Q4) How do you to test the following equipment is functioning correctly prior to use and how can you tell when it does not? What action would you take if the equipment failed? a) Dental chair We are testing chair practically every day when we are switching chair on. If the chair is not moving we checked the main switch on the side at the bottom, if the pressure is on in bottle with water for procedures and if the switch over the table with computer is on. If all is on and chair is still not…
In September of 1969, I was five years old, and I started to attend kindergarten. This was the first school year for the newly organized Mid-Valley School District. The new proper name of our school was the Olyphant Elementary School, but we commonly referred to it as the Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant. My classroom was in the part of the building that used to be the Olyphant Central School; the part that was dedicated in 1910. This was the same school building in which my…
Personal Electronic Devices are a blessing and a curse to society. Some people believe that Personal Electronic Devices will spell the downfall of humanity as we know it and while I don’t personally agree with that statement I can see where people would come to that conclusion from. Personal electronic devices are more addicted to people in today’s society than any other addiction in human history. No other time in history has there been one sole thing that near every human has and uses…
challenge for computer engineers from the start was deciding how to transfer data through the computer. The first computer, the ENIAC, required 18,000 vacuum tubes to do so, and weighed about 20 tons. Because of its huge size, its power consumption was 150,000 watts (Piguet). Evidently, size and power consumption were major issues from the start. Vacuum tubes were a continuous source of difficulty due to expenses, and the fact that they were constantly burning out. Eventually, the invention of…
“Twenty two percent of teachers have access to the right level of technology in the classroom.” (PBS, 2011) In this research paper, I will look at technology and the effects on students and teachers; specifically, in a language arts classroom. The problem will be examined over time as technology has changed. In addition, how technology has been integrated into the classroom. There are many facets to technology use in the classroom. The first is how technology is use has changed over time.…
The Impact of Screen Time on Sleep As the Internet develops rapidly in today’s dynamic world, it is extremely hard to imagine how our lives would be without electronic devices. In 2014, an investigation from The National Sleep Foundation found that 89 percent of adults and 75 percent of children have at least one electronic device in their bedroom (Scutti). An child health survey in Australia conducted by the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne reveals that almost half of all children (43%) use…
In the article, Watching TV Makes You Smarter, Steven Johnson argues that many of the shows that our population considers unhealthy are actually relatively healthy for our brains. On the other hand, Dana Stevens argues in her essay, Thinking Outside The Idiot Box, that Steven Johnson’s thesis makes absolutely no sense and that television in no way gets our brains thinking or makes us smarter. Johnson starts by explaining what he calls the Sleeper Curve. He does this by comparing older TV shows…
I. Have you ever spent too much time watching your favorite TV and lost sleep over it? A. You know you’re supposed to do your homework, but the TV programs have your favorite celebrities so you cannot stop watching them. B. According to the author Demitrios Kalogeropoulos, most recently accessed on December 3, a normal American’s average time of watching television is 4 hours per day. This may not seem like a long time, but it really adds up. C. Too much media may also affect in a…
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…
transistors made computers exceptionally faster and more energy efficient, which means more affordable. The IBM Company was so impressed it made it mandatory to only use transistors in its computers from then on. Transistors were miles better then vacuum tubes and had made massive improvements for the computer.…