Humans Tech experience

A drawing of the Microprocessor and Controller circuitry

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In this drawing I numbered every pin on the chip.

This chart shows the combinations of pins that give you a certain number from 0 to 6.

SOME WHAT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!

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Introduce the underlying scientific concepts that are essential to understanding how your gadget works.

Concept 1: Electric Circuit

a. Define the general term used scientists to identify the concept you are studying.

A circuit is simply a closed loop through which charges can continuously
move. http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/Phys/Class/circuits/u9l2a.html

b. Additional terminology: What key terms that are used by scientists explaining this concept? Provide terms and definitions for each.

Current- a continuance of charge inside the circuit.
Electric Potencial- is a bundle of electric potential energy per unit of charge that would be controlled by a charged object if placed in an electric field at a inclined area.

Reference: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/Phys/Class/circuits/u9l2a.html

c. Diagrams and graphs you found that help explain this concept
In this diagram they are describing how you can make a light bulb

lights up using batteries. It shows that the circuit is a loop and if

the loop is opened the bulb will turn off.

d. List your sources: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/Phys/Class/circuits/u9l2a.html

Concept 2: Binary Number System and ASCII characters

a. Define the general term used scientists to identify the concept you are studying?

A numbering system using the digits "0" and "1" in the decimal system. All
computer programs are executed in binary form.http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=4&oi=define&q=http://www.wgcu.org/watch/hdtv_glossaryofterms.html

b. Additional terminology: What key terms that are used by scientists explaining this concept? Provide terms and definitions for each.

c. Diagrams and graphs you found that help explain this concept

d. List your sources : http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/geog/gessler/topics/ascii-binary-chart.gif

Design and perform a scientific experiment that illustrates how one the concepts works.

a. What is the “testable” question that the experiment is trying to answer?
How can I make a keyboard with only using 6 buttons?

Describe how you will test the question above. Provide a diagram or photograph of the experimental setup.

I will test this question by getting a Microprocessor and Controller Circuitry from a key board, getting doorbell buttons, and wires.

b. Identify the VARIABLES (independent, dependent, and controls) being measured, with an explanation of how you will measure each of them.

Identify the Independent variable. The pin code is the independent variable.

How will the independent variable be measured? Can't be measured

Dependent variable: the number that comes out

How will the dependent variable be measured? can't be measured

Control(s):

Why are these control(s) necessary?

c. Perform the experiment and organize your results (data) in a way that someone else could easily understand. Perform enough TRIALS to ensure you have reliable data. Use a table if necessary.

d. Your conclusions. Do your results lead you to infer an answer to your “testable” question? Why/why not? Explain thoroughly using your data to support your claims.

e. A list of further questions you still have after performing the experiment.

The Microprocessor and Controller Circuitry

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For each component, you will need to go into depth to explore HOW IT WORKSÂ

Name of component: Microprocessor and Controller Circuitry

1) Sketch the component and label its parts, or take a digital picture with the labeled parts.

Sketch or Picture URL:

2) What is the purpose of the component? The purpose of the Microprocessor and Controller Circuitry is to sense the raw signals created by the keyswitches as they make electrical contact, and translate them into signals that can be sent to the PC. Due to the electrical characteristics of keystrokes, this is not as simple as it sounds. Also, it handles the actual interfacing between the keyboard and the rest of the PC system. The interface between the PC and the keyboard is a full bi-directional serial communications line, with its own special protocols and commands.

3) What is it made of? Are there conductors and/or insulators present? Why are these materials important to the functioning of the device? The Microprocessor and Controller Circuitry has a tiny CPU like the 8048, not a full-fledged CPU as the main PC hardware uses. It's also has some read-only memory (ROM) that runs this small processor, similar to the system BIOS code on the motherboard. The LED's are conductors.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/kb/const/otherCircuitry-c.html

4) If there are important sub-parts, what are they? What is their purpose? The subparts of the keyboard are capacitors, integrated circuits, and LED's. The capacitors are electric circuit element used to store charge temporarily, consisting in general of two metallic plates separated and insulated from each other by a dielectric. The intregated circuit is a complex set of electronic components and their interconnections that are etched or imprinted on a chip. The LED's a semiconductor that emits light when a current passes through it.

5) How do all these sub-parts work together? Explain the concepts that are underneath the operation of this device. The LED's and the capacitors are on the integrated circuit. The capacitors allow electricy to go through the integrated circuit. The LED's show that there is electricity going on and the LED's will be on.

Postman

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1.In this quote, Postman claims that “technological change always results in winners and losers.” He points to the printing press as an example. How does Postman think society changed as a result of the printing press? Who are the winners and who are the losers according to Postman? What changed as a result? Postman thinks the society has changed due to the printing press because is another way that people can express their minds and feels like freedom of speech. According to Postman the lossers are the people that have lost their jobs because of technology and don't have a lot of money. The winners are the people that are making money out of technology. What changed was the way people worked.

2.According to Postman, what is the relationship between technology and education? Does Postman think technology is a threat to education? How? Can education be used to stem the rapid advance of technology? How? According to Postman the relationship between technology and education is that technology transfer information passively and that there is no interaction to maxium learning. I think that Postman thinks that technology is the pitfall of education and life in general. Well by learning you get ideas to make things easier in life.

3.Do you think the rapid advance of the internet has resulted in winners and losers? Explain how you think it has changed, or will change, the nature of human interactions. The rapid advancement of technology in general has changed life completely. It has made people loose their jobs and get lazy. Looking at technology now I can tell that things are going to more easier, and are going to cost more.

The process of Research of the Keyboard

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Intro

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I am going to introduce the Keyboard. The keyboard was made from the combination of the typewriter and computer terminal technology. The keyboard is one of the functional gadgets of the computer, with the central processing unit (CPU), the screen, and the mouse. The most known English-language key pattern for keyboards is QWERTY. QWERTY is the first six letters in the top row. This type of keyboard language was invented by Christopher Sholes who also invenrted the modern of the typewriter. He created this keyboard lay out by separating the most commonly used letters so that typist would type slower and wouldn't jam the keys on teh keyboard. The keyboard is connected to the computer by a cable.

A Deeper Look On Keyboard

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For each component, you will need to go into depth to explore HOW IT WORKS…

Name of component: Key Matrix

1) Sketch the component and label its parts, or take a digital picture with the labeled parts.

Sketch or Picture URL:

2) What is the purpose of the component? The purpose of the Key matrix is that when you
press a key, it presses a switch, completing the circuit and allowing a tiny amount if current
flow through. The mechanical action of the switch will cause some vibration, called bounce,
which the processor filter out. When a key is a pressed a numeric code is sent to keyboard’s
driver software and to the computer’s operating system software.

3) What is it made of? Are there conductors and/or insulators present? Why are these
materials important to the functioning of the device? The keymatrix is made of plastic and
metal. The metal part is the conductor and the plastic part is the insulator. These materials
are important for the function of the key matrix because thats how the enery travels to the
letters so they can show up on the screen.

4) If there are important sub-parts, what are they? What is their purpose? The key matrix
has imporatant sub parts. A sub-part is the Rubber Dome. The rubber dome is a part that
when you press a key, a plunger on the bottom of the key pushes down against the dome,
and the carbon center presses against a hard, flat surface beneath the key matrix. As long as
the key is held, the carbon center completes the circuit. When the key is released, therubber
dome springs back to its original shape, forcing the key back up to its at-rest position. For
now I only know about that subpart.

5) How do all these sub-parts work together? Explain the concepts that are underneath the
operation of this device. When this sub-part is pressed it sends a signal to the circuit board
and from the circuit board the signal goes to the computer.

NYC is Blog City!

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Using the AM New York article entitled “Blog City,” create a post that does the following…

1.According to the author, why has New York become such a popular city for Blogging? Use at least one quote from the article to support your claims. According to the author New Yorkers use the blogging system as another way of avertisement.

"Both independent and professional ( those who make a living thorugh
blogging), say that New Yorkers have been uniquely successful in employing
this technology as a business and as an art."

He is saying that New Yorkers are taking avantage of blogs and are using them financially and creatively.

2.What motivates people to keep their own blogs? Use at least one quote from the article to provide an example. (use the Blockquote tool in your toolbar to indent the quote.) "More and more they are realizing that blogging is a good way to communicate with their audience". Bloggers are used to communicate with people, some people don't like to come out their house to meet new people and use their bloggers as a way to communicate.

3.Choose one New York-based blog from the article that you find interesting, and give a paragraph summary of what the blog is about. Who is the author? How long have they been blogging? Why do they blog? Inside your paragraph, provide your readers a link to the blog.
One of the New York-based blog I found interesting was the blog labachata.blogspot.com because it a blog that has news about the Dominican Republic and it talks about the culture. I love learning new things about my culture. The author of the blog is Willis Medina, he has had this blog since February of 2006. The reason this person has made this blog is that there has been controversy about when bachata became a style of music. In this blog he explains about the country and the things that happen. http://labachata.blogspot.com/2006/02/la-historia-y-cultura-de-la-bachata.html

Optional fun stuff:
a) Register your blog at nycbloggers.com This will probably result in visitors and comments on your blog.

b) Go to amNY.com and send them your favorite blog Humans Technology and Experience (htehome.blogspot.com).

Assignment 2

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What is Richard Sclove's view of our modern society's relationship with technology? Why might democracy be threatened by blindly adopted technology? Give quotes from the text to back IP your analysis. Richard Sclove thinks that society's is too attached to technology. We only depend on technology to do everything for us. Democracy might be threatened by adopted technology because when technology is brong to us we don't ask anything about but just take it. For example "Amish community decisions are made collectively, normally following the weekly religious service" the Amish make their decision like a democracy because everyone has an input. In America we just take what they give us.

How does the Amish relationship with technology differ from ours, and that of the Ibeican's? Give examples that illustrate this point. The Amish relationship with technology is that they only use certain technology that won't turn them into people like us. On the other side we love technology everything that has to do with technology we buy or use, anything that makes life more easier for us we want. The Ibeicans were similar to us because they had technology that made life easier and separated them from their community.

What is the lesson Sclove thinks we must learn from the Amish if we are to remain a true democracy? I think that Sclove is trying to teach us that if we want a true democracy we need to have everyone have a say on what type of things we want in our society. If we have all these different types of technology in our society we are getting separated because they take so much time out of our lives.

Richard Sclove on the Amish, Spanish Waters, and Technology

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The main points of this article is that people don't ask questions about how technology affects our life daily. Technology separate us from our communities because it keeps us away. We have everything we need in our houses. By asking questions we can see how technology affects our lives. We are letting technology take over our lifes. May our lifes would be different if we wouldn't have things that separate us from nature ans our communities.

Assignment

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1.Your assignment is to post web definitions for the following words:

*Electric Circuit: An electric circuit consisting of a power source, connecting wires or conductors, and a device that uses the electrical energy. The device that uses the energy is called the load. For current to flow in an electric circuit, there must be a complete path from the negative terminal of the power source, through the connecting wires and load, back to the positive terminal of the source. If a complete path does not exist, no current will flow, and the circuit is called an open circuit.http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&q=http://www.cvps.com/glossary.shtml

*Electrical Conductor: Electrical conduction is the movement of electrically charged particles through matter. The movement can forms an electric current in response to an electric field. The underlying mechanism for this movement depends on the material. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_conductor

*Electrical Insulator: An electrical insulator is a material that electrons do not flow easily through.http://www.patana.ac.th/parents/curriculum/Physics_K4/units/DJFPh051.html

Make sure to include your sources.

2.How can YOU define these in your own words based on our experiment with batteries, bulbs, wires, and different materials? How can you test to determine whether a material is a conductor or an insulator? How do you know when a circuit is a CLOSED circuit? The conductor is any material that when inserted into test circuit causes bulbs to light. The insulator is any material that when inserted into a test circuit it prevents the bulbs from lighting. The circuit is were all the energy is.

3.How do these concepts apply to your object? What parts are made of conductors? Insulators? How did you know? Are any circuits are present? How can you tell? Use pictures to explain, if you want.

4.What do you think a semiconductor is? Predict the meaning....Then look it up. Are there anny semi-conductors in your object. Where? What parts are made of semi-conductors and what special roles do they play?

THE AMISH PEOPLE

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Assignment: Post your reflections on the Howard Rheingold article from Friday. Questions to focus your writing:

1) Who are the Amish and why do they avoid certain technologies? The Amish are people that live in Pennsylvania who don't like to use technology. They came from Europe because they were oppressed because of their believes. They came to America to express themselves in the land of freedom. They avoid the use of technology because they feel that if they used technology it will change the way the live and the way they view life. Also they feel that if they use electricity that life would be too easy for them and they would be connected to the modern world. The bible teaches them that there needs to be a separation between the world and they can't conform.

2) According to Howard Rheingold, how do the amiss go about adopting a new technology? What criteria do they use to decide whether or not to allow it? According to Howard Rheingold the amiss don't adopt a lot technology since they only use the necessary technology that won't connect them to much to the modern world. The criteria they use to decide whether or not to allow a technology is by getting all the bishops from the different communities, they say the pros and cons about the technology and from that they analyze if the technology could be used.

3) Do you think we should be more careful about which technologies to allow into our lives? Explain your opinion. How should we decide this? Give examples of positive and negative technologies to illustrate your ideas. I think that any technology should be allowed in our lives as long as they are being used to help us go through our regular routines. There are some technology that people have they don't need. When you are going to buy a technology you should have the pros and cons about the object. Then you need to know why you want the technology and what you are going to do with it.

THE KEYBOARD

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The keyboard is used with the computer. In this table I am taking apart the keyboard showing the two main things it has inside.

Part Name	Picture	Function	Important connections and/or sub-parts
Microprocessor and Controller Circuitry		Carries information to and from the processor. A large part of the circuitry makes up the Key Matrix.	The keyboard is connected to the computer.
Key Matrix		When you press a key, it presses a switch, completing the circuit and allowing a tiny amount if current flow through. The mechanical action of the switch will cause some vibration, called bounce, which the processor filter out.	This is connected to the keyboard
Next part here...	Next picture here...	Next function here...	Next connections and/or subparts here...

The History of the Internet

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URL:http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579729_3/Internet.html#p25

Author:Douglas E. Comer, Ph.D.

Credentials/Credibility: Douglas is Professor of Computer Sciences, Purdue University. Author of The Internet Book, Computer Networks And Internets, and Internetworking With TCP/IP, volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture.

Content of Interest: This site talks about different things that have happened with the initernet. It talks about what are the uses of the internet, how the internet works, the history, and the future of the internet. So anything you would like to find out about the internet you can find it here.

Cool picture(s) I might want to use later:

Quotes I might use, with the exact URL:

Samsung Experience Post

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1) How is new technology presented to us by the companies that create and sell it? The new technology presented to us by the company who created and sell it was good. The people made sure that if we had any questions we are able to ask, how the product would help us, and were able to touch and use the product.

a) Observations: What images, language, textures, colors, shape, size, and other design features do you observe in this space?

list key images you observe: I observed that there images everywhere. For example on cell phones, TV's, laptops, mp3 players, and much more.

list key language you hear or read: The language I saw was English but when I dialed the numbers on the cell phones I heard a different language, I thought it was Chinese or something like that.

describe textures you feel or see: The textures I felt were soft.

describe colors or color schemes you see: I saw colors like grey, dark blue, and black.

describe common shapes you see:There were squares, rectangles, ovals, and circles.

Size. Does it seem to matter, and in which products? I think size matters because the smaller the object is the better. It's easier to hold, it fits any where, and everyone likes it.

Other observations: There are a lot of different types of only one object. For example the cell phone. There we 45 different types of cell phones.

b) Inferences: What are we being asked to believe about ourselves in relationship to technology? What values are behind the technology? Justify your inferences based on observation.

Technology was made to make life easier for humans, and it has made us more lazy.
In technology they always make new things one right after another so that people would buy it.
There aren't any values behind technology because it was made just to make money. And people don't work hard anymore for anything.

Justify your inferences based on observation. State any prior assumptions you are making:

For example they made a washing machine that washes and dries your clothes right after another.
As before they made 45 different cell phones, that means they must have been made around the same time.
All things there were all high tech. Everything looks very expensive. They said the washing machine cost like $1000 in China or some place around there.

2) What is your reaction to the ÂSamsung Experience?Â Describe any shifts that occurred in your emotional and physical state when you arrived. Try to explain the cause of these feelings. At the beginning I wasn't very happy about going but when I saw all the cool things they had I changed my mind. I felt like I was in the future in a certain type of way. Every time I saw something new I felt surprised and amazed. First I felt like I was in the future because some of things we saw they hadn't come out yet. I felt surprised and amazed because I wanted to have those thing becaused they looked cool. I couldn't imagine how things changed so fast.

3) Of the different products you have observed, which do you think has/will most change the way humans live in the future? Name it and explain your thinking.

The object that will most change the way humans life in the future is thing that we saw outside the Samsung Experience before we took the tour. It's so cool how you can take tours, find food places, movies, and other places just by moving your hands on a map. And there is camera on top that see when you move your finger on top of the screen.