Smart grid

What is nomophobia? Nomophobia is a word you don’t hear every day, but it applies to many people. Nomophobia, or “No-mobile-phone-phobia”, relates to all the feelings that come along with a phobia in regards to not having your smartphone (Holohan). Nomophobia is not recognized as an actual phobia, but people of all ages experience the symptoms. The many uses of smartphones and technology becoming a part of American culture have made nomophobia what it is; nomophobia will continue to grow as…

Disconnected Life in Connected Era In the world with unimaginably updating speed, people are always expecting “unexpected” spark in the Internet of things. It has already been a cliché to predict everything is going to be connected in the foreseen future, as this irresistible trend has already begun revolutionizing our life. While embracing this connected era, we unavoidably muttered various worries and questions, but it happens every time when a change is to come. However, does it really seem…

The thing that makes a memory worthy of being in the yearbook is one that makes you happy. It needs to be something that makes you smile when you see it in the yearbook years from now and today. You can be 60 years old and sitting with your husband and children looking back in your high school yearbook and see all the great memories that you made at your high school. You can see your homecoming memories like dressing up each day and having the homecoming parade, homecoming football game memories…

discusses this important topic concerning smart machines and how people treat the machines without regard of empathy. In a highly viewed website, this interesting written piece describes people and their interactions with smart machines. Unsurprisingly some people treat smart machines like they are any other piece of technology, they beat on it and are emotionless about it. In contrast, a surprising reality develops, some people felt emotion towards some smart machines. The author best…

it was. The stage itself was very large, and was a proscenium arch, meaning that the audience faces the stage straight-on. The very unique thing about this stage was that the back wall was a giant cube-like math grid. Both the back wall and the floor of the stage were technological grids that could light up, creating patterns and images. This stage was very relevant to the play, because it used illustrations to help us visualize what Christopher was experiencing.…

person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won’t be able to give much information about who it is.”-Chuck Close. Chuck Close is a 77 year old artist, who is known for making realistic portraits of human faces using a grid technique. Most of the portraits he has created are non-life size. His “Big Self Portrait” piece, unframed, is 107-½ × 83-½ × 2. He has been through many depressing and significant events in his life, yet he still says he is the happiest…

security has become an afterthought with the growing demands of smart technology everywhere. Some vendors comply with security standards ISO/IEC 14443 but far too many have proprietary methods of applying…

Authors are attributed to having created technologies and new innovations that expounded heavily on what they might be, and how they might be used when writing their stories. Such an example is the debit card. A debit card is a plastic payment card that can be used instead of cash when buying goods or services. The checking account of the debit holder is automatically debited when a transaction has occurred. Safety measures such as entering a personal identification number (PIN) to verify a…

hes my frend. Boy if I get smart wont they be serprised.” (5) This quote demonstrates how he would be responded to differently if he would got the surgery. Charlie proclaims this idea when he writes what he thinks it would feel like when he was bright, “Then when I am smart they will talk to me and I can sit with them and listen like Joe Carp and Frank and Gimpy do when they talk and have a discushen about importent things.” An additional reason Charlie wants to be smart is so he can learn in…

When I think of security breaches, I always think of the many stores that I have shopped at, only to find out months later they have been hacked. A few years ago I remember Target stores causing widespread panic, by releasing a press release that anyone who shopped in their store with a card was at risk for being hacked. These types of breaches leave customers in panic, and vigilantly inspecting their checking accounts, credit card statements, and their credit scores to ensure they have not…