Propeller

Ivy League universities continue to produce diverse elites, some of which innovate the world’s leading technology. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are two scholars who developed just that. They met at Stanford where they engineered a search engine called “BackRub”. Their schools’ server was used in the early stages of development; however, the limited bandwidth, a term used to describe the amount of date being used at once, forced them to register their growing search engine as its own domain.…

On September 1, 1939 under one year after the Munich Agreement, Adolf Hitler attacked Poland. His objective was to wipe out the majority of the Jews. England and France guaranteed to help Poland yet Britain was too far away for their Air Force to help and France was excessively anxious, making it impossible to help on the grounds that they feared the Germans. Poland had next to no Navy and Air Force to battle the Germans. Poland was likewise attacked by the Soviet Union in the meantime so their…

December seventh, 1941, 7:45 AM. As the Nazi war machine steamrolls its way through Europe, The United States of America (which has remained somewhat removed from the war) is in for a sudden, unthinkable, and very bloody shock. By the time the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is over, the Americans have suffered heavy casualties totaling 2,403 dead and 1,178 wounded, including 103 civilians, and the loss of 20 ships and 169 aircraft. This atrocity has made Japan’s intentions toward the U.S. very…

This energy originated as early as 5000 B.C. People back then used windmills to grind grain in Persia and pump water from wells in China (Learning). Wind energy is harnessed today by wind turbines that rotate using the wind to move them. Three propellers spin a rotor that is connected to a main shaft which then spins a generator to create the electricity. These can mainly be found in extremely large fields throughout the mid United States where the grasslands are windy enough to generate steady…

The natural process of volcanism occurs in New Zealand and can produce a multitude of hazards to both the natural and cultural environment. Volcanism occurs in New Zealand due to its location on the boundary of the Pacific Plate and Indo-Australian Plate. Due to convection currents in the asthenosphere, the tectonic plates are pushed together and one plate is pushed below the other creating a subduction zone. In the North Island the Pacific Plate is subducting below the Indo-Australian but in…

Criticism of Masculinity in “Split Personality” Ideal masculinity is depicted everywhere in our society from movies to books to comics. It is a socially constructed set of attributes for boys and men to achieve. Some common characteristics include: strength, heroism, audacity, control, lack of emotion, superior, fearlessness, honor, and heterosexuality. In a 1950’s issue of the Vault of Horror, the horror comic, “Split Personality,” depicts the male protagonist, Ed King, as a…

Ethical Decisions “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing” (Theodore Roosevelt). From the day we were born, we have been faced with making decisions. We are all humans, we cannot always make the right decision in a given moment. Sometimes, one says or does the wrong thing so it will not affect one mentally, physically and/or emotionally. From the two texts, “The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson and “Gentlemen Your…

movie. In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Rosencrantz spends the majority of his time experimenting and inventing. Most of the things he does are firmly based on real science. He builds a paper plane that soars through the castle, builds a propeller…

The first powered airplane flew only 12 seconds and covered 120 feet in 1903 piloted by Orville Wright. (Eyewitness, 2003) The 20th century saw the greatest achievements for aviation as each decade progressed with innovation and advancement. In this day and age, the aviation industry provides an important contribution to economic and social benefits worldwide. However, aviation would certainly not be how it is today without the effect of warfare during the 20th century on the development of…

During the course of the V22 production “the new tilt-rotor design and challenging military requirements demanded numerous compromises to save weight and increase speed as well as survivability in combat environments. A series of crashes and the tragic loss of lives as the program rushed to meet military timelines caused a redesign of critical components.” (Braganca, 2012). The users put a lot of pressure on the design and production teams for the V22 to meet the requirements in a timely fashion…