One will be a math based app, one will be a spelling based app, and one will be a reading app. ... Parents everywhere are reluctant to handover their mobile devices to their kids, but sometimes a few hours of silence that will come from the child using the device is too appealing. ... Again, this one will have a math application. ... This will consist of a more difficult math app, a higher level reading game, and a spelling bee type game. ... Once the downloads become consistent, and the brand proves success, we will launch the bundle packages described earlier. ...

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Speech recognition applications in mobile devices are still rapidly developing. ... During the mid 1960's "Automatic Prototyping" was developed during the early 1970's. ... The toy was the company's first educational "single chip speech synthesizer and spell toy." In the early 1980's, dictation software became more and more advanced. IBM introduced its first dictation software. ...

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History Essay Since the beginning of time there has been a need for oneself to keep track of ones trading transactions by applying some method to calculate in a fair and accurate manner. Merchants trading goods not only needed a way to count goods bought and sold but also to quickly the cost of g...

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During the late 1940s, the U.S. government sponsored substantial research in computer technology leading to the development of the ENIAC, the first electronic computer utilizing von Neumann's famed "stored program" concept. ... The lab was headed by Carl Eckert, a noted astronomer who was the first to use "computers" in order to perform astronomical computations. ... When I interviewed for a position in the Math department, I also found out that Elliott Montroll had joined the division as head of a special department known as "General Sciences department", dedicated to very exploratory re...

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Programmable Logic Controller) is a device that was invented to replace the necessary sequential relay circuits for machine control. ... They are usually used as temporary storage for math or data manipulation. ... Maybe your program said that if the first input was on then it should turn on the first output. ... Based on the example in step 2 it would now turn on the first output because the first input was on and your program said to turn on the first output when this condition is true. ... The documentation for early PLC Programs was either non existent or very poor, just providing simple...

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Frequently, the phrase "so it goes" is used as a device to discuss the human perception of death. ... This is a literary device installed by the author. ... The Battle of the Bulge occurred in 1944 to early 1945, and was the final primary Nazi attack on the Allies in World War II. ... Vonnegut described the after-math of Dresden as something that would make you want to stay inside forever. ... He used wit, black humor, and literary devices to make us understand how brutal being in war really is. ...

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This led to a startling discovery that ousted Pavlov and Watson's earlier discovery. ... He came, he sought, he conquered, naming his device the "baby tender," which was, effectively, a heated plexiglass bed. ... From an early age, members of Walden Two are conditioned to be productive and happy members of society. ... In 1946 the first Society of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior meeting was held. ... Years later, when Skinner's children were beginning to grow up and go to school, he attended one of his children's math classes, which would give birth to a new idea of his, ...

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In order for WEP to work, you must activate WEP on all the Wi-Fi devices in your network via the client software or configuration program that came with the hardware. And every device on your network must use the same WEP key to gain access to the network. ... Most Wi-Fi equipment these days uses 128-bit WEP keys, but some early gear (like the first generation of the Apple AirPort equipment) supported only a 64-bit WEP key. ... The math to break WEP is pretty hard (you're not going to do it in your head), but plenty of freely available tools are on the Web that let a computer do...

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My preference is to become a first grade teacher. ... If the back of their heads were facing me, it would be harder to point out misbehaviors or things that may get them into trouble such as taking out toys or electric devices. ... I would have stations for every subject such as math and language arts; I would also want fun stations such as arts and crafts. ... My first token economy system would be "Who will Cross the Finish Line First?... First, I definitely want to take cheating into consideration. ...

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The inspiration for the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or ENIAC, occurred in the early 1930's when Mauchly, long frustrated with the slow pace of traditional calculators, began thinking of building his own calculating machine. ... In the summer of 1942, Mauchly and Presper Eckert drafted a "proposal titled "The Use of High Speed Vacuum Tube Devices for Calculation". ... They decided their "machine would have three parts: one to handle the math, one to be the memory, one to be a controller. ... It weighed 30 tons, occupied 1,800 square feet of floor, and was 1,000 times f...

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This device changed the way we work, play, learn, and live. ... The very first computer was the Abacus. ... This was quite an improvement from the earlier machines. ... It was not until the early 1960's when programming became less stressing. ... Just think, 50 years ago the idea of the computer was just a machine that could do math! ...

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The Romans were first to use math seriously for the arches, bridges, aqueducts, roof, and mainly the dome. ... The water was pumped out with buckets or a device called an Archimedean screw or tympanum The Cofferdams were built, so the laborers could erect the piers without going under water. ... The Pantheon is one of the first domes ever built. ... Even an early Christian named Aloysius proclaimed that he "took away with him a mad passion which prodded him not only to return (to gladiator events) with those by whom he had first been forced in, but even ahead of them and dragging in others."3 ...

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First I will describe the different techniques and fields that fall under AI. The first technique that is used to create intelligent systems is the top-down approach. ... The first field that I'll talk about is robotics. ... It pretty much says that logic is only a biological process and cannot be simulated using any form of device or algorithms. ... AI is a very interesting field that is still in the early stages. ...

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It also contained a "mill" with a control unit that allowed processing instructions in any sequence, and output devices to produce printed results. ... His first task was to find a faster way to compute the U.S. census. ... It was slow, taking three to five seconds per calculation, and inflexible because sequences of calculations could not change, but it could perform basic math and also more complex equations. ... One of its impressive early achievements was predicting the winner of the 1952 presidential election, Dwight D. ... The first machines to take advantage of this transistor t...

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Autism was first described in America, officially, in 1980 with the publication of DSMIII (Peter E. ... Early signs of Autism may appear in the first months of life. ... They may examine a simple little toy or electronic device for hours without losing interest, or rock back and forth in a particular spot for an entire afternoon. ... Experts say early intervention is critical. ... A savant is a person who incredibly excels in a particular area, such as music or math. ...

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Autism was first described in America, officially, in 1980 with the publication of DSMIII (Peter E. ... Early signs of Autism may appear in the first months of life. ... They may examine a simple little toy or electronic device for hours without losing interest, or rock back and forth in a particular spot for an entire afternoon. ... Experts say early intervention is critical. ... A savant is a person who incredibly excels in a particular area, such as music or math. ...

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"Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz had a deep conviction that all mathematical and scientific concepts could be derived from logic, and as a result he became the first serious student of symbolic logic;" "one difference between symbolic logic and Aristotelian logic is that in symbolic logic, as its name implies, symbols usually letters represent written statements"( Encyclopedia Britannica 2003 http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?... GL: I"m working on a number of mechanical devices at the moment. ... GDT: And is it true that you taught yourself Latin at an early age to be able to study from your ...

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From the first computer, software has become more important. ... People use them to make math easier with calculators, and use them to withdraw money on the go with ATM machines. ... The first one is composed of writing, music, and film, which are covered by copyright. ... Current patent laws also make it more costly to develop new software such as new input software to replace mouse devices. ... For instance, in what may be a virtual reality future, the glove might be the input device. ...

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From the first day on the founders of Apple kept their vision intact, and they spoke it at every turn. ... In early 1976 Wozniak and Jobs finish work on a preassembled computer circuit board. ... In February of 1988 Apple introduces AppleCD SC, an optical storage device that gives access to huge amounts of information. ... It is the first Macintosh II computer to use Motorola's 68030 microprocessor and 68882 math co-processor. ... It is the first 16-bit operating system for the Apple IIGS that operates over the AppleTalk network system. ...

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By the time he graduated he could solve complex math problems in his head. ... Business magnate George Westinghouse, an early advocate of AC power, soon became interested in Nikola's idea. ... To amplify the wave he would just send more electricity out at that exact moment the first returned. ... Tesla first dabbled with war machines when he invented an automated submarine that was so advanced that it responded to voice commands. ...

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The Romans were first to use math seriously for the arches, bridges, aqueducts, roof, and mainly the dome. ... First, they made a boat bridge which consisted of boats lain side by side. ... The water was pumped out with buckets or a device called an Archimedean screw or tympanum The Cofferdams were built, so the laborers could erect the piers without going under water. ... With its development, the Romans bypass the earlier building concepts of vertical and horizontal, support and load. ... The Pantheon is one of the first domes ever built. ...

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Music may be the foundation for later math and science excellence. ... The payoff is that their Math and science scores are near the top in the world. ... There is also support for the policy of starting children early in their music education since the effects are greater in the early years. ... Music can function as a device to help recall of information. ...

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Even though America had the highest literacy rate in the world in the early 1800's, the country had no statewide system of free, public elementary schools. ... Holyoke as the first college for women. ... Furthermore, Emma Willard held seminars in the North that trained female teachers in math, physics, history, and geography. ... Women made some progress by being accepted into Ohio's Oberlin College and by Mary Lyon creating Mount Holyoke, the nation's first permanent women's college. ... Horace Mann said, "Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin,...

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In the early 1980s, a study was conducted to find out if viewing of Sesame Street led to improve the vocabulary scores of children. ... It has been shown that Sesame Street viewing correlated into higher grades in later schooling.The most striking finding was that frequent viewers of Sesame Street and other child informative programs at age 5 had higher high school grades in English, math, and science than infrequent viewers, even with controls for early language ability and the educational level achieved by parents.?(Huston pg.13) The explanation of the persistence of the effects that make ...

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