research topics

When thinking about what technology I would like to report on a few things came to mind. The three biggest I could think of in order from most likely to least likely are quantum computing, robotics, and finally, artificial intelligence or AI. Quantum computers are still very much in their early stages but there is so much on the subject that could be talked about. What a quantum computer does is instead of using binary, 1’s and 0’s, it can be 1, 0, or any combination of 1 and 0 combined essentially making computers way more powerful. It would be fun to present on that because it isn’t a very talked about subject yet but there is a lot of information about them on the internet. As for robotics, I would want to talk about the current advanced in the robotics field such as military equipment, prosthetic limbs or even full on robots that can do many different tasks. Just the other day I saw a robot playing chess with one of the world best chess players. It could pick the best possible move with the current bored layout and even moved very quickly. Lastly, Artificial intelligence has always interested me. My junior year of high school I did a small research project of AI but there was so much more detail I could have gone into and now that there are new advances there is plenty of new information I can learn. I would discuss new advances like how Alexa can soon be able to tell if your sick or not. All three of these subjects fascinate me and I wouldn’t mind doing a project on any of them.

where journalism is going?

In the past, before the internet and world wide web, journalism was almost exclusively provided in the form of newspapers. Today, while newspaper still exists, most people get news and updates almost immediately from the internet. People who plan on majoring in journalism today are probably prepared way differently from in the past. Today everything is online, and the journalism field had to adapt to that just like everything else. Now people can go on any social media site and learn more about current events than was ever previously available. Social media is changing how journalism is presented drastically. Snapchat has its own news providing channels that come in the form of quick and to the point videos or images. Twitter Has its top stories sections which is news based on what people are tweeting the most about. With these kinds of news sources, you can basically know about current events in the world as there happening or very quickly after. Since the internet has blown up journalism has grown with it because now instead of just newspapers, there are hundreds of websites and platforms that hire journalists to keep up with the latest news. Another new thing that came with internet journalism is clickbait and ads. Websites will use colorful pictures and exciting headlines to get people to click on a link and read about something. A lot of them are along the lines of “top ten ways to prevent acne” or “you won’t BELIEVE how he got those abs”. Although those seen like stupid ways to get people to click the ads, it works. I firmly believe everyone has clicked on an add to see a celebrity look alike or top ten life hack list at some point in their life. This is where journalism is heading, a widely saturated market where it Is easier than ever to access information.

Creating my HTML website

While creating my HTML website I didn’t have to much trouble. I had previously created one my sophomore year of high school as an introduction to my computer science class. After that I took AP computer science my junior year and AP programming my senior year so doing things like this are basic for me. All I did for my website was give it a title, which was simple, then I used hexadecimal to add a background color. After that I did a marquee because I didn’t know that was an option and I thought it was cool. I also embedded an image and a short video because I was curious to see if I still remembered how to do it. Other than that, I don’t have much more to talk about. I was able to make the notepad into an html website by simply adding “.html” to the file name. I also knew I had to start the page with “<html>” and end it with “</html>” so it would be recognized as such. I used “<br>” to make text appear on the next line similar to pressing the “enter” key. Obviously “<body>” is used to place text, images and videos inside. I plan on majoring in computer science so its nice to have this class to get information on a lot of technological history and future. I did enjoy making the website because it kind of gave me a flashback to when I did it in high school, even though it took me about 5 minutes to make.

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<p>Making an HTML website is really easy ;)</p>
<br> I made an HTML website my sophmore year of highschool in my computer science class so I already have Experience with this.
<marquee>WOW look im moving</marquee>
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Similarities and differences between email and Postal service

Technology has reinvented the way many people do things in everyday life from shopping, to creating and most importantly communication. In the past the only way to communicate back and forth was trough the Postal Service which many now call “snail mail”. Today with the creation of the internet and world wide web communication has never been easier or faster with things like email and text messaging. Email and the postal service have many different aspects that set them apart but still contain some core similarities to each other. Some similarities were used by email to make people more comfortable with using it by making it familiar to the postal service. Email has an inbox called a “mailbox” like the real mailboxes that postal mail uses to sent letters and items to the correct location. The entire process of email is actually very similar to postal mail. When someone sends a letter, it first gets taken to a post office where it is then sorted by address. Once sorted it gets transported to the correct post office, a postal worker then takes the specific address and puts it in the correct mailbox. An email has a similar process. Once sent an email gets sent to a DNS server which then sorts out the intended location based on the IP address. The DNS server then send the email to the proper location which then appears in the recipient’s online mailbox, like with the postal service. Another similarity between the two is that both have a chance of being stolen. Emails can be hacked, and physical mail can be taken. There are some differences that set the two apart however. While email is generally free, postal mail requires shipping costs or stamps because unlike email, there are postal workers who need to be paid. Email also has the potential to fail to be sent, when postal mail will also be sent to a location weather the address is correct or not. with that being said, email is generally way faster. Email takes seconds while postal mail takes days or even weeks to arrive.

What I want out of T INST 207

As an avid user of technology, I think it would be beneficial for me to learn as much as I can about the history, future and concerns about the Devices I devote so much time to. When i'm not doing school work on my laptop, i'm either watching Netflix, browsing social media, playing video games, listening to music or talking to friends online. Even in many classes, power points and videos are a prominently used resource, and that's if i'm not using my laptop to take notes or quizzes online. I honestly believe over seventy five percent of my day is spent looking at some kind of screen, while the other twenty five percent is spend driving, exercising or handwriting papers. I also think this class will be a useful experience for me because, if everything goes as planned, I would like to major in Computer Science. I've taken three years of computer science in high school so I like to think a have a little bit of a head start but either way, knowing about technology would be a good foundation for computer science. Learning common computer vocab is also something that I would like to get out of this class. Things like "TCP/IP", "HTTP", mainframe, "CPU" are all things we have already learned about which is a great start to accomplish that goal. Another very interesting topic would be how technology affects everyday life, society, and government. New advancements are created everyday and that is something I would like to get out of this class as well, current technological events and how they affect the world. If I can get any of the things I mentioned out of this class I will be happy with what I learned.