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- 17801: Hemp-A Crop With No Future For
- ... United States. It has served a useful purpose for many years, but there is no place for it in today's society. Bibliography Work Cited Clark, Andrew. "Contentious crop: Hemp farmers get caught in the war against drugs." Macleans 18 October 1999: 86. "Farmers Hold Out Hope for Hemp Crops." State Legislatures Vol. 26 i2 February 2000: 8. Kane, Mari. "Growing Pains." E Vol. 10 i5 (September 1999): 36. Williams, Ted ...
- 17802: A Quantum Computer
- ... team was added. Peter Shor made the discovery that quantum computation can greatly speed factoring of whole numbers. It's more than just a step in micro-computing technology, it could offer insights into real world applications such as cryptography. "There is a hope at the end of the tunnel that quantum computers may one day become a reality," says Gilles Brassard of University of Montreal. Quantum Mechanics give an unexpected ...
- 17803: The Electronic Computer
- The Electronic Computer One of the most important themes in the history of civilization is our ever increasing use of tools to shape and control the world around us. These tools range from the simple hammer and saw of the carpenter to all the complex machine of our modern civilization. We use tools to extend our power. Tools allow us to engage ...
- 17804: Assistive Technology
- ... complex hypermedia programs in which computers are used to control the display of audio and visual images stored on videodisc (Blackhurst & Morse, 1996). The use of telecommunication systems, particularly the Internet (Williams, 1995) and its World Wide Web (Williams, 1996), has great promise for use in classrooms and for distance education. · Assistive technology includes various services and devices designed to help people with disabilities function within the environment. Examples include communication ...
- 17805: Understanding Computers
- ... fingers, to the high-tech machines of the future that were once only a figment of our imagination but now dominate most of our everyday lives, people and computers have evolved into an ever changing world where the toys of today are the outdated machines of tomorrow. Its hard to think that just a few hundred years back we would all be counting on our fingers and that anything more than ...
- 17806: Influence Of Gangs
- ... type of lifestyle is their way of getting through life and it is the only way they know to get through llife. Adolescence is the most crucial time to shape a young mind. When the world is against them during these times, many minority teens tend to easily stray from the right path and enter into the wrong crowd. Gangs have become a growing trend, a perfect outlet for many troubled ...
- 17807: Internet Censorship
- ... female cat came willingly to the four boys who stopped on the side of the road and called to her. Her trust was rewarded by unthinkable terror and cruelty - being used as a tug-of-war toy until the boys heard something "pop", having her legs broken, being jumped up and down on like a trampoline. Even when her pitiful battered body was mercifully dead, her suffering was not at an ...
- 17808: The Telephone
- ... s depression, everyone was looking for a competitive edge. The telephone wasn't invented in the thirties, nor was the first transatlantic line built then, but the thirties represents a time in history when the world was changing incredible fast and much of that change was made possible by the the telephone. Without the telephone, progress would have been much slower and people might not have been so receptive to change ...
- 17809: Radio: A Form of Communication
- ... radio-controlled garage-door openers to weather satellites and from tracking systems for polar bear migrations to radio telescope investigations of the universe. This multiplicity of uses demonstrates the important part radio plays in the world today.
- 17810: Lasers and Their Uses
- ... Welding, Cutting & Blasting Once again the laser's intense energy when focused make it ideal for providing concentrated welding and cutting. Laser Shows The intense color of laser light has opened up a whole new world for laser artists to weave a new kind of art using different coloured lenses, mirrors and crystals. Power Generation Laser-powered fusion holds hope of generating tremendous amounts of electricity through the use of lasers ...
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