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Over the past few years the Greeks have affected the society by contributing primarily their advanced technology. Many of their advanced technology consisted of simple machines such as the lever, screw, cranes, and gears. These simple machines allowed the performance of work be held effortlessly. In my Rube Goldberg Machine we demonstrated the key aspects, of the ancient Greeks society by focusing on the five different components and representing their advanced technological accomplishments.…

Vehicle Excise Duty and Fuel Duty for road vehicles. This structure of charges fails to reflect the variation in Marginal Social Cost across the network in terms of congestion and environmental costs as well as difference in wear and tear caused by heavy axle-load vehicles. In Great Britain, as mentioned by the authors, the impact of current charging regime reflects the change in car ownership which has grown from around 2 million cars for a population of less than 49 million in the 1950s, to…

Crash Analysis: The analysis of crash in this case will look at the speed of the vehicles, braking and any line of sight issues. Conservation of Linear Momentum Speed analysis in this case is determined by the use of several speed equations. The first equation is the use of the formula Conservation Of Linear Momentum. (COLM) COLM requires knowledge of the vehicles weights, approach and departure angles and post collision speeds of the vehicles. The vehicle weights were determined in this…

Picture this, you see thirty people riding out in the street on their skateboards and then in a blink of an eye a car is speeding by or driving recklessly and they are dead. Well that happened to about 35,000 people in one year, not all were riding skateboards, but many of them were. This can stop if we put skateparks in our communities because kids won’t have to ride in the streets. Skateparks should be built in every community because they provide a safe environment for the skaters instead of…

Rotating tires and wheels on vehicles is a common thing. Rotating the tires can sav wear and tear as well as make them last longer. Some people rotate just the four tires used, while other people rotate all four and the spare. If only two tires are wearing, just the two can be rotated. Some people rotate their tires every time so many miles are put on their vehicle. Such as every 3,000 or 5,000 miles. The most basic tools you will need for this are jacks, support jacks, and a lug wrench. In…

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." These words remain a topic of much controversy to this day, provoking a clash of the concept of freedom versus stability. Would freedom, perhaps, be dispensable, if it were to provide safety? Despite the fact that freedom is perceived as one of the highest values in society, its extent is often impeded by the desire for stability. While the…

Cyber-Security in Transportation Technology in transportation can result in productivity gains, however a higher dependency on information technology also leads to greater exposure and potential of being a target for cyber-crimes such as denial of service, stealing of passenger private information and cyber terrorisms. According to analysis for incidents from 2002-2004 transportation systems faced 16% of total cyber hackings and terrorisms on critical infrastructure (IEEE, 2007).…

brakes or its behavior on wet roads.” (9). Ford did offer a disc brake version of the Mustang which did handle much better. Chevrolet’s Camaro faced a similar problem. Wright states, “As mentioned earlier, the Camaro’s major design fault was its rear axle and single leaf spring suspension. This was just passable with the basic six but right out of its league with a V8.” (19). To put it simply the Camaro’s large motor created to much power for the…

The Evolution of the Guillotine: How Did It Change Over The Time Of Its Use And Why Is An Oblique Blade The Most Efficient? The guillotine has an interesting, but gruesome, history. Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was not inventor of the guillotine, but his name has been associated with the machine because, as Jorne Fabricius notes, he was the one to “propose that mechanical decapitation was used to replace older cruder forms of execution”. Dr. Guillotin wanted the death penalty to be equal for all…

The Metamorphosis: Kafka’s Existential Irony. Existentialism is the fulcrum of twentieth century philosophy; the never ending collation of angst, authenticity, and the absurd which rotates around the existential crisis’ axle; the quintessential literary phenomenon that influenced generations to come; the godfather of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Known purely through reputation and influence, Franz Kafka, the Jewish Czech author, was born in 1883. Although formally educated in the constituents of…