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=**__ Emerging Technology __**= Emerging technology is the new inventions and other man made devices that are used to better the world. There are many variations of ermerging technologies in the world that have multiple uses and advantages. Technology has progressed increasingly since the begining of the human race, from the wheel to the World Wide Web. -James Udovich

Advancements in technology have changed our world completely in the last 10 years. From NASA to sports to video games many things have been changed from what they were before.-Matthew Del Signore

Advancements in technology have changed our world completely in the last 10 years. From NASA to sports to video games many things have been changed from what they were before.-Matthew Del Signore.

 "The folks at MIT have christened their wearable prototype Wear Ur World (WUW), a device cobbled together using everyday gizmos like a mobile projector, Webcam, and mobile phone. Hopefully, when the final product does ship, it'll reveal a sleeker, less clunky rendition without the colored finger bands, and one that has a discreet mode for when you need to access information privately.(Foo)"  - Yuhana Kennedy

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__** Digital Preservation **__

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One advancement in technology is digital preservation. Digital preservation is the way digital documents are reused, saved, and accessed in the future. Digital documents that are preserved are less likely to be damaged or destroyed. For example, "One scratch on CD-ROM containing 100 e-books can make the content inaccessible." (Kommentare). This shows how preserving documents digitally can be more reliable and more secure. -Jose Rosado

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Another concern about digital preservation is, are current digital preservation systems reliable? The answer is no. Library systems today mainly focus on the management of digital documents rather than how they can save the information for future use. "When evaluating a preservation solution, look for a system that supports preservation as a process, not just the storage of digital objects." (Levi). -Jose Rosado

http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?action=interpret&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T002&prodId=SRC-2&docId=A195012602&source=gale&version=1.0&userGroupName=phil72249&finalAuth=true Quantum computers have the potential to be vastly more powerful than conventional machines because they exploit the rules of quantum mechanics to perform many calculations in parallel. They are difficult to build, however, because quantum information is easily destroyed. The most powerful machines to date can cope with only a handful of quantum bits, or qubits, making them little more capable than a hand-held calculator. "Nobody knows yet whether adiabatic or non-adiabatic quantum computers will ever work," says Caspar van der Wal, who studies quantum computing at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands(Robson). - Yuhana Kennedy

[] Similar to Chris, I have also found a web page with new inventions and inoventions.- Jeffrey DeVictoria


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[] After reading the first page summary of this article, I learned that technology used in schools has become very successful in that the students are accomplishing much more. The National Research Council stated that most of this technology found in classrooms today is sponsored by a company, or commercial. This article gives stats that prove that emerging tech is improving schools. - Tom Dooner

[] This article is about a school for the mentally disabled, which uses technology in the classroom as a way of educating the students. For example, voice output devices and videos taught a fifth grade student there spelling words by showing an adult on the screen repeat the words, with the sounds coming out of the speakers. All of the different technologies in the school help the many kids with their varied needs. -Tom Dooner

__http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=57418__ In this article, it discusses the new tutoring software available to accounting students. The company that produces this software is called Quantum Tutors. This software enables the user to ask question, and you can work at your own pace in your home. In the virtual Quantum classroom students can virtually raise their hand and in turn the teacher can virtually call on them. -Tom Dooner

 http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=SRC-2&docId=A178256345&source=gale&srcprod=SRCC&userGroupName=phil72249&version=1.0 In this article, a twelfth grade English class, taught by Noah Tonk, incorporates ProfCast, Rapid-Weaver, Wikispaces, and Jing as education tools. He uses ProfCast to combine his audio-recorded teaching with PowerPoint, and then puts them on the internet with Rapid-Weaver. Tonk’s students use Wikispaces for projects, and he uses Jing to document anything on his desktop. Tonk says that all of this 21st Century technology helps his students by allowing them to study for exams by going back and reviewing their Wikispaces, and also going onto iTunes and subscribing to his podcasts. -Tom Dooner

__**Sports Technology**__ For the most part, I researched how technology advancements have changed sports. I learned how new equipment being used made it easier for athletes to play the sport better. Equipment affected how the games were played and how teams would practice. New training methods helped athletes become better quicker than old methods. With so many changes in technology, who knows what the sports we play today will be like in the future?-Matthew Del Signore

__**Military Technology media type="custom" key="3793147"**__ Increasingly, the U.S. military is relying on un-manned aircraft to track and destroy the enemy, sometimes controlled from bases thousands of miles away from the battlefront (CBS News). - Chris Turner __** Other **__

[|.]According to the article, things like IM, Facebook, Torrent, and others that were meant for only a few hundred users at a time are being bogged down by updates and patches and they are making these things expensive to upkeep. The proposed solution is to make a nation-wide, and soon a world-wide, network that will run at 40 gigabytes per second. The scientists at BBN Technologies are using colleges to test these networks because they are filled with "digitally savvy students." One example of this change would be to compare the old U.S. postal system to FedEx. - Chris Turner



The GoCycle is the bike for tomorrow's generation. It is the new and improved electric bike that can fold up and fit in small areas, and also is very portable. according to this article "Richard Thorpe was frustrated riding a regular bike, and was tired of "arriving at work hot and sweaty, having to change from cycle to office clothing, getting dirty chain grease on his pants, fixing a messy flat tire, having to bicycles stolen within six months, and being heckled for riding "one of these funny looking fold-up bikes." So he quit his job designing race cars at McLaren and developed "a new class of powered-two wheeler" from his one bedroom London flat", (Liloyd 1). Also, " -it has an electric "turbo boost" that can take it 6-20 miles, depending on how much help you need or want. It isn't designed to necessarily take you all the way to work, but to help out on the hard parts. For instance in Toronto where I live, the city is kind of built on a tilt towards downtown, so you can glide to work in the morning but many people complain how tired they are at the end of the day when they have the long slow climb home. This would be perfect for that. Or where there is the occasional hill on the way to work- no need to work up a sweat. -the chain is completely enclosed to keep you clean. It is made of a magnesium alloy that is injection moulded in a process called Thixomoulding that is often used to make notebook computers", (Thorpe). I myself think this new invention is just a step forward for bettering our world. In fact, I look at as if man has the potential to accomplish what ever he puts his mind to, and that, just maybe, one day man will create something far more greater to help our lives and the world. - Jeffrey DeVictoria [|�16�] http://www.gocycle.com/ Visit this cite, it shows the GoCycle and all its functions. - Jeffrey DeVictoria

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6. Alter, Lloyd. "GoCycle: The Electric Assist Bike We Have Been Waiting ?" Tree Hunger: A Discovery Company. 16 Apr. 2009 [|�21�]http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/gocycle-electric-assist.php

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