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The robotics is the term used for the study of the science robots. The robots were developed by the humans as a measure to create a helping hand for themselves that would make the work easy and would require less time for its completion with great accuracy and precision. As a result, keeping in mind all the benefits that it provides, the emergence of robots was first seen in the mid twentieth century.
A robot is manufactured with expertise in fields of science, physics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, structural engineering, mathematics, computing as well as biology, chemistry and medicine in the rarest cases. Therefore, the construction of robots is considered to be a multidisciplinary approach.
Artificial Intelligence also known as the machine intelligence. The designed robots are engineered with Artificial Intelligence which gives them the ability to exhibit human-like behaviour. The main aim of the artificial intelligence was to recreate the human intelligence. Currently through use face recognition and voice assistant, artificial intelligence is being utilised.
With all the benefits that they provide and keeping in mind their capability, the robots are considered to be one of the greatest inventions on earth by man.
Automation is a well-known technology which is widespread and used across the world. With the help of this technology, a lot can be achieved which seems to be a difficult task. It is an overwhelming technology which has a lot to offer to the human race. Automation is popular everywhere and is used in several industries. These industries are also responsible for making the efficient use of the Automation Technology. It is fascinating to understand and know more about this tremendous technology which has not only evolved in the past but has also emerged and enhanced so that it can be a feasible, accessible and useful for everyone. The automation or the automatic system is responsible for making a lot of things easier. The use of automation in the various sectors helps in maintaining the important data, finances etc of an industry. It is a high-profile technique which is responsible for decreasing the need for Manpower. There is a lot more to know and understand about this technology so go on.
Industrial Design is a broad field and its application is found in every field where production of new products takes place. Industrial Design is said to be teamwork and a collaborative work of people from technical field, sales team and brand managers along with designers who work together for the successful making of product as well as obtaining its efficient market value.
The entire process of design takes approximately 4 months of time starting from the description of the product to the concept designing till the marketing of the product.
Before falling in the profession, one must be aware about the possible scope of the profession, its pros and cons as well its future reach and also must know about how demanding the profession can be for proper completion of the duties.
Designing of product is in itself a task but proper measures must be taken to prevent encryption. It not only preserves the originality of the product but also renders profit in terms of the benefit it provides.
We currently live in a very fast paced environment. It's become a very competitive corporate world where it's the products which decide on the fate of the company. New products ideas float around almost everywhere, but not every one of them becomes the next big thing in the market. Even the biggest of companies fail to survive, with Nokia being a prime example of the above.
Product development is an art in itself and when mastered, will hold potential to propel your company up the competition list.
The Production Management is the process of producing products through manufacture of raw materials into finished goods. The concept of production management was invented at the time of industrialisation.
Production Management is a broad field and its usage is recognised in multiple areas which are concerned with providing services to the consumers. A Production Manager is required in fields like in Theatres as Stage Manager, Human Resources, Management, Accounting and Financial Management etc.
A Production Manager's job working in an industry is to regulate the design of the product according to the wants of the customers. It also keeps a check on provision of raw materials, work force, money, materials and methods which are important for the manufacture of the desired product.
Proper Product Planning and Control is employed to avoid faults in the manufacturing process of the product to prevent the company from passing through the loss phase be it in the case of resources or the reputation that the company has developed over the years of work.
The Production Management department of the organisation is said to be the most important part of the organisation. Many other areas of work are affected if Production Management is not carried out properly and therefore is also referred to as the nervous system of an organisation.
In a world that is completely dependent on technology, how can big businesses, organizations, enterprises and sectors stay behind? The need for technology is increasing day by day and hence there are so many organizations that are focusing on innovation and creation to make their name big in the market. Technology is the key to the success of any organization and hence more and more technologies are being incorporated into many different companies. The need for technology is increasing which is the reason why the need for its management is also increasing.
Technology management is a concept that is gaining a lot of popularity because it is needed in abundance by various big organizations. It is process and art of handling all the technologies of an organization and making sure that they are in the right use and are absolutely safe. A technology manager has the right and sound knowledge for each and every aspect when it comes to technology and also when it comes to management. Technology management is the trendiest occupation out there and its need will never end till the time we are dependent on technology.
Our national security increasingly depends on access to the most sophisticated and advanced technology. Yet the next time we set out to capture a terrorist leader, we may fail. Why? The answer lies in a conflict between two worlds. One is the dynamic, global, commercial world with its thriving innovations. The other is the world of national security, in which innovation is a matter of life or death. The conflict is about secrecy.
Innovating in a Secret World is a detailed examination of the U.S. government and innovation landscapes and of the current trends in often secret national security-related research and development (R&D). Based on case studies, detailed research, and interviews with executives at Fortune 500s, startup entrepreneurs, and military directors and program managers, this accessible and timely book is a must-listen. Tina P. Srivastava evaluates whether the strategy of technology innovation in the world of national security leaves certain innovations behind or unintentionally precludes certain classes of innovators from participating. This examination unfolds in a complex, dynamic system that includes the legal framework in which technology innovation must exist.
The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England's largest and most luxurious paddle steamers, and after nine years' solid performance, she had earned a reputation as a safe and dependable vessel. In November 1898, a perfect storm formed off the New England coast. Conditions would produce a blizzard with 100 miles per hour winds and 60-foot waves that pummeled the coast. The ship and its crew were never seen again. Before the storm abated it became one of the worst ever recorded in New England waters. The storm, now known as “The Portland Gale,” killed 400 people along the coast and sent more than 200 ships to the bottom, including the doomed Portland.
El transhumanismo es uno de los movimientos filosóficos y culturales que más atención ha atraído en los últimos años. Preconiza el uso libre de la tecnología para el mejoramiento del ser humano, tanto en sus capacidades físicas, como en las mentales, emocionales y morales, trascendiendo todos sus límites actuales. Las tecnologías a las acude son la ingeniería genética y el desarrollo de máquinas inteligentes. Según los defensores del transhumanismo, con la ayuda de estas tecnologías podremos acabar con el sufrimiento, con las limitaciones biológicas que lo producen, e incluso podremos vencer al envejecimiento y la muerte.
Aunque muchos transhumanistas no ven deseable llevar estas mejoras hasta un punto en que el individuo mejorado ya no perteneciera a la especie humana, otros, designados como 'posthumanistas', consideran que este es precisamente el objetivo final: la creación de una o varias especies nuevas a partir de la nuestra.
Este libro presenta las diferentes modalidades del transhumanismo tecnocientífico. Se discuten sus argumentos, buscando dilucidar cuáles son sus puntos fuertes y sus debilidades. Las promesas que realizan los defensores del transhumanismo son muy ambiciosas, y no todas están justificadas. Pero por otro lado, la crítica de que modificar la naturaleza humana pone en peligro las bases de la vida moral, la dignidad y los derechos humanos, encierra supuestos filosóficos discutibles y sus consecuencias son excesivamente radicales. Hay otros enfoques que permiten hacer una evaluación más equilibrada, sobre la que podría edificarse en el futuro un mayor acuerdo social.
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Tech experts Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever describe dozens of astonishing technological advances in this fascinating and thought-provoking book, which asks what kind of future lies ahead—Star Trek or Mad Max?
Breakthroughs such as personalized genomics, drones, self-driving vehicles, and artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, the same technologies raise the specter of a frightening future—eugenics, a jobless economy, a complete loss of privacy, and ever-worsening economic inequality.
Wadhwa says that we need to ask three questions about every emerging technology: Does it have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? And does it promote autonomy or dependence? This edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter on quantum computing, which promises vastly increased processing times—and vastly increased security risks. In the end, our future is up to us; our hands may not be on the wheel, but we will decide the driverless car's destination.
Uncertainty is everywhere. It lurks in every consideration of the future - the weather, the economy, the sex of an unborn child - even quantities we think that we know such as populations or the transit of the planets contain the possibility of error. It's no wonder that, throughout that history, we have attempted to produce rigidly defined areas of uncertainty. However, over the centuries pioneering mathematicians and scientists began to reduce wild uncertainties to tame distributions of probability and statistical inferences. But, even as unknown unknowns became known unknowns, our pessimism made us believe that some problems were unsolvable and our intuition misled us. Worse, as we realized how omnipresent and varied uncertainty is, we encountered chaos, quantum mechanics, and the limitations of our predictive power.
Bestselling author Professor Ian Stewart explores the history and mathematics of uncertainty. Touching on gambling, probability, statistics, financial and weather forecasts, censuses, medical studies, chaos, quantum physics, and climate, he makes one thing clear: a reasonable probability is the only certainty.
Communication is the key to success. Communication has helped us establish our societies and build communities. It is the human connection which is why humans have constantly researched ways in which they can communicate with each other - not just face to face, but also when they are located in two different locations. Everything from birds flying from one place to another with messages to the invention of phones that facilitated long distance calling was a result of our need to communicate with people in far locations as effectively as possible.
The mobile phone technology brought in a wave of changes to how telephony was perceived. With mobile phones, it became easier for people to talk to each other even when they were in different locations and that too without the limitations of the wired phones. While early mobile phones were very heavy making it difficult for people to carry the phone along with them wherever they went, mobile technologies helped in introducing advancements to these portable devices making it easier for people to carry it everywhere.
Where early mobile phones could have weighed almost about 1kg, mobile phones today are as light as 130 grams. Other technologies like camera, Bluetooth and app development introduced such functionalities and features to mobile phones which may not have been expected when the device was first invented.
