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I found the idea for this experiment on Science Buddies and many people have done the same experiment. Each has made different cars that they think will be the fastest or go the longest distance. Others have tested this experiment, but they put a weight such as pennies, marbles, etc. What I am planning to do is make a very lightweight car that can travel a longer distance. The energy that the balloon will force out is called kinetic energy. According to the website The Physics Classroom, kinetic…

Have you ever thought about how nice it would be to have a car that drives itself? Well now, companies are making driverless cars so that people don’t have to drive themselves. We should be able to have driverless cars in the future because first of all, they take out a lot of danger in driving, speed limits could be increased, and there will be way less traffic jams. Opponents might argue that self-driving cars don’t completely take accidents out of the picture. According to the leading…

Self-driving cars Self-Driving Cars are becoming the newest cause for controversy on whether or not they should be driven in public. There is an argument for both, but Self-Driving cars should not be driven in public. These cars are going to make traffic even more dangerous. First, an argument that many people have said is that the technology just is not safe. Huge improvements need to be made for these cars to be able to be driven safely on the streets. They also rely primarily on…

Importing cars into the U.S is a lot harder than it needs to be. The U.S. customs and border protection makes laws with the department of transportation regulating what cars can come into the states. I personally feel that some of these laws are pointless. Some cars in the JDM market aren’t allowed into the U.S. for reasons such as headlights, bumpers, seatbelts, and other minor things. “If you want to bring these cars in you have three options. You can bring them to compliance, bring in as a…

Team Member Contributions On this project I worked with Savanna Addis and Jared Liddle. They were awesome partners on this project. In the first stages; Savanna came up with the starting idea for our car as well as the main points of our test plan. In the days that followed directly after we adjusted the plans and drawings, but the work was still based off of Savanna’s original ideas. Jared ended up building our first car. This car was a great start to help us figure out some problems in our…

Bilger, Burkhard. "Has the Self-Driving Car Arrived at Last?" The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2013 Burkard, a two-time winner of The National Magazine awards writes a thought provoking article about the possibility of an accident and delay free commute made reality by a ground breaking invention, Google’s driverless car. This revolutionary idea stemmed from Google X, a semi-secret lab for experimental technologies. Burkhard states that someday a self-driving car may “save your life” (par7) as Americans…

Do We Need Driverless Cars? Many people believe that driverless cars could transform the roads. If successful, they could enhance safety; conserve energy and better protection to the environment (Cimons 1). Driving is how you get things done. The arrival of the mass-produced car, just over a century ago, caused an explosion of business creation. First came the makers of cars and all the parts that go into them. Then came the garages, filling stations and showrooms (Schumpeter). Yet it also stops…

Being safe and secure aren’t the only problem with autonomous cars. As an ever-increasing number of driverless cars begin to show up on the streets, many people will start to lose employment. Joblessness will crawl up on individuals who make a fair living by driving things around. In the book “Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead” it says that “driverless cars will sound the final death knell to the jobs of roughly 233,700 cabbies and chauffeurs employed in the United States.” Some…

of art, is one of the top colleges for students to show their creativity and will help me improve on my artistic skills and get me certified to do tattoos. There are certain requirements and admissions to get into college. At the Art Institute in Dallas, they offer a wide variety of events and programs throughout the year: programs such as, bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree, diploma and certificate, and master’s degree.…

Introduction Homelessness in the United States is a grave and multifaceted issue for everyone, specifically for youth and young adults. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 633,782 individuals are faced with homelessness, nightly in the United States. Yearly, there are about 550,000 youth and young adults up to age 24 who are homeless for more than seven days. Of these youth, nearly 50,000 spend many nights on the street, for up to six months or more (2013). The State of…