Supersonic transport

influence by the Internet of Things. With the connected devices, the industry is changing to be smarter, more efficient and lower costs. There are several types of transportation that can be used with the supply chains. 1. Air fright: Using aircraft to transport goods. 2. Land logistics (focus on trucks, and railway): Ship goods through the railways or roads.…

Autonomous Vehicles A person pulls up to the red light. He looks to left, then looks to again, and takes a third glance to see what he thought he saw the first time- self-driving car. Many still think this is a figure of the imagination, but they are actually real. They are among us, and are anticipated by society. The human race has had the ability to experience self-driving vehicles for a couple of years now. It started when four to six back up sensors were installed into the rear or front…

downfall with low productions and decreased accessibility to local and international markets. Roads and highways not only provide easy access to services and markets but also have direct impacts on the regional incomes and outputs. Road and Highway transport is another important source of transportation of goods and services within cities, states and countries but also across the borders with other countries. Road and highway networks provide smooth flow of traffic and enhance regional and…

reviewed addresses some of the issues with the different modes of operation in the shipping industry, which are industrial, liner, and tramp shipping. In industrial shipping the company that owns the cargo also owns the ships, and the goal is to transport the cargo and minimum cost. In tramp shipping ships perform transportation task in order to maximize profit, this can be compared to a taxi system. In liner shipping, ships follow a set itinerary and schedule, almost like a bus system. The…

Have you ever driven a car before? If you have driven a car before then you would know that they driving part of it is the easiest. The hard part is looking out for your surroundings. You always have to worry about the other drivers. Well if we have cars that drive themselves by a computer then everybody would think Hey! That would be nice and easy. But, there are pros and cons of having a self-driven car. Computers could cause fewer accidents, but they could also stop working and go off the…

The idea of driving without both hands on a wheel is appealing to many. Being able to do other things such as replying to a text message without risking others’ and your life, performing other tasks like putting makeup and eating while driving can be very convenient. The article “the Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars” (Kirkpatrick, 2015) by Keith Kirkpatrick presents futuristic perspective on driving safely. He was able to keep the reader’s attention captivated throughout the article by…

Written Assignment Unit 3: ENG BUS 1103 Five Cognate Strategies which I have chosen are; Clarity, Credibility, Expectation, Tone and Emphasis. Cognate strategies are ways of promoting understanding, framing, expressing and representing a message to an audience (McLean, 2010) How does someone makes sure that his/her message gets to an audience the way he/she intends? In trying to achieve this man like Charles Kostelnick and David Rogers developed these cognate strategies. Clarity: In as much as…

Carpooling Have you ever tried carpooling? With traffic jams becoming a larger & larger problem these days carpooling became more popular across more countries. Carpooling is the travelling with someone together to reach your destination by sharing your rides with other people and help save the environment, and reduce pollution to have better environment as pollution is a serious problem nowadays. Although some people claim that carpooling is a convenient way for saving the environment…

Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING 1.1 Introduction Vehicles play an important role in our lives everyday. A constant change in lifestyles and occupations, rural to urban migrations, increasing populations, urbanization and modernizing infrastructures has made man more and more dependent on vehicles. Vehicles are a means of transportation for all. In the pursuit for a better economy the developing world has resorted to acquiring faster means of transporting people and goods. Increasing…

Introduction Bicycles are beginning to be a favourite way of transportation for many people all over the world. It is simple to make, easy to use, cheap, requires no fuel and easy to maintain, which is what we look for- cheap way of transportation from one place to another. There are cities all over the world where instead of cars people use bicycles a lot, and we don’t have to look far away as Amsterdam is known to be a ‘City of Bikes’. Also “Norway has announced that it will spend 8 billion…