2012 DARPA CHALLENGE When designing an autonomous vehicle‚ navigation is the key factor. First an autonomous vehicle must be able to locate and since obstacles it will encounter. The design of our vehicle must require the integrations of many sensors‚ actuators‚ controller‚ and software for all the devices to work together. Having a team of mechanics‚ electrical engineers‚ computer engineers‚ and computer sciences is a must. Also having knowledge of electronics‚ sensors‚ and microcontrollers to
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Gender discrimination If we were asked to think of the hostile environment for women in the workplace‚ many of us‚ initially‚ would envision blatant employment discrimination‚ more-so sexual harassment. Despite living in the new age‚ where such behavior is denounced and illegal‚ these associations are in no way surprising. Mis-organizational conduct is far too familiar ground to us all. In fact‚ statistics from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission show that “there has been no systematic
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Facebook‚ Alibaba‚ Airbnb‚ and Uber are some of the most valuable platforms of the recent years. But before achieving this success‚ they encountered many challenges in the beginning. One of the biggest challenges was to reach to critical mass. Marketplaces in their first stage‚ usually have difficulties with user acquisition. The moment they hit some scale points in regarding total user-base‚ suddenly‚ their sites go viral and start getting lots of users. Many startups die within a short period because
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The challenges I have to take day by day and strive for the best in life. School is all I need to survive for my child. I have to make a different and a change somewhere in life. I have a strong concept of doing the hard work first‚ a doing my best to get good grades every time. Sometime it get hard but‚ you got to keep trying and don’t give up. This is my challenge to test myself that I can do it no matter what I will always succeed‚ and get to where I need. I will gain every time as long as I got
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An immigrant faces many challenges in the new country they arrive in. Whether they chose go willingly to another country‚ or they do so because of necessity‚ the challenges do not decrease. The first challenge is to fit in and understand how anything works. Things such as the social norms‚ the expectations‚ and the civil regulations must be identified and adhered to. There is no one to help you initially‚ and you are thrust into the deep end with limited resources and limited knowledge. But the
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Alexis Barnett Challenges of a Hemophiliac How has Hemophilia affected your daily life? For the most part it doesn’t change his daily life. About twice a year is will affect his life in a bad way. And in the long run? Negative - Hasn’t been able to play sports threw school‚ can’t join the military‚ have a little arthritis in right ankle Positive – Gone to Hemophiliac events‚ made new friends through those events that wouldn’t have been made otherwise. When did you realize you had it? When
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It is difficult to respond to this prompt‚ as the hardest challenge I have faced is a topic I do not discuss lightly. Although‚ it is an occurrence that I would rather forget‚ it has severely impacted my life. During my Sophomore year‚ my family was at its worst point. My parents marriage had become abusive both mentally and physically. Their arguing was constant through months on by and my terrible environment at home began to reflect in my grades. I have always been a problem solver‚ so I felt
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people have experienced prejudice‚ stereotyping‚ or discrimination at some time in his or her life. There is no doubt social discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and hostility still create serious problems and challenges‚ even in today’s apparently more and more individualized and “enlightened” society. This paper will discuss prejudice‚ stereotypes‚ and discrimination in the context of social psychology; what the consequences of stereotyping and discrimination are; and strategies to improve attitudes‚ judgments
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[1958]‚ the first step in the process of changing behavior is to unfreeze the existing situation. Only then can change‚ or movement‚ occur. Finally‚ to make the new behaviors stick‚ a third‚ refreezing step is necessary. In my opinion‚ the biggest challenge is Resistance to change‚ and this should be tackled at the Unfreeze Stage. The simple reason for resistance is that change is usually perceived as disruptive. There is inherent fear in humans that change is risky and change threatens one’s survival
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control involuntarily. Different from other conflict theories of race and ethnic relations in one important regard – it focuses almost exclusively upon inequalities and conflicts that occur between (rather
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