It's not good to know how everyone feels about each others, because if we do know how we feel about each other we will all hate each other. Even for a computer it's not good to know how humans feels about the other human, only polices should have this device because if the polices cought bad guys they will use it to them. According to Prof. Thomas Huang this device can recognize the subtle facial movements humans use to express how humans feel. However, this device is still not trust worthty because if this device did not tell the truth every would hate each other. A computer that knows when you're happy or sad is not good for humans. For example, if this Facial Action Coding System could be use in humans kids will not have go to school anymore because they will start doing something else. The Facial Action Coding System should not be use in anywhere. | 1 |
Would you think its interesting for computers to analyze your emotion? imagine a computer showing if you're sad, wouldn't that be cool? Well if you think thats cool, Dr. huang and his colleague are creating new ways to figure out people's emotions through computers!
That is a good idea because this could impact investigation, like cops figuring out who the're dealing with. For example, say there was a bank robbery and the criminals got away, but soon the cops found them and arrested them, they could either sit down with them and try and work their way around to see if the're is something wrong with them or they could just snap a picture and figure out thier expressions by using the FACS, (Facial Action Coding System). that would make it easier on investigators because the artical says "even though individuals often show varying degrees of expression like not smiling as broadly". using video imagery, the new software tracks the facial movements in a real face. This technolgy can improve how well things are animated too, like on tv, and video games. overall i think this is a gonna impact so many cool things that is still to come.
The FACS is gonna change alot of things in a positive way, its going to improve ivestigation and recgonizing different facial expressions to those who are either really happy or really sad and depressed. | 1 |
The technology use to read emotional expressions of students can be valuable. The reasons why i think this is because if you can calculate emotions you can see from all the emotions like, happiness, surprise, anger, digust ,fear and sadness. All of these have their own facial muscles. Like when your surprised your eyebrows rise which is your frontalis par lateralis muscle. Another reason why this might be valuable is people who have emotion problems. It can help doctors determine weather its a muscle that isn't working properly or some kind of nerve. It can be helpful to people who are depressed some people may have trouble showing their emotions. They can show a web ad and ifyou smile, a similar ad migh follow. Which that is very true. Some people aren't intrested in things as others are. A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. This is also an amazing thing for the perfessors out there and teachers. Some students are shy and won't go up or raise there hand for help. I was like this all the way up to my sophmore year of highschool and that isn't very good. That's why some students are struggling at this very moment. Their confused, needing help but won't speak up. Knowing one or more of your students are confused will help you. People can tell by your expressions what and how you are feeling. By trying to see if someone is trustful look at how they smile. The mouth being stretched using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius. Faces don't lie to you. It satisfying how when practicing or moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may help produce them. Puttingna smile on your face will help you alway be happy and keep one on your face. It crazy how much you can learn by just reading something with so much science you never would have known. This computer device will help to determine what makes a person feel the way they feel which is a brilliant idea. Because not only is it useful for entertainment but also for serious problems or issues. I agree that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is very valuable. | 2 |
In 1976 pictures where taken of Mars with the Viking 1 spacecraft from NASA. We have dicovered that the pictures look like a face on Mars. We can garentee that "aliens" did not do this. From the data we collected it seems to be that Mars was having formations and the ground/rocks looked like it had shadowed a face.
Over the years as you can tell in the pictures the face begins to form into something different. The "Face" is starting to not look like a face anymore. If there were life on Mars they would try to keep the form from changing, right?
Yes we know what you are thinking, "That cant be Mars doing that," but we have not collected any data of any sign of life on Mars. We have no reason to believe that Mars has any life form of any kind on it. We have seen from other data though that Mars has been changing and the landforms have changed. This is just another formation.
Futhermore we have concluded that the "Face" on Mars is just rock formation. There is no futher information on the "alien" therory and that this is out of the picture.. As you can tell in the picture there is other rocks surrounding it and it is just like the other rocks, they have shadows and the "Face's" shadow is just more life like. The formations of every planet have changed and will continue to change so anything can happen next. | 2 |
I think you should keep the Electoral College because its a process that consist of the selection of the electors. It has 538 electors so it gives many people a chance to run. I really like the idea of that i want you to keep using this process. Each candidate thats running for president in your state has his or her own group of electors. You help choose your state's electors when you vote for president. Most states have a "winner-take-all". Maine and Nebraska have a variation of "proportional representation"
The popular vote doesnt work because when they did it they had one the popular vote but lost the presidency. The popular vote winner could again lose the presidency but the electoral college still has is defenders. The popular vote can let peopel pick who they want but the electoral college chooses people for you to select from that they know and have a feeling would do a good job and be a good president. People can vote all over the world not knowing what that person is thinking about doing to this world. For all we know he or she could be thinking about destroying us and making a whole knew other part of a different world .
The Electoral College is widely regareded as an anachronism. but each party selects a slate of electors trusted to vte for he party's nominee. certainty of outcome is like percentage . the winner takes all basically. | 1 |
What is Venus? Venus is a planet that is the second planet from our sun. The author wants us to explore Venus to make it our second home even though there are some risks that can harm us humans and any other life form on that planet. It will also become expensive to study Venus.
With expolring Venus and humans possibly exploring there it won't be such a good idea because it can cause those peopl to die. In the text it states "On the planet's surface,temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the amospheric pressure is 90 timess greater than what we experience on our own planet."Paragraph 3 second sentence. The author should not include this information because than less people will become less intereted to visit Venus and acttually live there. These are dangerous temperatures for us to luve there becaue we also won't be able to grow food and we could possibly be cooked to death.
It would cost us money to build mechanical computers again. In the text it states
"Another projecct is looking back to old technology called mechanical computers...,but these devices make calculations by using gears and levers andd do not require electronics at all."Paragraph 7 sentences 3 and 5. By stating this in the text he wants us to know a possible solution to explore Venus. A mechanical computer hasn't been used in almost a decade. How can they possibly find how to make these computers again. They probably will make them over and over again that wil recuire more money and by the time they actually get it rioght to explorre
Venus someone could posssible already found a solution for it to happen.
With this being said the author really doesn't give us a view on why we should explore Venus. By giving us possible outcomes such as building the mechanical computer and sending people to Venus. Those don't really help because they don't give us a better explanation to what will happen if we ddo become succesful with them. | 2 |
I personaly think this new technology that is able to detect people's emotions is valuable. It can calculate emotions by a 3-D computer model of a face. It has so many emotions that it can detect. It can detect your emotion even if you're hiding it. A computer can detect when you're changing your emotion to another. An comuter works like any math homework. You can write things down.
When you write some instructions down it can "encode" different emotions. It can come in handy if you're wondering what someone emotion are even though you can call someone on your cellphone on facetime and you can see and talk to them at the same time. This new technology is like a new generation of things to get better and easier. This new thing lets people know how you're feeling even though they cannot see you and they didn't tell you. It's amazed people of how new and different it is.
You can thank Dr. Huang and his college experts for coming up with this new idea. Also Dr. Paul Eckman, the creator of FACS. He had classified six basic emotions which are - happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. Which he also associated each with characteristic movements of the facial expression/ muscle. Dr. Huang put up a video using imagery. | 1 |
The new software can make 3-D models based off your face, to be able to do this software need to have fine accuracy. the software could identify humans emotions, but should be used in some cases. As in making computer-animated faces more expressive for video games or video surgery. What they shouldnt be allowed to do, is to choose certein ads and tv shows based off your emotions.
The new software is a compter that can know someones emotions just baseed off of one photo, or painting. This compter has such fine accuracy that it can make 3-D animated faces by the 44 major muscles thats in your face. This compter can know weather if your happy, surprised, anger, etc. This makes it easier for game designers to create people with better expressive faces, can help with video surgery.
The desgners of the computer also want it to show peolpe ads based off the peoples emotions, weather if there sad, happy, mad, etc. This would make people more incline to buy something based off there emotions. Which shouldn't be allowed, beacuse the computer could take control over peoples wants and there needs based off there emotions. This also is a lake of privite life, meaning that, beacuse your computer is scanning your face to "finger out your emotions" it also have a copy of your face. Which if people can get a hold that, they would have personal info. For example, with the new Iphone X. you can unlock your phone by putting your camera towards face. so if you happen to fall asleep, someone could get a hold of your phone and unlock it by putting it towards your face.
In conclusion the new computer software is a great creation which could help with computer animation and video surgery. But shouldn't be allowed to be used for ads, to make people but stuff based off there emotions. | 1 |
The use of a new technology called the Facial Action Coding System to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable because the teachers can recoginze what is happening to the students or what they need. it will also be helpful for the students when they don't dare to ask or somthing that they can't explain.
The matchine are exact and they are able to detect exactly how other people are feeling even when they are trying to hide their emotions. This new technology is the latest innovation from Prof. Eckman, creator of FACS has classified six basic emations. They are happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, and sadness. All of the emotions associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles.
Movement of one or more muscles is called an "action unit". The software read people's face and tell what is happening to them. Dr. Huang observes that,"The facial expressions for each emotions are universal". For example, our frontalis pars lateralis muscle raises our eyebrows when we are surprised.
Using a classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Imagine a computer knows when we are happy or sad. Dr. Huang predicts that it could modify the lesson, like an effective human instructors. sometimes, it is hard for the teachers to guess the students. Human may know 50% of what they need acording to face emtions but the Face Action Coding System might know about 90% of human,s emotions by scanning their faces.
Therefore, the use of the latest software is good to express the emotions of students in a classroom is very valuable because it saves time and also can offer the students what they really want. Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions. | 2 |
Hi my name is Luck Bomberger and as you may know i have crossed the Altantic Ocean 16 time. Why? You might ask because i wanted to help people recover from War World ll. And i could also trave the world.
While helping so many people i was able to see Europe and China. While in Italy I took a ride in a Venice, Italy a city with streets of watere. It was amazing not only did i see amazing places but I was able to work with a lot of amazing animals.
It took to weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the east coast of the United States and a mouth to get to China. But carry for the aniamls took a lot of work. I had to feed them and clean up there mess. But working in my Aunt Katie's farm when i was younger helped me a lot.
We also had a lot of fun off the boat to. When we let the aniamls of the ship we woiuld us the empty holds to play games like Vollyball and Baseball. but i have also got hurt in the ship where i have broke my rips.
So in conclusion, there where good times and bad times while on board and being able to help people but there homes and towen back together was a opportunity of a liftime and im clad I was able to do it with my Friend Don. | 1 |
dear state senator, i believe that you should get rif of the electrical collage because the votes are biased and with the citizens voteing you can get better results.
first of all,even though the electoral collage consists of 538 electors i think it would be better if all of citizens from across the globe can help more due to more people and more relibilty then with 570 people.
secend of all,if "the popular vote"was gone and was taken seriesly then we would have better quality presidents like al gore even though he was popular he still lost the presidency. according to bradford plumer over 60 precent of voters would perfer a direct election also,how are we sure to trust the electors anyway? is texians vote on john kerry they might not lisin and vote on whoever they want out of spite. also we don't want to repeat the 2000 fiasco agein and the system allows much worse and they occasionally refuse to vote for the party canidate. and disaster will happen is two slates of electors to congress like when it happend in hawaii in 1960 when richard nixion only wanted elector voters but luckly he did it "without establishing a precedent". and what would happen if theirs a tie in the electoral vote? then the electorals would be thrown to the house of represenitives and they vote on the president there.
incluclosion,we should get rid of the electoral collage because it's unfair,outdated and irrational. | 1 |
Although a motorized vehicle provides the opportunity to transport citizens from place to place, limiting the usage of a car may be considered more beneficial. Car usage limitations allow the citizens to feel less stressed, show a decrease in air pollution and a promotion towards alternative transportation, and a decrease in habit.
The article, "In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars" (Source One), suburban pioneers have decided to permently give up cars. Although the usage of cars are generally forbidden in Vauban, its fellow citizens express that they were "always tense... [are] much happier this way" without the use of a car in their lives. When individuals are stressed, they're constantly worrying and not fully paying attention to surroundings; therefore, stress is considered one of the causes of vehicle crashes. Also, the congestion of traffic (if not awful enough already) will become worse with the crash which causes more individuals to become stressedl. Without the use of cars, citizens are less stressed and can go about their daily lives. Vauban is considered to be "the most advanced experiment in low-car suburband life" because of the attempt to make the city denser and a better place for walking has succeed.
"Paris bans driving due to smog" (Source Two), mainly focuses on the environmental issues that car usage has been causing throughout the city. After a near-record, pollution, Paris strictly enforced a driving ban to "clear the air of the global city". The smog from the motorized vehicles is hazardous to our environment which therefore can be damaging to us and our bodies if we only inhale smog. Therefore, health problems are presented among the population and causes an endless loop of health concerns to be dealt with. These can be considered "solved" if the environmental issues are presented and dealt with immediately and effectively. Luckily, with Paris going in the right direction with the ban, health concerns will decrease as well as the smog in the air. Because of the ban that Paris has plaaced, congestion was "down 60 percent in the capital of France". Presented later, the smog in the city has began to clear enough. Two beneficial causes have been brought forth all because of limitations on the usage of cars.
"Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" (Source Three), explains how Bogota has a dedication day to the use without cars. According to a business man, Carlos Arturo, he explains how the day of dedication relieves stress and lowers the pollution. In order to transport oneself from place to place, citizens can walk or ride bicycles. Because of the large impact that Bogota has made, "municipal authorites from other countries came to Bogota to see the event and were enthusiastic". In summary, this city has made quite an influencial mark on others. With prediction, this event could end up carrying throughout the world because of the incredible benefit that it has on our planet: the decrease of air pollution. It not only helps us, but it provides help to the world. Another article, "The End of Car Culture" (Source 4), explains that a study has been made on the American drivers: "... are buying fewer cars, driving less and getting fewer licenses as each year goes by". If this pattern continues, it'll provide implications for carbon emissions and the environment, seeing as "transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions, just behind power plants". If we could reduce this, our lives and breathing conditions can be improved dramatically. The quote, "people who stopped car commuting as a result of the recession may find less reason to resume the habit", means that if we can break the habit of buying cars, there will be no more habit to continue with.
In conclusion, the reduction and limitations of car usage will not only be beneficial to us, but it'll become greatly beneficial to our environment; which becomes an endless loop of helping one another out. | 3 |
Venus is one of the planetary system, and the second closest planet to the sun, which makes it dangerous for stargazers to explore. The author believed we should explore Venus no matter how dangerous it is because, Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit, a crucial consideraton given the long time frames of space travel.
Venus is one of the hottest and dangerous planet, but the author believed that we should still explore the planet becuase it is Earth's twin in terms of size and density, and also in distance too. The author explained that Venus still has some features that are analogous to those on Earth making NASA intriguing to study more about Venus. The author also came up with ideas on how to visit Venus to avoid the dangers of the planet, according to the text, "Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way." The author gave a possible solutions to NASA that might make them avoid exploring Venus, by getting a vehicle that act just like the jets airplanes on Earth to stay up and out of the way of Venus unfriendly ground conditions.
In the story, the author supports the idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author believed we should think of it as a challenge, because Venus can sometimes be our nearest option for a planetary visit. | 2 |
I believe that the author did supprt the idea that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. In the story the author talks about many ways we could overcome the risky challenges that Venus has and what could happen if something does go bad. The author also gives good points on how Venus could be a nearest option for a planetary visit. Also how its often referred to as Earth's "Twin", and how Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size.
The atuthor talks about how humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus but none of them survived. He also talks about NASA has been working on other approaches to studying Venus, like a silicon carbide has been tested in caber simulating the environment of Venus's surface. It has lasted for three weeks in that type of conditions. If they keep testing and fixing or inproven the project then they maybe one day make a another one that can surive that type of environment and get the researchers the samples they need to learn more about Venus.
The author does support on how Venus is a worthy to study despite the dangers it comes with. The author talks about the cons about Venus but he also talks about how NASA can overcome themn by making and researching machines that can last long enought to understand the type of environment Venus has. | 2 |
Limiting motor vehicle transportaion by simply carpooling or just riding a bike to work or wherever it is that your doing would be such a great advantage not just to you, but also to the environment.
One main reason limiting motor vehicle transportation would be the best thing to do for the environment is because of the fact that, for example the exhaust of the vehicles in a densly populated area would cause a lot of physical damage to parks or gardens. The gasses that come out of the exhaust prevent full healthy growth of plants, which in terms means less trees and we need trees to help turn carbon dioxide into oxygen so we can breathe. It also helps us to breathe better if we could all just carpool with friends because it would cause less vehicles to be out on the road and in turn create an environment where all those chemicals aren't coming out of as many cars.
Besides just the fact that it would create cleaner air for us to breathe, the fact also remains that it would also be safer to drive everywhere without getting into a car crash. Car crashes are one of the leading causes of death for people all over the world, but if people stop driving their own cars everywhere there wouldn't be as many cars on highways, intersections or any other roads, there would be much less congestion making it easier to see what is around the vehicle you are traveling and it'll help save lives.
But limiting motor transportation doesn't only help out with the environment, it also helps out with your budget! If you were to sell your vehicle and ride a bike to work everyday or just catch a ride with a friend or relative, you won't have to worry about your payments on the car. You wouldn't have to pay for your car insurrence, your actual monthly payments,for any repairs on your car incase of an accident, and since you won't have a car you won't end up with any tickets for speeding or parking in the incorrect spot(s). The only thing you'd have to worry about is giving a $20 to whoever takes you to work that week.
If people would ride a bike to school, take a public bus to work or simply walk to their destination, it lower emissions, conserve resources, and it would improve safety in general. | 2 |
Do I believe that using technology to read students expressions valuable? Well their are pros and cons to this technology.
The way that technology is able to do this in the first place is beacuse of Dr. Huang and Dr. Eckman. They created a machine that tracks the movement of your muscles. Such as a sign of anger is your orbicularis oris which is around you mouth when it tightens that is a sign of anger. Also when above your eyes raises your eyebrows when you are suprised. Each face is compared to a face with no face expression to compare and find the signs to identify the expression.The computer could also adjust the lesson for you so you are not bored. A regular PC coudnt handle such confusing algorithms but they can write down sample instructions to encode your emotions.
The cons of The MOna Lisa, is that alot of times people dont want others to know their feelings. They would rather keep it to them selves. Using The Mona Lisa could be breaking their privacy.
All of around I would say that The Mona Lisa is valuable. Its such a good thing to have around for the most part. Being able to adjust a lesson to the way someone feels can help students to be more interested and better learners. Also knowing the way a student feels can prevent and solve a lot of problems. Lots of prombles in school could be prevented if a teacher knew ahaead of time of the problem or how another student really felt about a problem So yes once again The Mona Lisa is valuable. | 1 |
Veunus is also called the "Evening Star", is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. The author suggest studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present. There are numerous reasons why the author suggets to study the Venus, such as: human should not have limit exploration,
human should discover more about the space and the most important one is Venus is similar to Earth and human can visit there one day.
Venus is dangerous for human because temperature average is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than Earth. Human has sent few spacecraft to land to Venus but all the mission was unmannned. Those spacecraft has once send to Venus has no longer survived on the Venus's land for more than a few hours.
Even though, Venus is the most Earth-like planet in our system. Venus is our nearest option for planetary visit. It has similar landscape like Earth.
For example Venus has a surface of rocky sediment and includes familiar features such as valleys, mountains, and craters. At thirty-plus miles abouve the Venus's surface, temperature is about 170 degree Fahrenheit, and the air pressure would be close to the sea level on Earth.
Human actually can survive on Venus. There are Earth life's basic need-water on the Venus and similar landscape just like Earth. Because Venus is close to the Sun, so there will be enough sunlight. So if human live their, solar power would be plentiful.
The author suggests that studing Venus a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it present because Venus is the most Earth-like planet, people should learn more about the outside of Earth. Also human should not be limited by dangers or doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
Hello my is Luke Bomberger and today I am going to try to convince you and others to join the Seagoing Cowboys program by giving you reasons why you should join, why the seagoing cowboys program is a great program for young adults to help other countries, and details to support my claims in the passage
First I think you should join the Seagoing Cowboys because it is a great oppurtunity to go help other people around the country who are struggling for food and for their farms. You could help with rebuilding the town. Also it is a great way to go see different parts of the world you havent seen before. When I had started I didnt relize how much it would be to ride a boat with my friend and go to different parts of the country.
Next I think this is a great program for young adults who want to make a difference and help other people around the world. This is a way for young adults to see other parts of the world. They can go on an adventure to a country in Europe or Africa. It's a way for them to interacted with different people in the world.
Lastly some details to support my claim are to help people who lost many things in a war or in a fight with another country. Many people have lost many things in
wars and riotes or even protest. I took the risk to leave my life behind to go help other peoples lives.
In conclusion you should join the Seagoing Cowboys if you want to help other countries. I've gave you reasons, and details of why you should join and i hope i convinced you to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. | 2 |
The author supports the idea of studying Venus becuase it is worthy of showing the dangers it presents. Venus is bascially Earth's twin because it is pretty much just like us in a way. Even though we haven't been able to land on Venus. Astronomers are fascinated with it becasue they have features just like Earth. The author wants to know more about Venus and find out how we can get on to Venus without the danger of it hurting us.
Why can't we land on Venus that's what we all want to know why. Scientists have been studying about Venus to try to figure out a way to land there and its not been a easy task at all. Venus has features just like Earth like earthquakes, volcanoes, and lighting but we can't get there to see it and learn about it. What can we do to get there without the danger of us getting hurt.
Astronomers are fascinated with it but thats not helping us to get there and see if there is actually some kind of life there. Who knows what kinds of things are there are we going to see people or animals. Scientists are discussing futher visits to its surface but if we can't even land there the first time how are we going to be able to land there the second time. Even though Venus is the second plantet from the sun why is it so hot there with temperatures of 800 degrees Fahrenheit and atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater.
The author supports the idea of studying Venus because it is worthy of showing the dangers it presents. They hope to figured out a way to be able to go to Venus and learn more about it. The author thinks it is fascinating to learn about
Venus and have people go there and do research over it. | 2 |
Venus may have some dangers. The author think's venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers. Here are some things you should know about Venus. Venus may be called " Evening Star ". The Evening star is one of the brightest point of light in the sky. Even though Venus is called a Star it's actually a planet. Venus is the secound planet from the sun.
It being close to the sun makes it hard to examine closely.
Venus may be very challenging to get around or to beable to find more out about. Venus is the closest to the earth. Venus is like a cloud-draped world. One of the dangers of Venus is it being cloud-draped because humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on Venus. No spacecraft lasted the landing more than a few hour if that.
A reason Venus is a dangerous place is the atmosphere is almost 97 percent carbon dioxide. Venus has challenging clouds that are highly corrosive sulfuric acid. The temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we feel on our own planet. How we know this informaiton can help understand that the author thinks venus has some dangers on it. For example , " These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on earth ; such an enviroment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. "
Venus would be a worthy pursuit depite the dangers because Venus was once the most Earth-like planet in the solar system. Venus used to be covered with largely oceans and may have supported various forms of life. To this day Venus has some features that are analogous to those on earth. Venus surface is a rocky sediment. Venus also has some familiar features such as valleys , moutains and craters.
This concludes how the author think's that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Venus may be harmful to humans but at one point Venus was just like our home. Venus once has forms of life like we do today on planet earth. Venus might be something interesting but the danger's is what keep's us from landing. | 2 |
In this paragraph it talk about a star call venus even though the star is misleading to a planet call venus. In the solar system venus is the second planet from our sun. Many astronomer never landed foot on the planet they sent numerous spacecraft to land on the cloud draped world. Each of the mision was unmanned, and for good reason, no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours.This is why not a single spaceship has touched the planet venus for 3 decades
because of how dangerous it is. Theirs 97 percent carbon dioxide in the planet venus. Even more challenging is that the cloud is highly corrosive sulfuric acid in venus atmosphere. On the surface of the planet, the temperauture is average over 800 degrees Fahrenheits, and the atmosphere pressure is 90 time greater than what earth have. This condition is far from what we human can encounter. NASA is working on other approaches to studying the planet venus. For example, they are simplifying electronic that is made out of silicon carbide that have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of the venus surface and it lasted for 3 weeks in such condition. Another project was they look back to an old technology called mechanicle computers. The device were first envision in 1800 and played an importance role in 1940s during World War two. Even though computer that exist in those year may be shocking, but the device makes a calculation by using gears and levers and it doesn't required electronic. | 0 |
The car company Telsa has projected to release a car that will be able to drive on autopilot 90% of the time in 2016. Furthermore Mercedes-Benz , Audi, and Nissan intende on having cars that will be completely functional on their own by 2020. The individuals working on these cars forsee that they will be able to eventually use had the fuel of thdays taxis and be mroe flexable than other cars. They even intend to make buses with the autopilot capabilities. These are great advances, which should be appreciated and taken advantage of by the American people.
Google is the most known is not the only company who has been making modified cars trying to further the driverless car. Using a Toyota Prius, which everyone has known in the past to be a very petite car, to work on. They added sensors everywhere practically. There are sensores on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof. There is even a video camera mounted near the review mirror. The car includes four automotive radar sensers. A Inertial motion sensor, and a GPA reciever. But, the most important item and/or sensor on the car is the spinning sensor on the roof. Using laser beams to constantly update a 3-D model of the surroundings of the car. Sensors have been around for quite a while now and have been updated, innovated, and reformed serveral times. All of these sensors on the model car serve a great purpose on informing the car where it needs to go.
As of this day and age traffic laws are written under the assumption that the only type of safe driving includes an active human driver. Due to that fact it is illegal to even test drive a driverless car in the majority of the states. However, as the driverless car's reliability improves car companys' see adaptations to these laws. California, Nevada, Florida, and the district of Columbia allow for limitated usage of the semi-driverless cars. As driverless cars come into play they will shake the wrold and require adjustments to some laws, but also completely new laws to be made. There will have to be new laws on accident liability, and car insurance policies.
This would insure the safety of drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and anyone else involved.
As of now no car is completely driverless and there will always be occasions where the human drive rmust take control over the vehicle. This being said that requires the driver to remain attentive to the road and the conditions of the road at all times even if not in control of the wheel. One model car can handle up to a speed of 25mph, but it requires the driver to keep hold of the wheel. The cars are able to accelerate, steer, and brake themselves, but cannot handle road conditions such as construction zones, or any accidents. The company GM has developed driver seats that vibrate to notify the driver to regain control over the vehicle. The Google car simply speaks to the driver to notify them to regain control over the wheel. There are many ways to keep a driver alert the road, while still working with a driverless vehicle.
People who say that driverless cars are not for the greater good may hint that a driver may not pay attention to the notification by the car because of texting, or another distraction within the car, but most companies who have created the notfications try and create notifcations that cannot be turned off without requiring attention. That makes the driverless car safer than some of the modern day cars. Others say that the carmeras that some manufacturers want to include in the cars are an invasion of privacy, but the cameras are not used to monitor a person's social media or phone converations, they are put in place to watch the drivers attentiveness. It has also not been stated whether or not the camera would be able to hold sound capabilities. So as of this moment in time the camera to monitor the driver is not an invasion of privacy or constitutional rights.
Google has been inventing and testing cars that could drive independently under certain conditions since the year 2009. These test cars have driven more than half a million miles without an accident, such as a crash. This provides for the most part the car is safe. Alike with todays cars the driverless cars will always be approved upon. So the driverless car provides to be good for citizens. | 3 |
Driverless Cars, good or bad?
Yes, Yes driverless cars always sound like an awesome idea. Everyones dream, but have you thought of possible reprecussions? They say that the car will tell you when oncoming traffic or you are coming up on roadwork, but did they say anything in the article about kids running in front of the car, or even animals? What would stop the car from hitting this animal, or even a CHILD. I think kids are way more important than having a cool vehicle.
They did state that the driver should always have his/her eye on the road but, they were also talking about getting "in-car entertainment". I don't know if this sounds like television to you, but it sure does to me. And honestly, who's gonna watch the road if they're watching their favorite show?
They stated in the article that "we have to interpret driving fun in a new way". I don't think driving needs to be fun, you get where you are supposed to be and that's that. We do not need cars that'll drive for us. We are already beyond lazy, do they want us to be even lazier? Ameicans will do anything they can for an easy way out of doing something. Even if these cars will make loads of money, they aren't very safe.
The drivers seat is supposed to vibrate when backing out, if somethings in the way. Well what if the driver isn't fast enough to come to the wheel? What if they are too busy trying to pick what show they want to watch?
Let's talk about liability, Someone could easily get out of something because they can blame it on the manufacturer, "my seat didnt vibrate", "my shows didnt turn off", "the car didnt notify me". Do they really wanna get sued because someone lied?
Another thing, what the heck is up with "having cameras in the car". What even is privacy? Because, I'm quite sure thats an invasion of it. Out of everything I don't agree with, this is a huge one. They want to spy on people. Not ok.
Now if they come out with these cars and you get one, best of luck to you. but I gave you alot of reasons why the devolpment of these cars shouldn't happen. From the safety of our children, to our privacy. | 2 |
The use of technology to read students' emotions and expressions would not be valuable in a classroom. As a student living in a generation that is becoming dependent on technology, the ability for computers to read our emotions would not only be a waste of our resources but also a detriment to our education systems.
There are many consequences of using technology to read our facial expressions at school. Distractions are prevalent in a classroom and adding the emotional recognition would only be adding a game for students to play with while the lesson was being taught. According to the article if the student was paying attention, their lesson could be modified based on their facial expression. This may confuse the child or present them with material in a way that has never been taught before. They then would have different information from their peers and teacher. Not only would the customized lesson confuse the student, but it would also promote the selfish lifestyle that other technology is by giving the student exactly what they want when they want it. Our students are growing up in a world where technology is providing them with everything they want, and that has made them needy, spoiled, and reliant. If the emotional recognition technology were implemented, then in the future the child may not be able to sit through a job interview or meeting because it would not be modified for their enjoyment.
If we were to use technology that reads expressions, we would continue to create people who are not satisfied until everything is catered exactly they way they would like it. The use of technology to read humans' expressions would not be beneficial in a classroom. | 2 |
I am for the value of using this technology to read people emotional expressions. A few reasons I am for this experiment is because you can see how people feelings are, if a person has a hard time showing/ expressing their emotions to others, and see how others feel about you or another person.
This experiment can contructn a 3D facial model on a computer and pop right out and see how that person is feeling. The computer can classifiy the six basic expressions on a person, such as happiness, surprised, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness. Scienctist did a lab experiment on the famous Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa. The experiment was to see if Mona was trying to smile or if she was being serious, so they experimented to see her expressions.
The technology associates with facial movements and mussles, that the computer can detected a false smile and a netural expression. The technology of the computer can detect if a person has a real smile or a forced smile on their face. A way to see if a person is forcing their smile is by looking at the sides of their mouth because the smile is stretched on the sides of your mouth using a different mussle, the risorius.
The theory of the experiment is not only tp show and figure out you expressions/ emotions but it can also help you with producing them. The whole story is talking about showing the emotions of your peers. | 1 |
People always wish they had the same technology that they have seen in movies, or the best new piece of technology that is all over social media. However, nobody seems to think of the risks that these kinds of new technologies may have. Cars have been around for many decades, and now manufacturers are starting to get on the bandwagon and come up with the new and improved technology that they hope will appeal to everyone. As of right now, it seems as though the negative characteristics of these cars consume the positive idea that these manufacturers have tried to convey.
Currently, this new technology in cars has a very long way to go before being completely "driverless". Drivers still need to be on alert when they are driving, as well as control the car near any accidents or complicated traffic situations. This seems to totally defeat the purpose of the "driverless" car. Eventually the technology may improve, but nobody can be certain that the driverless car will eventually become completely "driverless". This idea just seems like a lot of hard work and money for something that is not very neccessary. If someone does not want to drive their car they can just take a city bus or a subway. There are so many options of transportation that can already solve this problem. Even if masnufacturers are trying to make driving more "fun", driving is not meant to be "fun" it is meant to get people where they need to go. Playing around in a car just to have "fun" is just a recipe for disaster.
The idea of the driverless car also raises many questions about who will be liable when someone gets into an accident in one of these new cars. Many states do not even let people drive semi-automatic cars because there are not even laws that pertain to the liability of anyone who get into an accident while driving these type of cars. If these cars become more popular, states may pass new laws. However, this topic also raises questions about who is able to dictate whether or not it was the car or the human's fault for an accident. Since this technology is so new, there could be many problems with the car's system that nobody has even discovered since they have not drove the car themselves. If someone test drives this kind of car or even purchases one and they get into a crash not knowing what could possibly happen to them, they will want to sue the car manufacturer since they were not aware of any bugs in the car's system. These lawsuits can add up and eventually the manufactuers will be in a bunch of debt, which could cost them their whole idea of the driverless car.
The technology car manufacturers are trying to develope may just be a diasaster in the making. There are many alternative options of transportations if you do not feel like driving yourself, and these options are way less expensive than buying a brand new car. Although this technology is relatively new, we can not be certain that this new idea will even pay off in the end, it may just be a waste of money and time. Sometimes the newest technology is not the most benefical. | 3 |
I think we should change to election by popular vote for the president of the United States. I have a couple reasons for saying that. First, under the electoral college system, voters don't vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors who ends up voting for the president. Second, you have to worry about the ties in the electoral vote.
First off, under the electoral college system, voters don't vote for the president, they vote for a slate of electors who ends up voting for the president. So that means you actually don't get to vote for the president you want, the electors get to vote for the president they want and their choice might not be the same as yours. Here's an example that was in Source 1, "If you lived in Texas, for instance, and wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry." So you don't actually get to vote for a president. Also, in source 2, it states that the electoral college is unfair to voters because of how each state has the winner-take-all system, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance in winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states.
Second, you have to worry about the ties in electoral vote. Source 2 states that if a tie happens, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where state delegations vote on the president. The senate would choose the vice-president. The state delegations may not vote for the president you want and the senate may not vote for the vice-president you want either.
I think the Electoral College process is a bad idea and it should be changed to popular vote for the president of the United States. Electoral college is unfair to voters and I think it should be gotten rid of. | 2 |
So when Luke came back to China he saw even more homeless people than before. So he thought he would have to make a change to that.
So when he was setting up a program for conviencing people to help the homeless Don tried to call and have him come to America and and Luke said, "Don, I can't I have to help the people in China because I see little kids and grown people starving on the street and that hurts me." So then when he had it set up a lot of people came to support it and Luke convienced a lot of people, but also a lot of people not to help. So the applications to sign up there was a fee of ten dollars to help with the grocceries and that was why even more people did not join him.
So when he saw a lot of people without forms he stopped everybody and had a long speech about helping the poor and imagine if you were in their shoes and telling them they didn't want to be like that. So then almost all the people clapped and then walked in and got a form and asked him where to start. He said," Just if you see a homeless person, help him out. So then after he rode his boat to America and helped Don out he came back to China to see how his SeaGoing Cowboys program was going.
When he came to China he was very happy of how everybody had a house and job and nobody was starving. So he set up a meeting and thanked everybody who supported that program and told them they did a wonderful job and he almost cired of how much he was happy.
So when he rode his boat back to his home town he told Don and Luke's family about what happened and they said they should do that in America and they did and it worked out just as great as China. His program became national because how good it was and he said it was all the people who helped out he said, "What I love about it was that they didn't have to do but how they did, it just makes me warm inside and very happy." So just seeing homeless people on the street made and making a program had this much of a bennifit. Luke felted great about what he did. | 0 |
Driverless cars seems like a dream come true for many people. We have all viewd images of what driverless cars might be like in the future.Those images have inspired new inventions from sources such as google and bmw. I think that driverless cars are a great idea, but they may take away from the experience of actual driving. Driving is something that many people love to do, why give it up?
Although I would not like to give up driving, driverless cars can offer humans many opportunities. The benefits of having driverless cars are less accidents due to texting, more free time, faster transportation, and less car accidents overall. Driverless cars could also result in the elimination for gas. Driverless cars in the future might be 'green' and electric.I think that driverless cars could be the safer idea, but some things just don't work out.
Having a technical car could also have some downfalls. Driverless cars could malfunction in the middle of your trip. This malfunction could be due to the fast paced
process of putting the car together. When driverless cars are a thing many people will want to buy them. This means that manufacturers are going to produce bundles of those cars. Manufacturers won't have time to test each car, so some with problems might slip through their fingers.
What if there is a problem on the street that the driverless car cannot handle alone?Driverless cars today still needs the assistance of a human to overcome obstacles such as skids. Driverless cars today have sensors that alert the human if there is a problem. In the future they may not include sensors. Manufacturers sell you confidence, and things they make themselves believe. Sensors would make you think,"Hey this car might not be the brightest idea."
Safety is a huge thing when driving a car. Most states won't even allow the testing of driverless cars. Sensors are very useful in cars. They alert you when something is wrong. Driverless cars with sensors is a good idea. Even if the car can withstand the obstacle on its own, the human should still be on standby. As the passage stated it was too expensive to make the roads 'smarter', so the cars should be the smartest.
If a driverless car gets into a car accident, who is to blame? The manufacturer would be the one to blame. Once they sell that car, they are giving you their word that you have bought a safe reliable vehicle. You are trusting them, they hold your future in their hands. Driverless cars are really cool, but the manufacturers have many questions to answer.
In conclusion, driverless cars are a great idea. They can lessen the work and panic for everyday drivers. Most people think that driverless cars would be perfect, others would rather stay behing the wheel. I think that driverless cars would be cool, but I think that they would also take away the fun of driving. Windows down, hair blowing, listening to music while cruising with your friends. Who doesn't want that experience? | 3 |
INTRODUCTION:
venus is a big planet, sometimes is called "evening star", is one of the brightest point of light in the night sky making it simple for even an amateur stargazer to spot. In our solar system, venus is the second planet from our sun.
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Venus is a secons planet with more similarity in our solar system, in terms of density an size and occasionally in distance. venus is a big planet for to go investigate. The atmosphere of almost 97% carbon dioxide blankets venus.
on the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greather than waht we experience on our own planet. These conditions are far more extreme than anything humans encounter on Earth. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. NASA is working on other approaches to studying Venus, for example, some simplified electronics made of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of venus's surfaces and have lasted for three weeks i such conditions. Another project is use old technology called mechanical computers. Just imagine exposing a cellphone or tablet to acid or heat capable of melting tin.
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If you think is good if the NASA want search information about Venus, and end venus is a planet with more silmilarity to the Earth, i think is good but with the genocide atmosphere is so hard if we try live on Venus. maybe just how are the atmosphere or search life in other planets but for live on venus is a big problem.
just live one day or less, or the human body change or some people born different the others. these conditions are not for a human, the human be killed in seconds.
is a big challenge live is this planet, the temperatures are not for humans the clouds are acid and we don't know if this planet has other lifes. | 1 |
People are becoming more and more reliant on cars, from getting to the store, school, or wherever else, it's become a pandemic. Cars emit gasses, they pollute the atmosphere, and are a reason why people don't live healthy lifestyles.
Back before there ever were cars, there were the small neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are still like this, including Vauban Germany they get around with the bikes, or just plain old walking "As a result, 70 percent of Vauban's families do not own cars, and 57 percent sold a car to move there" (Rosenthal,3) . Some neighborhoods are still like this, including Vauban Germany. Cars pose a danger in these neighborhoods. Gasoline vehicles produce gasses and carbon monoxide, it is colorless, odorless, and cannot be seen, but can be inhaled. This gas harms the body and can kill it if it inhales too much of this gas, and in small neighboorhoods where a lot of young children are, it is very dangerous. This is why car usage should be limitted around children and neighborhoods.
Cars have become one of the main culprits of a polluted atmosphere. In Bogota, Columbia, there is a day where no cars are to be used or allowed. Only public transit, walking, or any other transportation other than cars, not only to reduce poluting in the air and promote using alternative transportation. In effect, this has also sprouted new job opportunities, and a more beautiful city: "Parks and sports centers also have bloomed throughout the city; uneven, pitted sidewalks have been replaced by broad, smooth sidewalks; rush-hour restrictions have dramatically cut traffic; and new restaurants and upscale shopping disctrics have cropped up."
Cars have become one of the main reasons why people don't live a healthy lifestyle. Cars cause stress, anger, frustration, and laziness. "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" said Heidrun Walter" in Vauban, Germany. In Bogota, it's also promoting healthy lifestyles by relieving such emotions: "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution," said business man Carlos Arturo Plaza".
In conclusion, cars are one of the main reasons why people die of carbon monoxide poisoning, the air is polluted, and why people don't have a healthy lifestyle due to laziness and stress from cars. "All of our development since World War II has been centered on the car, and that will have to change," said David Goldberg, and official of Transportation for America." | 2 |
Cars have helped people over the years, but has it helped the enviorment or your heath. When driving a car, the car releases gases that can effect the air around us. There are advantages of limiting the use of cars, like a heathier enviroment and a heathier body.
One advantage of limiting the use of cars is a heathier enviroment. When you are driving a car the gas in the car, is let out into the air. The gas that gose in the air can effect the air and plants around us, as it can turn to toxic. As the source Elisabeth Rosenthal explains, 50 percent of the greenhouse gases are caused by car-intensive areas in the United States. The gas from are cars are not just effecting are air, there effecting are greenhouse to. The source Robert Duffer tells us, how paris banded using cars after days of near-record pollution to clear the air. After days of no cars the air was clear again. As you can tell, limmiting car uses will help the enviroment alot.
Forthermore, Another advantage of limiting the use of cars is a heathier body. Instead of just siting in a car you can ride a bike,walk or roller skate. Also all those gases from the car wont be going in your body, effecting your insides. As the source Andrew Selsky explains, in Colombia on free car day the people hicked,skated and bicked to get where they need to go, instead of using a car. Without a car to take you places you will get exercie, which will give you power and engery for your body. A normal person should also exercise for 30 mintes a day. Also as Carlos Arturo Plaza tells us without a car you have less stress and are able to relax more. Cars can cause people alot of stress, and a alot of stress is not good for your body. Limiting the use of cars has a great effect on your heath.
Conslusion, Limiting the use of cars will have the advantages of a heathier enviroment and a heathier body. The enviroment and your body is a big thing in your life, so you would want to do whatever possible to keep it heathy. So instead of talking the car try to walk or ride a bike next time. | 3 |
I dont think that we should keep the electoral college. i think that we should just have it to where it would just be an election by popular vote for the president of the United States. One reason that i feel this way is because you dont always have the power of knowing why you are voting for. Another reason is because sometimes voters get confused about the electors and they vote for the wrong candidate. Did you know that in the year 2000 over 60 percent of voters would prefer a direct election to the kind that we have now.
Another fact is that under the electoral college system, voters vote not for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president. Just think of it this way state legislatures are trechnically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people. For example perhaps most worrying is the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. In that case, the election would then be thrown to the House of Respresentatives, where state delegations vote on the president and the senate would choose the vice president. so basically if there were to be a tie in the electoral vote you wouldn't even have a vote in who you're voting for.
Because each state casts only one vote, the single representative from Wyoming, representing 500,000 voters, would have as much say as the 55 representatives from California, who represent 35 million voters. Given that many voters vote one party for president and another for congress, the House's selection can hardly be expected to reflect the will of the people. The election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe. At the basic level the electoral college is unfair to voters.
Because of the winner take-all system in each state, the candidates dont spend time in states they know dont have achance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states. during the 2000 campaign, seventeen states didn't see the candidates at all. If anyone has a good argument for putting the fate of the presidnecy in the hands of a few swing voters in ohio, they have yet to make it. | 2 |
"The challenge of Exploring Venus" I belive that studying Venus is a big thing . It takes alot of work becasue Venus is another planet you cant live in Venus. scientces till this day dont know if Venus is a good planet to visit. It has proved a very challening place to examine more closely. Venus is the closest planet to earth in terms of destiny and size.
Humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each previous mission was unmanned, and for good reason, since so spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. thats explains the issue why not a singal spaceship has touvhed down on venus in more than three decades. Thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. on other planets surface temperature average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and th atmospheric pressure is almost 90 times greater then what we experience on our own planet
Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes,powerful earthquakes, and frequent lighting strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. If our siter planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even discussing further visits to its surface. long ago, Venus was probaly covered largely with oceans and could have supported various forms of life, just like earth.
At thirty-plus miles above the surface , temperature would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Fahrenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on earth. solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed earth levels. Not easy conditions, but survuvable for humans.researchers cannot take samples of rocks,gas, or anything else, from a distance. Therefore, scientist seeking to conduct a through mission to understand Venus would need to get up close and personaldepite the risks. Many researchers are working on innovations that would allow our machines to last long enough to contrbute meaningfully to our knowedge of venus. | 2 |
Mars has aliens! Many people believe that the landform on Mars was created by aliens, but here at NASA we have found that landform was actually created naturally. The landform is referred to as a Martian mesa, which is common in the region of Cydonia, but this has shadows that make it appear as if the figure has a face. Since the discovery of the form, it has been in movies, books, and radio talk shows. Some consipiracy theorists say that the form was actually created by aliens, but why would we want to hide the fact that there is life on Mars when in reality it would benefit here at NASA. The landform is Martian mesa formation much like the Middle Butte in the Snake River of Idaho.
The Martian mesa is the term used for the landform. It is very common to find them on Mars in the region of Cydonia. The Martian mesa was naturally formed, but with its shadows, it looks much like a face. In 1998 Mars Global Surveyor was close enogh to actually see if there were any alien monuments and turns out that there wasn't any.
Here at NASA we recieved a lot of attention when the "Face" was discovered. If the landform was actually created by aliens, why would we try to hide it? The landform had no monumemts near it when looked at by the Surveyor. "Defenders of the NASA budget wish there was an ancient civilization on Mars." People wanted there to be something because it would benefit us.
In the end, the landform was found to be a Martian mesa. There are many mesa's in the region of Cydonia and that's a part of how we found out how it was a natural landform. Also the Surveyour verified that there wasn't any other monuments near the landform. If there was any life on Mars we would want to tell the people so they can be intrested in the activity at NASA, but for now there has not been found any life activiy on Mars. | 2 |
In the booming world today, transportaion is essential. Trying to imagine life without cars for some people is like trying to imagine life without food or water, but cars arent ass essential as we think. But even if you drive a smart car or hybrid, emissions from these cars still affect the world around us. Lowered car use would help this improve. Using less cars would also have more benefits for all of us.
People in a samll town of VAUBAN, Germany have already stopped use of cars. People report to be "Happier without them." Lowering the use of cars would also prevent so much smog in the air. In Paris, France, the warm days and cold night would trap the smog in the air. in order to reduce the amount of smog in the air, on monday drivers with even-numbered liscense plates had to leave their cars at home or face a $31 fine. Then on tuesday, motorists with odd numbered lisence plates had to do the same. This led to decreases in the amount of smog in the air. The warm days and cold night would trap the smog in the air. Another instance is in Bogota, Comlubia, where there was a car-free day. According to buisnessman Carlos Arturo Plaze, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and to lower the air pollution." This has led to newer sidewalks being paved, and new restraunts and upscale shopping districts to pop up all over the city.
Less cars mean less greenhouse gas emissions, which inturn help our environment. It also leads to less stress and deaths among the people in the city. Less cars are the future of our world, and its not too late to start to help our environment and to help better ourselves. | 2 |
There are man things in this world that can be believed. In this case we shouldn't believe that the face on mars was created by an alien life form. We really cant believe something that has been supported by many facts and evidence. There are many reasons to why we should't believe that.
One of the three reasons is that according to the excerpt, scientists figured it was just another martian mesa,"common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an egyptian Pharaoh." This shows that the figures were common around those areas but this one in particular had shadows which resembled an eyptian Pharaoh. Also, a few days after that NASA found out that the shadpows formed an illusion of eyes, nose, and a mouth but we really can't trust this if it's a coincidence or actually true. Well that's when they're wrong thinking that it was created by aliens.
Accoring to paragraph seven, on April,5 1988, when mars global surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time, a team snapped pictures ten times sharper than the ones the viking took. these pictures showed that the "alien created" landform was actually a natural one. The text supports this by showing that the they took way more sharper images which made them way more credible then the ones they took before because you could see the actual natural landform. Although he pictures were ten times sharper, there was still clouds which made the image hard to see making it not reliable.
Finally, the landform was a natural one for this reason. In paragraph 12, he text shows that ,"what the picture ctually shows is the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West. "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake RIver Plain of Idaho," says Garvin which really shows that the butte or mesa is really similar to the the Face on mars which can actually be one. also, "That's a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as th Face on Mars.
To sum it all up, the article had a couple sources of evidence to support the fact that the Face was really just a natural landform. Also, there are many sights of evidence to show why believing that aliens created the landform was eally wrong. After all we should ll believe in something that is credible and supported with many details an evidence. | 3 |
I think that this new devolpment in car technology is very interesting, but it is dangerous and needs to be used with great caution, if these become allowed to be used on the road. Driverless cars could become safer overtime, yet at this moment with the unideal road conditions and reckless driving of the young and old, I do not belive it would be safe for the public to use these cars. Once the technology of companies like Google, BMW, and General Motors are advanced enough to create a safe enough environment, so that these cars are not a hazard, is when these driverless cars can be applied to everyday life.
These driverless cars are a hazrd to unexperienced drivers, teenagers and elders could cause serioud injury. It is proven that young teens, who are just starting out with their license are lacking experience causing them to make bad judgement calls, throw in the fact that there aren't real humans behind the wheel of a car right next to them, and that could create a real problem. Machines do really help out and take some of the pressure off of you but, "the only safe car has a human driver". The only actual safe way to assit in avoiding accidents, is by only allowing human drivers on the streets. It is already bad enough with just real people, imagine adding driverless cars to the mix.
Next, machines are very eratic. Even an iPhone, which has been pretty much mastered, glichtches like crazy if you do not keep an update. Even if you do keep an update, sometimes it just happens. This is alright for something as small as a phone, but if you can imagine a row of driverless cars glitching without warning? This could cause massive accidentsand could seriously injure people. If we took the chance to asses the risks ,I believe the opinion on these cars would change.
Another point that could be made is this, it takes the fun out of driving. Getting your license and getting behind the wheel is exciting, and with these driverless cars that is sort of being taken away from the young and old drivers who are just getting their license. "Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for their turn to drive?" I completely agree, drivers these days consider driving a fun privleage that they get. Driving should be an exciting, new experience, but with these driverless vehicles,driving would not be much fun. The driver would have to stay alert, yet they would not actually get the feeling of having complete control and drving the car.
Overall, I belive that driverless vehicles are very dangeroud. If these cars do become legal to be used on highways and interstates, they would need to be used with extreme caution. Drivers would need to stay alert while not actually driving, and I belive that this could be the greatest risk of all. Driverless vehicles should not be allowed on the roads. | 3 |
Driverless cars are a very impractical design. These cars can not fully drive themselves. It also states that they would add entertainment as you drive. Driverless cars could malfunction, since they run on computers. Driverless cars could be potentially dangerous.
Driverless cars are not fully automated. The name is falsely implied because drivers must stay alert while the car is moving. If there is construction being done or a wreck has taken place, the driver has to maneuver around the traffic. Driverless cars can not be operated without the driver having both hands on the wheel. The idea of driverless cars is not bad, but in order for them to be called "driverless," I believe that they should be automated and not require a driver.
The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" states that there would be added entertainment while driving, so that the driver would not become bored. This is a bad idea considering that driving, even with the car being automated, requires full attention. It states that a driver would be alerted when they need to take control. The driver could be asleep at this time and may not be able to hear the alert. The driver could also not get the alert all together.
Driverless cars run off of computers. Computers are not alwats perfect, and could often times fail. In the event of this happening, the car could stop, not be stopped, or fail to alert the driver of danger. If the car stops while driving it could create a terrible accident. The car could also not be stopped, and wouldn't be able to avoid the other cars or obey the traffic laws. It could also fail to alert the driver that he/she needs to take over, in case of an emergency. It is a very good concept, but unless the computers could be perfected, it could create a dangerous situation.
Driverless cars are not a bad idea. There could be many flaws involved with the making of driverless cars. I believe that it makes the design useless if it couldn't be fully automated without the use of a driver. The entertainment aspect could make driving a lot more dangerous, instead of safer, like the intended goal. The computers could also just stop working. Driverless cars are not perfect, but the idea could be built on. It all comes down to the drivers personal preference. | 3 |
Driverless cars should be developed. Many cars already have a step towards the driverless car, like the 2013 BMW. The 2013 BMW has already been developed with a "Traffic Jam Assistant." Cars will keep being developed for the safety of anyone driving the car. Cars are made sure to be well manufactured, so why not allow a driverless car to be made?
If cars now are being made for better saftey, then why not trust that a driverless car would be safe as well? Many car now are being made with systems that make the car have more control than the driver. A driverless car could help to prevent car accidents from happening. By the time a driverless car is allowed to be made, other cars would have better construction to it and a diverless car would also have those better constructions for the saftey of anyone in the car.
Cars have progressed from the time they were created to now. If the saftey of the car has been improved, then why not let car companies be able to create better ones. As cars are manufactured more, they get safer and safer. By the time a driverless car is created, or is planning to be created, it will be very safe. The creators could also make a setting to make the car go back to being manual if its too much of a scare for the driver.
If the law would let a car company create at least one driverless car for a test, then they could see if the idea is a good or bad choice. Many things have been tested to see if they are well enough to be produced to the people, or if it should be denied. Testing a product is always the first thing to do when it comes to being able to sell them, so why not make a draft of one before seeing if its a good idea to make it or not.
As a conclusion to my argument for the development for driverless cars, I believe that they should be created. With more and more cars being created to almost replicate driverless car, why not start making them and testing them. Driverless cars would eventually be created and many people would have them. It would be better to get a head start on teh driverless car to see what modifications still need to be done before selling them to the public. Also less car accidents would be likely to happen, and driveing on roads and streets would be safer for all the people. | 3 |
Dear senator,
The Electoral College makes voting useless. If we want our voices to be heard as free citizens of this country then we should have full power over the votes. We are the people of America and we deserve to decide who takes the presidency. This country is our home and important to us and we deserve to be heard. I understnad that the Electoral College makes the whole voting process a whole lot easier, but it's not about easy. It's about our freedom and our freedom of speech.
The Electoral College is a system that selects electors to stand in place of us, but we the people aren't getting what we deserve. For example, if Florida has 29 electors and most of the state is voting for Romney, then those 29 electoral votes go to Romney. But suppose a smaller, less popular state like Wyoming only has 3 electors and most of the state votes for Obama; he only recieves 3 electoral votes. Now tell me, is that fair? Is it really?
Our purpose in the voting polls is disapperaing and now these candidates only count on the states that have the most electoral votes because they will count for more during the election. Candidates go around trying to win over the states with many electors and tend to ignore the ones with less. Even going as far as not advertising their campaigns. The Electoral College needs to be abolished so our country can be free once again. | 2 |
Many cities around the world have already learned the benifits to limiting or getting rid of car usage. A few of these cities are Vauban, Paris, Bogota. These cities experience less smog and pollution.
People in the places that have limited car uses do not seem to mind. A quote from
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars by Elisabeth Rosenthal explans how giving up their car has improved their live, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,". Cars do cause alot of tension and stress from being in trafic and having to deal it bad drivers on the road. Many people are already too stressed and anything that can limit stress is good for you.
In Bogota, Colombia the city has ond day that is car-free. This day people hike, skate, or used public transportation to get where they needed to be. Violaters are fined $25. The over all goal of this day is to promote diffrent forms of transportation. Even though weather can be a factor it didnt seem to affect people.
Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota by Andrew Selsky states how this is true "The turnout was large, despite gray clouds that dumped occasional rain showers on Bogota." This quote also shows that people are fine surviving with out cars.
Paris baned driving for diffrent cars on diffrent days because of the near-record pollution. Moday cars with even-numbered license would be fined 22-euros if they drove and the next day the rule would apply to odd-numbered licences. There were exceptions for cars that are plug-in, car pools with three or more people, and hybids. Robert duffer, the author of
Paris bans driving due to smog showes how well the ban worked in this quote 'The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party to riscind the ban for odd-numbered plates on Tuesday". This is a great example of how much polution would be cut out if we stopped or limmited useing cars. Just one day with out everyone using cars and there was a diffrence in the smog amount.
Limiting car usage also will cut carbon emitions and help the enviroment. In
The End of Car Culture the author, Elisabeth Rosenthal states "...transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions..." With a limit on cars, trucks, and other moter veicals greenhouse gas emissions will lower. America is already lowering it's car usage by it's self. People are buying fewer cars, getting fewer licenses, and driving less all together.
Over all the affect with giving up moter veicals and finding other forms of transpertation are very positive. People would have less stress, reduce in greenhouse gasses, and lower pollution. | 3 |
I think that the author of The challenge of exploring Venus suggests studying venus is a worthy persuit because he must really intrest him so he wants to share it with everyone else. In the first paragraph the author says that Venus is sometimes called the " Evening Star " because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is offten referred to as Earths twin. Venus is the closest to planet to earth. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent of carbon dioxide blankets venus. Venus has the hottest surface surface temperature of any planet in the solar system, even though Mercury is closest to the sun. High pressure and heat, Venusian Geology and weather presents additional impedments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and then also some frequent lightning strikes. Some sientists have benn discussing further visists to the planet. NASA has been working on many other approaches to studying Venus more. People striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value. The tarvels on earth and also beyond earth should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. Venus can be very intresting so thats whay I think the auther wanted to write about us and tell us amny good facts about it. | 1 |
Have you ever wondered about cars that can drive without a human driving it? Cars that can drive themselves will not be good for this world. Driverless cars will not be good for this world because they will not be as safe as humans driving cars, it would cost too much money for the driverless car to work at its full potential, and drivers will get bored sitting in the car. These are reasons why the development of driverless cars needs to stop.
A driverless car will not be good for drivers because the cars would not be as safe as a human would be driving the car. If the car is driving itself and it sees an accident, how will it know how to drive around it. If there is road construction, the driverless car would not know what to do in that type of situation. In the article, the text says,"Presently, traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times." The text also says,"Still, even if traffic laws change, new laws will be needed to cover liability in the case of an accident. If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" This shows that even driverless cars can get into car accidents. If the driverless car got in to a car accident-would it be the driver's fault or would it be the car's fault?
Another reason that a driverless car should not be introduced to the world is because it would cost too much money for the driverless car to work at its full potential. For the driverless cars to work correctly there would have to be huge upgrades to all present roads we have right now. If we tried to upgrade all the roads we have now, that would simply be too expensive. In the article, the text says,"These smart-road systems worked suprisingly well, but they required massive upgrades to existing roads, somthing that was simply too expensive to be practical." This shows that for the driverless car to really work the builders had to upgrade the present roads we have now. If upgrading just a few roads was too expensive, how will we be able to upgrade all the roads for the driverless car?
Lastly, driverless cars would not be good for the world because the drivers would get bored sitting in the car. For the car to drive itself, the driver must keep their hands on the wheel at all times. The driver must also have to stay focused. Most drivers would rather driver than sit in the driver's seat doing absolutely nothing. In the article, the text says,"Why would anyone want a driverless car that still needs a driver? Wouldn't drivers get bored waiting for theri turn to drive? 'The psychological aspects of automation are really a challenge,' admits Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager driver." This shows that even if we did have driverless cars that someone would need to be at the wheel paying attetion to the road. This would bore drivers very quickly. Why would we want a driverless car if we have to keep hold of the wheel at all times?
In conclusion, we should not have driverless cars because they will not be as safe as humans driving cars, it would cost too much money for the driverless car to work at its full potential, and the drivers would get bored sitting in the car. Driverless cars will not help the world. The development of driverless cars needs to stop. | 4 |
There has been a strong arguement going on weather we should keep the Electoral College or if we should change it. Both sides have made a strong claim and a strong arguement. I got the opportunity to read two articles that are against and in favor of it. After reading these articles I have made decision. I have came to the conclusion that we should keep the Electoral College.
My first reason why, we should keep Electoral College is because this country was founded on it. Also, our 4 founding fathers were in favor of this Electoral College. This is a principle in which this great country has been founded on. This is the history of this country and the principles on which it was founded on.
Another reason why, we should keep Electoral College is that this would avoid the run off of elections. If there was no Electoral College candidates will be fighting for the popular vote. The problem with this popular vote is that there would be no candidate that recieves a majority of the votes. In an Electoral College there would not be this problem, since in each state the winner takes it all.
Last but not least, we should keep Electoral College because this allows for each candidate to pick his or her own groups of electors. This allows the running candidate to pick out the group that he or she would be able to work with the best, and get along with the most. This would also allow the candidate to better fight or argue on certain matters and on certain cases. Also, it is important for a candidate to get along with his or her group that they will be working with.
These are all of the reasons why I think and belive that we should keep Electoral College. | 2 |
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. It's a worthy pursuit because in the text it says that Venus is sometimes around the corner, not a single spaceship has touched down on Venus in more than three decades, it's a challenging place to examine more closely, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet.
Venus being around the corner makes it a worthy pursuit because whenever it's around the corner, it can make it easier to get there. When it's not around the corner from us, it can be harder because of how far it would be. It can also take lots of fuel to get there and it might be hard to refuel the spacecraft in space.
Venus has not been touched by a spacecraft in three decades. This proves that it is a worthy pursuit because we can set a record maybe. The NASA would get known for working hard and risking their lives to explore a dangerous planet for our entertainment. This also makes it a worthy pursuit because things might have changed since the last spacecraft touchdown. New land might have grown, new rock, and maybe new mountains.
Venus being a challenging planet to explore also helps to show that it's a worthy pursuit. This helps because most people like challenges. Venus being a challenging planet to explore might attract lots of people wanting to explore Venus. The temperature is dangerous and can probably kill you instantly and there are many people who would still want to explore Venus.
Venus having a pressure 90 times stronger than what we live on can also help to show that Venus is a worthy pursuit. It helps because the scientists would want to know how it would feel like to be on Venus. They would want to know if people could adapt to living there in the future. They would also like to know if food such as vegetables or fruit can be grown on Venus. They would also like to study the soil and weather changes on Venus.
These are all ideas and reasons that show why Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. Despite all the challenges they might go through, it can be a fun thing to do. | 3 |
Vroom, vroom goes the 1998 Chevy Impala next to you at the stop light. Driving has become apart of culture that is standard to the developed world. But the culture is slowly changing because the driving epidemic is becoming limited. Cars can be very expensive, harmful to the environment, and troublesome. Limiting car usage can help the environment, help finances, and reduce stress.
Cars are defined as metal cases with lether seats powered by gas or diseal. Gas and disel are fuels that are harmful to the Earth and can cause harmful emission and greenhouse gases. These gasses can cause smog, or smoke and fog mixed together creating a grey cloud of unbreathable dense air. Smog is very harmful for the environment and can heat the Earth which is not the ideal for the human body. In France, smog, caused by car emissions became unbearable, thus causing the entire city of Paris to ban cars for five days. According to Robert Duffer, "Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intensifying smog" (Paris Bans Driving due to Smog Paragraph 14). Therefore cars and its horrible blow can cause a blanket of harmful reactant. Cars can also cause greenhouse gases which is when the heat of the day and the cool of the night trap in the harmful emissions of a car. These greenhouse gases can also heat the Earth and can harm humans. Elisabeth Rosenthal states, "Passenger cars are responible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Euorpe...and up to 50 percent in some car-intensive areas in the United States" (Car-Free Cities Paragraph 5). In effort to save the Earth and the human race many cities and communties have adotped car-banning, reducing the amount of population caused buy cars.
A 2014 Lincoln MKX runs about $45,000, which is the equvialent to the salary of a high school teacher annually. Cars can be very expensive to buy, maintain, and to fuel. The price of oil is about $2.45 today. But over the past few years gas prices have fulcutated up to almost $4.00 a gallon. The average driver might buy gas every two weeks at 20 gallons, that equals $116 a month for gas. The money used to fuel the car has turned into a gas bill, not to mention the sparatic mishaps that can happen while on the road. Cars today have become an invesment instead of a luxury. Although, "transportation is the second largest source of America's emissions," does not mean it should remain. The advance in technology and resources has allowed people to reduce the use of cars, and ultimately save themselves money. For example, many people have co-workers that live near one another. Thus, both persons can carpool on alternate days. Mimi Sheller suggests, "the Internet makes telecommunting possible and allows people to feel more connected without driving to meet friends (End of Car Culture Paragraph 35). It is much easier and cheaper to carpool, take the bus, or take the subway. Limiting car usage would save money because more young people are "interested[in driving], but it's not a prority." Therefore, parents do not have to spend $30,000 on a new car for their 16 year old. "A study last year found that driving by young people decreased 23 percent between 2001 and 2009," which is putting money back into the pockets of parents and public transportation companies (The End of Car Culture Paragraph 39).
Road rage is the disease the that overtakes a person when another person is driving idiotically. Road rage is sitting at a green light at a complete stop because the person in front of you is too busy texting their BFF. Road rage is caused by driving. Driving can cause stress because cars are out of your control, traffic is out of your control, and time is out your control. When things are out of control, human nature is to panic. Driving is not the time nor the place to panic. Limiting car usage can reduce the effects of this stress caused by driving because there would be less people on the road, less traffic, and less crashes. Heidrun Walter says, "When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way" (Car Free Cities Paragraph 3). Less cars means less drivers which then means a safer environment for pedestrians. Less cars means less traffic which means no more road rage. Less cars means less cars because there are less reckless drivers grazing the road. Limiting car usage can also make people come closer together because it forces them to interact in order to get around. For instance, instead of hopping into you 2013 Camry you call an old friend who happens to work on a different floor of your office building. This interaction can spark a new realtionship and brightens your day. Cars and driving causes stress because it is out of control, but if cars are limited then the stressed caused by driving will be reduced.
Road rage, smog, and tickets, driving is the mush pot of the many problems of this world. Limiting car usage can save the planet, save money, and save you blood from boiling. The priviledge of driving has been taken advantage of and has caused the world to decay at its own expense. The human race has the ability remit from the tragdey of cars one city at a time. | 4 |
I think The challenge of Exploring venus is super wrong and i disagree with the author claims there are so many reason why this is a bad. One of many reason i have that, going to venus is super wrongand that going to venus is going to cost alot of money. In then text it talk about how venus is the second planet to our sun i really dont think thats a good claim because the sun is super hot and venus is located where the sun hits the most with its heat waves and the heat that sun provides is not safe for any human.
I disagree with the author because of his claims he makes he dosent make it sound too safe or a thing we should be reserching and putting time in, in the passage he states that humans have sent nuerous spacecrafts to land on the cloud draped world. Each of the spacecraft the have sent out to that world has only survived the landing for more then a few hours and that tells me that if we ever sent out a human out there in that with those conditions, if a metal car cant even last one hour how is a human going to surive out there.
Another reason is that if we ever put a human up there, theres no way they could live and make it because in the text it states that the atmosphere is made of nine sevent percent carbon dioxide and that on venus the suface the tempertures average over 800 degrees fehrenheit.
Nasa has one idea that i think could go very wrong why do i think is because nasa wants to send humans up to venus and try a car that floats and they are going to use jet engines to make it float and make it solar powerd. I really dont think thats a good idea because what is the jet engines going to take to fly and start i dont think using the sun can start up a jet engine.
If they mange to do it there comnaction are going to be bad becasue in the text it said that the world venus its really cloundy and bad to even see and they want to use old things from the 1940s to talk to each other overall i just that reserching ways to go to venus is a bad idea and that the author makes bad claims to support his dream. | 2 |
My personal position on this matter is against cars driving themselves. Because with this new techology a person must still have to drive but only in some sitations, if the car drives itself for most the time then when a person is crossing the road the car will do one of two things. If the car sees the person and does not know what to do it will signal the driver, but if the driver is not prepared or not watching the road the driver cannot respond in time to save that persons life. Another outcome can be if the radar is not facing the person the car will not "see" the human crossing and when the hits the person who is the murderer? Is it the car or the driver.
As shown at the end of paragraph 9, when there is a fight in court about an accident who is liable? Also to make matters worse if something like the story I wrote above would happen who is the murderer and that now causes a case between the driver and the manufacturer. That person could go to jail for not watching the road, when all that driver did was trust the car. I have read the article and never did say anything about a override from the driver. Which means if the driver did see the person crossing the road and he/she wanted to stop they couldn't and then when the person is hit and killed are they now responsable for this crime.
Most of auto-cars alert the driver to take control if there is roadwork ahead. As shown on paragraph 2, but can the driver be alerted in time to stop a crash? Which causes even more possible problems, as explained in paragraph 7, none of the cars are driverless and there are a few ways been made to alert the driver like vibrating seats and flashing lights. But can those alert the driver? To me that gambowl is too risky. But another problem is the technology, how expensive is it and if the technology is damaged can you not driver anywhere to get it fixed?
With all of these reasons and all of these possible problems I think that driverless cars are not worth it. | 2 |
About 25 years ago, NASA saw a "face" like figure on Mars. It was obvious that it was a large rock formation with shadow-like features. On April 5, 1998, Mars Global Surveyor flew over Cydonia for the first time and it caught a picture ten times sharper than the first. It revealed a natural landfom. But, because this was taken a cloudy day people believed it was an alien haze. Therefore on April 8, 2001, they took another picture on a cloudless day in Cydonia.
The spacecraft took a picture on m aximum resolution, which was far batter and clearer than the 1976 Viking photo. If any pyramids, shacks, or lifeforms were there we would have seen it, that's how pixelated the camera was. The photo shows that the "face" is the Martian equivalent to a mesa or butte rock formation. They compared it to the one in the Snake River Plain of Idaho.
Also, hollywood films, magazines, and radio talk shows aren't always reliable. Why would you believe a story based on something, with no actual facts to back it up? The actual pictures and evidence are a more reliable source rather than conspiracy theories, movies, or magazine articles. People have too much trust i the media that they don't rely on facts from NASA or other imporatnt officials anymore. After the clearer pictures were released people continued to believe there was aliens, or that NASA was hiding something. The pictures, facts, and even the example of the Idaho mesa give more proven details on this particular subject of the "face"
In conclusion, I believe the "face" on Mars is simply a mesa or rock formation, because rock formations aren't uncommon on this planet and they have more evidence to prove it such as pictures, examples of mesas, and basic information. Those who believe the conspiracy theories, or in aliens do not have enough information to back up their story. Therefore, the "face" is only a mesa. | 2 |
Unmasking the Face on Mars
This landform was not created by aliens because, it was naturally made. Scientists figured out it was only another martian mesa because it looked common like the other landforms. After taking another photo people started to become less satisfied.
It says in the passage, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing . . . a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." Then it says, "But the sensation was short lived. Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia, only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." It also states, "But not everyone was satisfied. The Face on Mars is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April ’98—a cloudy time of year on the Red Planet." Although it may look like a human face it's just a landform.
This proves that the "Face on Mars" is just a natural landform. Most of the proof that there are aliens, are just myths or fiction or science fiction to get people worried or scared. They only released this to the public to get attention. | 2 |
Driverless cars will be available in the future and there will be many benefits. In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars and these cars are going to change the world with positivities. Google had cars "driven more than half a million miles without a crash," according to pragraph 2. With Driverless Cars, people could multitask, relax, and there will be more safety.
First of all, people could be multitasking when use atonomous cars. For example, a new employee was late to work. He didn't have time to get dressed. He took his clothing and went toward the car. That is when driverless cars come in handy. He could dressed up in the car and the car would just be driving itself. He could also read, take a nap, and eat.
Secondly, there will be more safety. According to paragraph 5, these driverless cars "apply brakes on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine, allowing far better response and control than a human driver could manage alone." In paragraph 7, it talked about how they can also handle the speeds up to 25 mph. The car will notify the driver when it is required by flashing lights and other heads-up displays.
Also, many people around the world are using cars nowadays. By using driverless cars, humans could save money. Who wouldn't want that? In paragraph 1, Sergey Brin, Google cofounder, says that these cars would use lesser fuel than today's taxis and offer more flexibility than a bus. This is what everyone has been waiting for. The people who use this kind of car wouldn't regret this.
In conclusion, driverless cars will be bringing benefits to the people. These cars will change the world and the daily lives of humans. The reason is that, there will be less accidents and people wouldn't be injured very often. These cars could control the car than a human driver could. It could also saves money. Thoes are the positivies the driverless could bring to the world. | 2 |
Technology has improved immensely just in the last sixteen years. According to the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming", before 2000, a rover was " device on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars". Now, humans are trying to create cars that does not need a driver. Though technology has gone far, it has not gone far enough to accomplish such a feat.
The main issue with driverless cars is safety. Though there are numerous sensors surrounding the car and the driver is notified when they need to take control, there still isnt enough for a car to work on its own. Even if the car reached the technological point to ensure the safety of the passengers, another large safety concern would be other drivers on the road. Yes, the driverless car can sense when it is about to ensue a collision, it does not have the capability to avoid it, just lik any other car. So, as a human, I would rather trust myself for my safety over technology.
When it comes to the law, texting and drinking while driving is illegal. If driverless cars were created and used, humans would be breaking two laws that harm drivers the most. Yes, the driver will be notified when they are in need by lights and a vibrating seat, but if they are under the influence they will not be able to anyways. If they are distracted in any way by texting, food, etc. then they will not be in a ready situation to take control of the vehicle. AS a driver, it would be nice to sleep and the driverless car would allow that, but that would be just as dangerous as sleeping behind the wheel in a regular car. The driver would not be ready to take the wheel or they would not even notice when they are in need to take the wheel. Creating a heads up display would add to this distraction and would take on the role of texting and driving.
Though there are many negatives, the reader understands that there are positives. Using less gas would be extremely nice and would help economy. If driverless cars got to the point where it was only public and no one bought cars, then money would be saved by all. And, with the sensors, the car can drive very well on its own and it is at a very good point right now.
With the positives, though, it is not enough for the driverless car to save someone's life. It does not have the technology to avoid other drivers. And, driverless cars will never cancel the use of regular cars because not everyone will trust them. Driverless cars will create controversy, just as the passage brought up "Whose fault is it in an accident? The cars or the drivers?" Though driverless cars have come a long way and have very good ideas, they need much more work before they can be trustable. | 3 |
This "face" that was found on mars couldn't have been a alien because there wouldn't just be one found, there would've been more. Also If you have read the article about the face it says in paragraph two " Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enough around Cydonia only this one had unusual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." So that quote states that the shadows are making it look like a human face.
On April 5, 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over to Cydonia and ended up getting a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos. In paragraph seven where it says all the information it says " Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on JPL web site, revealing... a natural landform. There was no alien monument after all." so this means that after they went up to Cydonia they discovered it was just a natural landform, but people still doesn't want to believe it was just a rock that was shaped naturally, not by "aliens."
I understand how people think it is made by an alien because it looks so much like a human as you could see, you see a nose,eyes, and mouth which makes you think someone there had to create that, there is no way nature could just form a perfect looking human face like that. In paragraph twelve in the article it says "That's a lave dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." That prooves that nature could create something like that. Plus it says that it was just shadows making it look like that.
That "face" is just another rock formed by nature and people just need to let it go. There is no aliens found or discovered up there so there is no way. And while they are giving that rock so much attention, they are just making the NASA people just more paid for the attention. That "Face" is just a rock with shadows making it look that way and nothing more. | 2 |
The author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars in the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming". In my opinion based on the reading there are more negative aspects to these cars than positive.
To begin with some positive aspects to driving these cars include, using half the the fuel of todays cars, driven more than half a million miles without a crash, and protect from danger. These driverless claim to use less gas than any other car which would make it more flexible. Without using gas these cars would most likely be using electricity which does lower the pollution levels, this is a positive change. But by using electricity it will likely increase payments in electricity which wont be good for people when paying their bills. These cars also claim to have driven millions of miles without a crash, the negative aspect to this would be that the cars still arent truly driverless. I admit wreckage free driving is a really good thing but even with a non driverless car it could still be free from crashes. You cant blame crashes on the car it is the driver, so the driverless car really isnt that different from a careful driver because either way there are still wreckless drivers that could crash into you.
As i pointed out in the last example, this car claims to protect from danger but they cant say that for everyone. The bad drivers out there could very possibly still hit you even if you are in a driverless car. These cars may be good for when you might hit a car while going in reverse as told in passage 5, "sensors can apply brakes", these sensors can stop you from hitting someone but that probably cant stop someone from hitting you. Finally, yes this car sounds like a luxury claiming to protect from wreckage and drive millions of miles without crashing, but in realitly it wont help you improve your driving skills, by buying this car you will depend mainly on this car but still have to drive it because it is not 100% driverless.
Next,with this car there are many negative aspects that will come with it including the expensiveness, not being truly driverless, and the legal issues. This car being driverless and all is a very expensive car to manufactur. The parts themselves are very expensive to collect, as told in paragraph 6, "radar was a deie on a hilltop that cost two hundred million dollars". This radar alone is 2 hundred million dollars, that is insane considering that there are a lot more parts going into the car. Another negative aspect to this car would be the fact that this car isnt even 100% driverless. In paragraph 7 it says "special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel" , I mean i dont see what the point is to buy this car if it needs you took pay attention to the road at all times and keep your hands on the wheel. If you were going to have to do this why not you put your foot on the pedals as wheel and just drive a car yourself and not pay the ridiculous prices that this car will consist of. In paragraph 7 it also says "human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires" , if the point of this car is to be driverless then why should a human have to be alert and take over? Finally the last negative aspect to this car is the legal issues that it will bring. In paragraph 9 it states that " in most states it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars". The reason to this law is because states want to make sure that drivers, passagers, and pedestrians are safe, the law, makers believe that safety is best | 3 |
What if we could get to a new planet? What if humans got off of the Earth, and onto another planet? Would we build a new civilization? Could we even survive? In an article titled "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author explains many problems for why getting people on Venus will be difficult, and they present some potential solutions to these problems. The author supprts the idea that Venus exploration may be possible by using facts already known about Venus, presenting problems with getting on Venus, and presenting solutions for those problems.
First, the author knows a lot about Venus. Paragraphs 2 and 3 especially shows plenty of the knowledge the author has, and shows that they did research. The text supports this claim by saying "Earth, Venus, and Mars, our other planetary neighbor, orbit the sun at different speeds. These differences mean that sometimes we are closer to Mars and other times to Venus... A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus... On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Farenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience on our own planet." All of these facts show that the author did plenty of research and found some facts that can help support his future claims.
Next, the author presents multiple problems for why Venus exploration will be a difficult task. It is apparent once again that the author did plenty of research to find as many potential problems as they could. The text supports this claim by saying "No spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours... Numerous factors contribute to Venus's reputation as a challenging planet for humans to study... On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees... Such an environment would crush even a submarine accustomed to diving to the deepest parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals." This shows that the author knows many potential problems that could harm chances at landing a manned mission on Venus.
Finally, the author presents many potential solutions for the problems. The most important solution is for the surface and weather on Venus. The author presents this idea by saying "Imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling Venusian landscape. Just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher altitude to fly over many storms, a vehicle hovering over Venus would avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out of their way. At thirty-plus miles above the surface, temperatures would still be toasty at around 170 degrees Farenheit, but the air pressure would be close to that of sea level on Earth. Solar power would be plentiful, and radiation would not exceed Earth levels." This shows that there is a solution to the problem of Venus having unsurvivable conditions by hovering above Venus's surface to flat out avoid the harsh conditions.
In conclusion, the author gives a good explanation for why we might be able to conduct studies on Venus. The author supports his claim by presenting knowledge about Venus, presenting potential problems for making it to Venus, and presenting a solution that would negate almost all of the problems presented previously. Perhaps one day, we might be able to land a manned mission on Venus. | 3 |
Dear senator, I believe the Electoral College System is wrong.
In source number 2, Bradford Plumer states, "Under the electoral college system, voters vote for the president, but for a slate of electors, who in turn elect the president.". In other words, your vote is basically in the hands of someone else, and hopefully they vote for who you want what's even worse is electors are picked on at state conventions, sometimes state party's central committee, or even sometimes the presidental candidates, so you, the citizens don't get to pick the elector. Voters can not always control who their electors vote for and voters sometimes get confused about the electors and vote for the wrong candiate.
Moreover, in source number 2, Bradford Plumer states, "The single best arguement against the electoral college is what we might call the diaster factor... state legislatures are technically responsible for picking electors, and that those electors could always defy the will of the people...electors have occasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please.". Furthermore, this shows how the citizens of the United States of America really don't have a direct, liberal,voting system to choose who they want to won the election because at anypoint the electors can just go against what the citizens want and vote for who they please.
Lastly, Plumer states, "the electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each states, candidates don't spend time in each state because they know they hvae no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the 'swing' states.". Basically,this is saying that small states don't get to see campaigns or any of that because they're small states so they don't evem get a visit from the elector.
Overall, The electoral college is unfair, outdated and irrational. We should all have the right to vote for who we want directly and not have to go through electors which there is a very high chance they might change their minds and vote for the other party. | 3 |
Studying a planet called Venus is worthy pursuit but it is dengrous. As we have seen in the paragraph exploring Venus can teach us alot of things and there is alot of things that we can learn in Venus like if there is a life in there or if we can grow something there but no man have put his foot on it because it is too dengrous and too hard to go over there.
As we seen in the first paragraph Venus, sometimes called the "Evening Star" because it is one of the brightest points of light in the night sky. Venus is also known as Earth's "twin" since it is the closest planet to Earth in terms of density and size. Venus is sometimes right around the corner and humans have sent numerous spacecraft to land on this cloud-draped world. Each pervious mission is no man which mean just airplane or robot because no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours, that is the reason the no man have ever step on it. For others reason it is too hot even though Mercury is closer to our sun. The averange on the planet surface is 800 degrees which can kill us and it has greater pressuer than earth. It is 90 times greater than earth. The others reason is that it has powerful earthquakes,erupting, and frequent lightning steikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. To get over there NASA is trying to make thing that can land on the planet and stay for a very long time, so that they can explore.
So alot of our people are trying to go to Venus but it is challenging. They are trying and become stronger. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited b dangers and adoubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 1 |
I think that having driverless cars would be fun yeah, but i dont know if i would trust them at all times. Like what if you wanted to go to sleep? Would you trust a car with your family, or friends in it? I dont know if i would completly trust a car to get me where i want to be without it wrecking. I mean yeah i guess you can trust the smart people who made it, but i don't know if you could fully trust the car itself. Anything could go wrong.
My opinon is my opinon, other people may think differntly. But oh well. Most people would probaly buy this exspensive car just to look cool, but i mean would you rahter risk your safety? I dont know if i would. I mean look at all the people who do drugs, and other things just to look cool. They risk their lives, waist their money, and time just to impress somebody else. That's stupid! People can take over when they want to, so i think that that's kind of good to be able to have that protection. If somethings going wrong, then the car would make noises basically saying " hey something wrong here".
I think its honestly up to the people, and how they feel about getting in a car that drives on its own. Yes, i kind of do think it would be fun to be able to have a car drive me, but on the other hand, it would be kind of scary too. There are some reasons why i'd pick to own one. I would own one, because they would be nice to own. It'd be interesting too! I think i could get use to having a car driving me around. Another reason why i think people would perchase this car, is to have it drive them home, or around place to place when they can't drive because they are drunk. I think that's smart really, because their not risking other people lives, when their out getting drunk, and try to drive themselves home. So yeah im 50/50 about driverless cars. I kind of have my opinon on owning one, and not owning them. So im not really against it, and im not fully sure about ever owning one. If the world decides to drive driveless cars, then i'd probally be more willing to own one myslef. I think i'd rather see how driverless cars go with other people before i purchase one. That would be smart to watch before you waist your money on smomething that might break, or you could possibly get hurt by or die in. I'd rahher be able to trust the car a little more, and see how things go, before i accually buy one for myself. | 1 |
Hello, This is Ruby from scientist at NASA. I wanted to talked about the "Unmasking the Face on Mars" that it was created by aliens. First of all, I don't think it's a natural landform becasue it just can't be. So, that mean the unmasking was created by an aliens.
For this argument, I come up with three reasons for that. My first reason is, how can the unmasking face can be natural landform?The answer is, it was created by
an aliens."How do you know?" Even other scientist said
that the unmasking face was natural landform I still think it's from the an alien. My secod reason is, the unmasking face look like a human face so the point is the aliens might look like human,us. We don't know if it is a natural landform or not. So, it can be but the only reason for that is, it was created by aliens. My last reson about the unmasking face is, natural landform can be but there's no provement for that .
In conclusion, I wanted to tell you that
the "Unmasking the Fcae on Mars" is created by an aliens. Why? because that's the only way there's an unmasking face. I'm positive that the "Unmasking the Face on Mars" was created by an aliens. | 0 |
Beep! Beep! Everyday people around the world drive to accomidate their busy schedule. With so many vechicles swarming the streets of the world there is bound to be conquences. Although it is impossible to understand how todays actions will affect the future. We can hypothesise that by reducing car usage we can preserve the world by lowering emissions and conserving rescources, create stronger communities, and keep cities beautiful.
Today nations around the world are working to create communties that offer an enjoyable life without the use of a car. For example in Vauban, Germany a suburban community has made car use generally forbidden. if fact poeple themselves are pushing for a way to avoid cars. In article one it was reported that "57 percent of Vauban's families sold a car to move to that community." One mom reposrts how she enjoys to be able to walkdown the streets listening to the sound of children playing(Article 1). In America teenagers are driving later because they don't feel the need to drive. In article four Elisabeth Rosenthal has found that her children would rather find summer jobs that they can acess without the use of car. In Bogota, Columbia the citizen have been enjoying the 118 miles of bicycle paths that have been in place since the mid-1990s. Today they continue to be enthratled with a carless city with the pop ups of new parts and sport centers. now citizens can take a stroll and visit resturants and upscale shopping districts all without the use of the car(Article 3). With the renewal of city centers the old life in suburbs has become less and less appealing.
Even more importantly reducuding drivers would help perserve the world. the idea is that by limiting the cars on the road emissions can be brought down. in responce to smog conditions Paris, France took the intitive to issue a partial driving ban. Article 2
Paris bans driving due to smog explains how Paris went about this feat "On Monday motorists with even numbered license plates were ordered to leave their cars at home or suffer a 22-euro fibne. The same would apply to odd-numbered plates the following day." During that week congestion was down 60 percent. they took this drastic approach becuase they were nearing the amount of smog in one ofthe most polluted city in the world, Beijing, China. According to article 4 recently in america researchers have found that the rate of car ownership is dropping. "Many sociologists believe that is this pattern persists it wil have beneficila implications for carbon emissions and the environment, since transportation is the second largest source of america's emissions"(Article 4).
One thing is for certian the current trends is leading to less cars and the creation odf additional methods of transportation such as Ford and Mercedes who have already started to create a "broader product range beyond the personal vechicle"(Source 4). Although Bill Ford along with other car companies would suffer from the conversion he surprisingly has been pushing for a world without cars(Article 4). In fact at the mobile world Convention in 2012"Bill Ford laid outr a business plan for a world in which personal vechicle ownership is impractical or underirable. He proposed partening with telecommunications industry to create cities in which pedestrian, bibycle, private cars, commercial and public transportation office are woven into a connected network to save time, connserve resources, lower emissionsand imporve safety(Article4).The world is certianly moving toward a world were car emissions are reduced, life is more enjoyable, and world city maintian their charm. By invovling yourself in this new type of world you are ensuring that future generations get to experience the same beuatiful world that exists today. There are big plans for this world join them. | 3 |
The author suggests that venus is worthy for pursuit for space travel.
There are some dangers and risk factors that come along in the travel.
The author does include a lot of risk factors but also a lot of benifits.
I'm suppose to evaluate and give my input of how well the author explained this topic.
The author comes out saying how Earth and Venus are so similar and shape and density and how close it is from us.
I like how the author included this so you have an idea of how far it is and that one day it could be accomplished.
The author talks about unmanned space crafts and how each time they went to venus they would only last a few hours.
I think he includes this because some readers get in image how dangerous of a travel it is.
The author goes into detail about the factors the contribute of how dangerous venus is.
The text says
''A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus.'' and ''On the planet's surface, temperatures average over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmosphric pressure is 90 times greater than ehat we experience on our own planet.''
The author goes into detail of why we need to explore such a dangerous place.
The text 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.''
I like how the author said how Earth was like Venus so people get an idea of how that they are similar in surface.
The author includes of how NASA is trying to get people to Venus.
The text says ''NASA's possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface of Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray.''
I like how the author includes that a big company is trying to change the way of space travel.
The author wraps the text up by how the goal is not unrealistic and how people need to work hard to accomplish these goals.
The text says ''Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of insight to be ganied on the planet itself, but also becuase human curiosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors.'' | 2 |
I disagree with this use of technology beacause i think we are relying too much on tech. Today we use so much technology that we are taking a test on a computer that used to be on paper! I worry that if we were to have a nationwide powersurge we'd be sitting ducks. but a couple decades earlier I think we could have been alright. When you are talking with someone you shouldn't rely on tech to tell you how they're feeling, personally I think it's inhumane. I should be able to look at someone and by they're expression (which the computer reads) I myself alone should be able to tell what they are feeling, and if not then you can ask them with your words like a human being would. We aren't robots we don't need to ask siri how are loved ones are feeling. It completely takes away the joys of bonding and in the case of mona lisa, the elegance of mystery. I personally love art and portraits because it's fun to try and figure out what they are thinking and then ask someone else what they think because that person might have a different idea. Using technology would take away peoples idea to different veiw points of the same portrait. I think we should rely on ourselves to figure out what mona lisa is thinking. Personally to me, she looks like a caring guardian kind of woman, maybe a mother or loved one. Going back the text says she was 83% happy, 9%disgusted, 6%fearful, and 2%angry. I say it's 100% up to you. In the case of the students what if the picture is taken when they blink? Or if they sneeze? Jane could be having a really sad day and the picture could be taken at the worng moment and say she was ecstatic. You can rely on tech for these readings you need to read them face to face. Ask them how they are feeling, don't just run up and snap a pic. In conclusion, use your words and ask how someone is feeling! | 3 |
Driverless cars in the future would be a sight to see.
Driverless cars let you go to the places you need to go without having to pay attention and letting the car do all the work.
These high-tech cars would offer a more effecient way of transportation.
They would provide a more flexible way of transportation than a bus would.
Using taxis as a way of trasnportation uses a lot of fuel compared to a driverless car that uses half the amount of fuel that a taxi does. These driverless cars could fundamentally change the future of transportation.
On the other hand, these cars cause some issues.
Considering how high-tech these cars would be, the prices would be very high therefore not selling as well as a normal car or taking the bus or taxi as transportation.
Building the roads for these cars would be extremely expensive to build because of the materials that are used to build them. Some examples of what are used to build these roads are sensors, wires, GPS receiver, and motion sensors.
Plus, due to the lack of a driver's attention, the car could get into traffic jams and then cause wreckless driving.
These futureistic cars would be both uselfull and damaging to the human race.
Driverless cars are an experience everyone is waiting for. | 2 |
Article one was about electeral college and how it works. It explanined to us how when presidents get elected they have there own party to vote for them and, how the goverment has to prepare a certificat of ascertainment listing all candidates who ran for presadient in your state alony with the names of their respective electors.
Article two was about the electeral college, and why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong. well in differnt places or state's you would vote for a cernten person supposably all fifty states are differnt some are republicans and some are democarts. so the states that are democrats are the ones that would vote ofr the democrats and the ones that are republinacs would vote for there kind and hopefuly there kind would win.
So i feel that both of the aritcles are the same but personally i thinkthat the first article has more support and more detail. I honestly dont have no idae what the heck Electeral college is it takes more than just two little articlesto tell me what something is. but I think I will have tosay i would like to vote to keep it beacuse it sounds ok from what i've read i maen. It is like i said if I had more information on it and understood what it really maent and what it was for I would be abke to give u a more striaght foward answer. But i do have to say I think we should keep it beacuse it looks like something good and something worth giving a shoot but form where my family is and what they belive i am going to have to go with there choice of who the go for or what they go for which they are republicans so therefor we r going to want nothing but republican to win. I mean not saying i will ever go my own way but i am just not ready to go and pick which party i want to follow yet. So yes i am going to have to vote for the keeping and trying of this i think it is worth the shoot. | 0 |
My Position on driverless cars is i am not for driverless cars at all. Driverless cars are another thing that will make this country become more lazy and more careless. Sergey Brin the cofounder of google believes it will changes the world fundamentally, no this will not again this will make the whole lazy and careless and say they get in a an accident who do you blame the car the driver the padestrian? Driverless cars will make The world not a better place but a place where everyone is too obese or lazy to do anything. Driverless cars are also verry dangerous as well as stupid.
Driverlesss cars are dangerous becuase you wont know what to expect from the car. You wont know if the car will make a wrong turn break down out of no where,shut off completely or maybe even blow up at some point. Driverless cars are also very dangerous becuase they will not no what to do with all the oil they may not need any more, where are you gonna get rid of it , dump it in a river, ocean; no absolutely not. This is also not gonna be benefitical to gas companies or the goverment because where does all the money that we will usually spend on gas go that will go the goverenment, it will go to our familes and friends and be able to buy nice stuff for ourselves and not have to pay the government who already doesnt benefit the United States of America.
Driverless Cars are pointless and will not give us any benefits for our lives.
Again, My opinion is Driverless cars are very pointless and the will not benefit the US. It will only be destructive and a waste of time. It will also be another reason Americans will soon become obese and lazy, more than it is now. Finally, Whats your opinin about this? | 2 |
Dear,
State Senator
I believe that the way of voting for a president though the Electoral College is outdated. The popular vote should be deciding who becomes president. Some Runner-ups have had the backing of the popular vote and not won because of the Electoral College. Several things you should consider is people can actually vote though popular vote, the minority will have a better chance, and presidents have lost to the Electoral College.
First, People can actually vote, when people go to vote for the next preident or the returning one they arent actually voting for the president they are voting for electoral votes but some state wont even allow people to vote for that. Some states the electors vote for who they want and the peoples votes they are accounting for become nothing. They go out and vote for nothing. " Back in 1960, segregationists in the Louisiana Legislature nearly succeeded in replacing the Democratic electors wiht new electors who would oppose John F. Kennedy."(source 2) This is what cna happen when poeple can vote who they want and u have electors doing it for them they will put someone in the race that no one wants to really be there. But some poeple say that the Electoral College is there to help us and to help most states have the winner take all system. " The electoral college is unfair to voters. Because of the winner-take-all system in each state, candidates don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winning, focusing only on the tight races in the "swing" states."(source 2) which means that they won't visit every state because there is no reason to visit some.
Next, The minority will have a chance, If there ever is a deadlock in the campiagn the voting will have to go to the house which will be mostly filled with the majority side. So the minority won' have much of a chance." Because almost all states award electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis, even a very slight plurality in a state creates a landslide electoral-vote victory in that state." (source 3) that means a close election isn't so close anymore because of Electoral vote. But some people will say u can never get a tie. " A tie in the nationwide electoral vote is possible because the total number of votes-538- is an even number."(source 3)
Continueing on that note, Runner-ups have lost due to electoral vote but have won the popular vote."According to a Gallup poll in 2000, taken shortly after Al Gore- tanks to the quirks of the electoral college- won the popular vote but lost preisidency."(source 2) Which means Al Gore would have been president and not the other guy. Which would have changed today in one way or another. Some people do say The electoral vote is for the better. " The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President." (source 1)But why do they get to vote for them and we dont.
In Conclusion, The Electoral College should be eradicated and the popular vote should take its place. The popular vote is better because people can actually vote, the minority will have a chance, Presidents loss becasue of Electoral Vote but win the Popular vote. In the end the Electoral College is outdated, unfair, and irrational. | 3 |
Facial Action Coding System, a new technology that enables computers to identify human emotions. Personally, I think that sounds like a good, well-built, successful invention. There are a lot of technologies and experiments that haven't worked in the past, but I think this could actually get the researchers somewhere. Technology seems to be increasing everyday and I feel like the new Facial Action Coding System is a good step to make and push forward for the future. The process is starting with a 3-D computer to make a model of a face.
That includes all fourty-four major muscles in the model must move just like you see on a real, living human. Without the muscle movement features, people would not be able to tell how this creature persay, is actually feeling emotionally or physically. The fact that the professers, and scientist are putting that much thought and detail into this object, is mind boggling. The author then explains in paragraph six, that the Mona Lisa demonstration is actually intended to make the people looking at it, smile. It also shows how much the computers can do and make. While looking at this newly invented object, it should make you think about how it was all created and how it all came to be.
Personally, I feel like this new invention called Facial Action Coding System could make a good impact on the kids in the future. Most people nowadays love technology and know how it all works. I feel like it's a good invention and could impact not just humans, but also the world. More jobs, careers, and opportunities will take charge with this new object at hand. I think it could become something new, helpful, and entertaining. | 1 |
Emotions in the classroom? This is a question ask by many people. Should we or should we not include technology that can read our emotion in the classroom. I believe that we should because this could bring learn to a whole new level.
We all know that moment when a teacher is teaching something on the board and we pretty much have no idea what they are talking about, imagin a computer being able to reconize that and help you out with out the teacher having to stop the lesson. This would make the lives of students and teachers better, student that understand could go on with the lesson as the teacher teaches it. The students that don't understand could wait up for a second and learn that part of the lesson before they through another wrench at you.
This topic intersest many people because we have the ablity to change the way students loearn every day. I often wonder when my parents ask me what I learned today. Many days I come home without a clue on what I learned then i'm expected to do a homework page or two everynight. With the new technology we would'nt have to worry about students going home without a clue if because if could reconize if they were having a tuff time. then it would instantly jump into action to try to help the student.
This could also help students learn their intrests, here at my school we have a class called Careers. This class exposes us to many diffrent career choices, with this new technoloy this could help us decide if we like that career. The emotion detecer could really help when you are stuck between to jobs. It will tell you what you are feeling between the jobs.
The only issue with this is how could they make this famous around the globe. With technology where its at right now the invention could take years to put into a class room. How would they mass produce this peice of technolohg? This is a question I often find myself thinking about when I am told a new invention is coming out. Paragraph 7 really hits me hard with the question of, How do we need to wait until our home PC can handle it? This is something that the creators need to take into conideration if they want this exposed to the pubic.
I say yes to this technology joining the everyday classroom because I believe that so many kids would beafit from having anothe "teacher" in the class. | 2 |
The advantages of limiting car use are you become less stressed, you have cleaner air, and decreases the amount of traffic jams.
First, limiting car use will lessen stress. for example, in the article Car-Free City a woman says, "when i had a car i was always tense. im much happier this way." She is happier because she does not have a car. in the article "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in bogota" it also says, "It's a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air polution..." Having a car makes you more stressful.
Secondly, limiting car use helps the air be cleaner. For instance, in the passage "paris bans dring due to smog" by Robert Duffer it says,"after days of near-recod pollution,Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city." Cars pollute our air so putting bans on cars will freshen our air.
Thirdly, limitation on the use of cars will decrease the amount of traffic jams. for example, in the article "car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota" it states that, "...leaving the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of trffic jams." with out so many cars being on the road other forms of transportation jush as buses or trams have room them to drive and be on time.
In conclusion, limiting the amount of cars is a good idea. The advantages to limiting car use are that lessens the amount of stress, it provides cleaner air, and decreases traffic jams. | 2 |
You may believe that the face that you see on mars has been created by some other living thing or aliens, but it is nothing more than a natural land mass. The shadows casted on the mass makes it look like a face staring back at you, It seems to be quite menacing.
If you get closer to the mass of land you can see that is nothing more thann a 2 mile wide hill calles a mesa. you can find these on earth even, for insance in Middle Butte In the state of Idaho. This fact proving that it is nothing but a coincedence. From a distance the 1971 viking photo did look as if it was definately a face.
When this image was released everyon at NASA was shocked. They couldn't believe what they were seeing, then later we sent out a new spacecraft with a higher resolution than the old one. It proved that this mystery face was just a hoax. Some might wish that we would have found a secret civilization on Mars but those wishes won't come true.
As we develop more high-tech devices, cameras, and space crafts, We learn that everthing is not what is seems to be. Our newer cameras have about triple the resolution with each pixel spaning at 1.56 meters, while in the original viking photo the pixes are bigger with a span of 43 meters.
Your brain can play tricks on you, making things seem different to what they really are. these are called optican illusions. Don't let your mind trick you go with your gut feeling and choose the side that sounds more realistic to you. do you really think that aliens exist and could build something of those porportions? | 2 |
Valubale FACS Technology in the Classroom
FACS is an acronym for the new technology named Facial Action Coding System. It enables computers to identify human emotions. This technology is quite interesting and also complex. Dr. Huang predicts "A classroom computer could recognnize when a student is becoming confused or bored". He says that by knowing that we as students are bored the computer would "modify the the lesson like an effective human instructor."
I believe that FACS, the new technology of facial action coding, would be very effective and valuable in the classroom. I know that as a student reading a so called "never ending" article causes me to become sleepy and uninterested. With the modification of the lesson, I think that it will enhance the attention given to the lesson. Students are struggling so much as ADD and ADHD seem to have been on the rise or rather the diagnoses or those things. Students become uninterested when they don't think that it will benefit them or their future and when they have to read a lot of material that's dry. If attention to the lesson is heightened grades will more than likely raise as heighten as well.
In conclusion, I believe that a Facial Action Coding System would be nice to have in the classroom and would bring a lot more interest back into school work. At the end of the article the author stated "Whoever thought that making faces could reveal so much about the science of emotions!" That being said, I think that another claim could be "Whoever thought that making faces finally worked after all these years and we get someone who cares enough to make our lessons interesting". So many students around me and I know that other students in other areas don't even care about school anymore because they don't feel that their opinion about what they learn matters and it's sad that a computer software program has to do it instead of our leaders and teachers but as long as we get what we need and as long and our grades go up I find this FAC system to be amazing software to put into the school systems. | 2 |
Advantages of Limiting Car Usage
Imagine walking out into a world of smoke, dust, and fog; finding oranisms exstinct or hiding. This is a glimspe of our future. If we do not conrol car usage in our days today this is what it will come to. Limiting car usage has a plethora of advantages.
In Vauban, Germany, past car owners have given up their veihicles for a better life. "'When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,' sad Heidrun Walter, a media trainer and mother of two, as she walked verdant streets where the swish of bicycles and the clatter of wandering children drown out the occasional distant motor."(
"In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars"
by Elizabeth Rosenthal Paragraph 3 Lines 20 through 25). Many people have given up their cars and homes to move to this upscale communtity. It is an example of a trend to separate suburban life and auto use.
There are efforts going on right now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. Twelve percent of those emissions are from passenger cars and up to fifty percent in car-intensive areas in the United States.
According to the article
"Paris Bans Driving Due to Smog"
, Paris, France has enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city after days of a near-record pollution. People who were motorists or drove licensed cars were ordered to not drive or they were to pay a fine of $31(22-euro fine). This did not stop most of the people however, because four thousand drivers were find, and 27 of them had their cars impounded for how they reacted upon this.
Paris typically has more smog. Having limited car usage enabled the congestion(car traffic) to go down 60 percent in Paris. Even though after this enforcement of the driving ban made delivery companies coplain of lost revenue, there were agreements for hybrids and cars carrying three or more passangers.
Imagine walking outside to the fresh air while feeling a rose petal on a near-by bush and watching a squirell and blue jay up in the trees. The neighbors are getting on their bike to the lake across town. All is happy and clean. This was due to limiting car usage in not just Paris and Vauban, but everywhere. | 1 |
Dear,
State Senator:
I am writing you this letter today to tell you that we should change the elction by popular vote for the president of the United States. At the most, the electoral college is extremely unfair to the voters, and the system allows much worse disaster than the fiasco that happened in 2000.
The electoral college is unfair to the voters voting for the president and other candidiates. Using the "Winner-Take-All" system, the voters know they have no chance of winning, focusing on the tight races in the states also. All because they can't spend time in states.
Also, voters vote not for the president, but for the state of electors who vote for the president. Get this, if you lived in Texas, and you wanted to vote for John Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pleadged on him. Don't forget that there is the off chance that those electors won the stateside election, they would go to Congress and John Kerry would get 34 electoral votes but, who are they electors? I'll tell you, they can be anyone not holding public office.
Also, another reason why the Electoral College should be vacant, is because of the what happened in 2000. During the 2000 campaign, 17 states did not see the candidiates at all!
Those sates would include, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. Also, voters in 25 of the largest media markets didn't get to see a single campaign add. Not one, and the electoral college has the power to make things worse than what happened in 2000.
It's no secret anymore, the electoral college is unfair, irrational, and outdated. We should not let the electoral college get away with what they are doing! completley unfair to the voters and another fiasco like 2000, or even worse than that can start up again. It's hard, it's very hard for me the say this, but I know, and you know that Bob Dole was right, we need to abolish the electoral college!
I hope you have the time the read this letter and seriously think about making some changes. I don't know much about politics but, I do know that what the electoral college is doing is not right at all. They are cheating voters just like they have been donig since 2000, maybe even a long time before that.
Sincerely,
PROPER_NAME
SCHOOL_NAME | 2 |
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