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The Office Of Tomorrow
Number of Words: 3802 / Number of Pages: 14
... he chooses. It might
be the company library, or a common area under a bright window. It could even be
the dining room or Student Union, which houses punching bags, televisions and a
pool table. Wherever he goes, a network forwards mail and phone pages to him and
a computer routes calls, faxes and E-mail messages to his assigned extension. He
simply logs onto the firm's computer system and accesses his security-protected
files.
He is not tethered to a specific work area nor forced to function in any
predefined way. Joe Smith spends mornings, and even sometimes an entire day,
connected from home via so ...
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Computers As Medical Treatment Devices
Number of Words: 771 / Number of Pages: 3
... could
release the tension on the cornea and allow it to form into it's proper
shape. Now, with the help of modern science and computers, it's possible to
use lasers in surgical procedures to reshape the lens.
The procedure consists of creating a "flap" on the outermost layer
of the cornea, and folding it back, allowing the laser to change the
refractive index of the old lens by effectively vaporizing the surrounding
layers.
This technology would definitely not have been possible had it not
been for computers. The laser itself has to be correctly aimed, so as to be
the most effective; a ...
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Trends In Telecommunications
Number of Words: 415 / Number of Pages: 2
... bandwidth or information-carrying capacity
• small physical size
• relative low cost
The speed at which information can be moved through the fiber optic
cable is also an important advantage. AT&T established an experimental
fiber optic system that moves digital information at a speed of 8 gigabits
(8 billion bits) per second over a 68-mile stretch of repeaterless fiber
optic cable. One gigabit per second is fast enough to support 15,000 voice
circuits.
The growth of fiber optics has other features that make it valuable
to future telecommunications. Since the light wave transmission is ...
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Green Architecture
Number of Words: 656 / Number of Pages: 3
... is also been given to future uses as well. An adaptable structure can be "recycled" many times over the course of its useful life. If specific technical issues prevent use of the building for a new function, then the materials used in its construction are designed to facilitate ease of recycling and reprocessing of materials.
Buildings consume a variety of materials in their construction. Green design reduces the dependence on resource intensive products and materials. Today, there are an increasing number of products available made from efficient, earth-friendly, or recycled materials. In ...
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Using Electronic Mail To Communicate With The Staff
Number of Words: 1248 / Number of Pages: 5
... is not available the patient will be denied membership. (Simmons, Mrs. Juanita to Member Service & Education staff. 13 June 1998. Process Change - Residency Issue.)
The communication effort failed via memo in this situation. The memo was typed and distributed June 13th. The only time the ten Member Service Representative received their correspondence is when they need to come in for our monthly staff meeting. Unfortunately July's staff meeting was not held until the second Friday of that month due to the first Friday being July 4th weekend. The secretary did her part in transmitting the mess ...
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Webhosting For An Online Store
Number of Words: 667 / Number of Pages: 3
... store, and would expect that a similarly high proportion of Web stores would go out of business as a result.
I guess that most Web merchants are complacent, either assuming that they will never have to change hosts or that if they do it will be a straightforward matter. However, the truth is that changing your Web hosting service can be very difficult, particularly for e-commerce sites because the software the store runs on - whether CGI scripts or a fully-fledged Web commerce server - needs to be moved as well.
So how do you go about changing to a new Web hosting service? Whilst it's impossib ...
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The Public Broadcasting System: Digital Technology And HDTV
Number of Words: 1618 / Number of Pages: 6
... sole
television network of public stations. Collectively, educational
establishments, community organizations or state and municipal groups,
operate approximately 350 member stations. All public television stations
highlight the importance of illuminating cultural and educational
programming, as well as distinguished programs on nature, science, and
public affairs. In PBS: Behind the Screen, Laurence Tarvik depicts this
unique organisation as "a $5 million appropriation" which over time, became
a "multi-billion worldwide multi-media empire" (xvii). Over four decades,
PBS has become a leader in ...
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The Year 2000 Problem
Number of Words: 852 / Number of Pages: 4
... of software applications, thus affecting millions of computers world-wide. It not only affects calculations for interest rates, inventories, or insurance policies, but every major aspect of our modern economic infrastructure. Government agencies, businesses, and financial institutions use software applications that contain date computation functions. The following types of organizations would be affected: utilities, transportation, manufacturing, banking, finance, defense, education, healthcare, and government agencies. Should the computer systems of these organizations fail, have you ever stop ...
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Society And Technology
Number of Words: 373 / Number of Pages: 2
... Besides the wars, society has not grown in understanding other people. There is still prejudice today. Many hate groups like the KKK are still around today, and many new ones have come into being. In the past when our country was just starting to be formed, there were prejudices just because people were different. Over 100 years later, people haven't changed much, and there is still prejudice, making one wonder if we have become civilized yet.
Technically we have become civilized. We can now travel across the country in a few hours or send someone an e-mail. Most people think that beco ...
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Bridge Structures
Number of Words: 485 / Number of Pages: 2
... supported on one or more semicircular stone arches. One of the most famous bridges would be The Pont du Gard at Nimes, France. It has three tiers of arches rising 155 feet above the Gard River, spans a distance of 855 feet. It was built in the late 1st century BC or the early 1st century AD.
The cantilever bridge is characterized by spans that are supported not at the ends but near the center of the grider or truss.
A suspension bridge 1010 feet long was designed and constructed by the German-American engineer John Roebling over the Ohio River, at Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1846. It was the f ...
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