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Advancements of Prosthetics Over the Years 1 in 190 Americans are currently living with the loss of a limb, in the year 2005 1.6 million people were living with the loss of a limb (Langtree,2016). Therefore, prosthetics have advanced due to the change to lighter material, the change in mobility (movement),and the design has become more productable and useful for the amputee. “The evolution of prosthetics is a long and storied history, from its primitive beginnings to its sophisticated present,…

The Bionic Factor One of the first public mentioning’s of bionic engineering can be credited to the Marvel™ Universe, with the Iron Man comics. In the comics, Tony Stark is forced to integrate a micro-magnetic field into the tissue and muscle layers around his heart. This leads to the comics transforming his bionic technology that is keeping him alive into something that Stark builds another empire around (Fichera). Iron Man was not the only media source delving into the idea of the impossible.…

Sonny Sharrock Sonny recorded with Miles on the sound track of the film named A Tribute to Jack Johnson and on the album Yesternow. Interestingly enough, his participation in the sound track of A Tribute to Jack Johnson was not credited. The soundtrack also includes John McLaughlin as guitar player. His tenure with Miles was from 1970 to 1972 approximately. One of his greatest contribution to Miles's group can be seen in this quote from "The Sharrock way of knowledge" by Robert Palmer (1991),…

While ubiquitous Internet access is extremely convenient and enables marvelous new applications for mobile users, it also creates a major security vulnerability—by placing a passive receiver in the vicinity of the wireless transmitter, that receiver can obtain a copy of every packet that is transmitted! These packets can contain all kinds of sensitive information, including passwords, social security numbers, trade secrets, and private personal messages. A passive receiver that records a copy of…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…