augmented reality and mixed reality. Described by proponents as the next iteration of the internet, this3Dvirtual world is envisioned as a persistent, collective, shared space where digital facsimiles of ourselves, or avatars, move
Earth’s magnetic field A cross section of Earth’s magnetic field can be represented as a vector field in which the center of Earth is located at the origin and the positive y-axis points in the direction of the magnetic north pole. The equation for this field is = where m is the ma...
Gravity is a force that we experience every day, yet it remains somewhat of a mystery. It's the reason we stay grounded on Earth and why objects fall when dropped. Although there are several theories attempting to explain gravity, scientists still don't completely understand it. In this arti...
Virtual reality systems have been around since the late 1960s, but the technology is now reaching a tipping point. In 1991, a complete Virtuality headsets-and-gloves VR system would set you back up to $73,000. In contrast, when it launches next year, the highly-anticipated, Facebook-owned...
What it says about you:You’re not a complicated person. You love the Mercator projection; you just wish it weren’t square. The Earth’s not a square, it’s a circle. You like circles. Today is gonna be a good day! Summary: ...
“greenhouse effect,” in which heat becomes trapped within the Earth’s atmosphere, causing global temperatures to rise. Such emissions are primarily the result of human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. As countries and corporations seek ...
This study has not classified the quality of the environment based on the Ministry of Environment and Forestry's categories, namely, the very good, good, quite good, poor, very poor and dangerous. For this reason, further research is needed using multiple discriminant analysis (MDA). Practical...
The Five Stages of Grief model was developed by Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book On Death and Dying. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as the Kübler-Ross model. The Five Stages of Grief model suggests an ind
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. — Ronald Reagan 442 Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it ...
“It’s going to be a game-changer for Qantas” enthuses CEO Vanessa Hudson, "with a new customer experience, new seats, WiFi, bigger overhead compartments for baggage and much larger windows so the cabin environment is much better” than the 717. ...