Zoos are large and complex organizations that must manage large numbers of workers, outside vendors and visitors at all times. A large municipal or state zoo may have literally tens of thousands of individuals present on the property at any given time, and this can pose major management challenges. Tracking and Controlling Employee and Vendor… Continue reading Zoo Management 101
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Crowdfunding: What It Is, And How It Can Affect Your Business
Crowdfunding is a new way for any business to either begin operations or expand an existing company. In essence, the definition of crowdfunding is a mass of people who agree that a project’s success is worth betting on, and then who each donate a small amount of money to that project. Together, those small amounts… Continue reading Crowdfunding: What It Is, And How It Can Affect Your Business
Three Sci-Fi Inspired Medical Breakthroughs
As part of Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws of prediction: ‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic’: if this is the case, we are living in magical times indeed! If you have ever marvelled at the fictional medical technology portrayed in a TV series such as ‘Star Trek’ or in a block-busting movie such… Continue reading Three Sci-Fi Inspired Medical Breakthroughs
Web News – Microsoft’s New Surface Tablet – Feedback After Its Launch
On June 18th, 2012, Microsoft held an event, in which it was believed that Microsoft will launch its ‘super-special’ product. The ideas and perspectives were right, when a new and innovative tablet, known as ‘surface’ was launched. Surface is believed to be a series of Microsoft tablets. In the event, there were two different types… Continue reading Web News – Microsoft’s New Surface Tablet – Feedback After Its Launch
Researchers Trial ‘Time Cloaking’
Ever since Harry Potter, scientists researching the ability to cloak objects from sight have found themselves getting more and more attention from the public eye. One thing we hadn’t thought of though, is the ability to cloak events themselves. Well, researchers at Cornell University are one step ahead of us, as a team from their… Continue reading Researchers Trial ‘Time Cloaking’
The Macintosh Classic Review
Since the original Macintosh was released, Mac has had many commercial successes, and some of their computers came out to quite mixed reviews. Once of these with a reception that wasn’t completely warm was the somewhat short lived Macintosh Classic. This personal computer was released by April in October 1990. The price The Macintosh Classic… Continue reading The Macintosh Classic Review
Mars Curiosity’s “Sky Crane” Lander
Sky Crane is NASA’s descent module from the Mars Science Laboratory that will land a roving robot, Curiosity, on the Martian surface. It will lower Curiosity on a tether and the robot is supposed to land upright with its wheels ready to move. This operation is scheduled for August 16. Robotic Graveyard Scientists on Earth… Continue reading Mars Curiosity’s “Sky Crane” Lander
Electrical Engineering – Avoiding Component Damage Caused By Static Discharge
Static discharge can be a real problem. Excess charge can cause painful shocks and irritations to people, but can have more serious effects for computers and electronic components. A high level of static charge can be particularly dangerous for metal oxide semiconductor devices, and lead to overloaded systems and dead boards within computers, even at… Continue reading Electrical Engineering – Avoiding Component Damage Caused By Static Discharge
Audio Transcription Services Have Become A Requirement For Every Other Business
Audio transcription until recently used to be extensively used in the medical field. Medical transcriptionists continue to transcribe the voice recordings of doctors; the voice recordings are done by doctors after they complete the examination of their patients. The voice recordings are then transferred to the medical transcriptionist; the medical transcriptionist listens to the recording… Continue reading Audio Transcription Services Have Become A Requirement For Every Other Business
Samsung Galaxy Nexus, iPhone 4S, HTC Evo 4G LTE: Where Should Sprint Users Go?
The last one year or so has given Sprint users a real delectable choice when it comes to choosing a smartphone. Both Android and iOS are up for grabs with this carrier and though the choice used to be limited to just Samsung and Apple only some months ago, now HTC puts up a formidable… Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Nexus, iPhone 4S, HTC Evo 4G LTE: Where Should Sprint Users Go?