The technology that helped bring about our modern society. ... Science has contributed much to modern technology. ... But some modern technologies, such as atomic power production and space travel, depend heavily on science. ... Most modern wars are fought with jets, missiles, bombs, and chemical and nuclear weapons. ... Researchers are always looking to improve current technology and come up with modern, efficient devices to improve our lives. ...

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Modern Age, the age of Discovery, starts with Columbus and his exploits. ... This statement is not understandable without explaining what is Modern Age. ... First of all, talking about the Modern Age refers to Western Hemisphere. ... Loewen, also, gives examples of European advancement in military technology that helped Europe in exploitation of rest of the world. The other characteristic of Modern Age is racism and slavery. ...

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The modern world has been rocked by numerous advances and changes. However, perhaps the greatest advancements seem to stem from the advent of technology. ... However, the advancements in modern technology, the traditional telephone has evolved into what it is today. ... In 1903, the Wright brothers from Ohio invented the first prototype of the modern airplane (Hughes, 2011; Winston, 2008). ... This invention by Talbot formed the fundamental principles that have been utilized to invent modern photography. ...

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Questioning Modern Technology in Crowd Control Controlling riots is a difficult task for any government with a desire to keep peace as well as protect the constitutional rights of it's citizens. ... Modern technology and non-lethal weapons are allowing police to more efficiently and less physically handle riots and protests. ...

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If technology in your daily life routine doesn't concern you, you should think twice about how it really affects the body's health. ... Technology affects us in every way, starting from a simple flu to cancer and to extreme cases being death. ... However, people with multitasking skills with technology are mostly affected mentally and have also been proven to have social problems. ... There are several health related issues that technology brings to human bodies under certain circumstances and in different ways. ... Cell phones and technology play a major role in this international p...

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This paper will discuss the evolution of warfare, as well as the impact that technology has on it. ... By this time new technology and scientific research greatly improved the weapons and technology used in times of war. ... The American Civil War also affected the evolution of modern war by first using guns and other portable and mechanized weapons on a large scale. ... The technology of war has unquestionably changed as well. Only the future will tell what is next in this constant evolution of technology and warfare....

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Through the utilization of mass production and assembly lines, the large scale use of telephones, automobiles, electricity, modern technology, and motion pictures rapidly increased in the 1920s. ... Not only did Americans spend their excess wealth on business and manufacturing, they spent it on entertainment, which fortunately provided for the increase in modern technology and the improvement of the economy. ... Modern technology significantly hastened the pace of the population. In addition, jazz music was formally introduced and became extensively used in modern entertainment. ... In the twe...

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Many of us are not used to all this modern technology. ... But modern technology of computer and computer voting was the only one reason that made George W. ... It was only because of modern technology. ... As soon as we applied modern high technology in voting system everything kind of screwed up. ... May it happened all because of the modern high technology computer that tried to make our voting easy. ...

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I believe that the internet has had a positive effect on the quality of democracy in the United States, however, there are many factors that question the influence of the internet and whether or not the effects of this modern technology are positive or have even had any effects at all? ... Although the use of the internet is prevalent in the United States there are still some notable downfalls with this modern technology. ... The effect of the technology has definitely impacted the view of American politics. ...

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Fireworks are a blend of ancient science, modern technology and pure imagination. ... Modern technology and computers can digitally coordinate fireworks with music and lasers. In these huge extravaganzas, imagination is as crucial an ingredient as technology. ...

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In his manifesto he writes chiefly of modern man's increasing loss of freedom in the wake of computers and genetic engineering; he cites motorized transport as an example of technology intended for good but which has come at the cost of our autonomy; he writes: the use of motorized transport is no longer optional. ... Technology originally introduced as optional doesn't long remain so, the Unabomber argues; it reshapes society and we have little choice but to accept it. ... That technology is responsible for much more than the mere loss of our autonomy, however, is Kaczynski'...

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The society I chose that is isolated from modern developments and advancement are the Kayapo Indians. ... Unfortunately for many of these isolated Indian tribes of Brazil their natural resources such as logging, mining and exotic species of plants and animals have been sought out by the modern world. Coming in contact with modern society have been threatening there way of life, culture and traditions. ... Technology has to be invented or adopted. ... Technology not only has to be adopted; it also has to be maintained. ...

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One main theme to be addressed is the advancement of technology and how it influences globalization and immigration. ... Another theme in Sleep Dealer is how technology becomes a huge problem in the characters' lives. Technology controls the characters in countless ways. ... They often collapse and feel they are overworked and are losing their familiarity of working without technology. Furthermore, technology and nodes both help to close distances and bring people together. ...

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Europe's latest technology really sparked an interest with Menelik such as their telephones, phonographs, projectors, and cars, he wanted to learn everything about the latest technology and that curiosity is what made him a great leader. ... China was the world's greatest pre modern state, its orderly system of government is what made china so successful. ... The government created many schools to teach students foreign languages, along with military and naval technology, mining, shipbuilding, and telegraph communication. ... Suns first act was to change to the modern Western calend...

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Our modern laws are supposed to support our rights to pursuit of happiness, yet the laws that are created have guidelines for people to be welcomed here. ... Secondly, our modern laws do not support our right to life because laws are created like: abortion, and the death penalty. ... When working for a company your privacy is invaded from higher authority who withholds this power over things through technology. ... In conclusion, our modern laws do not support our rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness. ... These three things highlight why our modern laws do not support the things ...

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Some of the negative influences are that technology is taking over economic life, income inequality and symbolic analyst. ... Many of these jobs have been replaced by technology and machinery. Due to this advanced technology it closed many plants and factories as well as jobs getting laid-off. ... Because of technology advancement there has been an increase in low wage workers in different nations. ... Modern technology outsources the jobs which increases the competition in the work force.The more technology the corporations have, the higher the volume of products. ...

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With modern innovations in transportation and manufacturing, the countries of Germany, Japan, and the United States seemed to evolve to the next level. ... Following the thoughts of the Minister of Finance, Count Witte, many western investors built factories with advanced technology in Russia. The Russian people using this technology greatly advanced their ways of production. From ideas and technology of the west and from Russia's ability to adapt to western influence, they became high ranking in the production of steel and petroleum. ... So with Russia's capability to imitate th...

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It was the growing interest in science and technology. ... Modern day America has many freedoms and rights. ... Without these inventions, the world would be missing much of its technology. ... The enlightenment and the Great Awakening clearly affected both the colonists and modern-day America. The political make-up of America, its laws, education, religion, and technology were all revolutionized. . ...

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America in the 1920s was full of prosperity, growth, and was considered a crossroad of the traditional and modern. ... The decade of the 1920s included many changes, inventions, and developments which transformed a traditional American society into a modern American society- a society in which the conflict of traditional v. modern had lasting effects on American society. Such cultural changes which conflicted with past tradition would include the invention of the automobile, the changing role of women, the role of science and religion, as well as new technology that were introduced and furthe...

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Although technology has replaced much of this physical labor, has slavery really ceased to exist? Many people do not realize it but indeed we do have modern-day slavery. ... This type of modern day slavery is happening right under our noses and nothing it seems is been done to stop it. ... They are later sold as chattel slaves in "modern day slave markets". ... Modern-day slavery occurs is in Brazil, were poverty-stricken young men are promised good work by harvesting crops. ...

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The high technology era we live in makes it really easy to evade non-strenuous physical activities that would burn off many excess calories. ... Our reliance on the marvels of modern technology to take care of menial task establishes a very strong likelihood that technology is the main reason why American's are not engaging in enough physical activity to counterbalance the higher caloric intake. The lack of physical activity resulting from technology demonstrates that technology is one of the main reasons why American's have become and continue to become overweight and obese. Te...

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Arms proliferation is nothing new to modern society, it is something that all of us has lived with, especially those that remember the Cold War. In the 20th century, weapons proliferation has presented a greater threat than the previous four centuries combined; new technology offers weapons that are far more destructive than ever before. ... There is a distinct relationship between arms buildup and the likelihood of conflict, and is intensified given modern technology and the destructive nature of technologically advanced weapons. ... States sharing or selling the resources to construct a ...

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American industrialists invested in the development of new technologies that allowed the production in greater quantities and at a quicker pace. These endeavors provided a huge boost to the economy of the United States, advanced industrial technology, and provided more work opportunities for Americans. ... This can be seen as one of the worse methods of discrimination in modern American history. ... Propaganda and utilization of scare tactics by the government played at least a partial role in these changes and this can be seen in modern society as well....

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of the early modern age. ... much of modern Europe was defined. ... Still more rapid and spectacular changes came with further advances in science and technology: electricity, telegraphy and telephony, radio and television, subatomic physics, oil and petrochemicals, plastics, jet engines, computers, telematics, and bioengineering. The development of technology, in particular, would not have been possible without a more skilled and better educated work force. ...

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Population increases are predicted to increase by over 1 billion, yet globalization - the use of technology to make the globe increasingly smaller - continues to integrate and connect the globe. ... For instance, the globalization of technology and information - especially regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and advanced conventional weapons - will increasingly accord smaller states, groups, and individuals destructive capabilities previously limited to major world powers. ... Also, the US should no longer provide for these post-modern regions of the world, but should rather be placin...

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