Technology Essays and Research Papers Page 24

The smartphone industry in 2012 has moderate to high profit potential. Analysis of the industry using Porter’s Five Forces Model of Industry Competitive Structure reveals that most of the forces are relatively weak. The incumbent firms in the smartphone industry include Research in Motion (RIM), Google, Apple, Samsung, and Nokia. These companies use several different…

Abstract: This paper presents an efficient system for real time vehicle counting and color classification system using a surveillance camera for acquiring the traffic video stream. In our method, we propose a system to identify the vehicles based on the image processing techniques, such as background subtraction using kNN classifiers and morphological operations for detecting…

We often take our lives for granted especially when we’re young. We think we’re going to live forever. But, from one moment to the next, nobody knows what will happen. A person could be alive and well one moment and dead the next, this shows the value of life and the uncertainties of death. Death…

Thomas Alva Edison was declared the most important man of the century according to Time magazine. He graced the world with his incandescent bulb, powered by a rapidly growing electrical movement of which he was a major leader. What most people do not understand is the fact that if the Wizard had his way, there…

Did I doooo thaaaaaaat? A famous phrase said by the worlds biggest nerd, Steve Urkel. When you think about a nerd, you usually picture a person that doesnt look like the rest of society. You see a person whose pants come up to their shins, and whose thick black rimmed glasses that are being held…

Absurdity is defined as that which is contrary to reason; clearly untrue, unreasonable or ridiculous. It is often a topic in existentialist writings relating to life. This subject is prevalent in Camus The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus depicts absurdity bringing about happiness or indifference in each of these literary works. In The…

To some the word myth means lie. It’s a myth. To others like Jung and Joseph Campbell the word myth means a collective and universal truth. The myth of diogenes is a story of a real Greek philosopher named Diogenes from Sinope on the Black Sea who lived in Athens in extreme poverty and asceticism…

Business technology encompasses a wide range of hardware, software and services that keep companies running and enhance operations. Robotics deals with the design, construction, operation, and use of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing. These technologies are used to develop machines that can substitute for humans usually…

Introduction Global food security is the availability of food for all individuals. A nation is considered food secure when all the citizens of the country have access to safe, sufficient, and nutritious food that helps them to maintain a healthy and quality life (United States Department of Agriculture, 2020). In ensuring global food security, different…

This essay will discuss the impact of globalization and technology on South African organization. Globalization is described as, “the integration of economic, political, social and cultural relations among people, companies and governments of different nations and countries.” This is a process that is developed by multinational companies that operate from more than one country. Toyota,…