what anyone was saying over the crashing of rapids. All of this equipment on me makes the impression as if we were going to space. I get my single person boat and start paddling into the river. The smell of plants and the overgrowth of algae are pleasing as I calmly ride the current. I spot rapids coming up in the distance, and I get utterly nervous. My brother, Ben, is to the right of me looking just as anxious as I am. As we approach the whitewater rapids, I am not gaining any bit of confidence.
PART A TASK 1 I find the text “The day I became black” very interesting. This is a text by Willem Reerink, where he writes about “when he became black”. What he means with that is that one day in school, some of his classmates was talking about that it was no African American kids in their class, but Willem was in fact African American, but it didn’t show. His skin was caramel, so nobody had ever thought of him as “black”. But as soon as Willem “came out”, he felt that the other classmates and
When reading the famous novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is easy to get caught up in the main character, Jay Gatsby. After all, the novel is about him, right? While the focus is Gatsby, characters like Jordan Baker also play an important role in furthering the story. Jordan Baker is a friend of Daisy Buchanan, the love of Gatsby’s life; she spends endless hours in Daisy’s company. She also acts as the causal lover of the narrator, Nick Carraway and tells him the story of Jay Gatsby’s
underground tunnels. In order to mimic that, the enclosure will be made from clear PVC piping that will be connected by elbows and T’s to clear plastic boxes that will act as chambers or rooms. These chambers will be 20 cm in diameter and can either by square or round. They will have a fixed bottom with a removable top for easy access to the animals, to feed them and clean the enclosure. The mole rats will use these chambers as they would in the wild, for example, to store food or as a toilet. The
Around the world, millions of commuters, tourists and students rely on public transit service to aid them in their daily commute. Among all the available services, LRT (light rail transit) stand out as it deliver fast, frequent and reliable services and provide a comfortable and safe journey for individuals. Thus, the proposal of expanding the LRT infrastructure within Elkhead seems to provide the best solution for the city’s current transportation problems. Implementation will not only solve the
D&M Printed Creations, LLC. is an e-commerce start-up company positioning itself to become the Market leader in offering online merchants and consumers a uniform and trouble-free way to offer 3D architect services online. The company offers a customer solution to online 3D architect services as well as non-metallic tools, molding, consultation, prototype manufacturing, and 3D printing. The company utilizes a consolidation approach in handling of product that allows a customer friendly design service
printer. The key difference is that instead of working in 2 dimensions and printing only 1 layer, a 3d printer can print multiple layers in 3 dimensions. 3DP falls under the umbrella term Additive manufacturing (AM) and is used interchangeably with rapid prototyping (RP). 3d printing is the process of turning a CAD file (computer aided design) into a physical 3 dimensional object using additive processes. 3d printing itself is made up of many different methods of fabrication, but they all follow the
My desired career field lies within the robotic Additive Manufacturing (AM) market. I enjoy searching out the big picture of the end results of a product, and all who will interaction with it. The AM or 3D Printing technology field is busting with opportunities in many divers directions. The first time I used a 3D Printer I was just amazed at the technology and wanted to know more about it. My desire is to hold a position within a 3D Printing Company developing new mechanical product integrated
Bolt bus, is a greyhound express bus that provides curbside service and operates mostly in the northeast and some services as well in the northwest. Bolt bus was designed by Peter Pan, and Greyhound bus services combined efforts to design a bus that was different than the standard Greyhound or other busses. This video shows how this bus service reaches its targeted markets through its advertising, promotions, and social media. This bus had about 50 competitors around them, and they needed to come
In the first two of Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes builds skepticism and then begins to dispel it. In the first, Descartes calls into mind three possibilities to prove our inability to trust our senses and what we fundamentally believe to be true. Descartes’ main refutation of this skepticism is known as the Cogito. The Cogito claims that since Descartes’ thinks, he must at a minimum exist as a thinking thing. In the remainder of Meditations, the Cogito serves as the fundamental
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS MARKETING STRATEGIES Digital Photography (one of the several forms of digital imaging) refers to a form of photography in which cameras are used which contain arrays of electronic photo detectors are used to capture the pictures which are focused by a lens as opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The images clicked are digitized and stored as a computer file ready for further digital processing, viewing, publishing or printing. Earlier, photographs were made by
Table of contents i. Objectives ii. Introduction to Topic iii. History and facts iv. Routes v. Jersey City- Essex Street Station area vi. Hoboken- 9th Street Station area vii. Transit Ridership viii. Development Outcomes ix. Transportation Outcomes x. Community Outcomes xi. Conclusion and discussions xii. Resources Objectives To study and analyze the Hudson Bergen Light rail system with respect to its route, stations, efficiency and economic impact on the surrounding development. A
Hunter Thephachanh M. M. Winn Comp 1 7 October 2015 3D Printing 3D printing is printing three dimensional objects through a computer program that makes three dimensional models. 3D printing is an amazing creation that is hard to wrap one’s head around. The technology around it is very complicated, and it can change how the world functions. It can makes things easier for people, by easily making duplicates of an object. But 3D printing can as well have a bad outcome; people are now printing
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING The main competitors that we have identified in the transportation industry in Ottawa include: Ottawa Transit app The Ottawa Transit app is one of the most successful Bus Schedule application that is widely used across the city of Ottawa. The app was previously known as "My OC Transpo" and is a unique transit App that allows users to easily obtain real-time bus information regarding the bus schedule, bus arrival times and bus stop locations. The application basically operates
how wrong are his superiors ensuring that he does not stay upstairs in their furnished apartment? Of course he prefers the dungeon or bush where his true identity as a mischief-maker is hidden and temporarily ignored by the lords and ladies of honour he is serving. The "dry cellar" home of black skinned chanters gives a similar but not exact impression as the "waste-land" of characters like Marie and her uncle, Gerontion, and a middle-aged financier Alfred Prufrock. These human figures are drawn
3D Printing Blood Vessels The Science Connection Of My Article The article connects to the areas technology and life. This is because, the article is about how 3D printers and life science (anthropology and biology) are being used to help living, breathing creatures survive. The scientists involved in the article, technologists and a biomedical engineer (study of technology and humans). 3D printers have been around since 1983 and were invented by Charles ‘Chuck’ Hull [2] and can be found around the
US108 Informatics Assessment Task 2 Case Study Analysis on 3D Printing Due date: 13 October 2017 Word limit: 1500 +- 10% Prepared by: Pieternella Lena Busk SN 1109192 PLB007@student.usc.edu.au University of the Sunshine Coast Table of Contents Executive summary 3 Introduction 4 Why is 3D printing more appropriately called additive manufacturing? 4 Is 3D printing better suited for high or low volumes of production? 5 In what situations is 3D printing most valuable? 5 What do the leading
Identify/Describe the Technology Topic The technology topic chosen for the infographic assignment is 3D printing. 3D printing is a process that creates three dimensional objects from a digital file. This innovation has permeated in almost every industry. 3D printing has the capability of replicating organs, building a house and many other things. For this assignment, my focus is going to be on how 3D printing is going to change the way people with disabilities, impairments or illnesses are treated
In 'Why New York's Subway Lines are Missing Countdown Clocks,' James Somers examines the connection between New York's fixed block system and notifying the public about train arrival times. During the 1930's, engineers wanted to make sure that there would never be a collision between trains. This system was called an interlocking system, or fixed block system, which was made up of switches and signals. On August 28th, 1991, the system failed. A train derailed when the driver fell asleep, killing
Many different objects (from chocolate to working gun) can be created with 3D printing, and it has been used within many industries such as automotive industry, healthcare industry, aerospace industry, and many more. 3D printing was first known as Rapid Prototyping (RP) in the late 1980s, and it was used in industry to create sample product faster and cheaper. The first patent of RP was developed by Dr. Kodama, in 1980, but the full patent specification was not filed before the one year deadline after