Consumer electronics

1. List and describe 3 key points made in the video “The Story of Electronics.” • Designed for the dump – products are designed to be hard to repair, breaks easily, and difficult to upgrade. These items led to more devices going to the landfill since it is cheaper to replace them. • Product Takeback – Companies would be responsible for devices and products they produce including their disposal. This could lead to much better designs of the product and devices, which might last longer, have…

People have been using computers for over a decade now and while computers have benefitted humanity in a major way they have also harmed established principles. We need not look too far too see the negative consequences that computers have brought to the environment and humanity including, but not limited to pollution, cyber attacks, viruses and many other consequences. However it seems like the benefits of computers have drastically outweighed the negative consequences that they produce. As we…

boron for our modern technology is its use in neodymium magnets. These powerful magnets are an alloy of neodymium, iron and bron. The magnets used are found in computers, specifically hard drives. E-waste, short for electronic waste, can be any outdated or obsolete appliance or electronic device found in offices, homes and pants pockets. Televisions, microwaves, computers and cellphones are all common examples of e-waste. This is one of the major drawbacks of technology. Canada It is a must to…

phones for portable phones but at least bring something to contact people and not just written notes. Today’s survivalists now bring many things for survival. Tent’s, plenty of food, proper weapons and ammo, and most importantly: some sort of electronic beacon/radio that can hone in on their position if activated so they can be rescued if they are in some sort of sticky situation. Chris had absolutely none of these things and he expected to survive for an extended period of time. Don’t…

Sara Young 10/16/15 Faculty mentor’s name: Dr. Mainak Chatterjee Department: Department of Computer Science with a secondary appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Office Location: HEC 305 Lab Location (if different than office location): Hec 314 Email: mainak @ eecs.ucf.edu Received Ph.D. from: University of Texas at Arlington Cite one recent publication by your faculty mentor in APA format: Sengupta, S., & Chatterjee, M. (2009). An economic framework…

Also it helps your health and helps with not being distracted. Helps your health.People get addicted to technology.That does not help your health because your always on your electronics and not learning a lot of new stuff.Also it can really gets you off topic a lot.It can also help your brain.When your on electronics a lot you learn new habits and don't want to do anything else.We are exposing our brains to an environment and asking them to do things that we were not involved in. …

Children these days are always on their tech devices, but should parents limit how much time children spend on their tech devices? Many parents and C.E.O.’s of tech companies think children should have a limit on their tech devices for their children’s health. If children do not get a limit on tech devices they may develop health problems: physically, socially, and emotionally. Children’s health is important. Some physical health problems that come along with being on tech devices are, eye…

ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN SINGAPORE INTRODUCTION Singapore Electronic Industry started 50 years ago in the 1960s with its first and only TV Assembly plant in Southeast Asia. And today, Singapore Electronic Industry has become the backbone of Singapore’s economy, contributing 5.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2013, 29% of total manufacturing output, and employed 80,000 workers, representing 19% of the total manufacturing labour force in Singapore (EDB, n.d). Due to the…

Economies of scale refer to economic efficiencies as an outcome of conducting a process on a mass scale. Scale effects come to picture due to the presence of fixed and variable costs in the production process. In other words, ‘Economies of Scale’ or ‘Increasing Returns to Scale’, is a term used by economists to refer to the situation in which the cost of producing an additional unit of output (i.e., the marginal cost) of a product (i.e. a good or service) declines as the quantum of output (i.e.,…

The four important economic points touch on the consumers and income, commodity prices, economic growth, and scarcity (Deaton, 2010). Key points The article explains that economic development differs from many fields since the consumers with low income will draw on all the branches of economics. The consumers in the article are people who use the goods or services and the young consumers usually have more lifetime resources than the older consumers. The commodity prices are described to…