Essays on Technology

The next chapter of the human story is already taking shape courtesy of famous ground-breaking innovation of blockchain. Cryptocurrency has only been in existence for a decade, but the effects are already being felt, buoyed by the network effects of the Internet. Looking at the bigger picture, it is still...

Radio Frequency Identification is an automatic identification and data capture technology used in the identification of products or services (Masum, Bhuiyan, and Azad, 2013). RFID is composed of tags, readers, and middleware. The tag is formed from chips and attached to products, the reader helps in receiving and returning answers...

In 2016 the number of unhealthy workers reached over three billion across the globe, and this number continues to rise. Among these three billion workers is an alarming increase in older workers who are generally less healthy. Also, there is over two million work-related deaths and over 300 million work-related...

Accelerated by technological advancement and stiffer competition, the restaurant industry has been adopting the latest methods of doing things. The rising reputation of the self-service technology (SST) and gains accrued to both customers and hoteliers, diminishes the significance of personal service in the industry. Players in the industry are embracing...

Social networking refers to the use of social media sites to facilitate the interactions between people (Sherchan, 2013 p.47). Currently, the world is a global village. The various social media sites have eased communication considerable and all one needs to do is engage with others through the networks. Sites such...

Predictors and/or Outcomes of Problematic Smartphone Use The advancement in mobile technology has led to the introduction of smartphones which can be described as more comprehensive and offer additional uses. Besides making phone calls and messaging, the smartphones offer access to the internet, sites of social networking and other numerous mobile...

Ethics in Engineering Ethics refer to the general code of conduct or principles required in a specific field or that which a person has set to govern their lives. Just like any other field of study, engineering also requires specific set of rules to ensure that there is proper sailing in...

Accidents relating to self-driven cars have led to many debates among the public. This paper explores the subject of self-driven vehicles by identifying people that disagree and reasons for their disagreement in the given case study. Thereafter, an exploration of any philosophical principles applied in this case will be analyzed...

The chief engineer contracted to build a bridge connecting the island of Manhattan, and the City of Brooklyn passes on due to an infectious wound after sustaining an injury. His son, William Roebling, also an engineer takes over to get the job done. In an unfortunate twist of fate, he...

The Name of the Firewall The name of the firewall installed on the personal workstation is Comodo version 10.1.0.6476. The firewall is capable of providing virtual internet browsing and is able to block ads. Besides, Comodo firewall can act as a Domain Name System (DNS) server which can be customized (Borgolte...

This paper is based on an experiment of establishing the consistency, density, and compressive strength of concrete. The experiment involves casting of 12 sets of concrete cubes to with three different water to cement ratios. Therefore, four sets of cubes are prepared using one W/C ratio. The essence of making...

Major disasters such as Challenger or Apollo 13 had one cause, there were not several causes that led to them.             True – On both occasions, warning signals to prevent the launch were neglected. Question 2 My receiver get 1/4th the power of what was transmitted from Earth, how many dB is that? P (dBW)...