The rapid evolution of technology is leading this new industrial revolution. According toMIT Professional Education“This revolution, based on cyberphysical production systems, challenges the traditional methods
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The industrial revolution had an unfathomable effect on shaping the modern world to what it is today. Before the revolution, society revolved around farming and agriculture. There were only two social classes, the nobility and the working class. Little did they know, that their lives were about...
A collection of emerging technologies is now powering the fourth industrial revolution known as Industry 4.0. It consists of a suite of technologies such as the industrial internet, artificial intelligence, machine learning, additive manufacturing, edge computing, robotics, augmented reality, and other s...
Figure 1. The ‘next industrial revolution’ of designing drugs by computer was announced in 1981 in Fortune magazine [6]. This was followed by another peak in interest shortly before the biotech bubble collapsed in 2000, and the field is again generating profound interest another 20 years later...
The Spinning Jenny is an interesting case, because it automated the spinning of yarn, a task that was done largely by groups of women, by hand, before the Industrial Revolution kicked into high gear. The Jenny didn't necessarily replace those hand spinners, but it did mean more yarn could...
Leisure, before the Industrial Revolution, meant no more than" time" or "opportunity"; "If your leisure served, I would speak with you", says one of Shakespeare"s characters. Phrases which we still use, such as" at your leisure", preserve this original meaning....
are we really facing a terrifying sudden change or are such5meant to attract people's atten tion? It is hard to say. Fears that automation will cre-ate considerable6go back to the 19th centu ry, and so far they have never come true. Since the be ginning of the Industrial Revolution,...
What is meant by “helping others” or “doing good” within effective altruism? See the next FAQ entry. To see a more precise definition of effective altruism, see The Definition of Effective Altruism. What is meant by ‘doing good’ or ‘helping others’ in effective altruism? What it me...
This article briefly summarizes the place of guns in British society and culture in the long eighteenth century. My approach is that of a historical anthropologist, examining the meaning of guns from the way they were used and depicted. I examine the way