Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Since social media became a popular platform for learning, sharing, and posting online, some speculate that the world we live in is becoming more interconnected while others believe that the invention that revolutionized how we communicate is rather making each one of us more alone. Social media like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and many others aim at making the world more connected by creating online social utilities that allow people with internet access to share things and get information about…

Introduction Patient data security is critical in every aspect of healthcare. All of patient sensitive information can be difficult to replace and potentially dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands. Qualitative studies done on patient data give insight to how patients feel about their information being shared and their concerns of their sensitive information being shared with unauthorized people as well as qualitative study done to get gather information from healthcare organization such as…

Olds, who founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1897 (later, as Oldsmobile, to become a part of General Motors). Having left his company years before it was acquired by GM, in 1905 Olds established a new company, REO Motor Car Company, the predecessor to Nucor, in Lansing, Michigan. Though Olds' cars, including the luxurious REO Flying Cloud, were popular, they were not profitable, and the company's more successful truck business (featuring the famous REO Speed Wagon) was still not sufficiently…

As of August 2017, more than 116,000 of people are on the national transplant waiting list and at least twenty people die each day waiting for a transplant. Organ donation is a process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the organ recipient). Transplantation is needed because the organ recipient’s organ(s) have either failed or been damaged by a fatal disease or injury. The organs that can be donated are; hearts, lungs,…

Sometimes seemingly mundane tasks can be deceptively complex. For example, many individuals may perceive the pouring of a liquid as a simple concept that should require very little thought or planning. If your task is to pour a liquid, you would probably not stop to plan out how you will do so. While pouring from a cup can be explained in a very basic way, there are more complex versions of liquid transfer as well. Furthermore, if you are not pouring water but a more valuable resource instead,…

like Tony Stark. Stark was born into a high-class billionaire family that owns Stark Enterprises, a weaponry company. When Stark was fifteen years old, he was accepted into the undergraduate electrical engineering program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the age of nineteen,…

Robin Williams: An Icon As an only child, Robin Williams regularly played by himself with his toy soldiers in the attic of his family’s home; he did not know then that one day he would become an American icon. He grew up to become one of the greatest celebrities of our time. In the 1970s, he was credited with leading San Francisco’s comedy renaissance, and became an award-winning comedian, actor, and humanitarian. He was known for his improvisational skills, keeping a vast array of quips and…

Five mats - one for each child and then an extra for herself. When Maria Garcia moved from Mexico, she had imagined a different life for herself and future family. The United States promised her freedom, but she didn’t get any. Held hostage by her low income (personification), she was a slave to her bills. Everyday digging herself deeper, and deeper into the hole of impending debt, dreading the day her oldest child would ask if he could go to college. Her salary is, sadly, even higher than the…

Diagnosis In the movie, A Beautiful Mind (Grazer & Howard, 2001), John Nash is a thirty-one-year-old Caucasian male mathematician who works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an instructor. John is married to his wife, Alicia Larde, who is currently pregnant. Recently John has been having instances of delusions and hallucinations that are severely impacting his relationships and lifestyle. Upon first meeting the client, John is a well-dressed man who wears a suit, because he teaches…

Videogames have been the pinnacle of modern day entertainment ever since the late 1980’s where it really took the attention of many young children seeking entertainment outside of watching TV. The only problem with this is the fact that videogames, like everything else that is popular, will have controversy. The main problem surrounding videogames is the fact that they are considered violent and unsafe for young children to play while also being blamed for inspiring countless acts of horrific…