HAND GLOVE MOUSE here we designed and built a wireless computer pointing device with accelerometer based movement control. Our implementation allows the user to wear a set of hardware (a glove and connected armband) and control a cursor through different hand orientations and finger presses. Users can operate their computers with their hands in midair without the hassle of desks surfaces or wires. The motivation for this project was to create an intuitive glove-based pointing device for multiple
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The blocked path of the young protagonist -whose name was never mentioned- can be shown through the different types of symbolism‚ foxes can represent in the short story. The symbol of the fox in the story is very critical. Munro places the protagonist on a “silver fox” (148) farm to show the similarities of the fox maturing to be slaughtered and the maturing of a girl into a woman. Therefore the value of the fox is a symbol of the value of a woman. The foxes are raised to
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Does love really matter? In the story “POWER” by Alice Munro Nancy writes a diary of her life story. Nancy’s story involve marriage to a doctor she has played an irresponsible April fool’s trick on‚ and feels too embarrassed to turn him down‚she doesn’t want him to stay mad at her she accept the proposal just to get the embarrassment out of her way. Through writing characteristic of America’s realism period‚ Alice Munro emphasis these point that happen in the story independent‚ friendship and love
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Plot Summary 1. Introduction: - The beginning of the story starts off with a short piece of poetry by Almeda Joynt Roth -The narrator is introduced as wanting to reconstruct Almeda’s life‚ he/she introduces Almeda and her book of poetry "Offerings" to the reader - The narrator provides a description of Almeda’s appearance ‚ and talks about the death of Almeda’s family and her love of poetry - The narrator describes how life was in the 19th century in Canada West (Ontario) - The narrator
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nation and before the revolutionary war. It also talks about the slave trade‚ and the middle passage. Vividly explaining the brutal form of servitude and the consequences that came along with them if the requirements were not met. The author‚ Peter H. Wood mainly focuses on how Africans survived this period in time and ultimately shape the precedent of the American system of racial domination. Wood starts the book with the earliest Africans to come to North America via the Spanish explores. The
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1. Since there is only one girl character ( the narrator) and one boy character(the narrator’s younger brother) in “ Boys and Girls ‚” why do you think Alice Munro uses plural words in the title? I think Alice Munro uses plural in the title to show the readers how stereotypical our society was back then when it comes to gender roles. Back then‚ men were preferable by the society when it comes to doing certain tasks. For example‚ back then women were assign the task of child care‚ food preparation
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Alice Munro: TRICKS Alice Munro is a Canadian author who has written many short-story compilations and collections. In 2013 she won the Nobel Prize in literature‚ for her work as "master of the contemporary short story". Her stories often depict the troubles of young women and their complexities. They are well known for her uncomplicated prose style‚ and she is also known for her smooth way of switching between the present and the past. In 2004 she released the book “Runaway”‚ which contained many
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Imagine getting off the plane in the U.S. after fighting for 11 years in Iraq and dozens of people line the hallway and wave American flags to honor all the soldiers that returned from fighting. That is what it is like for most American troops that come back from fighting‚ but once they get their life moving from the battlefield they realize that the government that they fought for was not helping them after the fight. No matter how much the general public supports them it still will not help when
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The Country Mouse just got back from his “dangerous” vacation at the Town Mouse’s house in the city. The Country Mouse was sitting in his old‚ simple‚ dusty‚ and dirty home and was just thinking about his recent trip. He was pondering about how the Town Mouse needs to come spend a couple more days with the Country Mouse to show him what pieceful living was like. The Country Mouse spotted a piece of two week old corn and went and picked it up and ate it. Then he thought to himself‚ would the Town
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The Mouse who ate the Cheese: and those who Believed‚ those who Knew‚ those who doubted 1. Why was Bill so sure that he knew the mouse ate the cheese? Were his reasons good ones? a. Bill was sure that he knew that the mouse ate the cheese because he physically saw the mouse come from under the cupboard towards the piece of cheese. He also saw the mouse physically eat the cheese. Bill has used his senses in seeing the mouse eat the cheese and this is probably the most attend able way to gain knowledge
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