History of multi-touch[edit] The use of touchscreen technology to control electronic devices pre-dates multi-touch technology and the personal computer. Early synthesizer and electronic instrument builders like Hugh Le Caine and Robert Moog experimented with using touch-sensitive capacitance sensors to control the sounds made by their instruments.[6] IBM began building the first touch screens in the late 1960s‚ and‚ in 1972‚ Control Data released the PLATO IV computer‚ a terminal used for educational
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Multi Projects‚ Inc. gained excellent growth in the past 2 years and thus had to increase its staff by as much as 33.3% to keep up with the increased work load due to its popularity in the market amongst very satisfied clients. Currently Multi Projects faces some internal challenges with regards to Organisational Structure‚ Senior Management relationships‚ specialist skills‚ staff discipline‚ inter-personal relations‚ staff morale‚ delivering on 2 very important large contracts;
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The Socio-Cultural Effects of Technology on Society Technology and society or technology and culture refer to the recurring co-dependence‚ co-influence‚ co-production of technology and society upon the other (technology upon culture‚ and vice-versa) (Webster’s Dictionary 5060). There are an extraordinary number of examples how science and technology has helped us that can be seen in society today. One great example is the mobile phone. Ever since the invention of the telephone society was in
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Alexandra Cording 21817508 Anth 102 Exploring cultural diversity Essay Question: Discuss the cultural prohibition of food in at least two societies. Many people of different cultures and religions define themselves not only by what their religious beliefs are but also by what food they eat and the different ways in which they prepare it (Campo 2009). Food is one important factor of everyday life that brings people together and links people to the natural and sacred worlds (Campo 2009). Since
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Advantages of Multicultural Society and Labor Force The transformation of the United States into a Multicultural society did not happen overnight. However‚ the concept of equal treatment or any subordinate ethnic groups attempt at advancement and integration if it was not assimilation were met by stereotypes‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination. In every scenario from each Ethnic groups story reviewed‚ between chapters 6-14 of Racial and ethnic groups‚ whether it was about the Native Americans
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The Role of Literature in Cultural and Society Development Jibran Khalil Jibran once said‚ “All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.” It is in everyone‚ it’s locked away‚ hidden and for the gifted‚ it comes out to give us the very languages we are using today. Literature‚ like music and film and theatre‚ is an art. As a matter of fact the purest form of art. Life‚ for many if not all‚ in scales that vary is pretty much the same journey measured by experiences‚ fortune
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in a post- racial society in which there has been a retreat from racial and gender equality to a certain extent. There are many examples from numerous contemporary liberal democratic societies that huge steps have been made towards becoming completely post-racial in which the citizens of a society are free from racial preference‚ discrimination‚ and prejudice. However I don’t totally agree with this statement as there is evidence from different supposedly post racial societies of discrimination towards
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product of ‘pre-Islamic eras in the ancient culture of desert tribes’. It is a cultural tradition of Muslim societies; which is not practiced by many but few Muslim societies (Zaid‚ 2007). “Customs and religious beliefs can be deliberately mixed with the law to consolidate political‚ economic and social power to the detriment of less powerful women and men (UNDP‚ 2011).” Even attributing Panchayats as a traditional and cultural practice is misleading because culture is not static‚ fixed or a homogenizing
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2012 Professor James Essay #1 Final Draft Living in a Morally Corrupt and Market Driven Society Our society is a corrupt one‚ without a doubt. Built on morals and ethics that have lost prominence and importance‚ our society and the people who it is composed of have quickly made our market economy something awful that was never intended. A market economy is essentially a harmless‚ productive way of organizing activity and trade; unfortunately‚ society has lost sight of the good intentions and has
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live in a society that was perfect‚but you were not free and you were controlled by other people?A democratic society would allow freedom. Living in a democratic society is better than living in a Utopian society where you are not free because you have freedom of choice‚ you are able to have your wants‚ not just your needs‚ and you can choose your own job path. In a Utopian Society‚ everyone will work the same so no one will be different. Life would not be Interesting In that kind of society because
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