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da302f5 | A driverless public taxi system? Or complications waiting to happen? Driverless cars are becoming a thing that most car companies want to get their hands on designing. After considering some of the cons to driverless cars such as; they are not completly driverless yet, they conflict with the existing laws of the road, and in case of of an accident who would be to blame?
Driverless cars may seem like a great idea at first, until you actually look in to the idea and its complications more. They haven't made a completely driverless car yet. There are several cars out there like the BMW Traffic Jam Assistant car and The Google car who can steer, brake, and accelerate themselves. The cars are not completely driverless, the cars still have to alert the driver in the car when pulling into or out of driveways, approching roadwork, accidents, or other complicated traffic issues. While the car is driving this will allow some drivers to become disracted (by eating, texting, talking on the phone, oher people in the car,
and a number of other things), this could cause them to not hear the car when it tells the driver to take over to drive through what ever obstacles could be occuring. With a distracted driver like this the likleyhood of accidents is sure to increase. With accidents come blame, and who is to blame if the car malfunctions? Their will be many cases from accidents just trying to decided who is to blame for the accident. Was the driver at fault for owning a car that malfunctioned and didnt tell them to take over? or is the manufacturer at fault for their car not doing what was said to suposedly do? There would have to be some type of law made to determine who is at fault for the accident in what cases. In addition to that law they would have to revaluate and modify other laws just to make driverless cars legal to drive. Laws today are written assuming that drivers have they're hands on the wheel
and are in control of the car the whole time, but with driverless cars those same assumptions cannot be applied. Because, of this today there are
only 4 states that allow limited use of semidriverless cars.
So are driverless cars really worth all of the complications that come with them? is it worth making a completley new set of laws to apply to he cars? Playing the blame game?
The increase of accidents? For these reason i suggest you think about how cool a driverless car really is. | 3 |
da34069 | Throughout the article author, Nick D'Alto, meets Dr. Huang who has created a way to recognize someones real emotions through technonlgy and a computer system that could help people read emotions of students in a class room. The new software that has been developed and is being used on humans is the Facial Action Coding System. The first subject was the Mona Lisa painting, to us it is just a portrait with a woman in it smiling, but to Dr. Huang he uses a coding system to find out that she was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2% angry (D'Alto 1). This was all figured out by a computer, now imagine being able to read a whole class room full of students real emotions with just one click of a button.
If teachers and other students knew how a whole class room of students were actually feeling deep down inside everyone could probably end up having a good day everyday. Most people like to keep their emotions privite, because living in this world today anyone can put a smile on their face and pretend they are okay. Not everyone is really ever always okay. Which us humans are aware of because we can tell how someone is feeling just by the looks on their face. Yet humans are not experts so to us, "The facial expressions for each emotion are universal." (D'Alto 4). No one ever truly knows how one another is feeling, but this Facial coding system can help fix that. Evidence states in paragraph 8, "To an expert, faces don't lie; these muscle clues are sometimes used to spot when a "smiling" politician or celbrity isn't being truthful." With this new technology humans can physically no longer lie about how they are feeling. While joining this experiment it is said by, "the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotions, moving your facial muscles not only express emotions, but also may even help produce them." So if a class room of students just joined this experiment it could actually make them much more happier.
Concluding, that this tecnological emotional experiment being used on a classroom full of students could help everyone have a good day every day. Everwhere around the world humans can put a smile on their face and predend they are okay, but with this new coding system it could truly help prevent that. If a student in the class room was pretending to be okay, and then stood infront of the computure to be coded it would pick up the real emotions on the face just by obseving a mouth being streached sideways using the zygomatic major and risorius revealing the student isn't actually happy. With the help of Science and Dr. Huang it could reveal so much more about the real emotions in someone elses life that no one ever knew about. | 3 |
da342ec | Just A Natural Landform..
The image shown in the capturing photos brought back from Mars revealed something, some call an alien, and others call a natural landform. The image seemed to have caught everyone's attention. As mentioned in the article, it has starred in Hollywood films, magazines, been heard on radio talk shows, and has appeared in books. The images seemed to have reminded people of other natural formations, looking like a natural landform.
Many things like this seem to remind people of other natural formations. Paragraph 12, from the exerpt, states "It reminds me most of Middle Butte in the Snake River Plain of Idaho," says Gavin. "Thats a lava dome that takes the form of an isolated mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars." Gavin, like many others thought this formation looked like other natural landforms.
The face is just a natural form. Paragraph seven from the article "Unmasking the Face on Mars" also stated "There was no alien monument after all." The same paragraph also included "Thousands of anxious web surfers were wating when the image first appeared on a JPL web site revealing... a natural landform."
I can see why many people would think the natural formation looked much like an alien because, as included in the exerpt, it looked like a shadowy likeness of a human face. However, it looked like it was a huge rock formation with a human head formed by shawdows.
The images captured were just revealing a natural formed, that looked like some other natural forms found all other the world. As stated in the article, "The face is just a natural form." | 3 |
da3c348 | I think that people should join Luke's participation in the Seagoing Cowboys program. I have four reasons why you should join and you will have fun.You will get to go places to help in the seagoing program.
If you join the program you will get to go to places you'll go on boats. If you never been on one then this could be your first time riding one to the other side of the Earth. One place you'll probably go to is New Orleans. You'll like it if you never been to a different state or different countries. You will get to help people all over the world.
Second is that if you join the program it could be an opportunity of a lifetime. You can miss out a lot of fun stuff people would do if you don't join the program.
Not just the people that join the program would like it. The people that you are helping would like it because you are helping them and taking care of them. Imagine you needed help I know you will like it because someone is taking care of you. So you should join the progarm and help people or animals that need your help.
Third is that you can meet people that are from World War II you'll get to help them the ones that got affected from that war. If you join the program people would like to join too if you tell how much fun it is and how much people your saving or helping. You can invite your friends to come with you too and you wouldn't be alone with no friends it might be better if you bring a friend along with you, so that you have someone to talk to at the trip.
Last is that your encouraging people to come join the program. You might end up getting on tv so that people all over the world can see what you are doing to other people or animals. If people see you what you are doing maybe they might want to do that too and would want to join the Seagoing Cowboys program. One animal you will probably see on the ship is 335 horses with enough hay and oats to kept them fed.
There are my reasons why you should join the program you will have a lot of fun. I know I am having a lot of fun helping and being part of the program. I hope you join the program if you do. I will help you and how this program works you can also bring a friend if you want. It is your choice to bring a friend along if you want to, if you don't bring a friend i will help you to get started for the first three days because you'll know how everything works before the fourth day. See you there at the program if you join the Seagoing Cowboys program! | 4 |
da4204b | Have you ever thought of how future cars may look like? With technolongy rapidly increasing each year, in the next couple of years cars might be the ones doing all the driving without the need of people controlling it. In other words, in the future there could be the invention of driverless cars. Now, do you think this would be a good idea or not so much? Well, in the article, Driverless Cars Are Coming, the author points out a few postitive and negative features.
Since a few years ago Google modifies a Toyota car into a smarter car. A couple of these upgrades involoved the wheels to include a sensor and a Dubbed LIDAR, which allowed the driver to be constantly notifies of the car/s surrounding. This it's self is very useful. It caused the number of accidents to decrease due to the driver being constantly notified. Of course these are all examples of postiive features of a car, but do not make the car completely driverless.
Another major feature was a development called, "Traffic Jam Assistant'. This new develpoment did not quite make the car completely driverless either. Although it did involve the driver not to control the car as much. This feature had the ability to get the driver where they needed to be as long as there was'nt any need for human skills. Even if there was'nt any need of human skills, one still had to be aware of the road. Mainly this feature made driving easier but not completely driverless.
Towards the end of the article the author points out a couple negative aspects. The author mentions that safety is best assured when the driver is in control of the car at all times. So, in reality having a driverless car would not be the best or safest idea. That is because, if complete driverless cars would come to invention the car would be completely running through technology. Technology is not always assured. The technologu that makes the car safely drive on its own may fail which will lead to an accident without the alert of the driver.
Overall, in my opinion I do not think driverless cars would be a good idea. I think it would lead the number of accidents per year increase rather than decreasing or staying stable. I do think having those new developments of technology are helpful into making the driver more caution though. These new developments still require the driver to be fully aware of the road and their surroundings. Unlike driverless cars, they would seem to allow the drivers to "relax". This would cause drivers not to have a quick response in case of an accident where the technololgy of the car fails or for any apparent reason. Driverless cars do sound fun and nice at first, but once you take your thoughts into more deepth I do think you would be second thinking your thoughts. Not only will this development cause one to put themselves in danger, but also other cars along the road wth them. | 4 |
da436e3 | Have we seen any form of life on Mars so far? No, that's why it's clearly a natural landform. Plus, how do the aliens know what we look like. They could look completely different from us. It just so happens that the natural landform look's like a face.
Why would the aliens spend their time making a two mile long face anyways? These natural landform's are common in Cydonia, only this one had unusal shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharoh. It is indeed interesting and cool to think that it was built by aliens, but it wasn't built by aliens. Don't get me wrong, everyone wishes it was made by aliens, but facts are facts.
In 1998 Mars Global Surveyor flew over the landmark and got a couple photo's that are ten times better than the 1976 photo's. It was confirmed that the landmark wasn't a face it was just the shadow's that made it look like a face. But of course, skeptics thought the alien markings were hidden by haze. "It's not easy to target Cydonia" says Garvin. "In fact, it's hard work."(Paragraph 9)
Then, on April 8, 2001, four years after the last photo, another couple of photo's were taken. These photo's were way clearer than the photo's from 1998. " As a rule of thumb, you can discern things in a digital image 3 times bigger than the pixel size," Garvin added. " So if there were objects in this picture like airplanes on the ground or Egyptian-style pyramids or even small shacks, you could see what they were!" This is proof that aliens did not make this landform.
As you can see, there is plenty of edvidence that the two mile head is a natural landform. Their is way more convicing stories about this topic. But I hope that my side of the argument conviced you that the landform wasn't built by aliens. | 3 |
da4513f | In "The Challenge of exploring venses " the author suggests that studying venus is a wrothy prsuit despite the dangers it presents. The author thinks studyinfg venus is a worthy pursuit because venus is the most earth like planent in our soloar system. "venus is the closest planet to earth in term of denstiy and size, and occasionaily the closest in distace too." the author belives one day that people cuold go there and vist and study on venouse more or maybey even live there, " imagine a blimp like vehicle hovering 30 or so miles above the roiling venusian landscape. just as our jet airplanes travel at a higher ataltitude to fly over many stroms,a vehicle hovery over hovering over venus wuold avoid the unfriendly ground conditions by staying up and out their way"
But studying vesue is pretty challageing and dangeus because being able to study tha planent you have to be on it and that diffcult because " a thick atmousephere of almost 97% carbon dixide blankets venus. even more challenging are the clouds of hihly corrosive sulfuric acid in venuis atmoahere." and "since no spacecraft suurvived the landing for more then a few hours. maybe this issue explans why not a single spaceship has tuoched down on venus in more than 3 decates."
" noumerous facters contrirbute to venus's repuaton as a challenging planet for humans to study on." | 3 |
da452c5 | Many people have been asking themselves the same question, "Should the electoral college stay or go?". Having the electoral college is not a fair way of choosing for presidency. People want to vote for a president, not a slate of electors to have them vote for the president. Some people worry about the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. Changing the way we Americans vote is a fair way for citizens to see that their vote truelly does count.
The electoral college is unfair to voters. Accoriding to
Source 2 , "Having the winner-take-all system in each state, canidadtes don't spend time in states they know they have no chance of winnning, focus only in the "swing" states." Seventeen states didn't see the canidadtes at all during the 2000 campaign and some of the largest media companies didn't get to see ads for the campaign. That was a way for people to change their mind if maybe the canidadte did visit their state. Citizens in their state shouldn't be voting for someone else to go vote for president. People are into the idea of choosing the right leader for our country, so having the popular vote shows what people think on the canidadtes.
People do worry about the prospect of a tie in the electoral vote. If this does happen we know that the House of Representatives will take charge, where state delegations vote on the president. Since having the electoral college, each state shows only one vote, so for example, 500,000 voters represent a state and then having 55 representatives from another state, who then represents 35 million voters is not a fair of choosing a president. And the House's selection can hardly be expected to represent the will of the people. Bradford Plumer states in
Source 2 , thagt the election is only a few swing voters away from catastrophe.
So maybe changing to popular vote instead of having electoral college is a good and easier thing. | 3 |
da478ea | A president election is great but, there are some difficulties along the way of deciding who will be able to vote. People are asking themselves whether or not they should keep the electorial vote or get rid of it and have a popular voting method. To me, the popular voting method is reasonable. I believe that you shiould get rid of the electorial collage method and change it to the popular voting method because its fair to the voters, YOU are able to vote for the president of your choice, and because of the winner-take-all system. You need to think about everyone in the all the states not just electing your president. Your people need to agree with the choice that has been made.
The electorial collage should be changed to the popular voting method because it is unfair to the voters. Eeveryone should have a say in what goes on where ever it is that they live. We the people make up the government. Who draws the line that states whether or not you are allowed to vote. We do! Therefore we should be able to decied ourselves who can be our president to the United States of America. It is niot fair that we need to elect others to have our submission be made. Even when we tell our electors who we choose, they might turn arouhd and vote for the other person. In
Source 2 "The indefensible electorial college : why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer"
backs up my response when stating,"In the same vein, 'faithless' electors have ocasionally refused to vote for their party's candidate and cast a deciding vote for whomever they please...". That to me my friend, is not fair at all.
With the popular voting method you are able to choose the president of your choice, not the president's electors. In doing this you are having a fair vote in the election with everyone who is eligable to vote, voting whomever they please. If you vote for your own president of your choice there will not be any elector deciding for you if they do not like what you have elected. We need to have a say in what we want. I mean if we want someone to be watching over us, and deciding what to do, we want someone who everyine agrees on. Just a few hundred poeoplpe choosing for you is nothing compared to approximatley more than a million people choosing for themselves. In
Source 2 "The indefensible electorial college : why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer"
it says that the electors can always defy the will of the people. In my case I believe that no one would want that. I mean, would you want that?
Another thing that is unfair in the election is the winner-take-all system in each state. People don't usually spend time in states they know the don't have a chance at winning. Who would? these states only focus on the tight races in the "swing" states. Sometime around the 2000 campaign, apporximately 17 states didn't at all see those candidates. Even when there were voters in states that had 25 of the largest media markets, they were not able to see not even one ad from the campaign. This is being said in
Source 2 "The indefensible electorial college : why even the best-laid defenses of the system are wrong by Bradford Plumer"
For my conclusion this proves that there are many difficulties along the way of an election, regarding the votes and voters. With this letter being written, people should not wonder whether or not the electoral college should be abolished, and go with the popluar voting method. You shouldn't be thinking about just a couple of people, but of a whole nation and deciding who is worthy enough in our eyes to lead us to more victories with the popular voting method. | 5 |
da48df7 | Technology has become almost fully integrated into today's society. Computers, smart phones, and more are used in a positive aspect; the driverless car is no exception. The development of driverless cars is a positive and necessary one, one that will help improve society significantly.
One of the most important features of driving is safety, and the driverless car has been safe. Google's cars that can drive independently under specific conditions have "driven more than half a million miles without a crash." The driverless car has not been fully developed, yet already Google's cars have successfully driven over a long distance without any accidents. Technology is constantly improving, and so will safety. Google's cars have position-estimating sensors, automative radar sensors, and even a rotation sensor on the roof. As these senors are improving, it is also making "driving safer and also leading to cars that can handle more and more driving tasks on their own." Once the driverless car is completed, it should have the sensors and technology to keep drivers safe, more than the ability of an actual human drivers to keep themselves safe. The advanced technology is not only a dream, but is slowly becoming a reality. Sebastian Thrun, founder of the Google Car project, "believes that the technology has finally begun to catch up to the dream." The driverless car is a ensured success, and with the development of the driverless car, comes the ensured safety of the driver.
Not only would the driverless car be safe, but it would also be efficient. Google cofounder Sergey Brin envisions a future with these efficient cars. Brin says that the cars, "would use half the fuel of today's taxis and offer far more flexibility than a bus." The driverless car can be made into an efficient car, saving fuel and allowing for more flexibility than other mediums of public transportation. The cars would be able to take one anywhere while having a better environmental impact. The development of these driverless cars would "fundamentally change the world" for the better.
Lastly, the driverless car would be able to provide safety as well as entertainment. Currently, cell phones and almost everything is a distraction and hazard to the human driver. But with the driverless car, the driver is able to maintain his own safety and entertain himself. Some manufactures are going to bring "in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. Such displays can be turned off instantly when the drivers need to take over." The driver can now safely entertan himself and know he will be safe. The technology is able to instantly alert the driver, keeping him from coming into harm's way. The driver has luxury, comfort, and safety with the development of the driverless car, something not available to the current driver.
The driverless car has too many positives, and should most certainly be developed. The development of the car would bring about greater safety, efficiency, and entertainment to every driver. The potential of technology is limitless, and the driverless car should be used to further enhance and accomodate the experience of every driver around the globe. | 5 |
da4b065 | Are driveless cars good or bad? Google may say that is good, but others say that it may be dangerous to civilians and those others on the road. in this article it states multiple times that a person behind the wheel will still have full control of the car. Then why aren't they driving it, instead of itself?
We live in a world full of distractions like our cellphones and such, so couldn't you be easily distracted. I think so. n a world of selfdriving cars there will be mishaps and a multiple number of accidents and deaths due to the "driver". JUst because they weren't causios of what they were doing. In the passasge it also states that it'll be a fun way to drive in this new world of technology.
Yet this can lead to bad accidents and crucial death.
We as humans are getting lazy to the point we don't walk anymore, we use a "hoverboard". Why need a self driving car, when we have people to drive us around like "Uber". It seemed like the only thing we had left to feel like something actually matterd was driving something we've done since the invention of the car. why make something we don't need. I believe it'll cause chaos and misfunctions to this world. This self driving car will let us truly know how lazy we are as humans how to avoid a simple task, of getting out and out of bed. If this car is available by 2020 it'll truly prove that those who get it are truly lazy. Even if it has sensors to keep your eyes on the road.
This car will allow teens and adults to text and drive as freeely becausen they don't have to worry about the possibility that someone will get hurt. this may be a small carbut it can effect thoe around them due to it being self drivng. This self driving car is a bad idea, and worst invention in man kind.
In conclusion, this car can be hurtful to economy, and those who surrond them, it will provide,texting and driving amoung them, an pure laziness. this will be a big distraction for teenagers and adults. though it has it's sensors, it won't ever be good enough. So would you buy this car? | 3 |
da4f161 | We live in a world where transportation is a must and most of the people around the world rely on themselves to get from A to B. Don't get me wrong there are some that choose public transportation opposed to privet/self transportation. They both have something in common, both are adding more pollution to the air, car accidents have the number one death rate, and they both add to taxes. Many countries are comeing up with a solution to all of these problems. Most countries are wanting to cut down the amount of automobiles their citizens are using on a day to day basis. Here are some reasons this could be benificial to you! Cutting down the amount of automobiles being used on a daily basis would take less money out of yor pocket and would be better for the enviroment, and it would be healthier and safer.
More and more countries are taking action to stop the large amout of cars being used daily. One way they are doing this is by having car-resticted areas, like in Vauban, Germany, "Vauban streets are completely car-free...", (Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, Elisabeth Rosenthal). By doing so, you wouldnt use your car very often or at all. This will reduced the amout of money you will have to spend on gas, car repair, or it could cut out the cost of buying a car entirely. More and more people will not have a need to buy/use a car and that will be extremely benificial to the Earth. This is because their will be less pollution and smog being produced by the running cars. Pairs, France is a big contributer to smog and they are now reducing the amount of allowed cars on their roads, "The smog cleared enough Monday for the ruling French party...",(Source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog,Robert Duffer). Paris has now lowered the amount of smog in their cities signifigantly.
With less pollution and smog life for the people will be a lot healthier. Just think about how much cleaner the air will be. Also, by not using a car you could walk or bike to your destinations and that will also be very benificial to your health. By not using cars, public thransportation, or just staying off the road in general you are cutting out the risk of being in a deathly car accident. By doing so life will be much safer. You will also cut out the stress and worry of driving. "...When I had a car I was always tense. I'm much happier this way,...", (Source 1: In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars, Elisabeth Rosenthal).
In the end, cutting down the amount of car and public transportation being used will be very benificial to everyone of all ages because it will take less of your money to get to your destinations and will cause less pollution which is better for the Earth, and it is much safer to be off the road ,as well as, healthier to walk or bike to your destinations. | 3 |
da4f24a | Limiting car usage is a very good idea. With limiting car ussage there are many advantages such as no pollution, decreasing stress and excercise.
First of all, with not much car use you wont have pollution. There won't be any sickness from air pollution. If there arent as many cars then pollution will decrease. According to "Paris bans driving due to smog" by Robert Duffer, Paris stopped car usuage due to record high amount of pollution. With this policy it decreased congestion by 60%.
Secondly, with limiting car usage means decreasing the amount of traffic. I know that everyone gets stressed by the amount of traffic there is on roads. I hear everyone talking about it. According to "Car-free day is spinning into a big hit in Bogota." by Andrew Selsky, decreasing the car usage increases improvements in the community such as new sidewalks, and a big change in traffic times for the better of course.
Lastly, excercise is very important and could be a major reason why we also stop usign cars. In a car you dont get to enjoy outside or even relax. With a car there is a higher percentage for a crash and most crashes are deadly. But if you start walking to school or work or church, you can get your excercise and also get some fresh air which includes Vitamin D. According to Mr. Sivak in "The End of Car Culture" by Elisabeth Rosenthal, he says that his kids "can walk or take public transportation or car-pool with friends." Just by giving up a car does not mean that you have to give up having fun.
In conclusion, a decrease in car usage would be a very good thing. We could all get more excercise, decrease pollution, and decreasing stress. What's better than decreasing more stress than you already have? Nothing! | 3 |
da50585 | The author supporting his idea by starting off with interesting facts to drawn in the reader. He then goes into talking about why that planet is named Venus. He stateds that the plant is known for having features like earth. That means that we could possibly live there? When you have the reader questioning themselves they get drawn in and what to learn more. Thats what makes a good artical.
He then talks the atmosphere in Venus. He says that the hard part about living there would just be the high levels of sulfuric acid. That causes the degrees to go up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The fact that Venus has the hottest surface in the hole solar system. Mercury is closer to the sun and yet Venus gets hotter than that. He gose on saying that scientists are discussing to further visit. I honetly think thats crazy. He says that astromoners are fascinated by Venus because of how similar it is to earth.
Long ago we tried to visit but since it was so far it was hard building a space ship that will go that far. NASA is working on a spacecraft that will alow people to go to Venus. It will be similar to a jet, since they fly fast. Thats the plan and I know that it wont be easy. The hardest part about it will be preparing he says. We can do our best but since we only have limited insight on the ground most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere. Either way that won't stop them from exploring more.
He gose on to talk more about what NASA is working on and gives you a history lesson while hes at it. He talks about World War ll and about how the modern technology let there learning about Venus expand more. Its was powerful, flecible and quick to what ever they needed. Thats how they got to learn about the atmosphere there. Around those times people started to care about how they got there information and where.
In the last paragrph his conclusion that Venus has a value. Not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because of human curiosity. As humans we tend to always have questions about everything. Exploring is something we have been doing since we have been born. The authors did a very good job at letting me understand more about how our curiosity can lead us to grater things. | 3 |
da508af | Transportation is now used everywhere. Whether it's planes, bikes, motorcycles, or cars. Cars is our main source. They've gotten better and smarter over the years. There's ton of new ones every year. According to the article, Google cars have been developed since 2009. Google cars are smart cars. They drive independently, without having a person function it on certain conditions.
My personal opinion on driverless cars is that it's a very smart idea. Many people drive every single day, and probably get very tired of it. So why not have a break? Transportation like this may be very expensive also. I think it's worth the amount of money. In the article it explained how these cars are not completely aware of everything. So you may not want to sit all the way in the back of the car and take a nap during the ride.
The article gave a brief description on how the cars may need navigation in difficult situations. These situations could be finding its way around a car accident or a road that's getting worked on. In the article it talked about how in 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." Now what is this? It's another car thats getting developed to drive on its own without human guidance. The car can handle driving functions up to 25 mph. It can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel.
So this explains that humans must be there and alert incase a serious situation may come up and they have to take over. The Google car has actually made a situatiion with the car and planned ahead with possible situations. They have a function where they simply annouce when its a time where the driver shoud take over and handle whatever is going on. If that's a problem, it has other functions to get the drivers attention. Flashing lights on windshields or noises are a few examples of the indications.
I feel that cars has came a long way, and they're getting nothing but better. I also feel that in a few years or so, everyone is going to be driving these cars. Whether it's Google, Apple, Toyota, or BMW. Smart cars are going to make a major impact. It will be easy transportation, and a luxury. They're going to keep improving and people will look back at the "classic" cars, which are the ones we drive today. | 4 |
da50a6d | As a memeber of the Seagoing Cowboys it would be best if you joined the program because we could use all the help possible. You can even travel around the world helping as many people as you can. You can also help people recover food supplies and their animals. In the artical it says in paragraph 2 " UNRRA hired " Seagoing Cowboys" to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas." Also in paragrph 5 it says " Besides helping people, I had the benefit of seeing Europe and China". Then after every person, city, or state has been helped you finally got to go home with your family and friends. And to top it off with on your way home it says in paragraph 8 " The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, writing, and games also helped pass the time." Then in paragraph 9 it says " But being a Seagoing Cowboy was much more than an adventure for Lake Bomberger. It opened up the world to him. " It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
My conclusion is to join the Seagoing Cowboys becausethey get to help peopleall around the world and they even get to travel all around the world. | 2 |
da53428 | Venus is worth studying, you never no when we would poosibly need a new planet.
The author is trying to explain what it is like on venus how hot it is and how much it is different from earth but also have a few things they have in common like they are really close in size. Only a few aircrafts landed on Venus but were destroyed in the matter of a few hours. Venus has a surface temperature of over 800 f .Venus has an thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets. To top it off are clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus atmosphere. NASA is working on approaches to study venus safely, NASA is using the weather that Venus would have agains a silicon carbide container and lasted for 3 weeks in the chamber.
So that is why it would be a great idea to learn more about our galaxy. | 1 |
da550db | Reading emotions is done on a day to day bases in the minds of people. That is how we can tell is our friends are upset or happy about something. The author of "Making Mona Lisa Smile", Nick D'Alto, talks about new technology called the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), which enables computers to identify human emotions. The use of this technology in a classroom to read the emotional expressions of students would be valuable so the teacher can see how well they have to students attention and what they can do to change things if they need to. If teachers had the ability to use the FACS, they would be able to see how many students enjoy the class and that they are focused on the class. Also they would be able to see how many kids aren't happy to be in class and no paying attention. The FACS can read the emotions happiness, surpise, anger, disgust, fear, and saddness. A teacher wants to have all the attention of their students but, it doesn't always happen, teachers knowing when students start to fade out of the topic can help them change how they are teacher to help the student want to learn and stay on task. All around students need to learn and teachers need to teach, it would be very useful to have teachers be able to access the FACS to be able to teach to the best of their abilities so that the students car and will learn. Reading others emotions easily would make everyone's lives easier beacause they know how they really feel about something. So, people can change what they are doing to help other people want to do things. | 2 |
da5588c | The subject of Mona Lisa feels 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry.
This conclusion was drawn from a new computer software that can recognize emotions.
While that's a pretty awesome example of what this technology can do, there's the lingering question of if this technology should be used in classrooms.
While it could read emotions to decide if lessons need to be easier, there are more cons to this technology than pros.
Therefore, this technology is not valuable enough to be used in classroom with students because humans have more complex emotions that can't be explained with six emotions, teachers are already in classrooms to assess these emotions, and this technology is just not practical enough yet.
First of all, the new emotion-reading technology cannot read enough emotions to be valuably used in classrooms.
The article stated that the software can only recognize happiness, surprise, disgust, fear, and sadness.
How can a software only recognizing six emotions effectively judge if a student is struggling in class.
Humans have more complex emotions than what can be defined through different percetages of just six emotions.
Also, struggles bring upon different emotions in humans depending on how someone takes that struggle.
Some people may feel confused, while others will be indifferent and just move on.
While this software can't even recognize these complex emotions, how will it effectively assess someone's feelings of confusion in class?
Secondly, classrooms are composed of a teacher and students.
The teacher is there to carefully assess the learning of the students and adjust the pace of the course.
Teachers can read emotions of students better than computers because they are human just like the students are humans.
Humans can relate, recognize, and comprehend other people's feelings better than a computer software. Also, having difficulties understanding new ideas is part of the learning process.
When one does not understand, they go to their teacher for help.
This helps students learn how to form relationships with other people including their teachers.
If a computer analyzes how a student feels and adjusts the lesson, the students will never learn the valuable lesson of how to face struggles and overcome them with help from other people like teachers.
Lastly, this technology is not developed enough yet to be valuable to use in a classroom.
The article stated that a home PC can not handle the complex algorithims of the software. If a home PC can't handle it, the laptops at schools probably can not either.
It would be quite costly to implicate this software into the educational system making it lose its value.
The high cost is not overweighed by the outcome, so it is not practical enough.
In conclusion, the emotion-recognizing software is not valuable enough to be used in classrooms.
The software can not recognize complex emotions, teachers are already there to find these emotions and adjust the lessons, and it is not cost-effective to implement this technology in classrooms.
While emotion-recognizing software is a great leap forward in technology, it is just not valuable enough to use in classrooms yet. | 4 |
da5a58b | The author does not support this claim well enough. In the passages, the author goes on about the many problems that are associated with exploring Venus. Most of the problems the author has listed are fatal to humans, making it impossible to achieve what the author obviously wants; to examine Venus throughly for humans to have enough information to finally inhabit the hot planet. Unfortunately for the author, many people would agree that this article does not support the idea of studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the obvious dangers well enough.
There are many problems stated in the article (paragraph 3) on why Venus is a very dangerous planet to explore. Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any other planet in our solar system, even though the planet Mercury is far closer to the sun. The burning hot planet is also covered in 97 percent carbon dioxide, a lethal gas for living creatures on Earth, very much including humans. The planet's surface is an average of 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric is 90 times greater than Earth's. No human or any other living creature can survive in these conditions, not even with the technology we have today. The author adds that the planet's weather and physical conditions is quite capricious; volcano eruptions every now and then, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning attacks on the probes Nasa sends to Venus does not help the author's beliefs either. No spaceship has touched the planet in 3 decades, making the planet even more mysterious because of the changes that could have started during those 3 long decades.
The author then tries to turn the bad news around with what most would call, 'wishful thinking'. The article shows information of how Nasa has an idea of how they could get to Venus without immediatley dying and wasting resources. Of course, it is all but an idea. A theory, that cannot be tested accurately, neither without huge costs. The article also states of researchers who develop physically capable computers that might have a better chance of lasting longer on Venus with enough time to collect needed information. The truth of the matter is, these solutions are all just fantasies; ideas that we wish could be acted upon, but the world is far too complicated for that to happen so easily.
Human curiosity can do wonders for the world. That is not to be compared to miracles however, because that is what's needed to achieve the idea that Venus is a worthy pursuit. Human's in general are capricious creatures, very much like Venus itself. We strive to learn and gain control of another planet, when the results clearly show that we cannot even take care of our own.
While the author is a positive thinker, their idea of Venus being a worthy pursuit is laughable. The article does not do well enough, or maybe at all, to convince that Venus is a worthy pursuit. There is too many problems with the idea, and too many factors to be played out, and not enough good solutions to help support the idea. Although we cannot say that the idea is unacheivable, with the evidence and solutions stated in the article, it canot happen with those proofs alone. | 5 |
da5a8fd | I know you might think that the face on Mars was created by aliens, but here at NASA we have been doing reasearch for many years to find any signs of life on other plants, and so far we have nothing. The face on Mars might look like it was created by aliens, but our reasearch shows that it is just shadows. Also because we have been doing reaserch for so long all of our studies show that there is no possible way that any creature would be able to survive on any other planet in our solar system other then Earth. Also as it said in our reserch it is just a rock formation that happened because of soemthing like a landslide.
When all of us here at Nasa first saw the image we knew we had to study it! When we beagan our studies we sent a space craft up to take pictures. When we recived those pictures we noticed that it looked like it was a shadow of the way we were taking the picture or maybe the way that rocks were laying. We were all still curious on how the rocks got there so we kept studying!
At NASA there is always reaserch of something going on! When we first started reaserch one of our main goals was to figure out if there is any possible way that people could live on any other planet then Earth. So far we have concluded that there is no possible way that anyone could survive on any other planent, because there is no suply of food or water. So with our prior knoladge of that we knew that there were no aliens on any planets!
Even though we knew all these things we still wanted to know more so we continued our reasearch. While contuning our reaserch we found out that it was highliy possible that there was something like a landslide on Mars. With our knoladge of landslides we knew that they can sometimes form things like rock scopluters that look like things they are something they are not. So with all of our reaserch we all came to a conclusion.
All of us at NASA were very sure with our conclusion of this was not created by aliens that it was just something as simple as a land slide and shadows. Throughout our reasearch we found out that the reason the rocks look like a face is shadows, and that the rocks got there from something like a landslide. These are the reasons us at NASA belive that the face on Mars was not created by aliens but simply rocks and a shadow. | 3 |
da5a938 | Driverless cars are not good because they could be dangerous because machines and equipment are known to malfunction. It is a proven fact that factory equipment, power tools, and even common cellphones malfunction, so it could pose a huge danger if a car were to malfunction.
When a human is driving a car and makes a mistake, yes it is bad that they made a mistake, but at least you can hold somebody responsible for it and have them move on from their mistake. If there is no driver and the car malfunctions on its own, yes you can improve the car, but can you hold the car responsible? One can certainly move on and gain knowledge from making mistakes, its how mankind evolves, but just how far can you force a car to evolve is the question... What if one day a car on a highway moving 70 mph malfunctioned and started spinning out of control. No would would be able to stop it because it is so "evolved" that the car is expected to just "do it on its own", but what if it falters in a moment of weakness and can't?
Also, humans are ever growing in knowledge and expanding their horizons of learning, but just how far can a car actually go? Just how much can you teach a car before you can't teach it anymore? This could become an issue when it comes to road safety improvement because yes, technology is always evolving and improving, but how far are we willing to go in letting technology take over our whole lives? How far is the car willing to go before it decides it can't take anymore?
It is because of these reasons that driverless cars pose a threat to people because they are unreliable, not always evolving, and in certain times untrustworthy. | 3 |
da5e16e | I think that the use of this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom is valuable. How does someone knows others feelings? Well the new technology can notice how someone is feeling. Dr. Huang new computer software stores similiar anatomical information as electronic code. The article states, " Dr. Huang observes that artists studied human anatomy to help them paint facial muscles precisely to convey specific emotions." I personally think that it should be valuable to use this technology to read student emotions in a classroom. I think it is valuable because you should worry about how your classmates are feeling, you should recognize when a teacher is becoming upset with the class, and also should know when someone is getting confused with the assignment.
In life today more than over thousands of students would want to use Dr. Huang new software. In the article it say, "the computer software can know your mixed emotions." Alot of students today are worried about their surrounding and others' emotions in school. Most student would like to argue that it is not valuable to use this technology to read the emotional expressions of students in a classroom. Some people might disagree because they'll probably think like,
" worry about yourself and your own emotions." People wouldn't want others to know how they are feeling. " Most human communication is nonverbal, including emotional communication," Dr. Haung predicts.
In a classroom you should always worry about how your classmates feeling. The article predicts, " to notice when someone is happy they indicates the difference between a genuine smile and a forced one." So when your classmates smile like they are forced to they are unhappy. In an unhappy smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatiz major and a different muscle. This tells me to look closely to classmates reactions and smiles. If you look closely to a classmates smile you can recognize how they are feeling. Refering back to the text it states, " faces don't lie."
Secondly, you should recognize when a teacher is becoming upset with the class. Noticing when a teacher is getting upset because the class is to loud and disrespectful, just look at his/her face expression. You should have to use Dr. Huang new computer software to notice when someone is upset. If the teacher is frowning and began to stop teaching they are disappointed. To notice someone emotions it's all about those muscular action units.
How do you know when someone is getting confused, bored, or irritated with an class assignment? By wondering when someone is confused, bored, or irritated look t their reactions. Are they huffing and puffing? Are they sighing? If someone is sighing or huffing and puffing that means that they are either irritated or bored by the assignment. Usually when a student is bored by the assignment they'll just fall asleep.
This essay explains why I agree that the use of this technology to read students emotions is valuable and why others think it is not valuable. | 3 |
da5ee3f | As I was reading the article " Driveless Cars Are Coming" I was thinking this can't be serious. This article was about smart cars and how they will improve. The article talks about how people that " drive" them will no longer need to pretty much drive, the cars will do it for them.
They claim it is still safe or even safer than a human driving but we have to think about cases that randomly occur, like someone that doesn't have a smart car running a light. What if it isn't your turn to drive so you see the car coming last minute but your on autopliot so you can't save a life or perhaps your own. The article gives a description about the features of the car. For instense one car, a Toyota Prius has position sensors on the left rear wheel, a video camera for tracking distance from other cars, and an inertial motion sensor etc. They claim that their cars are safe and only improving, but we should'nt add on to all the accidents, we already have so many a year and having to deal with technology gone wrong will not help us only hurt us.
I am currently against this development because I don't think it is a good fit or will add any good. The first reason I am against these cars is because in the article it says "laws will be needed in order to cover liability in the case of an accident." also says, " if the techonolgy fails and someone is injured, who is at fault - the driver or the manufacturer"? these quotes show a strong idea of how much manufacturers care about the safety of people using their cars... not very much. They were implying that if an accident case acurres and someone is injured because of their technology messing up , they should'nt be held accountable. That is insane , they should take the responsiblity for what their product has done.
To conclude I am against driveless cars because they will create more issues, disadvantages than advantages. The smart cars aren't very safe and people that drive them are more prone to accidents from small altercations that may occur on the road. Also if you purchase a smart car and happen to get in an accident the manufacturers will not be liable, even if it is because of their cars. | 3 |
da6836e | The Facial Action Coding System or known as "FACS" is a software that 3-D prints the picture exactly how it is with all the 44 major muscles that are identical to the person in the picture. From there it goes to psychologists and they classify the type of emotion that they see in the 3-D model. The psychologists refer to the six classified basic emotions which are Hapiness, Surprise, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness.
Having this in a classroom would be a cool idea but in my opinion i think there is no need for something like this in a classroom. The students may find it interesting but it wont teach them anything unless they are studying to be a psychologist or something related to that. The students may or may not like this but if they do come out with something like they were talking about when they said an ad popped up and the computer sees yout frown and puts a similar ad on the screen the computer will recongize that you are getting bored or not liking that so the computer would change the type of ad. If they come out with this then i can see it being used in the schools where students can learn what makes them mad or happy.
When it comes to "FACS" in the classroom it might not be the best option for students to learn about that unless they want to have a career similar or like a psychologist they should keep the "FACS" to the people who made it to make technological improvements and release it to people who would need this to help patients and then release it to students who are in college or a type of school that have students who want to be a psychologist or to people like video game designers who need this to make better improvements to characters int the games they are creating. | 2 |
da6aebe | Are you guys wondering about joining a program where you can take care of animals and travel a lot? Well, you guys should join Seagoing Cowboys. It really is an awesome place. Trust me, you are going to love it there!
My experience there was very unique and full of adventures. I made a lot of animal friends. I would recommend this trip to anyone who likes to travel and likes to take care of animals.
One reason you people would like to go there is because there are a lot of animals there. Some of them including horses, young cows, and mules that are shipped overseas. So, if you like animals, you should join Seagoing Cowboys.
Another reason you should go there is because as a Seagoing Cowboy, I have traveled overseas many times and the reason is because of cattle boat trips. I have went on them nine times. I have also seen Europe and China. Although, seeing the Acropolis in Greece was a special visit for me. Also taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with a lot of water. I also toured a castle in Crete and marveled at the Panama Canal. So that is another reason I enjoyed joining the Seagoing Cowboys.
Last but not the least, I loved when we played games. We usually played after the animals were unloaded. We played baseball and volleyball in the empty holds where the animals had been housed. We also played Table-tennis, fencing, boxing. We read too, these were all the things we did to help pass time.
I hope that when some of you join Seagoing Cowboys, you have as much fun as I did and hopefully you return safe and sound from Seagoing Cowboys. Thank you very much for considering to join Seagoing Cowboys!
This was all in the point of view of Luke Bomberger. I hope that you consider joining Seagoing Cowboys! This is the News Channel. Keep watching! | 3 |
da6b44d | Hi, my name Luke Bomberger. I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean 16 times and the Pacific Ocean twice to help people affected by World War ll. I am "A Cowboy Who Rode the Waves."
When you join this program you will experince lots of opportunies. I will tell some reasons to join the program, just keep reading.
The best reason about this trip is that you get help people who were affected by World War ll. "Helping out on his aunt Kate's farm as a boy had prepared Luke for hard work, but not the dangers at sea." " Besides helping people, I had the side benfit of seeing Europe and China."
Travling was lots of fun also. "But seeing in the Acropolis in Greece was special." "So taking a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city with streets of water." I also toured an excavated castle in Crete and marveled at Panamal Canal on hs way to China."
When we had time left over we usaslly spent it, will doing fun activites. "Luke also found time to have fun on borad, especially on ruturn trips after the animals had been unloaded. The cowboys played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed."
"Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped me passed the time."
In conlsion, I have now realised even more why why I like doing this. Now that you read this this eassy, I hope that you learned why I loved doing this and that you know a little more about my experince. | 3 |
da6ba15 | Self-driving cars, or driverless cars, have always been argued on wether they are more reliable than the typical driver car. While there are pros and cons to owning a driverless car, there are more faliures that come with it rather than successes.
Driverless cars are always open to accidents. Although there have been limited amounts of accidents involving self-driving cars, the chances are still high. In the text the author states, "This necessitates the car being ready to quickly get the driver's attention whenever a problem occurs." This means that whenever a self-driving car approaches an accident, it makes the driver manuever it itself. This can be dangerous to someone who is not paying attention, regardless of it being a self-driving car, that quickly approaches an accident which causes the driver to panic and not do the right manuever. This can cause another accident and can even be deadly.
Self-driving cars are also expensive and hard to perfect. These cars are costly to manufacture, sell, and maintain. They require intriquet parts such as sensors which are very costly. In the article is states, "...uses position-estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the roof a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS reciever, and inertial motion sensor." All these parts that a single modified Toyota Prius uses is costly. One can only imagine how complex and expensive a real manufactured driverless car would be. The driverless car fields are targeting the upper and middle classes of this economy but how will the average American afford to buy one when they are bound to be expensive luxuries?
Driverless cars also produce conflicts that would occur if a person were to get into an accident with one of the cars. In the article, it states, "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault- the driver or the manufacturer?" This is one of the questions that needs to be answered by the companies before they can produce them. This is a liability to the person involved in the accident because they will have to determine specifically if he/she caused the accident or the car. This can be costly and time consuming.
Cars that can control on themselves take the joy out of physically driving. In the article, it states, " 'We have to interpret the driving fun in a new way.' " Driving a car can provide relaxation and joy from being able to control a car, but with a self-driving one, the joy disappear and limitations occurs.
Although there are many people who are opposed to this idea of self-driving cars, there is a majority of people, mostly Millenials, who think this idea is revolutionary. Most of the people who like the idea of self-driving cars think that it provides less room for accidents because the car does the driving for you. Also many who support the idea think that driverless cars will burn less fuel and help the enviroment. There are pros and cons to both, but having the access to self-driving cars would provide to be a failure.
Driverless cars are an advancement to this society. Although revolutionary, these cars have or can make issues such as accidents, lawsuits, complications, limitations, and more. They, most importantly, can take the freedom and joy of riding cars and being able to control them. Driverless cars have more negative aspects rather than positive ones. | 5 |
da71454 | Today, we depend on cars for transportation. We never consider walking or taking a bus until we realize it's our only option. As teenagers we use cars as a gateway to independence and freedom. Little do we know that there are many advantages to the limiting of car usage. Advantages to these limitations are it's better for the environmemnt, it provides a safer city, and it helps financially.
Creating a better environment starts with the decisions we make. When we decide to take our cars for a 2 mile trip, that could be walked, we are polluting the air in our city. For example, source 2 explains that the air in Paris became highly polluted due to the overuse of automobiles. "Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city". One day motorists with even-numbered plates would leave their cars home and the following day people with odd-numbered plates would do the same. This decreased the amount of congestion by sixty percent within five days. Source 1 states that cars are responsible for twelve percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and up to fifty percent in the United States. Source 3 states that in Bogota, Colombia, after their Day Without Cars, parks and sports centers flourished throughout the city and uneven sidewalks were repaved to make them more smooth and broad. The avoidance of car usage can improve our environment dramatically.
Safety is a very important factor in our lives. Often times our safety is put at risk when we are in a car and we don't realize it. Without the use of cars, we wouldn't have to worry about car accidents, traffic jams, etc. | 2 |
da750c7 | I would have to say that I am in favor of moving forward and progressing towards driverless cars. There are quite a few reasons why I believe it's a great idea. After the idea is perfected, roads will be much safer, The cost of transportation will go down and also it could possibly make transporting on roads much faster.
The idea of this "driverless car" is quite astonishing, but once it is perfected it will open up doors to new oppurtunities in transporting on roads. For example, the car would be able to sense cars that a human could possibly not see. This would make the amount of car accidents go down.
Also, some states have already allowed computer driven cars on the road, as it says in the passage. This demonstates that these driverless cars are becoming safer everyday. It also says in the article that manufacturers believe the number of states to allow driverless cars is only going to continue rising as they advance there search for safer and possibly cheaper cars or solutions.
One other reason that i believe that these cars are a great idea is because it says that the cars can make for cheaper transportation. For example, it states in the article that Sergey Brin, cofounder of google, believes that the fuel amount needed in these futuristic cars will be half of what we use today. We would be able to do less harm to the environment by using less fuel. Also, Sergey Brin states that taxis would be more flexible and safe. This reduces the risk of having a taxi driver that might put you in danger. Although these cars will be much safer there are many more reasons to agree with driverless cars.
One final reason I believe in driverless cars itll be much faster to get from place to place. For example, a autonomous car could go a certain speed much higher than the current highway speed limits and sense any danger. It would be able to go at a much faster speed but also keep the roads jusr as safe.
All in all, there is still much research to be done for these cars to be perfected and be able to be driven on the roads legally. Although, if we continue to advance in driveless cars the generations after us will be see roads much different then we do today. They will see a much safer, faster, and cheaper way of moving around. | 3 |
da76745 | Driveless cars would be really unessassery because we wouldn't be able to have the automobile under our full control, so if something was to happen then we wouldn't be able to stop it and there would be some type of consquence for the people in the car.
When i think about driveless cars i think it could go two different types of ways, good or bad. Say for instince there was a car accident up ahead and in the passage it says that the person in
the car would have to control the car at that point , well if the person doesn't know how to drive because the car is suposse to be driveless , then there would just be another accident. People would begin to depend on the cars and independnce would no longer be somethinng america would be known for.
The good part about a driveless car would be the fact that you don't really have to drive. That could come in
handy in certain areas of life. There would be no more texting in driving accidents. | 1 |
da7968c | Cars are a life line and much used tool for people on day to day commutes. Can we live without i? In Vauban Germany there is a town that does not own one car. How do they get around then? They city trans and running. the reason is the cars are spouing out tons of green gasses. Its not only in Vauban either. This is a trend world wide in most suburbs.
Does everyone agree with this no car trend? After Paris recived a near record pollution they banned driving in the city. On some days the city would allow odd licence plates. On other days the city would allow even number plates. Near 4,000 drivers were given a 31$ (22-euro) fine. This cleared the smog over a period of time. What was the effect on the city after words? Smog cleared from the city vassly but. Citizens were able to freely use the transit without cost. There wwere acceptions to plug in cars and viecles holding more than three people.
On the other side of the world people in Bogota Colombia created and set a carfree day. On this day people Hiked, Biked, and took buses to destinations. This was a ecelent strategy to promot alternative transportation and reduced pollution for this large city of 7 million. People who did not go along with the day were fined 25$. Now to more close by cities Cali and Valledupar have joined the event. This has been amazing for upcoming local city buissnessis. Also reconstruction on side walks and parks.
What about the largest car loving cuontry, America? Well it seems the trend has effected us as well. Although there are no limits the driving has seemingly cooled over the years. This will be a long term cultral shift with companies like Ford and Mercedes calling hemselves mobility companies. When someone does drop the habbit it is hard to pick up again. Even driving by young people has dropped 23%. These changes have changed the pollution rate and many more car related problems. There mabey a time where traffic jams no longer exist. | 3 |
da7edab | Dear State Senator,
I think our country should choose the president by popular vote. So the people get the president they think is the best for the job. But to do this we will need people motivated to go and vote. Because not many people normally go and vote during the election. or any election for that matter.
It will help with the problem of canidates going to a certain state to get the votes. But they can just go to densly populated areas. The flip to that though is they will need to spend more time convincing and/or explaining what they will do in office. Even if we need to find a way to break a tie if a tie happens with popular vote.
The only way to fix the Electoral College vote is not all of one states vote goes to a canidate that way they can't abuse the strategy of going to the states with more votes.
From your sender,
PROPER_NAME | 2 |
da8033f | Although driverless cars may seem like a neat idea, I do not believe that we should have them taking us place to place. I think it would be unsafe, and just flat out lazy to do so. For one thing, technology is not always realiable. Majority of people use the internet and other electronics everyday, but that doesn't stop it from crashing or giving misleading information. With that being said, the internet and mapping devicethat would be used in the cars would not always do what they are supposed too. Secondly, say for instant that you are using a driverless car or a rainy day, there will be the need of human skill. I don't believe that if someone who has the luxury of having a driveless car would take that into consideration, they would much rather be on their phones scrolling through social media. They wouldn't pay attention to what is going on outside of the car, and that's how accidents happen. Thirdly, not until much later will just anybody be able to afford a car like that. So there will be a mix of smart cars and regular drivers on the road. Even if the smart cars don't make mistakes, the regular drivers will. Thus, causing way more accidents then what there needs to be. For these three reasons I don't think smart cars should be able to drive us around. | 2 |
da81c33 | The face on Mars is just a natural landform because it states in the text that the only reason the rock looks like a face is because it has shadows from the sun, and in this case the shadows give the "face" eyes, mouth, and a nose.
Yes even though there have sightings of UFO's or ( Unidentified Flying Object) the conspiracy theorists say that this face is an alien artifact but it states that the only reason why they say it is a feace is so more people are attracted to Mars.
The landform int a real face because if you compare the "face" to an Earth rock in that shape they would look the same, until you add some light from the sun causing shadows, and it would include the facial parts of any human man or woman.
As you see from paragraph 3 you will see that it states in the last sentence " The author's reasoned it would be a good way to engage the public and attract attention to Mars." Although, it did the scientist thought that tehy have accomplished something huge by tricking people into thinking it was a huge head.
In my conclusion, these are the reasones that the natural landform is not a face. | 2 |
da85290 | In "The Challenge of Exploring Venus", the author suggests that studying venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. The author does mention "a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets venus. There are many challenge's to studying venus. "On the planet's surface temperatures average over 800 degrees fahrenheit. " The author mentions challenges that we face in order to study venus. The author states "Striving to meet the challenge presented by Venus has value, not only because of the insight to be gained on the planet itself, but also because human curosity will likely lead us into many equally intimidating endeavors." While they are many challenges that scientists, and that people may face, Venus is worthy of being studied. Nasa's possible solution to thhe hostile conditions on the surface on Venus would allow scientists to float above the fray. They are many ways Venus can be studied, with NASA's solution , we are closer to discovering the many secrets of venus. Our travels on Earth and beyond should not be limited by dangers and doubts but should be expanded to meet the very edges of imagination and innovation. | 2 |
da881e9 | Hi my name is PROPER_NAME and I work for NASA discussing with someone who thinks that the face was created by aliens but I said "Well it couldn't be created by aliens because we all know is that aliens are not real" and so I am still trying to figure out how this face has been created.
When I saw the pictures from 1976 to 2001 I saw one of the pictures and the picture from 1998 it looks like that something has hit the face and causing it to destroy it and to me it looks like a metor hit the face and in 2001 the face looks like its fading away and in 1976 it looks like it was popping out but when a metor hit it its goes away.
"Although few scientists believed the Face was an alien artifact, photoraping Cydonia became a priority for NASA when Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) arrived at the Red Planet in Sept.1997, eighteen long years after the Viking mission ended." Paragraph 6. | 1 |
da89a81 | Is it valuable to know a student emotion during class time? Yes, it is valubel to know how a student is feeling. Most teachers would actually like to know what every student in the class room is going threw there head and how they are feeling. Thanks for the technology called the Facial Action Coding System would make this job easy for a teacher to know what their student is feeling during class. Eventhough there might be some down sides. Like for example what if a student is going through a rough time in life and they do not want anyone to know or even just privacy that vcan be an issue but having that new technology would help a lot more than not helping.
One of the reasons that this technology could help out, is to know your student. This will help out a teacher a lot because not only they can know what a student is feeling, they can alos help them. In the artical "Making Mona Lisa Smile" it stated "Dr. Paul Eckman, creator of FACS..... Eckman has classified six basic emotions-happiness, surprise, anger, digust, fear, and sandness" all these emotion can help out a teacher know what a student is feeling. It can also help a teacher porform a better calss because they know how the students feels and like by the exprisions of their face.
Many students go through a lot of things out of school. A teacher my not know whats wrong with the student or what is happing in their lives. This technology can show you if the student is sad, anger or fear. Evey school wants each student to be happy and to feel safe. The school can know if the student feels fear for example. Then the teacher can help out the student and make it feel safe and not feel fear. That also goes the same for every other emotion that is not good or happy. Schools can help out more in the student life if they know what they are feeling.
The last reason is that it can not only make it easy on a teacher but also a student too. This technology can know when a student is confused, bored or not happy. In the article it states "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" by this new way of teching it would make a big difernece because then students would want to learn
by cathing their attention on what they like and makes them happy. Now schools won't be boring and be enjoyable to the students. Teachers wont have to fight and argue with students that do not like schools on paying atttention to the school work. It will benifit both teacher and student.
In conclusion this next technology "FACS" can impact a school, tecahers and students in many good ways. Like knowing what a student is feeling or has issues. It can make it so much easyer for a tecaher as well to a student during school time and work. Yes it is valuable to read the emotion expressions of students in a calss room. This will be a big good change to the schools because it is very valuable! | 4 |
da8c829 | having limiting car usage in this world wil be saveing yourself some great deal of money also save money for the system for instance many expect public transport serving the suburds to play a larg role in a six-year federal transportion bill als one of the places for limited cars is apart in paris suggested that on monday mortorists with even numbered license plates are ordered to leave there vechlies at there home or get punish with a fine of 31$ the same thing will apply to odd plates the next day. studies shows that 4,000 people with cars had theire car impounded with a high fine plus tax in bogota cars have beeb banned with only buses and taxies are the only two transpotion are allwoed studies showed that fewer of americans are getting cars and driving less even lees and less people are getting licenses year by year studies are now pointing is americans passed peaking point? thats is still uncertain for now,some places in new york shows that bike sharing programs and ints shyrocketing bridge and tunnels tolls reflected thode new priorities as they do prolifered of cars sharing the same programs across the nation and we do see a high percentage of it droping down like apples. reaches showed that they found that young people that are driving decreased of by 23 percent since the year of 01 to 09 in an article i read showed that moblie world last year in oversees sports suggiested a business plan in a world in which vehicles ownership is impractical and public transporation save the system more money and lower the risk of danger. | 1 |
da8d8d2 | The author has supported this idea by showing us facts expecely the computers. Now a days the computers are so delicate but this is how the author worded it "Modern computers are enormously powerful, flexible, and quick, but tend to be more delicate". The author also said that venus is sometime called "Evening Star". People also call it Earths twin because venus is the closest planet to Earth. In paragraph 3 the author tells us whats in venus starting with a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide that blankets venus. Also the clouds in venus are full of sulfuric acid. If that dont think thats scary the temperatures will. The temperature is over 800 degrees Fahrenheit and the atomospheric pressure is 90 times greater that we experience on planet Earth. If we were to land on the surface not only will we litterly burn our inside we would crush from the pressher. The pressher is so strong it could crush a submarine. In paragraph 5 the author is talking about NASA possible solution to the hostile conditions on the surface. The scientists want to create like a blimp vehicle that hovers 30 or so miles above the surface of venus. People think that in venus there were oceans live things they say there was once life and even today Venus has some of the same things of Earth. | 1 |
da97203 | Driverless Cars are indeed coming and I think it will change this world for the better. Meaning such cars like these will becomes more and more advanced. The main qualities of this car would be having a much better alert sytem which
will bring down accidents. It is very fuel efficient, and that it will bring up the economy. Driverless cars will change are world for the better.
I don't think cars in the future will ever crash again.Thanks to the new Driverless car, we can stay safe and secure keeping drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. How you ask. With such a car like this it will have sensors that will be more advanced to detect and repond to danger. The information of the sensors will cause the car to apply brakes in the the wheels which will reduce the power of the engine. It could also handle more and more driving tasks on their own. Talk about safety.
One of are most important and main qualities of this car would be that its far more fuel efficient that todays cars/taxies. Do you have any idea what that would do for our country. We would have a much better economy, less waste, less pollution, less affect on the wilderness. Driverless cars could gives us all these things, we just need to put it in action and watch it change are world for the better.
The road to driverless cars are coming with a passion to change the world. We have millions of cars each day creating pollution and climate change ect...
I say that once we have a process of driverless cars taking over, we will becomes very industrialized. This could mean that we won't have as much pollution in Japan or China. We will create more ideas from this idea alone. We could even, in the future, create a sport in which only driverless cars will be in. Driverless cars are not just keeping people safe and secure or having a more fuel efficient car but it will change this world for the better.
The qualities of the Driverless car can give us all this. We are changing the future of not just America, but the world. Maybe even space. I think whoever makes this idea will become richer that Bill Gates. Its a great idea that will give us hope for the world that we live in. This will gone down in history as one of the biggest impacts on are future. This will change our world in the best way possible. | 4 |
da98e49 | Does everyone need a personl car? Cars have allowed us to travel farther and faster than ever before. They give an individual the capablity to live far away from work and still be able to arrive at their job on time. Car also permit one to travel with multiple people as once. However, cars come with the huge problem of pollution, and many counrties have banned the use of cars to combat this issue.
Once Paris, France had seen recored amounts of pullution, in the form of smog, the government enforced a partial driving ban. This ban allowed car oweners with even numbered licese plates to drive one day and car owners with odd numbered to drive the following day. As a result of the ban the somg covering paris had decreased. On the other hand, businesses such as Delivery companies had lost revenue seening as they weren't able to drive.
Other cities ,such as Bogota, Colombia have followed Paris's example and started a car-free day once a year. For three years now this car-free day has promoted alternative transportation, such as walking, biking, or riding a bus. Since, the car-free day has been stared 118 miles of biking paths, broad side walks, and sport centers have been created along with the decrease of polluted air.
Although some cities may put restrictins on cars in the city Vauban, Germany an expermental suburb has been created in which cars are banned completely. As a result 70 percent of the citizens who live here don't own a car. As a result greenhouse gas have been drastically reduced. To make this possible city planners have created communities that are denser and in walking distance of stores and restraunts.
In conclusion cars come with many benifits such as, having the freedom to live anywhere, travelling miles in the matter of minutes, and traveling whenever you want to. However, Paris has put a restricted ban on cars. Bogota has a car-free day. Vauban has created suburbs with a comlete ban on cars. all these efforts are to decrease the pollution created by cars millions of people drive everyday. | 3 |
da9b194 | I think that the Facial Action Coding System is a good software improvement because people don't always tell whats going on with their life, even if sombody ask them what is wrong with them, they just don't want to talk about it.
This new software will make things more easier for people who try to determine wether the person is happy, mad, disgusted, sad or disappointment. But it also will make other people uncomfortable, those who have problems or they just don't want to talk about it, they might feel ashamed, furios or emberrass and will cause low selfsteem in their lives. In the picture in the right about Mona Lisa, according to the Facial Action Coding System she is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, maybe she never talk about how she felt when the picture was took and people just say she was happy and she wasn't happy at all . in conclusion, these new technology will make people understand more how other feels and people will be able to understand and konw more about that person's life and why they feel like that, and just making things up that are not true. | 2 |
da9e82a | The article "Driverless Cars Are Coming" gives great reasons why Driveless car should be developed. Driverless cars are the future of transportation. Driverless cars will decrease the amount of car accident. Driveless car have mosty positive results. Driverless cars are the future, but why shouldn't the future be now.
Driverless Cars are the future of transporation because humans will not have to do anything but get in the car, turn the car on, put gas in the car, and turn the car off. Driverless car would help someone people by not having to pay for a lisence or drivers education classes. These cars will decreased the amount of fuel conpsumaiton, and the burning of fossil fuels. The driverless car will allow for people to do what they need to do when driving.
Driverless cars will decrease the amount of car accidents because if the cars are self aware of the enviroment around it , it will most likly stop when need and within the correct distance from other vechicles. The driverless car could also stop when approaching an accident and/or slowing down when approaching the accident. The cars will be abe to cooperate with each other to find a way arround certin sernacinos.
Driverless cars have mostly positive results such as less fuel consumaption, less fossil fuel buring, and less accidents. Also they should have a higher safety rating than a normal car. Driverless cars would follow the road and not some trail that leads right into someones house. Laws will change to accomadate to the smarter cars. the smarter cars will be less expensive than smarter roads. Driverless Cars are more possibe than smarter roads.
The article "Driverless Car Are Coming" gave many excelent reasons why driverless car should be developed. Driverless cars Driverless cars are the future of transporation. Driverless carswill decrease the amount of car accidents. Driverless cars had many positive reasons. Driverless cars should be approved for development. | 4 |
daad9d6 | Have you ever wanted a much more cooler and not so boring teacher? The
use of the facial action coding system to read the emotional expressions of
students is very valuable because it can helo teachers understand how a
student is feeling and possibly what causes them to feel the way they are. Having
FACS can also help because if a student comes to class because of a bad day
the teacher can try to comfort them. If a student is bored this system will also help because maybe then a teacher will switch the topic and/or try to make it more fun for us students.
My second reason why FACS is also a valuable system is it may also help, or save marriages and relationships because if one of someone's partners isn't being expressive they can easily find out how he/she feel and find a way to solve it. The system might alos help bring more family and friends together as one and help each member communicate more better instead of arguing, being distant, or keeping quiet about something or someone.
My third reaon why FACS is a helpful system is human society won't have to walk around in public with a fake smile on their face, or try to be somone they're not. Human society may be more understandable of other people's feelings and think about what's on the inside of a person rather then what is showing on the outside.
In conclusion the Facial Action Coding System is a valuable system because it's very helpful when it comes to emotions, and it will help others who have trouble expressing themselves, or someone, or something. This system may help people have a better understanding of others, and why they might be acting a certain way. | 3 |
dab2346 | Studying the planet Venus can be another big step for our future. As we get more into the future new technology will come out and more challenges will be faced. Throught life everyone has callenges and I think this is one we should take. Here is some evidence the author uses to support his claim.
The author firstly explains that to get to Venus there will be challenges that we have to face. The author explains that the atmosphere Venus has contains "97 percent of carbon dioxide" this means that the atmosphere of Venus is very horrible for a human being to withstan. We need oxygen to breathe, when we exhale we bring out carbon dioxide which our plants eat. With evidence like this it explains that there is not many plants on the planet of Venus to support life for a human. Also the author states that "the clouds of highly corrosive sulfuric acid in Venus's atmosphere" having acid in the air will be a big challenge to face if we want to study Venus.
Another challenge that we have to face that the author states is that the planet's tempatures "are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than what we experience in our own planet." Evidence like this show me that studying Venus is going to be one of the biggest challenges we will face. The author concludes that "Venus has the hottest surface tempature on our solar system even the mercuary is closer to the sun." This shows me that Venus is extremely hot. We have many obstacles to overcome to study Venus but evidence will make it happen.
The author does state what we can do to study the planet of Venus though. The author says "imagine a blimp-like vehicle hovering 30 miles above the roiling Venusian landscape" this gives me the idea that the author is on to something. If we could possibly be above Venus to study its landscapes or life it would be a huge move for us to study it even more. Another piece of evidence is that being "above Venusian will have the air pressure close to sea level just like earth it could be survivable for humans." If its survivable for us to be above Vensu for such a time, take a look at this. The suthor explains that "some simplified electronics mad of silicon carbide have been tested in a chamber simulating the chaos of Venus's surface and have lasted for three weeks in such conditions" Evidence like this can make us study Venus a lot more than wat we expected.
In horrible conditions, weather or worse we will find a way to study new things like Venus. The evidence that the author states show us that the more we look into Venus, the more information we will find that we need. Despite the dangers in Venus studying Venus with the evidence we have will make it happen sooner or later. | 3 |
dab3c06 | Because Venus is sometimes right around the corner in space terms humans have sents nuemerous spacecraft to land on this cloud draped world. Each previus mission was unmanned, and for good reason , since no spacecraft survived the landing for more than a few hours. Maybe this issue explains why not a single spaceship has touched down on venus in more than three decades. A thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. On the planet's surface, temperature average over 800 degrees fahrenheit, and the atmospheric pressure in 90 times greater than anything humans encouter on Earth such an Environment would crush even a submarime accustomed to diving to the deepends parts of our oceans and would liquefy many metals. If our sister planet is so inhospitable, why are scientists even disscusing further visits to its surface Astronomers are facinated by Venus because it may well once have been the most Earth like planet in our solar system. Today venus still has some features that are analougs to those on the Earth. | 1 |
dabc74a | If we think about it, this software is actually a big help for the schools and such. If we see our friend is in a bad mood then we can talk to them or find out why. I think this system can actually really help us but not only us but our teachers as well. The system digs deep into our muscles and will understand our whole face. It will indicate actions, emotions and feelings so that could help our friends if they are wondering why we are in a happy mood or a bad mood.
Our friends are really helpful at times so if our friend is feeling down or is happy about something we should have the right to know. According to Dr. Huang the software can tell us many things about a persons mood or what they are really feeling like. Knowing if a person is down or happy we can talk to them and ask what is going on, why are you sad or why are you so happy. By the computer telling us how a person is feeling will be so valubale because it shows us how big our technology is getting and by us knowing that we know there is going to something bigger than that later on in the future so now all we would do is wait for something bigger.
This software would be very helpful fot our own teachers because they could take us to the computer get our face to the computer and indicate if we aare bored or not. If she does this while she is teaching lesson and finds out we are confused then she can change her ways in teaching that lesson so we can actually understand it and if the teacher knows we are in a happy mood then she knows we understand the material or atleast thats why we are happy.
The Facial Acting Coding System would be a really good thing for us so we ned to get it attachted to our school software. All together it would help our friends and teachers. Espically the teachers because they would know what to do to teach us better so would understand the material that they want us to learn and the system would be a genuine thing. Not only would this help with teaching and understanding but for our friends that have depression, we would know when there emotions are hurting or when they are in a hurting place and we could help them by this software being a thing. People with depression never show it and we understand that but we could atleast do something about that and that is helping them and being there for them. | 3 |
dabd869 | What if I said that there are computers that can identify students emotions during class, well if you thought that was fake its actually real! Recently we've made this new technology called the Facial Action Coding System that allows computers to show human enotions and even things like paintings. For an example we used this on a famous painting everyone has a least seen once in their ifetime, which is the Mona Lisa. It shows that she is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. Those are things that can be cool to find out but it can also can be really valuable in a classrom.
For a classroom it can valuable like after lunch every student must use it before starting class to check how they're feeing. It will very useful if a student is sad or angry percent is high. It can give the teacher a reasoning to go up to the student and ask, why are you sad or why your angry. It can be very valuable like if a student just went through a terrible situation and the teacher can try to help cheer them up. One downside is that it can give out a students business and if like a student is sad, it can become a joke to the other students and make that student even more sad. It also identify if your making a fake smile or not as it can tell by how you make your smile like, if you make a fake smile your mouth is stretched sideways, as in a real smile your zygomtic major(that begin at your cheek bonees) lift the corners of your mouth.
This technology might be seen as a joke, but it can be very valuable in a classroom. It would be helpful if classrooms to get a hold of it as it could benefit the students. Most students are not always happy in school and this technology can be the one to help that not be a case. Teachers can now help the students get even more smartier then they already are. Whoever thought a computer can be the one to help take your students to the top! | 3 |
dac3832 | Driverless cars would be scary to be in. I mean think about it, your in a car, in the driver seat and let's say the car crashes. you can't do anything to prevent it from crashing because the car is in control.
In my opinion I don't really think it's a good idea to have "Driverless cars" because, what if the car mulfunctions. The car could hit another car by accident. They say it's safe, but i still wouldn't get in one. Just knowing that these cars may become apart of my future actually scares me, because i don't want someone to get hurt or have their life taken away fromthem because they couldn't do anything to stop the car.
In conclusion I think it would be safe to frop the whole "Driverless car" idea because I mean come on its rediculous. Someone can get seriously hurt if the car maulfunctions or dosn''t stop, turn or whatever when it's supposed to. How is the car supposed to know the speed limit? It;s just obvious to some people that "Driverless cars" are just a waste of time. I'm one of those people. | 1 |
dac4d02 | Have you ever thought that technogly could see how you feel?
In the article they said that Mona Lisa is 83 percent happy, 9 percent disgusted, 6 percent fearful, and 2 percent angry. The scienests also said that according to some new computer software that can recongnize emotions. The people that created this software for the computer is Thomas Huang of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science. He made better ways for humans and computers to comminicate. Thomas Huang said that the computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face, all 44 major bones in the model move like human mussles.
What did they do to make the Mona Lisa look different? What the have done here
is weighting the different units, this software can make mixed emotions. The new computer software stores simliar anatomical infomation as electronic code. The Mona Lisa demonstration is really intened to bring a smile to your face. Just imagine a computer can tell if your happy or sad, for example if you smile when a web ad appears on your screen a similar ad might follow.
At home are Pc can't handle the complex algorithms used to decode the Mona Lisa's smile. Do you think that in the mirror suggest an emotion? It's all about those muscular action units. The can see the difference between a genunie smile and a forced one. In a false smile the mouth is stretched sideways using the zygomatic major, a different mussle, the risorius. According to the Facial Feedback Theory of Emotion, moving your facial muscles not only expresses emotions, but also may even help produce them.
In the end all we talked about here is that technogly has gone along way to make people happy, sad, and mad. They are making new ways that can show weather you are fake smiling or have a real smile. They also made it to were thet can change the Mona Lisa to not look so mad. So after all the technogly has involed a lot to making people happy, sad, or mad. | 1 |
dac4eee | Everyone has heard of the Face found on the Red Planet from a region called Cydonia, right? It was pretty interesting and a very amazing thing. It became a pop icon and starred in a Hollywood film, appeared in books, magazines, radio talk shows. Everyone believed this was evidence for life on Mars. But that was shut down after another picture was taken of the Face that didn't quite look like a face at all.
On April 5, 1998 Michael Maling and his Mars Orbiter Camera team took a trip to Cydonia for the first time. There, they were able to snap a more clear and sharper picture of the Face than the original photos. After looking at it, the picture didn't show a face. It just showed a natural landform.
Although, the picture was proof that it was just a normal landform, not everyone was satisified. The Face on Mars is found at 41 degrees north martian latitude where it was winter in April 1998. It was a cloudy time of the year on the Red Planet and the camera used to take the photo had to peer through the clouds to view the Face. Some skeptics said that maybe the alien markings were hidden by the haze of the clouds.
The mission controllers were prepared for a second look. On April 8, 2001, a cloudless day in Cydonia, the Mars Global Surveyor went to find the Face. What the picture showed was the Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa. Which are landforms common in the American West.
In conclusion, the Face was not made by aliens. The Face has nothing to do with aliens and wasn't made or created by them. The Face isn't The sharper pictures taken in 1998 and 2001 show proof that the Face is actually just a natural landform. | 4 |
dac6521 | I do not think that driverless cars shoild be made because it is highly dangerous and I just dont belive that there is enoughtechnology for that. Plus I belive that it is unecessary because for years cars have been driven manualy why try to change that now.
On top of all those things the cars are still not even really driverless the car still needs a human to pull in and out of driveways. Why is having a driverless car even necessary? Cars dont need food or groceries and it doesnt have childreen. In reality there will probally not ever be a true driverless car it is meant to have a human behind the wheel. The driverless car can only go up 25mph. That is going to create lots of traffic. If somone is in a rush such as very sick and needs to go to the hospital and theres a bunch of driverless cars going only 25mph then there are going to be a bunch of crashes.
And to top it all off everyone is not sure if it is even legal to create these driverless cars. It is not safe to have drivers less cars because anything can go wrong when no ones behind the wheel. There is only limited use. So if there is only limeted use then that means that there is not much time to work on the driverless cars. They are just simply not safe. | 2 |
dacd0d3 | Have you seen venus in the sky while your star gazing? although venus is often refered to as "earth's twin", it is challenging to explore. venus is one of the more challenging planets to explore for a couple of reasons. those reasons are, the caron monoxide, sulfuric asid, andand the severe temperatures.
venus is covered with a thick blanket of carbon monoxide. this is one of the reasons that makes it very dangerouse to go there. based on the article "the challenge of exploring venus", venus has " a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon monoxide" .this mutch carbon monoxide is very dangerouse.
the even more chalenging part is the sulferic acid.
the clouds on venus are filled with sulferic acid. not only is that dangerouse but the sulferic acid is,"highly corrosive". highly corrosif is almost like saying flamable.
and if the sulferic acid wasnt dangerouse/hot but the temperatuer alone is enough to kill you. here on earth we experience heat but on venus the heat is extreme. in the article it states, "on the planets surface ,temperatures average over 800 degrees farenhieght"
if you were wanting to try making it, good luck, but based on the information it seems like it is not recomended. so stay home on earth. enjoy the fresh air and life that awaits you. it is to dangerouse to waste your time on. | 3 |
dace458 | Wow did you see that Face on Mars! That was a huge face, but is it a sign of alien activity. That face had to be made by aliens or something. The Face on mars looks like a sculpted face of a human, but is an illusion.
A NASA sacecraft called the Viking 1 took pictures of a face on mars. The face on mars could be real but it is not. The face is just a natural landform with a shadow. The shadow is giving the illusion of a face. The shadow is giving the illusion of the rock having a nose, mouth, and eyes. Therefore none of that is actually there it is just a figment of someones imagination and an illusion.
In the article there are some things that are said exactly as i used. one example is " huge rock formation which resembles a human head formed by shadows giving the illusion of eyes, nose, and mouth." The face on mars was just an illusion. They used it in all kinds of movies, magazines, haunted grocery store checkout lines and radio talk shows.Therefore the face on mars was like
a joke to people.
In conclusion the Face on mars was just an illusion. There is no such thing as aliens so that is not suggested guess. The face was just a rock with a shadow and illlusion thats it. The face on mars looks like a sculpted face of a human, but is an illusion. | 2 |
dacfa3e | Have you ever wanted to explore Venus? So do the scientists and its very hard to get there because of the heat it gives out. Only the machine gets a few hours to see and what it can but so far we can't get any of it.
So far we know is that Venus and Earth is not that far away from each other and they are close to be twins. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says, " Often referred to as Earth's "twin," Venus is the closest planet to Earth in terms of destiny and size, and occasionally the closest in distance too. (para. 2). It is true Earth and Venus are close together but if the sun explodes, Venus could be our new sun if that happens.
Venus gets it's hotness from the lava thats stored inside. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says, "Also notable, Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system, even though Mercury is closer to our sun. Beyond high pressure and heat, Venusian geology and weather present additional impediments like erupting volcanoes, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes to probes seeking to land on its surface. (para. 3). They have tried everything but so far it's not working.
Its hard to land due to the ground being hot as lava and it can melt the metal and such. In the article "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" it says, "However, peering at Venus from a ship orbiting or hovering safely far above the planet can provide only limited insight on ground conditions because most forms of light cannot penetrate the dense atmosphere, rendering standard forms of photography and videography ineffective. (para. 6). We need to find special metal so we can land safely and grab what we want.
So far this has been a challenge to many scientists and astronaunts. They may call it a very very impossible challenge that can't be beaten. Hopefully we can get the resources so we can explore Venus. | 2 |
dad855f | If we dont make a change now we, could be in a lot of trouble twenty years from now. Us as people dont really ever look at how much we actually are hurting the world and ourselves. For instance, limiting your car usage. That right there saves money for you and also helps keep our enviroiment clean and healthy.
First of all, if you were to limit your car use from seven days a week to maybe three, you would be saving a ton of money. The avarage person probably fills there gas tank all the way up once a week. Depending on mile per gallon your car ges it could be different, but if you were to only use your car three days out of the week you would only have to fill your tank up about every two weeks instead of every weeks. You would save so much money if you were to do that. Gas prices arnt cheap in todays world, its not like you can go get a gallon of gas for 50 cents anymore.
Second of all, used gas contaminates our world almost more than anything. The feums that come out of cars/trucks is the reason why we are having the types of problems that we are having enviromental wise. In source 1: In German suburb, life goes on without cars, the people who live in Vauban Germany only get to use there car everyother day depending on licsence plate numbers. They're making a movement and it is called smart planning. This town along with others sees how bad we are hurting our enviroment and making a change. These people are getting along with there lives just fine, in fact some are saying that life is better without having a car. They say they are "stress free." In source 2: Paris bans driving due to smog, it says that almost 4,000 drivers were fined, now i cam see were some days you just have to use your car to take car of somethimg and that is totally fine because thats what cars are used for, to benefit us.
In conclusion, i believe that us as people need to reallly think about the future and realize that we dont have to use our cars as much as we do today. We can take a couple of days out of the weeks and not use them it wont kill you. Infact it might make you live longer because you are helping your enviroment which is definitley helping you. | 3 |
dad862d | Car usage can effect the air causing smog and increasing the amount of greenhouse gasses in the air. This isnt good for the enviroment and its not good for us. Having fewer or no cars can help us in many ways including lowering smog, lowering greenhouse gasses, and releaving stress from us.
To start off, I want to say that I agree with getting rid of car usage. I believe it can really help everyone and every thing by lowering the amounts of smog in the air. Bogota has a car-free day that seven million people go along with. Within that day, they can see the difference in the amount of smog in the air. For travel they would hike, bike, skate, or take busses. Even if it is raining, they would sill do it because they know it helps. These car-fee days promoted alternative was of travel for everyone. Paris also enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the city. A little later two other Colombian cities, Cali and Valledupar joined the event.
Secondly, he smaller amount of cars decreases the amount of greenhouse gasses getting pumped into the air. The pesident of the United States of America stated that he was tring to curb greenhouse gasses. The pesident of the United States of America then said that studies have proven that Americans are buying fewer cars and getting fewer licenses ever year. America, one of the highest rated, car driving countries has decreased and keeps decreasing its car travel. This will steadily help the atmosphere of the Earth by lowering its grenhouse gas consumption. Emissions fom cars is Americas second largest source of emissions behind power plants.
Finally, the lack of cars releaves stress from eveyone. In a German suburb, life goes on without cars. Every day people are happy and have less stress without cars. It is a car free area, excep for the main throughfare which you cant even hear over the laughing children and bicycle wheels. Seveny percent of the families dont own cars and fifty seven of them have sold their cars to live there. This city is one example of a growing trend in Europe. The United States of America, and elsewhere. This movement is called smart planning and it seperates suburban life from auto use.
Inconclusion, car usage can effect he world in a bad way. Whether its the enviroment or the people on the world. Having fewer, or no cars can help us in many ways including lowering smog, lowering greenhouse gasses, and releaving stress from us. Many areas and people have done something to help with these problems, and you can too. | 4 |
dada74b | The Facial Action Coding System is a major benefit to the psychology community. This program could be as, if not more beneficial to public schooling systems worldwide. Using this program in public school systems would help all teachers, especially psychology teachers, and school counselers alike while also helping to prevent potential tragedies. Based off the information presented in the article, this program is a useful learning tool benefiting both students and teachers be more productive. Using technology to bolister class productivity is a no brainer on whether or not this program should be inserted into public school systems.
Teachers are constantly put in a position where they have to guess whether students are understanding their lesson or not. Everyone learns in different ways and it can be trying on a teacher to know wether or not they reached the whole class or not. In the article, Making Mona Lise Smile, it is said that Dr. Huang believes "A classroom computer could recognize when when a student is becoming confused or bored." He then continues to say how this program could help a teacher modify his or her lesson to meet the needs of as many students as possible. This makes the program very helpful to teachers striving to keep students both engaged and learning. A student may be engaged by a teachers presentation, yet not understand what the material being presented means. It could also tell if the teaching stategy is working for select students but not reaching out to many other students. If the prgram was used to see what teaching method keeps students productive and reaches the largest portion of the class, the teacher could adjust their teaching strategy accordingly to meet the needs of the student. Using this program could make class more insightful and more entertaning, which is a win for both students and teachers alike.
This program would be very useful in specific classes that require face to face interaction to help teach students. One such class this particular program would be useful in would be a psychology class. If young psychologists could learn from this device when people are faking a smile or if a person is sad it would be very beneficial to their future careers. The article states the program can identify a fake smile by the rasing of the zygomatic major, which begins at the cheekbones, to tell if a celebrity or politician is faking their attitude. Using the program to study what is real and what is fake could help psychologists treat patients correctly. Learning how to do this at a younger age in school would be a tremendous help rather than learning on the job by opinion.
It is impossible to predict when tragedy could strike, but it is possible to limit its frequency. In the year 2018 there have been a reported eighteen school shootings thus far in the first two months. Many of these were performed by misunderstood students who needed help but didn't recieve the help they needed or people were blind to it. If this program was implimented into school systems it might be able to catch depression and treat it before it got out of hand. The author states the program can detect both sadness and anger in an individual. If students are required to use the program before and after school everyday in order to gather data on how a student is feeling, the school could see if a student is frequently depressed. It's normal for a student to be sad or angry on occasion, but if a student has been recorded as sad or angry for muliple weeks this program could get them the help and couseling they need. The article states just forcing a smile can make people happier and that the program can detect fake smiles. Even if a depressed student is faking a smile to try to avoid detection these features could tell who is faking smiles and thus making the individual a little bit happier in the process by trying to smile. School shootings are a terrible tragedy, but if this program could help stop these horrific occasions it should be used in school systems.
Based off information presented in the article along with my key arguments this program should be installed in every public schooling institution in America. Any device that can benifit a students learning experience while making teachers lives easier should be available to schools systems for educational use. This device can prepare future psychologists to be better at their proffesion while also helping students get the help they need. A device that not only helps students learn and prepare for the future, but also could potentionally save lives should be necccesary in public school systems across the United States. | 5 |
dadac5e | The author is givin a good suggestion about studying Venus , because like myself i dont know that much about Venus and i feel like we should study it. Thats because i feel like we should know about this plannet on are earth no matter how dangerous it is. The author made some good statements about it like Venus has the hottest surface temperature of any planet in our solar system. Even though Mercury is closer to our sun like how is that possible . Also a thick atmosphere of almost 97 percent carbon dioxide blankets Venus. These are all important things i think myself should know and everyoone else who doesnt Venus seems to be a very important plannet on are earth that people barely know about . When we should know about it. Not a single spceship has touched down on Venus in more than 3 decades like why hasnt anyone went there to check it out see if anything has changed see if theres anything new about it thats another reason people should start studying it we dont know anything about this plannet no one has seen in over 3 decades thats a very long time. NASA is the only system working on studying Venus.In the 1800s devices were envisioned, and played a important role in the 1940s during World War11 . All these things we didnt know about Venus because of the danger because no one hasnt seen it in over 3 decades this is all the reasons why i agree with the author. | 2 |
dae3018 | As a sixteen year old girl in the year 2016, being able to drive around is pretty important. Whether it's to go to a friends house, drive around with friends, pick up things for the house, or even driving to and from school. A driverless automobile would make things even better.
Google has had cars that could drive independently since 2009 and have their cars have driven more than hald a million miles without a crash! Although the Google driverless cars aren't truly driverless, the Google's modified Toyota Prius does have position estimating sensors on the left rear wheel, a rotating sensor on the rood, a video camera mounted near the rearview mirror, four automotive radar sensors, a GPS receiver, an inertial motion sensor, and spinning sensor on the rood of the car. That speaks a lot in safety terms, which is pretty important in America. Being able to ride around in an almost driverless car would be grand because, it would almost solve the texting and driving issue, which is common among most driving teens in the 21st century. The seats are able to vibrate whenever they need to get the drivers attention and needs assitance getting out a tricky situation that the car could not handle on it's on such as roadblock or traffic jams.
Before 2000, there was no way that this technology could have been possible although the founder of the Google Car project had the idea. The technology before 2000 just was not as developed as it was now. In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." This makes the car capable of driving function at speeds of 25 mph, but the special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps ahold of the wheel. Even though the car can drive on autopiolet, the driver should still be ready to take over at any time. The Google car has an alert that simply announce when the driver should be prepared to take over. The other options of alert are flashing lights on the windshield and other heads up displays. None of the Google Driverless automobiles are complete driverless yet, but this is a start since the driverless cars can steer, accelerate, and brake by themselves but notify the driver when human interaction is needed.
Most of the driving laws focus on keeps driver, passengers, and pedestrians safe. At the current moment, traffic laws state that safety for all is best achieved by human drivers behind the wheel. This is why the driverless cars are not legal in most states. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia are the only states who have led the country in allowing limited use of semi-autonomous automobiles. This is a good start, but even if the traffic laws do indeed change, new laws will be needed in order to keep people safe in case of accidents. The big issue would be finding out who was the cause of the accident. The driver, or the car?
Telsa has projected a 2016 release for a car capable of driving on autopolite 90 percent of the time and Mercedes, Benz, Audi, and Nissan plan to follow through with driverless cars as well by the year 2020. This is a great start for driverless cars that are not complete driverless. From the vibrating seats to cameras to watch the drivers, Google is soon on it's way to greatness as the continue to improve their driverless automobiles. | 4 |
dae56ee | Limiting car usage has a lot of advantages in everyday life. Cars are the one destroying the planet. When the cars' smoke gets to the atmosphere, the atmosphere gets destroyed by it. If we destroy the atmosphere then what or who is going to take care of our planet from the powerful sunlight. Also limiting cars may also save you a lot of money. Think about all the money we spend on gas for cars, we can do a lot better for the world with all that money.
Now I'm going to talk about some evidence in the article that makes limiting car usage better for life. In source 1 "In German Suburb, Life Goes Without Cars", Heidrum Walter, a citizen from Vauban said that she lives happier without cars because when she had a car she was always tense (paragraph 3). Now in sourse 2 the article says that cold nights and warm days caused the warmer of air to trap car emissions(paragraph 15), and that is really bad. Also in source 2 again the last paragraph says that the smog cleared when they banned the usage of cars.
In source 3 paragraph 24 Carlos Arturo a businessman from Bogota, Colombia said when Bogota's streets were car-free that it was a good opportunity to take away stress and lower air pollution. At last, source 4 says that now that there is less driving, safety in the cities have improved.
So I say that we must limit car usage because of all the things i mensioned in the previous paragraphs. The city will be safer, the planet will be safer and everything will be better. | 2 |
dae768b | Do you think people should participate in the Seagoing Cowboys program? Well that is why i am writing, to give you reasons why you should join. People might have fun! You might want to join because you have freinds that want to go or because it seems fun. Here are some reasons.
You should join because you can have an adveture a great one, so great that you will never forget it, according to the artical. Another reason you should join is because you can explore diffrent parts of the world and can still have a job. More fantasic reasons why you should join is because you can travel high seas,and overseas. If you like animals then you like this because you help animals get shipped over seas. This is the greatest opportunity acoording to to the boy in the artical.
Those are the reasons why you should join the Seagoing Coyboys program. If you don't join you are missing out the greatest day of your life. If you do plan on going then you deserve a cookie. You will not regret doing this because it will be fun! You can be a great person if you participate. | 2 |
dae9832 | The face of mars is a discovery of the centary because our spacecrart from nasa captured a strange object from 1976- 2001. Since then nasa has been doing more and more research on this strange object on mars. We took a clear photo of the object and it appeard to be a face, looking straight at our spacecraft.
Scientists figured that the face had unusual shadows that made it look, like an Egyption pharaoh. A few days later NASA wanted to unveil the image for the whole world to see, they exlained the face of mars on movies, tv shows, magazines, and radio talk shows. People thought that the foce of mars was created by an alien space craft or an alien ship has crash land on to, mars to make ith look like a face. NASA is wishing that there could be an ancient civilization on mars, that NASA dosn't know about.
Days later web surfers have provine that the was no alien monument after all I claim that there is no face on mars. I beleive that there are shadows, on mars that make it look like a face i argue that there was no, alien monument on mars that it is just a illusion caused from the shadows on mars. this face on mars could just be another Martian mesa which are usually common enough in cydonia. Nasa has put the illusion of the face on mars to attract human to, attract attention to mars and just see what NASA has discovered. | 2 |
daea975 | I think using a Facial Action Coding Systemin the classroom to identify the emotions of students is not okay, Why? becuase some people want to express themselves of their feelings that has been done by others. But not such that. In fact, we humans perform this same impressive "calculation" everday. For instance you can probably tell if a friend is feeling simply emotion by looking at thair face. But for some people painting portraits can help them express their feelings through painting. Sometimes people express their emotions through music by singing or making music. Then in the Mona Lisa, no one knows what feeling she is expressing and what is she feeling. For instance, some artists say she is happy but no one really knows what emotion she is feeling. In conclusion, I think classrooms shouldn't use Facial Action Coding System to identify the expression of students an how they are feeling. But some people have hidden talents that they use to express themselves or their emotions. Also not many people icluding students express themselves through painting some use dancing, acting, making music, singing, cooking and their are many ways of expressing your emotions through many things. For instance people express themselves through writing books, but many people can understand their feelings that by reading their life as a book. | 1 |
daf6569 | In society techolgy is almost every thing to people. People around the world hundred, thousands worth of technology, lots of people spend more money on technology than they clothes. So to me I think having technology makes people happy. Having technology to see if it makes them happy is kinda of point less to me. There is nothing the Facial Action Coding could do for people in the world if you ask me.
Putting up Ads that is based off your emotion is not a smart idea to me. So if im angry im most likely will have a negative vibe and if you put something up that is close to be negative its not going to make me happy. If I am in a good mood more than likely I would not want to see no Ad. Then there expression is compared against a neutral face, some people just look naturally mad. If some one regular face looks mad then how would it read ther face then, that person could be happy.
I think the Facial Action Coding System is a waste of time. | 2 |
daf7282 | Do you enjoy traveling? Do you want to travel the universe?
Scientist have been working on finding ways to travel to other planets near us and then maybe one day travel farther.
Studying Venus is a worthy pursuit because, it is one of the closest planets in travel, its weather conditions and its geograhy is the closest fro any other planets.
In our solar system there are 8 planets and the nearest ones to us on Earth are Venus and Mars.
Because they all orbit the Sun at different speeds it would be possible to land a spacecraft on Venus or Mars.
Well, Scientist have done just that, they have landed rovers on both Mars and Venus.
At Mars the rovers were safe and not in any hasrh conditions.
On the other had at Venus the wether conditons are so bad that the rover survied for more than a few hours(The Challenge of Venus).
Even though scinetist have landed some robots it is not safe for people to go.
Thats way we need to keep studying Venus to find a safe way onto the ground for people.
Also, Venus can sometimes be the nearest option for a planetary visit which is helpful considering how long the time frames are when traveling in space(The Chanllenge of Venus).
Everyone wants to at least find a new something to explore.
Even though it is the closest planet the weather conditions are sill very unsafe.
With a 97% carbon dioxide blanket that covers Venus and the temperature being over 800 degrees Fahrenheit(The Challenge of Venus).
With all the hot temperatrues and the unsafe air it would be intresting is scientist found a way to sirvive.
Also, because of the high pressure and heat Venus' weather presents its own challenge with erupting valcanos, powerful earthquakes, and frequent lightning strikes(the Challenge of Venus).
Every explorer didn't know what was behind their gaze until they went and looked.
Sceintists will find a way to make it possible someday.
Furthermore another reason to study Venus, is it has very simular geograhpic features that show it was probaly covered with water from the amout of valleys and mountains(the Challenge of Venus).
After water drys up it leaves behind evidence, for example look at the Great Canyon.
It is evdient of water forming it.
Also, Scintist can tell it was probably covered with oceans and life forms was the amout of carters(The Challenge of Venus).
Craters make a good habit for animals that need shelter and when a medorite hit the ground all of the chemical in it goes into the ground and helps the envronment.
Like nitrogen, for example, is a chemical that helps plants grow and is found in the ground.
So, in conclusion, as a group we need to keep up supporting scintist with their plans for the future and traveling throgh space. Who knows it might happen in our lifetime or in the next.
The important thing is not to let anything keep us down.
Let's keep moving forward and upward. | 2 |
daf76d6 | Technologies nowadays can recognize emotions. The software makes out the 44 main muscles on your face in order to identify what you are feeling. They base it off of the 6 basic emotions. Technology now is so innovative that now we may be able to use this in classrooms to tell whether or not to change a subject or not when a teacher is teaching.
So all of this begins when a computer constructs a 3-D computer model of the face; all 44 of the major muscles in your face. In the model all these muscles move like a actual humans. Dr. Paul Echman ,creator of the FACS, classified the face having 6 basic emotions- happiness ,surprise, anger,disgust, fear, and sadness. Each thing is accosciated with its own characteristic movement. Each and every single person has the same universal emotions on there face, they are all universal. Dr. Huang said that " even tho individuals often show varying degrees of expression." The real question is tho is how this can help us when it comes to school and teachings in the classroom. What I mean by this is that teachers could know when the students are not finding interest in a subject of a disscussion anymore. This technology can scan the room and see what peoples emotions are during the subject and if they are not good then the teacher could try a different approach and if that worked then they would know that is what they need to try for the next class. Everyone learns a certain way and if you have a class that has a majority of people that learn a certain way then you know the sense of direction you need to teach based on this technology.
Now that we know that everyones emotions come off the same way and that everyones reactions to things are relativly close, don't you think that this would be good in a learning enviroment? Every person learns a certain way and if you know this then why dont we use this technology in classes so the teachers know that they need to change up teaching styles or just come back to something a different way. | 3 |
daf7b23 | When ever a president gets elected in the United States of America, the votes that they recieve are from the electoral college process. The electoral college has 538 electors, each state in the United States of America has a certain amount of voters, one state might have more than others. For example, The state of California and Texas have the most votes throughout the whole country.
Some people don't really agree with the electoral college process because they belive that if you vote you are voting for electors of your state that eventually vote for you at the end. For example, if you lived in Texas and you wanted to vote for [John] Kerry, you'd vote for a slate of 34 Democratic electors pledged to Kerry. And everyone's question might be "who are those electors?' The electors can be anyone not holding public office. That's why there's a 60% vote against the electoral college.
The electoral college is widely looked at as a person, a non-democratic way of selecting a U.S president that is going to be overruled by saying the canidate who recieves the most popular votes is the winner. It is the electors that elect the presidents, not the people. But each party selects a slate of elector's trusted to vote for the party's nominee, it is entirely possible that the winner of the electoral votes doesn't win the popular votes. This happened in 2000, when gore had more popular votes, but yet he had less electoral votes than George Bush.
I think the electoral college is a fantastic method of electing the United States of America's president, because for instance, let's say a person older than 18 who is allowed to vote and knows nothing about politics goes ahead and votes for the presidential canidate that has better hair, or maybe because he's taller, or he has a nice voice, then the next thing you know that the president knows absolutely nothing about the government or politics and votes a president based on their outside characteristics and not by the presidents knowledge or his intelligence or ability of helping the country out. And it's sad because at the end of the day the president that they chose can become so mean, rude,and clueless of what he/ she's doing. So then at the end we the people are stuck with bad leader for example, like Cuba, and north Korea and other harsh leader that are the president or maybe even country regret having that disrespectful person that they chose just becasue of his characteristics on the outside instead of paying attention to the presidential canidates knowledge, and thats why we should still stick with the electoral college method. | 3 |
dafc727 | In today's society, technology dominates many aspects of everyday life. It seems that as humans become more advanced, technology in turn, plays a large part in that advancement. On the subject of driverless cars, of course someday they will be on the road. As time will tell, if technology will allow for it, then new technological advancements will indeed be implemented into society, including that of driverless cars.
Technonlogy has always been advancing since the start of mankind. Whether it be from the development of the wheel to driverless cars, people are always finding easier ways of completing their daily tasks. It is only logical to make life more efficient and the only way to do so is to develop new and improved methods of completing common tasks today such as driving. The driverless car has potential use in society as it would appeal itself to many. "Google has had cars that could drive independently under specific condition since 2009. Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash" (2). This only proves how much safer a driverless car can be compared to a live human driver. People are easily distracted; whereas technology does not face these same obstacles. When it comes to driving, safety is always the number one concern for not only drivers, but also to pedestrians. If new driverless cars prove to be more safe at preventing accidents then why would it not be implemented into society? In the article, one can also see that there are some added benefits that come with the driverless car. Developers at BMW have been able to create a semi-driverless car with added features. Dr. Werner Huber, a BMW project manager describes the feature as interpreting the driving fun in a new way. To do so, BMW has hoped to bring in-car entertainment and information systems that use heads-up displays. At the same time, these displays can be turned off instantly if of course, the driver is needed to take control of the wheel.
A problem that arises with the idea of driverless cars is the law and specifically: the rules of the road. Currently, ". . .traffic laws are written with the assumption that the only safe car has a human driver in control at all times" (9). "As a result, in most states, it is illegal even to test computer-driven cars. California, Nevada, Florida, and the District of Columbia have led the country in allowoing the limited use of semi-autonomous cars; manufacturers believe that more states will follow as soon as the cars are proved more reliably safe" (9). Even so, if traffic laws do indeed change, new laws will need to be made regarding driverless cars. Questions have begun to arise such as who is at fault for an accident in a driverless car. Insurances would also need to adapt to this change in order to cover driverless cars and the question of liability also comes up. Is the driver or is the manufactuerer at fault? Either way there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered before driverless cars are on the road. At the end of the day, as long as driverless cars prove to be more safe and more efficient for people, it will not be long before the drastic change to transportation as society knows it.
As one can see, technology dictates new advancements in society and because of this, the driverless car will soon be the norm. They prove to be safer and more efficient than compared to a car operated by a human driver. There is no certainty as to how this will play out but what is true is that these cars would, in fact, fundamentally change the world. Just as life was different for people twenty years ago, life will continue to be different twenty years from now. | 4 |
db008ce | Cars, buses, planes, and yes even motorcycles are all ways we use everyday to get from place to place. You ever thought about how much air pollution and greenhouse gas affects happen each and everday just because we have to get to a destination.? Just like you, I wouldn't have thought that. But hey, we all got to get around some way, whether it's healthy for our earth or not.
For starters, The world as we know it isn't the most healtiest place ever, for instance, take a look outside. Is it clean ? You would probably answer no because mainly because there's pollution, and debris everywhere you lay your eyes on. Typically you see plastic bags, bottles, containers etc. To some it all up, FLITH. What I'm trying to say here is that the world already isn't healthy so why continue and do something that is horribly harming the place we live in. Statistics have shown that there making efforts in the past and future, two decades to make the cities denser, and better for walking. From my prior knowledge, in other cities such as Paris enforced a partial driving ban to clear the air of the global city. Driving cars has become so inbeniefical that it's drastically changing the world slowly but surely. Other places such as the capital of France, Beijing, and China are all well known for their most polluted cities in the world. Causing many of people's lives to be tragically taken. Something needs to happen fast if we want our world to be a healthy enviornment for us and next generations to come .
Futhermore, Something that I think could really benieft us would have to be Hybrid cars.
Researchers have said that The Honda, and Toyota cars is what everyone needs to get in order to take a further step into positively changing the Earth. Mind you the car is low on gas and is extremely eco friendly. There's nothing that the climate can do to help us and make this a lot easier. So the next step would have to be to create something that has many different beniefts to help uplift this world. Limiting car usage will automatically reduce any air pollution and greenhouse effects. Another thing that I found interesting would have to be that Delivery companies complained of lost revenue, while expectations were made for plug-in cars, ( hybrids ). In my personal opinion, the world be a lot better off with these cars. Their inexpensive, low pollution waste, and not to mention, they don't rely on gasoline. There's no way to go wrong with these cars.
All in all, Transportation period is not healthy for the earth. With tha being said, we need to take cautious as to what we do each and everyday. I'm not saying don't drive in your cars anymore. I'm just suggesting the whole world to take a break from all this mayhap and give the earth a rest. Like in Bogota, Colombia . Millions of Colombians hiked, biked, skated,or took buses to work during a car- free day . Just to leave the chaos and the devoid of traffic jams would be awesome. The goal is to promote alternative transportation and reduce green house effect, air pollution,and smog. It's in our best interest to take a stand and change the enviornment. | 3 |
db098d3 | The Face is not a Alien made artifact because the scientist at NASA resherch and made diffrent trips to see the land formatin. The NASA camras did not make it easy to see if any thing was there. They went back 18 years later and took more pictures and found nothing that had to do with aliens makeing the landform.
At NASA the scientist it was a nother martin mesa because they are commen in that region of mars. They also said that the rock had no sign of alien life or ever haveing life. The large rock formation gave the shadow a alusion of the Face. When they went back in the summer of 1998 they took a picturre that proved that the large rock formation was just that.
The Face is not an alian made face because the scientist at NASA said the landform was giveing off a shadow alusion of a Face. There camras on the Viking 1 make it hard too tell if there was any thing there. They went back 18 years later an took more picture that were better because they had new tecnology. Once agin the scientist are right the pictures showed that the Face was a shadow and the aliens had nothing to do with it. | 2 |
db0a0c0 | In the article "Driverless Cars Are Coming," the author presents both positive and negative aspects of driverless cars. After reviewing this article, I have formed an opinion of being for the development of these cars. They will create a more efficient traffic system, the cars are safe therefore creating safer roads, and even though the car is doing most of the work, humans still have full control over the vehicle.
Many car companies have discovered different ways to improve traffic efficiency. For example, "In 2013, BMW announced the development of "Traffic Jam Assistant." The car can handle driving functions at speeds up tp 25 mph, but special touch sensors make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel." This creation was designed to imrpove traffic drastically.
Driverless cars are proven to be safe by many research programs. With it's motion dection sensors and human-brain-like technology, self-driven cars could not be more cautionary. A lot of the technology is very advanced, for example from Google, "it [the car's feature] uses laser beams to form a constantly updating 3-D model of the car's surroundings."
Creating a full view of anything the car should be aware of in it's surroudings.
The thought of eventually having no control over today's advanced techology scares many people, however, with the self-driving driverless cars that is not something to be worried about. Although the car does do a lot of the work, incase of an emergency or in any case where only the skills a human mind can surpass, the people in the car have full control over the vehicle. "They can steer, accelerate, and brake themselves, but all are designed to notify the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, such as navigating through work zones and around accidents," says BMW.
To conclude, I believe that supporting self-driving driverless cars will improve our future for the better. Whether its because of increasing traffic efficiency or creating safer roads. Also, knowing that humans will still have access to all controls having to do with the car, why wouldn't the human race want to acquire driverless cars? | 4 |
db0b11e | The advantages of limiting car usage is they have less greenhouse gas emissions, being less tense and more accessible to public transportation.
The good thing about less greenouse gas emissions is the air is more dense and is a huge impediment to currrent efforts to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from tailpipes. Also another advantage is being less tense and a good thing about being less tense in can reduce high blood pressure, lesser chance for heart attack for people 40 or older, and you won't be so stressed because stress is a main cause for heart attacks and high blood pressure. Finally, the good thing about it being more accessible to public transportation is its just like carpooling everyone can ride in one vehicle and use less gas to make the air more dense and clear so the less gas you can use the better the air will be more clear so everyone can breathe in clean air for their lungs but if you don't like to use public transportation use you can always walk, jog, or even run because it's a great way to excersize your muscles. | 2 |
db0f994 | Everyday, citizens drive their vehicles to get to their destination. No one really stops to think how limiting car usage could be good for the enviroment. If citizens limit the amount of times they drive their car, there would be less traffic. There would also be less pollution and less stress for citizens.
Traffic is a growing problem that tends to back up main streets, highways, and even back streets at times. In Bogota, Colombia they have a day devoted entirely to not driving a vehicle unless it is public transportation. "It leaves the streets of this capital city eerily devoid of traffic jams," as stated in source 3. Limiting car usage could prevent heavy traffic, accidents, and serious collisions.
As fellow citizens, people should want to keep their enviroment pollution free. Pollution and vehicles go hand in hand when it comes to why limiting car usage is a good thing. Source 2 states, " Congestion was down 60 percent in the capital of France, after five days of intense smog." Smog is just like fog but it is thicker, more dense, and is harder to see through. That comes from the bad fumes that comes from many cars crowding up the streets. Due to the pollution the vehicles caused, no one is able to drive during smog which is why there was no traffic. In Paris, just like Colombia, they have stopped people from driving all the time.
In Germany, many people have given up their cars. The citizens enjoy the stress free lifestyle of not having to drive a vehicle. "When I had a car I was always tense. Im much happier this way," as stated by a mother of two. Limiting your car usage can prevent many stressful things from happening during the day. Public transportion is another way someone can get to where they need to be.
Citizens drive their vehicles everyday without ever thinking of how good limiting car usage could be. The limitation of cars reduces traffic, pollution, and stress throughout the day. Not driving as much gives you a chance to actually stop and "smell the roses." Driving is not always a good idea for people or for the environment around them. | 3 |
db14072 | The Face
The Face on Mars is just a natural landform. Some people thinks it was created by aliens. It wasn't created by alien. At first,the Face looked like a human face ,"..when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face." Scientist find out that it was a mesa, "Scientists figured it was just another Martian mesa, common enogh around Cydonia, only this one had unsual shadows that made it look like an Egyptian Pharaoh." This text evidence shows that the Face is just a natural landform.
Malin and his MOC team take ten pictures.In the text it stated that, "...Michael Malin and his Mars Orbiter Camara (MOC) team snapped a picture ten times sharper than the original Viking photos." When they looked over it, they found out that it was a natural lanadform.The text also stated that, "Thousands of anxious web surfers were waiting when the image first appeared on a JPL web site, revealing.....a natural landform." It wasn't created by an alien,"There was no alien monument after all."
Some people still don't believe that the Face was a natural landform.So Mars Global Surveyor drew close enough the second look."We had to roll the spacecraft 25 degrees to center the Face in the field of view." They also compared it, "Each picel in the 2001 image spans 1.56 meters, compared to 43 meters per pixel in the best 1976 Viking photo." When they look at the picture,it was actually a landforms.In the text it stated that,"What the picture actually shows is the Martain equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." This evidence shows that it was a landforms and not a alien monument. Some people thinks the Face was created by aliens but that's not true, it is just a natural landform. | 3 |
db1689b | Driverless cars will be a bad idea in many ways. They could maunfuciton and create a crash or maybe even death. The car can also watch you, People prefer to have some privacy instead of being monitored 24hrs a day. You have too be on alert everytime you get in the driverless cars. Its like driving people buy it too not drive. Driverless cars are not yet ready to function and Im guessing they will never be.
Diverless cars will casue to much problems. You never know when something can go wrong. The article states that the car notifys the driver when the road ahead requires human skills, the driver could be sleeping and not hear it and maybe cause a crash. If the car is diverless then the car needs no human skill to function it in tough situations. The car can also cause traffic jams if the car breaks it will automatically shut off since its broken. The car can only handle 25 mph so that means no freeways or public roads. also if your in a hurry how are you going to get there in time.
The car will be to expensive, If the brakes dont work your going to have to reapir them right away. If the sterring decides not work properly will the car is operating things can go down hill. A bmw part can cuase up to a million dollars imagine repairng the driverless car proberly like 20 million. They say the want to make driverless cars a taxi how much will it cost to get a ride and who will be responsible if the car crashes will your in it.
Imagine buying a driverless car and you dont even drive it and get in an accident and you are responsible for the damage. From my point of view it has to be the companies since the owner is not tecnically driving. I would be pretty mad if i had to pay for the damage,the car is driving itself and the companies program it to do that. Imagine how much the car will cost and the insurace,alot of money.
Driverless cars is not a good idea in our world becuase its not safe. The car can only go 25 mph and you need to stay alerted 24/7, I rather drive than let a car drive for me. People will feel safer if a human operates it than a machine. Driverless cars can cause accidents,traffic jams and even death. The driverless car doesnt know how to hands tough situations like roadblocks, tough traffic if you get pulled over will the vehical even pull over. If the car crashed I am pretty sure the company will have nothing to do with it since you bought it. The car can get in an acciedent and you didnt even drive but you still have to pay, I would be mad. Our society is not ready for this yet and hopefully they dont waste there money on something that can lead to bad things. | 4 |
db18689 | In the passage "The Challenge of Exploring Venus" the author thinks that studying Venus is a worthy pursuit despite the dangers it presents. In the passage the author has put and many details supporting his idea of studuing Venus. The author uses many good details to support his idea. For example, how they came up with an idea that could keep the people safe but they wouldn'nt be able to get any sample of anything without being in to much danger. However there are still more ideas.
In this passage it says that NASA has come up with a couple ideas to explore Venus. One of their ideas was to hover a ship about 30 miles from above Venus's surface and still me able to observe from there. This supports his idea that they can still exlpore it they just wont be able to get close up and explore it better. There was also another idea that NASA came up with.
Their next idea was to send a spacecraft up but when they did it only sayed up for maybe two hours without failing. Although their first plan failed witht the spacecraft they came up with another idea for sending spacecraft back to Venus. They found a material that might be able to support the spacecraft from the heat. In order to see if this spacecraft woud work the tested it in a similator that was close to what was happening to venus and the spacecraft lasted up to three weeks in the conditions alot longer than the last one. This is another idea that supports his idea of still exploring it because they might of found a safer and better way to do it.
In the end the author of this passage has many details to support his idea of exploring Venus. They have found safer and better ways to explore Venus so why would they not do it. His idea is proven to be posible and he supports his idea very well in this passage. | 3 |
db19681 | Have you ever felt like your opinion dident matter? There is lots of contriversey over the popular topic of the Electoral College,and wheter its good or bad. The electoral college is not an actual college, in fact its not a place at all. The founding fathers wrote it in the constitution as a comprisie between the election by the people or by congress for president. Some of Americas most iconnic people even agredon abolishing the Electoral College,and i agree.
In the system of the Electoral College the voters are not truley voteing for the pesident,but for there states elctors. The state electors are the ones who then vote for president. The electors can be anyone who does not hold public office. In simple terms the Electoral College is not fair to voters. The reson behind this is the winner take all system that each state has in place. So the canidates dose not waste time in states they know they have no support or chance of winning the popular vote.
A dispute over the Electoral College's final decision is possible,for example it happened in 2000. However it is less likely than an arughment over the popular vote. This is because the winning canidate's share of the Electoral College undoubtably execeeds the share of the popular vote. With the Electoral College in place some people dont even see the point in voteing.
Overall the Electoral College does more harm than it does good. America is supposed to be about the people, and we are a democracey. We should be the ones picking our own President by popular vote. With the Electoral College in place we are takeing more power away from the people and giving it to the goverment. It may be written in the constitution but its a new generstion and its time for change. | 3 |
db21ca7 | Don't some things sound too good to be true? Well, this is one of many. NASA scientists have found a "face" on Mars. This has been solved to be just a landform, but some people still believe that the "face", was created by aliens. Here are some facts to prove that this is a natural landform.
First of, in 1976, pictures were not the best back then. We were still working on them to make the outcome look better. With the digital images being 3 times bigger than the pixals, you are bound to find something that is not what it seems to be. Also, the "face" is located 41 degrees north martian laditude. This is a more foggy area of the planet. This could explain why the picture looks like a "face". Also, there were other objects around the "face" that casted shadows on the landform, making it look like it has eyes, a nose, and a mouth. This landform is very similer to landforms in the West of the U.S. This would be called a mesa. Finally, the scans of the "face" can only go so far. Plus, the camera doesn't go over the face often either.
Even since cameras have been upgraded for a better picture, NASA can prove that this is not an alien made "face", but a natural landform on Mars. | 3 |
db27efe | Driverless cars could go both ways. They can be useful or just a waste of time. I think there should not be driverless cars. There should not be driverless cars because driving is a huge responsiblity. I feel that even if the car has an in-car enterainment the driver will not be paying attention to the road and when the car signals for the driver to take control, the driver won't know what is going on and could even cause an accident. Leading to the conflict of who is at fault, "the driver or the manufacturer?"
If we just keep our cars how they are now people will have to pay attention to the road. You could be paying really good attention to road but you have no idea how the other cars are. A lot of car accidents could be prevented if the driver of the car is in control at all times. People trying to invent a safe driverless car are just wasting their time.
Even if the car has a lot of safe reasons in why we should have them there will still be reasons why we shouldn't. We have had total control of our cars for the lonest time now and I feel like it is better to just play it safe and keep doing what we have been doing. It's better to play it safe than to be sorry. | 3 |
db2b98a | Did you know about 25 years ago a funny face has appeared on Mars? Did you also know that the funny face became a pop icon? The funny face has appeared on lots of things. It became popular after the scientists and researchers found out about it. It went on tv shows, movies, magazines, and stuff like that.
Some scientist think that it was some kind of alien artifact, even though aliens do not exist. Some of the scientists or the Mars Orbiter Camera took a lot of pictures to get a really good picture of it. The scientists did this because they wanted to be able to study a lot better and they would get a better view of the face, if they get a really good picture of it. It took a while for them to get the picture on this JPL web site. It turns out that the face was not an alien's artifact after all.
The scientists wanted to get another picture of the face on Mars. They wanted to have a second look at it, to make sure that can get the right information on it. Like where the face is, what degrees it is at, which it is located at 41 degrees north martian latitude. They wanted to find good information about it. They wanted to get better pictures of it so they could study it more, so they could get research on it.
Some people think that the face on Mars looks equivalent to a butte or mesa, which is a landform commom around the American West. So now people know what it looks like. Some people might think it still looks like a face to them but other people might not think that anymore. They think it looks different now that the scientists figured out what it looks like. The scientists figured out that the lava dome, isolated the form mesa about the same height as the Face on Mars.
The scientists might still be trying to figure out how this face appeared on Mars how it got there. Some people are trying to figure out what the face looks like, even some people think that the face on Mars doesn't even look like a face. Scientists might look at this differently now. They might as well keep trying to figure it out if they want to. | 4 |
db2d113 | Hi and im Luke and I am in a program called the Seagoing Cowboys. The UNRRA hired us to take care of horses,and young cows,that we ship overseas. My friend and I joined together. You may or may have not heard of it.
The seagoing cowboys are a group that helps countries recover the food suplies, animal, and lots more. We bring three houndred and thirty five horses with enough oats to feed them to the people. I think you should join them now to help people in need.
There are many reasons to join this amazing group. There are many reasons that you should join. One is you get to help people. But you benefit yourself by helping people in need. You also get to sightsee. At the different places you go. I got to go see the Acropolis in Athens Greece. I also took a gondola ride in Venice, Italy, a city filled with water and finally I toured an excavated castle in Crete and marvleled at the Panama Canal on my way to China. Some other reasons are that you get to sleep in a boat you don't do that very often. Finally on return trips after the animals have been unloaded you play games. We played baseball and volleyball games in the empty holds where the animals were. Table-tennis tournaments, fencing, boxing, reading, whittling, and games also helped pass time.
But being one is more gratefull for me than an adventure. It opened up the whole world to me. "I am gratefull for this oppurtunity" I say "It made me more aware of people of other countries and their needs."
But being a Seagoing cowboy has some dangers. This is during World War Two so enemy soldiers could be roaming around. Or also when i was on the boat. I was a watchman. My job was to check on the animals every hour. One rainy night, after making my hourly report to my captain, I slid down a slippery lader on my backside of the ship. A small strip of metal along the side kept me from slidding in to the dark Atlantic. I am happy to be alive. But I couldn't work for a couple of days because of cracked ribs.
I hope you take this into consideration on joining the Seagoing Cowboys to help other people. Also be with your friends and have fun. | 3 |
db2e4b6 | Driveless cars. You see them in movies, you joke around about them and
some people even see them as an actual thing in the future. Cars that drive by themselves all they need is a human to be alert in case something happens. It has everything from comfortable seats and entertainment systems. Its uncertain to be entirely safe, its most likely going to be very expensive and lastly, its just lazy. Having driverless cars is absolutely NOT a good idea.
I know it sounds awesome, a car that can drive itself?! That seems IMOSSIBLE. I mean who wouldn't want to just sit in a car and just wait to get to your destination? But I disgaree with the idea even though its genious. The idea of the car isn't entirely safe. Studies show that its been driven about half a million times, without a crash. Well thats most likely just a few people on the road, but driveless cars will be ALL OVER THE WORLD if approved by the law. There absolutely no way that you're not going to get in an accident. What if the car suddenly breaks down out of nowhere? Technology does seem to do that very often. And a car breaking down in the middle of where ever you're at isn't only dangerous for you, but for everyone around you.
Can you imagine how much money it costs to build those cars? Now imagine how much they'll be when you buy them, ecspecially when companies like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW are making them, normal cars alone are very expensive. We shouldn't be spending on money on building stuff we can already do ourselves, drive. Also, when it breaks dwn, which it will eventually, it will be extremly expensive to repair. It might even take a long period of time to fix and not everyone has that time, not everyone has that money either.
Laziness. I'm not saying its entirely a bad thing, lazy people invented most of the stuff we use today. Think about it, lazy people made washing machines because they were tired of washing clothes, and then on top of that they made a dryer. The laziest people even built cars! They were tired of walking so they invented them for faster and easier transportation. Theres a specific amount of lazy you can get and driverless cars is the absolute laziest. I mean just sitting in the car waiting for your turn to drive while the CAR drives you? Thats crazy! If you can drive your own self then why expect a car to do it for you, it was built for YOU driving it. Also, entertainment systems in the car while you wait for your turn to drive? Not only is it distracting but the driver will be so focused on whatever they're doing they're not going to want to drive. So they'll be more focused on the show while driving becausse they think "oh well its driveless, so it will keep me from getting to an accident if I get way too distracted" then they end up in an life or death situation because they thought was ok to be on the entertainment divces in the car while they're lives and everybody elses life are at risk.
Theres so many things wrong with this idea. It doesn't matter how many people approve it, its still very unsafe, expensive and is an extremely lazy act. They built cars to take YOU places, where YOU control the wheel, where YOU'RE responsible for whatever is to happen, now who is there going to be to blame when something does go wrong? You or the car? You can't expect everything to be done for you. I really hope this doesn't become legal, I hope they change their minds and just drop the entire idea. Driveless cars should definately NOT be the future it should be just a bad decsion in the past. | 4 |
db2e65a | The techonology to read people emotions of their faces is a good idea. If the technogoly was used in a classroom on a student to see if they were confused or bored, but what if the techonolgy didnt always work. A student could havea look on his or her face and the computer could read the wrong emotion of them. There is always that chance it could not work. Sometimes people can´t always tell is someone is smiling or not, maybe that could happen to the computer.
It might be usless in the classroom on students because Dr. huang said you cant wlays tell the full trait of happy. The computer might not be able to tell the whole trait of any emotion. It could tell you a emotion about your face maybe that you are feeling and could be completeing wrong. Some people might just have a blank experrsion on the face and have no emotion, or maybe they have a little emotion that the computer can´t see. There are 44 muscles in the model that must move like human muscles. Dr huang says this could modify lessons if the student is confused, but what if the machiene makes the lesson even more confsuing that what it really was.
The idea to read other people emotions is a good idea. It wouldnt be sucha good idea in the classroom with students. It would probably read the emotions wrong and try to help woth the lesson and make it more confusing. Therefore the computer that can read people emotion(FACS) should stay out of the classroom. | 3 |
db2f60d | Reading Faces
Imagine you are sitting in history class, and all of a sudden you start to fall asleep. You start to nod off because you are learning boring old history, when all of a sudden the lesson changes its tone to be more interesting. In return you do not fall asleep, and you learn plenty of new information. This technology is called Facial Action Coding System, and it should be used in the classroom. If this technology is used it will lead to less boredom, more engagment, and a general improvment in the school's atmosphere.
Firstly, this technology can be used to make school less boring. With this technology installed it would be able to detect when you are bored, and be able to change the lesson in order to make it less boring. This can lead to more learning being accomplished, because teachers would not have to spend time reteaching a subject. History is not boring, and if a computer could make history appealing to students then it should be practiced. People who oppose this technology may say that it is not advanced enough to detect human emotions. In rebuttle, "The software is the latest innovation from Prof. Thomas Huang, of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science at the University of Illinois, working in collaboration with Prof. Nicu Sebe of the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Huang and his colleague are experts at developing better ways for humans and computers to communicate." (D'Alto)
Secondly, this technology can be used to increase the student's engagement in the school. If a student is excited to learn new information, then they are engaged. If students are activily engaged with their learning they will do better in school. With students preforming better in school it could lead to an improvement in life, and to the advancement of the human race. American schools are also lagging behind thier counterparts, and this increase in engagment would benifit the American Educational System.
Thirdly, this technology can be used to improve the general environment of the school. Everybody goes through rough patches in their life, and sometimes students want to talk to administrators. Even if a student talks to an adult, they do not always tell the truth. With Facial Action Coding System they will be able to tell if you a telling the truth. For example "Meanwhile, muscles called oribicularis oculi pars palpabraeus make crow's-feet around your eyes. But in a false smile, the mouth is streched sideways using the zygomatic major and a different muscle, the risorius." (D'Alto) This would enable the teachers to know what is going on, and be able to help you best.
In conclusion, the Facial Action Coding System should be used in the classroom. The technology would lead to less boredom in school, more engagment in school, and an improvment in the school's atmosphere. All of these factors would not only improve schools in America, but schools throughout the world. Our world is constantly becoming more based on technology, and the children of the world are our future. Should we not teach them in the best way possible? | 5 |
db30849 | Many places such as Vauban, Germany have given up the usage of cars. Vauban is a gworing trend in europe and the United Sates because of the postive effects of not using cars. One of the biggest examples is polution, also the removal of cars would ultimatley lead to a finacial increase in our economy, lastly making this change positivley effects our future.
First I would like to talk about a huge problem we face as a society today and that is green house gasses. You may not think that these are a big deal put if left unchecked they caan become a huge problem. Passenger cars are responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emisions in europe, and up to 50 percent in car-intensive areas. This can become a huge problem ranging from acid rain to climate change. An example of what polution can do to a city is in paris they are putting a partial ban on cars because of how how bad there polution is. There was a huge smog problem because green house gasses were being trapped because of hot days and cold nights.
Also this change can have amazing effects on that areas economy. Because there will be no cars people will take the bus witch is less than payinf for gas or they can walk to closer places. Also gas prices would decrease for other forms of tranpertation because there wouldnt be cars demanding the fuel. family could sell there cars and spend the money they were using to fund there car other thing witch will lead to the people being happier. Also the removal of cars will lead to teh creation of jobd because they will need people to operate public transportation.
Lastly the removal of cars will have a postive effect on the future of our world. With the track were on now the world is estimated to heat up and have negative consequences on our society. these climate changes may seem small but they can have drastic effects. in china there is a lake that is so polluted you set the top of it on fire because there is so much polutants on it. also this chang has coralation with peoples happiness. Were already started down the path of less cars, recent studies suggest that americans are buying fewer cars, driving less adn getting fewer licenses as each year goes by.
For the following benifits is why we should stop using cars and continue with the idea of using public tranportation and walking. Cars creat polution, its better for our economy to stop the use of cars and this will poitivley effect out furute. Also one last reason for why the beifits outweigh the harms is that we have started the removal of cars all it has shown is positive effects | 4 |
db325fc | Students can feel happy at times and sad at times.
Teachers usually know when a student is in a good or bad mood.
The question is if the use of the technology is valuable enough to read students emotions. I claim that they should be put in classrooms and they are valuable enough.
The first reason is because that would be a help to teachers in the classroom and help students who are having issues.
The numbers that the computer puts out would be very descriptive and you would know exactly how the students are feeling.
If they are mad, the system could help prevent fights because they would show anger.
Teachers can help students with troubles of depression.
The code is very complex but very effective.
The program scans a humans facial structure ,and goes off of a nuetral face, then determines what emotion you have, or emotions, by scanning your muscles and finally determining what emotions you have.
The program calculates exactly what youre feeling and how much of it you are exactly feeling.
So overall, the software is valuable to students and teachers, and should be used in classrooms.
It helps students get help with problems if they need help and it helps teachers understand their students more and help them more.
Even though students have moods and sometimes the teachers cant tell, the computer can, and it does not matter if it is happy or sad. | 3 |
db372d7 | Are you on a long trip and brought snacks but cant reach them because there in the backseat? If you reach back there with a human driven car you're very likely to crash. I have a suggestion why not try a driverless car. Driverles cars can provide you with a way to get to things you need without worrying about crashing.
My position on driverless cars is their a great invention and need for society. I say this because it will cause less accidents from people trying to reach in the backseat to grab something they want.''Google cars have driven a million miles without a crash.
Have you ever dosed off while driving the smart car will allow you to catch a few z's and will alert you when something goes wrong on the road.''Google cars alert you when pulling in and out of driveways,navigating through roadwork,and dealing with road accidents. With the driverless car this will allow people to be more rested but still be alert when necassery.
Have you ever texted while driving or thought about texting while driving? Having a driverless car wil allow you to be hands free while in open road which will allow you to do the things you need to do.''In car system is actually a safety feature,and safety is a big concern.
For my conclusion I say you should pick up a driverless car because it can allow more things to be took care of. Also it would prevent texting and driving due to the in car sysem which displays things you need or messages you want to see. | 3 |
db39406 | Driverless cars are starting to make it into the world. These cars have chips and different items that allow the car to drive alone, but will tell the the driver that he/she needs to take over the wheel when the car can not make it through a sitution. These cars are a bad idea for the world and can be very dangerous. The cars have a self driving system and tell the driver to take the wheel when needed, but what if the driver has fallen asleep or has had something happen to them, they will not be able to take control of the car. Therefore, self driving cars are a bad idea for the world.
Driverless cars do not allow the world to be driverless. People will still have to drive the cars when something happens that the car can not handle. The article states, "Their cars have driven more than half a million miles without a crash," but what if that next mile something in the car goes wrong and the car crashes. Google explains how their cars are not completey driverless. The cars will alert the driver to take over when the car can not handle the sitution that they are in. So, what is the big difference between someone driving the cars full time or having a car that drives itself unless something happens?
There is no difference when it comes to picking the right choice. The driveless car is a fault and can not keep people safer on the roads. People could eaisly get unfocused and not pay attention to the warning sign that the car gives to take over. If the car tells the driver so many times to take over the driver could get use to the signal and not pay attention when the signal goes off. For these cars to work they way they have to work "they [need] a whole lot of sensors." What would happen of the builder of the car forgets to put a sensor in, or one of the sensors does not get programed the right way? Then when the car is driving something happens because a sensor was not placed or had a default. Then who will the blame be placed on? The driverless car or the actual driver who was told by a sign that they needed to take over, but the sign never came because a sensor was missing. The world would most likely believe that the driver was not paying attention and that it is their fault.
Now the car does have some really nice features, but can these features live up to the name? The cars have "sensors [that] can cause the car to apply breaks on individual wheels and reduce power from the engine," that is a nice feature but again what if the sensor quits working. The whole idea of a driverless car is a good idea until a person finds out that they must trust sensors to alert them when they need to take over. In the article it talks about how there could be a object of some sort that keeps the driver awake and alert incase they have to take over. What if the driver gets so into the object that is supposed to keep them alert that they do not feel or see the signal. Another thing that could go wrong is if the driver thinks that they will not have to drive the car they may turn around to take of kids in the back and not see the sensor or feel it. Then you have a bad crash that puts not only a single person in trouble but several people.
The whole idea of driverless cars is a good idea, but with good ideas there are things that can go wrong that people have to think about. A driverless car is a serious thing to think about before they get soild to the public. The people who create the cars need to be able to promsie that the cars are one-hundred percent safe to the public and that they are trust-worthy. The people who make the cars can not promise that one-hundred percent becuase they can only make the cars to their best and after it is the a dealer shop they can not take back what happens. These cars could make a lot more crashes happen and that could lead to a rise of death rates. These cars are not super trust-worthy, therefore, they should not be put out of the market for people to buy. | 5 |
db45d38 | I do not think that the use of this technology in a classroom is valuable. I think the use of this technology is pointless and a waste of money, in a classroom atleast.
One reason I do not agree with the use of this computer software in a classroom is because the software doesn't understand everything that we are feeling inside. People don't always put on a face when they are feeling some type of emotion, rather they can just sit there expressionless and still feel angry, sad, or happy. I do not think this software is advanced or accurate enough to tell what we're feeling.
Another reason I find this software useless in a classroom is about learning cirriculum in the classroom. In the article it said that "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored,". How is the software supposed to know what we are learning, how we are supposed to learn about it, and how would the software modify the lesson to make it less confusing or more interesting? I think the software would be less useful than an actual human being teacher, because a teacher can explain and help you with something when you're confused, and not have to worry about modifying the lesson which could cause everyone to be at a different level of understanind of the lesson.
My final reason I do not agree with the use of this technology in a classroom is about the cost, and is it even nessasary? Since this software is new and advanced for facial coding, I would assume it would be very expensive. The use of this system to me, is just a waste of money, and is basically making teachers less useful and interactive with their students. A teacher is the one who should make decisions on how to teach a lesson or how to help a student, rather than a computer software that doesn't know what a person is thinking just because of their facial expression.
In conclusion I do not agree with using this technology in a classroom to help students with their learning. This software may be useful in other situations, but to me, in a classroom it is useless along with a waste of the schools money. | 4 |
db534ee | Prof. Thomas Huang and Nicu Sebe collaborated to innovate a computer software called the "Facial Action Decoding Sytem", which recognizes facial emotions. The software can construct a 3-D model of the face and is programmed to recognize specific traits. Basic emotions such as happiness, surprise, anger, fear, and sadness can all be detected, as well as a mix of them all. This innovation has the potential to be revolutionary if placed in a classroom.
Many emotions are portrayed by students every day, and they can be a key factor in student effort. For example, a tired and bored student is more likely to lose focus and be less attentive than a well-rested and pleased student. The Facial Action Decoding System has the abillity to detect boredom. Dr. Huang stated , "A classroom computer could recognize when a student is becoming confused or bored. Then it could modify the lesson like an effective human instructor." He sees the educational benefits to students if his software were used in a classroom. Students would be able to stay focused longer and continue to do so without boredom. A happy student would be much more willing to learn with a software that kept them focused and happy.
With the Facial Action Decoding System in a school, or at home on a PC, everyday computer activities will get more and more interesting. For example, digital advertisements are just about everywhere nowadays, and some of them can be annoying an even disturbing. However Huang's software can process the facial reaction of a user to determine which adds to allow them to see. "For example, if you smile when a Web ad appears on your screen, a similar as might follow. But if you frown, the next ad will be different," Huang predicted. Putting a software with the abillity to do this would benefit students and teachers. Ad's can pop up in school that may not be appropriate or have anything to do with a desired subject. If the reaction of the student teaching that subject is negative, the ad will not be seen again. On the other hand, a teacher could find an ad that would benefit a lecture or teaching segment, and more educational ads will appear.
Others claim that the idea of a software that constantly watches a student's face is bizzare. They claim that humans can already detect when something is wrong with a student, or if they arent participating well. While humans can observe a student's emotions, it is not as precise as Huang's software. Given that some may be feeling well but prefer a calm and relaxed demeanor, humans will not know what these students are feeling at the time. However, the software will use all of the facial muscles to determine how these students really feel emotionally.
Huang and Sebe's Facial Action Decoding System truly demonstrates how facial motions can show mental feeling. This is why it would be extremely beneficial to have in schools. Students and teachers would get to experience a fully customized day at school based on their emotions for that day. This will eliminate loss of focus and amplify participation, which is crucial for all student succes. | 4 |
db5bba2 | Hey want to join the seagoing cowboys program.It will change your life a boy from this town right here has already graduated.His name is Luke Bomberger.World war 2 has just ended.So its safe seas.And its a giant adventure.Actually it is more than a adventure.
You will be drafted into the military service.If you have ever been on a cattle boat trip this is the most perfect job.You will help people and get to see China and Europe.It will take about two weeks to cross the atlantic Ocean.You have to be on your feet though because those animals need fed 3 times a day.And the stalls need to be cleaned every day.
hopefully you do hard work on your farm every day because it gets rough sometimes in this program.Try not to get the night watchmen job because thats a dangerous job.Thats what Luke bomberger had.If you get hurt in any way you will actually have fun ecxept the pain.There is baseball,volleyball,table-tennis tournaments,fencing,boxing,reading,widdling and games also help pass the time.
but it is more than a adventure it opens up the world to you.You'll be graetfull for the oppurtunity.It will make you more aware of the other people in thier countries and thier needs. | 3 |
db5caa0 | I think that the Face is a natural landform not a sign of the aliens. Don't get me wrong, there is a possible that life on an other planet but I don't think this one. When we sent the photos out to the public , we knew it would be a popular decisions in the media. Yes, people are aloud to have an opinion on this topic. The public just took the pictures the wrong way.
One, yes the landform does look like a face like design but people don't think of the shadows
any affect of how the pictures can look as. Let take the Mona Lisa, to make her a relistic, Leorado used shades and shadows to make her look like person. When people see face like things, they start to form a face. Well, since our anccients used that for surival. Two, people think of the Face like
the
Spinx in Egpyt and how "alien" built that momuent.
Some people don't think about how the moon has landforms , but that doesn't mean life lives on the Moon. Since the Moon has crater, but still there is no life on it. On Mars, there is not a lot of oxygen or water to support a species. Yes, people can say that they can require different natural rescources, but would they really?
The landforms can form on planet without living like mountains, craters, and cliffs.
I think that people overlooked this landform and made it more than it really is.The Face was just meant to be a picture that can show the beauty of Mars. NASA
likes that the public is
supporting
our studies of Mars and still wants the support to continue. Life on Mar is a case we can close. | 3 |
db5f317 | As the idea of a car operating without the assistance of a driver has become more popular, more and more companies have stepped up to create such vehicles. While there are many beneficial outcomes of innovating these cars, there are, however, many concerns that have arose around the idea. Because of safety issus, potential conflicts that could form between companies and clients, and development complications, the production of smart cars will not be as successful as designers are hoping.
Technology tends to fail, and when that happens, safety can be greatly affected. In 'Driverless Cars Are Coming,' the article mainy focuses on how the smart car's future is continuously being pursued, but also points out that there are several safety concerns. For one thing, smarter cars need "a whole lot of sensors." While technology is improving, problems could always potentially arise in the proficiency of the senors, which could then lead to crashes if the driver is not paying well enough attention. While the idea of a computer-run car being scary to people is enevitable, it is in fact a problem that some consumers and lawmakers might not overcome.
Because the smart car is evolving to the point where drivers only have to be in control about 10% of the time, it is probable that issues between manufacturers and consumers will become more popular. "If the technology fails and someone is injured, who is at fault-the driver or the manufacturer?" With this question in mind, these problems will likely lead to an increase of accident cases and plain confusion.
Even if the safety of smartcars and liability issues are improved and sorted out, the introduction of these vehicles will take a lot of work. Manufacturers are currently developping cars that can operate on current roads, but with the increase of their usage, many changes will have to be made to the streets of today. Some designers have tried to make smart-road systems, that have actually worked well, but "they required massive upgrades to existing roads, something that was simply too expenseive to be practical." Additionally, it may be some time until smart cars are safe enough to even be legally driven. Only 3 states, along with Washington DC, have legalized their usage. These obstacles will further complicate the future of the cars.
Smart cars today are undoubtfully improving and have a growing popularity. Unfortunately, a great number of downfalls to developping such a technology cloud the vehicles' future. With concerns of safety, accident liability issues, and development obstacles, there just might be too many faults to make the smart car dream a reality. | 4 |
db600cd | Technology is moving very quickly during this century. Having driverless cars is just amazing. You wouldn't have to worry about too many accidents on the road. I believe that future cars are going to be smarter than people.
First off human drivers do not keep their hands on the wheel the whole time they are driving. BMW has made cars with special touch sensors that make sure the driver keeps hold of the wheel the whole time. This part of the technology will help a lot out with those reckless drivers. This means the human driver must remain alert and be ready to take over when the situation requires. GM has developed driver's seats that vibrate when the vehicle is in danger of backing into an object. Also the Google car announces when the driver should be prepared to take over. These special features in cars will help prevent road accident. Even though this driverless cars are fully driverless they will set a big mark in the vehicle industry. | 2 |
db6668b | If u want to see or visit unique places with your family make sure u sigh up for Seagoing Cowboys program .My Personal opinion is that it seems worth it and Fun and exciting .You get to China ,Europe,italy and even more .Tis guy named luke had to help is aunt katie on her farm. As a boy had perpared Luke for hard work but not dangers at sea .As the second night Luke served as a night watchman.
One day he got on the ship and he had fun especisally coming return trips after animals had been unloading they played baseball volley ball games in the empty holds where animals had been housed .They played Table-tennis tournaments. Fencing .Boxing ,reading whittleing .And games also hepled pass the time .
These are some activity there while you are on the ship. There might be even stuff for the adults on the ship while people are witing to visit the nice places. This is why u should join the program of seagoing cowboys. | 2 |
db698da | I agree with a Facial Action Coding System that is used 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." With a facial action coding system you could change and make the world a better place,you could get law enforcement to invest in facial action coding system's. "Eckman,has classified six basic emotions- happiness,surprise,anger,disgust,fear, and sadness-and then associated each with characteristic movements of the facial muscles." Using this type of technology can actually help a lot,you can stop teen suicides from happening,you can stop school shootings from happening...But what I mean by that is you can help the person out that's feeling grieving,depressed and mad by talking to them about their problems or maybe what's going on at home or anywhere else, you can scan that persons face and see what emotions they're feeling. Overall, I think that this could show people what technology really is about and how we can inspire kidsto do the same,it could keep kids out of trouble and give them motovation to do good things in their community or around the world. | 2 |
db6a373 | The Face On Mars. A wonderful bit of scientific information that has become yet another pop icon. Many do believe that it is proof that there is life on Mars or on other planets. But even though we too would like to believe in such an existence, it is not true. This "Face On Mars" is just a natural landform that has the resemblence to a human profile.
The reason is that the face is just another landform. It seems like this has been repeated a multitude of different times, but lets look at the facts. We all know of certain landmarks or features that you find as you drive across the countryside and think, "That looks like my dog!" as you drive by a stone. That stone that you thought resembled your dog was just created by weathering and erosion. Why would this be any different than that? In the article, a man called Garvin talks about this by giving some different examples. He says that the face is actually, "The Martian equivalent of a butte or mesa-landforms common around the American West." Many things can be created to look like amazing things using wearthering and erosion.
Next, the weather. In the article, it said that on the first time that any human made device was able to take a picture of this it was apparently hazey out which made the picture look a lot different than what it looked like the second time. The second time that they took the picture, it came back just another landmark.
Finally, the people behind it. What I can alos say, is the human imagination. The human imagination is a place where everyone frequents and dreams up everything and anything. This is whats happening here. What is happening is people, scientists and conspiracy theorists alike. People want to and believe that there is another life form out there somewhere. This can lead to false information, accusations, rants, and many other things that can be put to a theorist. As much as we would like to believe it, we can't. Mainly because we don't have the cold hard facts to put it with. So as long as we don't have the information or evidence to put with it, we can't know anything for certain.
There you have it. Say what you will. The face is real. The aliens just moved it some place else. Your not looking in the right spots. Your keeping valuable information from us. The government is after us. The space aliens are real. The weather was just bad, thats all! You need to update your camaras adn equipment. We are highly trained in the science of aliens and space, we aer professionials. All I have to say is, all in good time, humans, all in good time. | 4 |
db6bf94 | I am Luke Bomberger and I have been to very unique places in my life time. Right now I work part time at two jobs in grocery store and at a bank. But what I didn't know that my life would change soon after I graduated. So thanks to my friend Don Reist he invited me ot go to Europe with him on a cattle boat. So of course I couldn't just say no because if I would have to be just carzy It was a life time opportunity.
It was in the year of 1945, it was the time of World War II. So to help people recover, 44 nations joined to form a UNRRA. The UNRRA hired Seagoing Cowboys to take care of the horses, young cows, and mules that were shipped overseas. So the next thing you know Don and I were signed up.
In August 1945, we received our orders to go and report to the New Orleans. " We arrived August 14 ," Luke said. Which was the day the that the Pacific War ended. They got their Seaman's paper and boarded up the SS Charles W. Woodster, headed for Greece with a cargo of 335 horses and plus enough hay to feed them all.
Luke's birthday happened before arriving to Greece. He turned 18 which meant he could be drafted to military service. " When my draft board learned that I was on a cattle boat trip, they told me to justto keep doing that for my service."
But the trips we went on were unbelievable opportunities for a little small town boy like me.
It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the Eastern coast of the United States and a month to get to China. Caring for all the animalsand the crossingskept me busy. They had to be fed and watered two or three times a day. Bales of hay and bag of oats had to be pulled up from the lower holds of the ship. stalls had to be cleaned.
Helping out on my aunt Katie's farm as a little boy helped me a lot to prepare me for this job. But not for the dangers on the seas that I had to face. On my second trip I was watch man for all the crews out on the boats. My job was to check all of the animals for every hour | 2 |
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