Internet and Technology

Article by Peter Renwick

A new programme called Sciencehorizons, sponsored by the UK government, plans to open up communication between the public, the scientists and the policy makers. Sciencehorizons encourages people to talk about their hopes and fears for technologies of the future, and will pass on their views directly back to the government. What this means is that you yourself can help shape the future of science policy today.

This exciting new scheme has just been launched, and the public is encouraged to download so called ‘discussion packs’ from the official website at Sciencehorizons The Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks said that he wants everyone, and not just the scientists to participate in this programme and share their views.

Debates generated by the ‘discussion packs’ will be recorded and passed on to the government in autumn. The results of these talks will then be used to shape future science and technology policy. The programme is funded by the Department for Trade and Industry and hopes to promote and facilitate better communications between the government and the people. “The exciting new Sciencehorizons project will help us learn what people think about the future of science and enable the scientific community to hear and respond to both their hopes and concerns for the future” said Martin Earwicker, the director of Science Museum who also heads the project.

The Internet has so far been a great catalyst in stimulating public debate about technology, science and world affairs and today, more and more blogs and virtual communities are springing up all over the world that allow all members of the public to participate in discussion and make their views heard. Sites like Scienceblog and Praetorium are giving ordinary people the chance to express their hopes and fears, and now, with the help of new initiates like Sciencehorizons, these views may play a part in ultimately shaping our own future.

Science in our school curriculum has often focused too much on paperwork and too little on real applications. Life science and biology in particular are subjects that have so much potential for hands-on activities and experiments. Gardening and plant care is an ideal venue to explore with your biology or life science classes or curriculum. If you’d like to begin a gardening project in your classroom, there is grant money available to support your endeavors. Here are some areas to explore for grant funding. Each of these steps can be used as a lesson plan with your class. Assign students to research, create and give presentation. I’ve noted where in the curriculum that each task will fit.

Write out the procedure, costs and format for your gardening unit or project. Be specific and clear about what you will need, how much it will cost, where you will purchase your materials. Business math, Money math, Real-life math (some algebra applications)

Define goals and objectives: Briefly explain how it will help your class and curriculum. Use clear, specific terms. Those who award grant money are not interested in vague, esoteric concepts. They want to see measurable goals. Business English and writing

Correlate your goals with national and state curriculum objectives. Make direct references to your school’s curriculum to show how your project will meet state or board identified goals. Research

Develop a brief, punchy PowerPoint presentation which you can share with potential grant providers. Media, computer applications

Include your students in the presentation and research. These activities alone fulfill several state mandated objectives, in such areas as civics, core democratic values, budgeting, technology skills, persuasive writing, 6+1 writing traits, career preparation and exploration and more.

Share your presentation. If you teach for a charter, private or parochial school, make a presentation for your school board or to the organization who holds your charter. Communication, civics, Public speaking, Government

Search the Internet, using terms like ‘gardening grant money’, ’science curriculum grant money’, ‘grant money for classroom plants’ and similar terms. Research

List the sources available in your state and county first. These sources will be more specific and appropriate to your local area. Civics

Contact local horticultural, floral and gardening societies. Often these society members make bequests and donations, which are set aside for horticultural education or scholarships. Community, Persuasive speaking

Explore state and local universities, colleges, trade schools and vocational centers. Many schools offer horticulture, botany, and biology degrees. They maintain extension offices which provide services to community and school functions. Career Preparation

Research your state’s Department of Agriculture program. Check out the USDA links as well. Government, Research

Correspond with these sources you’ve pulled up. Email your presentation to them along with a personal letter. Business English

Enquire directly about grant money available. Try to deal directly and personally as much as possible.

Be very polite and professional: remember that in a way, this is a sales pitch. Grant administrators take this position seriously; they are responsible for an answer to the general public and tax-payers as well as simply to their supervisors. Business Applications

Write thank you notes with students. Even if you don’t get any grant money, writing letters of gratitude is a good skill for students to practice. It helps students develop awareness of and appreciation for time and energy spent on their behalf. It also helps students learn about professional ethics and behavior. Essay writing, social skills

I wish you well on your educational endeavors. I believe that you will find classroom gardening, plant care and life science experiments very rewarding.

Czech movie poster: Alien (1979)

The 1970s produced an array of top-notch science fiction movies. Here are ten classic sci-films from the disco/Watergate era that no movie fan should ever miss. We begin in the year 2037…

Alien (20th Century-Fox, 1979)

Made for $ 11 million, Alien ranks as one of science fiction’s greatest horror films. The movie opens in the year 2037, where the seven-person crew of the Nostromo is awakened by “Mother,” the ship’s super computer. Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and Kane (John Hurt) shuttle down to the planet LV-426 from which an SOS signal was transmitted. The signal proves to be a warning, with an alien creature attaching itself to Kane’s helmet visor, where it later wreaks death and destruction aboard the Nostromo. Alien, which also features Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto, grossed $ 40.3 million at the American box office, earning the #5 slot on the list of the top moneymaking films of 1979. The famous “Gut Buster” scene is legendary in sci-fi circles, with the creature literally ripping its way out of Kane’s belly while the crew is seated at the dining table. Alien’s tagline says it all: “In space no one can hear you scream.”

Director: Ridley Scott

Great line: “It’s a robot. Ash is a goddamn robot.” – Yaphet Kotto as Parker after discovering that their science officer isn’t human

On DVD: Alien: 20th Anniversary Edition (20th Century-Fox, 1999)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Columbia, 1977)

UFOs and their alien occupants come to Earth in this revered science fiction entry which premiered in New York City on November 15, 1977. The signs of the extraterrestrials’ impending arrival manifest themselves in several ways, including the reappearance of missing World War II fighter planes from 1945 in the Mojave Desert and lineman Roy Neary’s (Richard Dreyfuss) close encounter with an alien spacecraft. Neary and several other “contacted” people journey to the remote site where the U.S. government has determined that the alien spacecraft will land. “Steven Spielberg’s giant, spectacular ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’…is the best – and most elaborate – 1950’s science fiction movie ever made, a work that borrows its narrative shape and its concerns from those earlier films, but enhances them with what looks like the latest developments in movie and space technology,” reported Vincent Canby of The New York Times. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which also features Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon, garnered nine Oscar nominations.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Great line: “I don’t think we could have asked for a more beautiful evening, do you? Okay, watch the skies please…We now show uncorrelated targets approaching from the north-northwest.” – J. Patrick McNamara as Project Leader on the approaching extraterrestrials

On DVD: Close Encounters of the Third Kind 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (Columbia, 2007)

Mini lobby card: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Star Wars (20th Century-Fox, 1977)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…So set the stage for Star Wars, the top-grossing film of 1977 that to date has earned over $ 460 million in the United States alone. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Alec Guinness star in this rousing sci-fi adventure story, pitting the fledgling Rebel Alliance against the tyrannical Empire and its new super weapon the Death Star. “’Star Wars’…is the most elaborate, most expensive, most beautiful movie serial ever made,” opined Vincent Canby of The New York Times. Star Wars copped 11 Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Visual Effects, Best Original Music Score, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound, Best Costume Design and a Special Achievement Award for Best Sound Effects. A landmark achievement in the fantastic cinema – despite Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia sporting one of the ugliest hairdos in Hollywood history.

Director: George Lucas

Great line: “Hey, Luke… may the Force be with you.” – Harrison Ford as Han Solo

On DVD: Star Wars Trilogy (20th Century-Fox, 2008)

Lobby card, L-r: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford in Star Wars (1977)

Soylent Green (MGM, 1973)

Based on the 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison, Soylent Green – for your ultimate dining pleasure, heh, heh – premiered in New York City on April 19, 1973. Set in the year 2022, the film depicts the plight of the Earth’s inhabitatants as they struggle to survive on a planet marked by overpopulation and diminishing natural resources. Feeding much of the world is the massive conglomerate the Soylent Corporation, which produces rations in the form of Soylent Red, Soylent Yellow and their newest creation Soylent Green, the latter of which is purportedly derived from “high-energy plankton.” When industrialist William R. Simonson (Joseph Cotten) is murdered, NYPD detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston) and his partner Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) investigate, with the bloody trail leading back to the Soylent Corporation and the terrible secret they harbor regarding the actual contents of Soylent Green.

Director: Richard Fleischer

Great line: “It’s people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They’re making our food out of people. Next thing they’ll be breeding us like cattle for food. You’ve gotta tell them. You’ve gotta tell them!” – Charlton Heston as Detective Robert Thorn to his chief Brock Peters

On DVD: Soylent Green (Warner, 2008)

Six sheet movie poster: Charlton Heston in Soylent Green (1973)

Westworld (MGM, 1973)

Two Chicago businessmen, Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin) and John Blane (James Brolin), pay $ 1,000 a day to stay at Delios, a high-tech amusement park comprised of three fantasy venues: Westworld, Romanworld and Medievalworld. Martin and Blane have chosen the former for their adventure, where they battle a menacing robotic gunslinger (Yul Brynner), rob the local bank and bed the pretty, robotic saloon girls. Delios’ sophisticated robots, however, begin malfunctioning, terrorizing both staff and guests as they run amok in the park. After killing John Blane in a fast-draw contest, the high-tech gunslinger sets his sights on Blane’s fleeing buddy, tracking him with infrared vision. “…A science-fiction melodrama about Doomsday in Disneyland,” offered Vincent Canby of The New York Times. The movie’s memorable tagline: “…Where nothing can possibly go wrong!”

Director: Michael Crichton

Great line: “We aren’t dealing with ordinary machines here. These are highly complicated pieces of equipment. Almost as complicated as living organisms. In some cases, they have been designed by other computers. We don’t know exactly how they work.” – Orville Sherman as Chief Supervisor on Delios’ robots

On DVD: Westworld (Warner, 2000)

Three sheet movie poster: Westworld (1973)

The Andromeda Strain (Universal, 1971)

Based on the 1969 novel by Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain dropped into movie theaters on March 12, 1971. The storyline is wild, featuring the arrival of a deadly organism from outer space that produces fatal blood clotting in its victims. Trying to contain the deadly visitor are scientists Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), Charles Dutton (David Wayne), Mark Hill (James Olson) and Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid). The Andromeda Strain is crackling good science fiction, as our scientist heroes attempt to isolate the organism and prevent its spread from beyond their high-tech underground facility in Nevada known as Wildfire. “On the level of fiction, ‘The Andromeda Strain’ is a splendid entertainment that will get you worried about whether they’ll be able to contain that strange blob of alien green crystal,” observed Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times.

Director: Robert Wise

Great line: “They already have Andromeda programmed! The purpose of Scoop was to find new biological weapons in outer space, and then use Wildfire to develop them!” – David Wayne as Dr. Charles Dutton on the American satellite Scoop VII and its true mission

On DVD: The Andromeda Strain (Universal, 2003)

British one sheet movie poster: The Andromeda Strain (1971)

The Omega Man (Warner Bros., 1971)

Richard Matheson’s classic 1954 novel I Am Legend serves as the inspiration for this doomsday thriller set in the mid-to-late 1970s. A biological war waged by China and the Soviet Union has released an apocalyptic plague, wiping out most of the world’s population. One of the few survivors is U.S. Army Colonel Robert Neville, M.D. (Charlton Heston), who had self-administered an experimental vaccine just in time, rendering him immune to the sickness. Perched from his high-rise apartment, the well-armed Neville battles the plague’s night-loving homicidal mutants known as “The Family,” headed by the sinister Brother Jonathan Matthias (Anthony Zerbe). “An extremely literate science-fiction drama…” reported Variety.

Director: Boris Sagal

Great line: “Is there anything you can do, Doctor, I mean, seeing as how you’ve lost over 200 million patients? – Rosalind Cash as Lisa to Charlton Heston

On DVD: The Omega Man (Warner, 2000)

Lobby card: Charlton Heston in The Omega Man (1971)

Slaughterhouse-Five (Universal, 1972)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s 1969 novel serves as the basis for this slick science fiction film which debuted on March 15, 1972. The episodic Slaughterhouse-Five stars Michael Sacks as Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes “unstuck in time,” experiencing life simultaneously in three different eras: in the past as an American prisoner of war in Nazi Germany, in the present as an optometrist in New York and in the future as a zoo inhabitant on the planet Tralfamadore. The best sequence may well belong to the past, with Pilgrim witnessing the 1945 Allied fire bombing of Dresden, an event which Kurt Vonnegut Jr. had experienced personally as a young POW.

Director: George Roy Hill

Great line: “You see it’s time for you to go home – to your lives and your children. It’s time for me to be dead for a little while. And then live again. I give you the Tralfamadorian greeting: Hello. Farewell. Hello. Farewell. Eternally connected, eternally embracing. Hello. Farewell.” – Michael Sacks as Billy Pilgrim just before Ron Leibman shoots him

On DVD: Slaugherhouse-Five (Universal, 2004)

One sheet movie poster: Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

A Clockwork Orange (Warner Bros., 1971)

Based on the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange nabs the title of most disturbing science fiction/fantasy film of the decade. Set in a futuristic London, A Clockwork Orange stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex, the ruthless leader of a small gang of thugs known as the droogs. Murder, rape, home invasion and other violence permeate this picture, including the infamous scene where the ghastly droogs beat a writer (Patrick Magee), with Alex savagely kicking the man while he joyfully croons “Singin’ in the Rain.” A Clockwork Orange garnered four Oscar nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film Editing. A movie definitely not to everyone’s liking.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Great line: “There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.” Malcolm McDowell as Alex

On DVD: A Clockwork Orange Two-Disc Special Edition (Warner, 2007)

Lobby card: Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Rollerball (United Artists, 1975)

William Harrison’s short story “Roller Ball Murder,” first published in the September 1973 edition of Esquire, inspired this sports-gone-mad sci-fi entry. James Caan stars as Jonathan E., the mega superstar of his era who excels in the ultra-violent sport of rollerball. Set in the year 2018, society is now ruled by the multinational corporations, who have replaced war with rollerball as a suitable outlet for the citizenry’s anti-social leanings. Decked out in padded uniforms, helmets and spiked gloves, Jonathan E., leader of the Houston club, along with other participants circle an oval track on roller skates and motorcycles, trying to place an iron ball into a magnetic goal. John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck and Moses Gunn are along for the rocky ride into the future wide world of sports – ah, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat! Now, will you please stand for the playing of our Corporate Hymn?

Director: Norman Jewison

Great line: “The game was created to demonstrate the futility of individual effort.” – John Houseman as Mr. Bartholomew on rollerball

On DVD:Rollerball (MGM, 1998)

Italian movie poster: Rollerball (1975)

Ten More 1970s Science Fiction Movie Favorites

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)Logan’s Run (1976)Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)Solaris (1972)Sleeper (1973)At the Earth’s Core (1976)Superman (1978)The Terminal Man (1974)

Italian 4 folio movie poster: Solaris (1972)

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My earlier two-episode vampire analysis has prompted me to thinking about the quest for immortality, which is probably as old as mankind. The first known hero story, that of the Sumerian Gilgamesh, has the prince unsuccessfully seeking the plant that would bestow him immortality. In the Bible, the first human beings, Adam and Eve, were apparently created immortal only to lose the gift due to evil temptation. Adam and Eve’s story assumes that humanity was initially meant to be immortal. But if immortality is the natural state of mankind, would it be possible to recover it by some means?

I shall conspicuously pick from the countless attempts at achieving immortality those related to alchemy. Commonly described as the art of making gold, alchemy often had the goal of achieving life-extension or immortality. In fact, scholars consider that life extension, not gold was the foremost goal of Chinese alchemy (1). In the West, the attainment of the elixir vitae was initially secondary to the art of goldmaking (2). The first author to emphasize it was the Arab alchemist Jabir (3). He conceived of the “elixir vitae”, another name for the magical Philosopher’s Stone, which transformed metals into gold. The alchemists who came to possess the Stone would then be expected to live many years, or even forever.

From this concept an entire legend of immortal alchemists was born. One of the earliest embodiments was the French alchemist Nicholas Flamel (1330 – 1418), which was reputed to have faked his own death (4) and was recently featured in a novel as an ‘immortal’ (5). The Renaissance magus Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, though less associated with alchemy, was portrayed as having lived several hundreds of years in Mary Shelley’s The Mortal Immortal (6). Yet perhaps the most influential ‘immortal’ in his age was the mysterious Count of St Germain, whom I have talked about in my previous article. He was reputed to have lived hundreds or even thousands of years, a legend that he apparently cultivated as well (7).

It was in the Renaissance that the idea of ‘elixir vitae’ and of an universal medicine became the main ideal of alchemy. The physician Paracelsus proclaimed that the purpose of alchemists must be to cure illness, rather than make gold (8). His followers dedicated themselves to finding the miraculous elixir vitae. Van Helmont, one of the later alchemists, also believed the prolongation of life was possible, although not immortality (9).

As the rationalism of science progressed in the 1700s, the alchemist’s claims to obtaining a life-extending elixir were attacked as being either absurd (in scientific circles) or demonic (in religiously influenced circles). After all, the Christian Church could only frown upon concerns for the extension of one’s mortal life as opposite to caring for the afterlife. Thus, the image of Faust – the alchemist who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for immortality and pleasure – became widespread in the literature of the 1600 and 1700s (10).

Yet if the 17th and 18th century scientists launched a scathing attack on alchemists for their attempt to extend life, they did not shy away from coveting immortality themselves. In other words, it wasn’t immortality or life extension that they questioned, but the methods of achieving them. For scientists, the only way towards longevity involved scientific experimentation and the use of reason. Thus, Descartes, Francis Bacon, Franklin, and above all the Marquis de Condorcet believed in the possibility of achieving human immortality through science (11). Even Mary Shelley’s father, William Godwin, maintained that the goal of immortality was attainable through human evolution (12). It was mainly against these scientific dreams of immortality that the Romantics conceived the notion of the ‘lonely’ or ‘accursed’ immortal. As Roberts points out, their work suggest that the extension of life can only result in an extension of misery and suffering (13). This is because, for them, the achievement of immortality was pointless without spiritual evolution.

Despite Romantic warnings, the desire for immortality has not ceased to be a human ideal until our very day. Marx, Bergson and several Darwinists thinkers upheld the principle of prolongevity as possible and desirable (14). In the twentieth century, and seeping into ours as well, the possibility of immortality has been hailed by a plethora of semi-sci-fi methods, such as cryonics, mind uploading or cyborgology (transforming humans into cyborgs) (15). By the use of these methods, scientists say, man’s life will be extended indefinitely (16, 17). Yet, if science is often highly optimistic about life extension, the cultural views of physical immortality remain mixed. Pop culture treatments of the vampire or the immortal often harken back to Romanticism, portraying the loneliness, the evil, the boredom or the suffering implied in longevity. Yet in the end, if offered immortality, how many people would actually refuse it? After all, in the absence of an alchemical universal medicine, we do our best to postpone old age or death, by taking pills, healthy foods, beauty products etc – our modern versions of the immortality elixir.

References:

(1) Holmyard, E.J. (1990). Alchemy . New York: Dover Publications.

(2), (3), (14) Gruman, G.J. (1966). A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life: The Evolution of Prolongevity Hypotheses to 1800, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society , 56 (9), pp. 1-102.

(4), (5) Wikipedia. (2008). Nicholas Flamel. Online. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Flamel . Accessed on 18.01.2009.

(6), (11), (12), (13) Roberts, M. (1990). Gothic Immortals . London: Routledge.

(7) See my earlier article at http://www.esotericoffeehouse.com/alchemy/mysterious-count-st-germain-legend-birth-dracula/

(8) Paracelsus. (2008). Liber Paragranum, in Paracelsus, Essential Theoretical Writings , ed. and trans. by Andrew Weeks. Leiden: Brill.

(9) Pagel, W. (2002). Joan Baptista Van Helmont: Reformer of Science and Medicine . Cambridge: Cambridge Press.

(10) Culianu, I.P. (2002). Dr Faust, Great Sodomist and Necromancer – Reflections on the Myth, in Culianu, I.P. Mind Games . Bucharest: Polirom.

(15) Wikipedia. (2008). Immortality. Online. Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortality . Accessed on 18.01.2009.

(16) Smith, D. (2005). 2050 and Immortality is Within our Grasp, The Observer , 22 May. Online. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/may/22/theobserver.technology. Accessed on 18.01.2009.

(17) Schorn D. (2006). The Quest for Immortality: Want to Live 500 Years? One Scientist Says It May Be Possible One Day. CBS News , 1 Jan. Online. Available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/28/60minutes/main1168852.shtml . Accessed on 18.01.2009.

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Recently, came from the Ministry of Science Herald: Jinjiang City, won the “National Science and Technology Progress 2005-2006 Advanced City” Honor. At this point, Jinjiang City has received this award for 6 consecutive times to achieve six consecutive.

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Currently, Jinjiang City, State Torch Program has three key high-tech enterprises, 81 provincial-level high-tech enterprises, state-level enterprise technical center 2, the provincial industry technology development center 7. In 2006 the city’s high-tech industry output value reached 22.275 billion yuan, accounting for 20.16% total industrial output value, has become a driving sustained, rapid and healthy development of Jinjiang, an important support.

At half past ten p.m. on December 3, 2002, Morocco’s largest city Shanghai, China, Monte Carlo, came 54 votes to win the right to host the World Expo 2010 the news. During the past 8 years, the Shanghai World Expo finally can look forward to Ruqierzhi eagerly. Both the opening ceremony, “the flower of friendship,” or World Expo Axis “Sunshine Valley” as well as colorful States Pavilion, technology, Environmental protection Expo has gained recognition features. By China Telecom, China Mobile jointly build the “information Communicate Hall, “but we are using cutting-edge communications technology to demonstrate on the future of the” dream “.

Communication exhibition to “dream” as the theme throughout, to the audience, “Communication Unlimited” prospects for the future of society. Visitors from outside the waiting area will be used Mobile To take part in interactive experience to start their wonderful journey.

Pavilion Theatre with fantastic special effects and big screen will vividly illustrate the future prospects of information and communication technology, and information and communication technology through the use of dream stories, and visitors can communicate through hand-held terminal and the development of an important figure in the history of the dialogue, and Dream Theater interaction within the virtual characters for an immersive audio-visual sensory experience.

“Not everyone can bring communication technology so close to ‘unlimited communication’ experience. Today, people have become accustomed to the traditional tools of communication, even in enterprises and institutions, on the call center communication technology has been gradually insensitivity, the conceptualization of unified communications, and multimedia communication applications can not lead to sufficient interest, and its application has been limited at this stage.

“visit the exhibition hall and an expert said,” can feel the future is an exciting thing, the technology as people do not care how, just concerned about what can be obtained easily and experience! This is no doubt one of the directions the development of communication technology, human re-experience, intelligence to understand user expectations and to make as much as possible consistent with reality. ”

Presented in front of the visitors continued success of ICT dream of human communication scenarios, which is behind the entire communications industry technical support. Indeed, the World Expo in such events is bound giants of the stage. But also embodied the whole industry and technological achievements, particularly the idea of innovation. In recent years, ‘technology’ frequent reference to people-oriented, many manufacturers have this as a product / system design one of the important indicators. But in the end, “people first”, “human” design concept, and ultimately to the people’s daily life and Office Applications to be Floor. As communication is so exhibited museum.

How intelligent communications technology, human? Replace human intelligence, or adapt to people’s thinking and the use of models?

“Technology will never replace human intelligence, but it can play to the limit of human wisdom, and this is the ultimate state of humanity. Technology is ultimately the life and work of human services. Call center technology Application of the same. “Feng Yuzhe International Group CEOJOYDONG that” more and more communications companies are now beginning to realize that the future development of communication technologies, intelligent, and intelligent and unified communications, call center tied to the future development of mainstream trend. However, how intelligent communications technology, all manufacturers have their own different understanding. Currently, some pro-intelligent call center companies are doing some high-end alternative to some mental functions, such as intelligent scheduling, voice analysis and so on, and has some manufacturers have done a good job. However, in the country, there are many such enterprises: their entire call center may be only a few dozen seats, the business is relatively simple, for the scheduling, traffic analysis also varied queuing policy, the basic lack access to, or used, the effect can be very small harvest. In this case, they need intelligent, is a very easy to fit their business practice and corporate work of thinking, patterns call center business systems. Such intelligence is the use of technology to serve humanity. This Expo will display the ‘dream’ is essentially the same. “

“Communications technology to ground in reality, the premise, first, the distinction between company R & D direction. The distinction must be based on business needs. Fengyu Zhe see the call center application for SMEs the key, not high-end , but easy to use, practical, with affordable, good use of. So, Feng Yuzhe intelligent call center is to do the same with the Expo Hall effect communication?? to the user wanted to use his experience. of course, high-end intelligence applications, business growth is to some extent bound to face a major application. This is the Fengyu Zhe product design and development of a general direction, including business intelligence Software Also in our product planning. Feng Yuzhe to do is to grow with business. “

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April 2, Division of Baling Petrochemical synthetic rubber plant produce 200,000 tons of two SBS ‘three reactor pool’ complete transformation of the production line, a drive to achieve success, SBS production of energy and material consumption has dropped significantly. Condensation system on the implementation of the “three reactor pool,” the technological transformation of domestic enterprises in this is the first. Synthetic Rubber Division, technology, and enterprise support for content development, but also gained new experience.Earlier, in the Division of Science and Technology Conference, to be assessed as the first special Baling Petrochemical Kong Special pay professional staff lithium polymer chief expert Liang Hongwen, SEBS wave devices such as the Chief Technologist Zou 23 employees, were commended. They are division science and technology enterprises in the gleaming stars.Founded in 1971, the synthetic rubber business unit, initially only a single product butadiene rubber, low output and consumption of high quality general. Over the years, the Division firmly grasp the “scientific and technological progress is the first productive force” theme, relying on its own technological strength to create a science and technology enterprise environment, focus on technological innovation, steadily developed into the largest domestic production of lithium polymer R & D enterprise annual output of 200,000 tons SBS unit as a single set of current global production capacity maximum of grade 4 from the initial expansion to more than 40; annual output of 20,000 tons SEBS equipment with independent intellectual property rights; SIS, butadiene rubber, polypropylene and other products, also the fierce market competition to occupy a place. In science and technology enterprises, support content development process, the division achieved a “four-under it.”A “horse race” incentives. The Division canceled researchers fixed salaries and bonuses, researchers agree on the salary system implemented. Researchers after the completion of research teams, competitive selection, the implementation of research teams, other researchers set up discussion group two-way selection, for the assessment period of a year, according to the degree of difficulty and importance of the subject to determine the amount realized by the division and discussion group long contracts, research teams, then signed a contract with the team members. Implementation of special pay special post, especially one special salary each year based on assessment of the contribution and importance of sub-objects first, second, third reward, the system only for experts, technicians and skilled operation of the backbone line, business unit leaders and other management personnel shall be selected not to participate, creating a “technology popular in” the good atmosphere. Expert Liang Hongwen lithium polymer synthesis technology acquired SEBS, SEBS industrial manufacturing technology is developed by the participants, he was involved in a number of SEBS developed patented technology industrialization, patented, 13, of which five granted patents in industrial installations SEBS use, renowned at home and abroad in recent years, the industry, though the olive branch when hired to throw to him, but he still ease their jobs, no regrets.Market-oriented new product development. With the growing number of alternative products, increasingly fierce market competition, product specialization, more and more individual request, Synthetic Rubber Division, part of the phase-out inefficient and market adaptability is not strong grade in the same time, increase high-tech, high value-added new products, brand development efforts. In recent years, SBS grades by new development, the formation of a TPE products, these products not only in the market, “dominate”, and the performance is better than other brands, more professional applications for subdivision and development of new markets play an important role in improving economic efficiency. TVA in particular the development of new products, because of its performance over the shoe material and its alternatives, its introduction by the industry experts as “will set off a new shoe materials revolution”, as the product applications in the shoe market to play a main material military role. SEBS grades by new development, product brands from the test product development during the 2 to 9, effectively promoted the plant construction, expansion reconstruction and market development, has been basically has the ability to compete with imported products. SIS material by addressing the bottlenecks and the development of new grades, not only from a few years ago up to the subordinate status of domestic market dominance, but every year thousands of tonnes of exports. At present, the Division is developing and printing film for medical use to promote the new SIS grades, to high-end millennium.Innovation, development and improvement of core technology propelled device scale. In recent years, the Division completed SEBS pilot study, by developing a world-leading level of 50 cubic meters a series of hydrogenation reactor technology, built in March 2006 with an annual output of 10,000 tons independent intellectual property rights SEBS plant, to break the technological monopoly of foreign companies to fill the gap. Since then, through constant technological research and market development, the 2008 yield of nearly 8,000 tons of SEBS. Also, by absorbing the introduction of post-processing equipment and technology, organized the introduction of domestic technology research equipment, development of higher technical level of 80 cubic meters hydrogenation reactor series of work, division completed in September 2009 the annual output of 20,000 tons SEBS device. SBS completion of 80 cubic meters installed in polymerization reactor, 100 cubic meters of three kettle cohesion cohesion lines and other important technological development, the adoption of the previous five advantages of integrated post-processing production line, developed an annual output of 50,000 tons single post-processing equipment, in 2009 in June completed the annual output of 200,000 tons SBS installations.Increase product quality lithium polymer research efforts. The Division will SEBS products and compare similar products, look for quality defects, and timely arrangements for the relevant units of organizations SEBS quality and technology research activities, scientific research and engineering staff have done a lot of work, structure optimization regulators perfect solvent refined complete transformation, antioxidant plus optimization measures, and so on, so more optimized production technology, product quality improved, rapid sales growth, significantly improved efficiency provided technical support.Synthetic Rubber Division, practice the science and technology enterprise, not only to build the core competitive edge, boosting the effective development of enterprise content, “strong, so refined, and excellent” development concept will become increasingly clear, this independent technological innovation into the “production generation, development of generation, development of generation, reserve generation “virtuous circle. Currently, the Division installed total capacity of up to 30 million tons of Baling Petrochemical forefront of the economic benefits ranked year after year.

Annual session of the High-Tech Expo come to the party. While still immersed in the disaster areas misfortune of sorrow, but a better vision for the future at this time to become more intense and deep. High-Tech Expo will give us a chance to experience the future, if these two days you just have the time, may wish to international exhibition center to see??

Key words a saving and environmental protection

After enjoying today
Home Appliances
Industry, new products, new technologies and new concepts at the same time, “energy saving” is still the subject of constant scientific and technological innovation in order to “ecological civilization” one of the main line and the product is high-tech eye. The scene at the show, many companies have committed to the exploration of alternative energy and environmental technology, innovation, and strive to the best products and ideas in this exhibition focus on the win.

In the face of energy depletion, environmental degradation of the era, appliance vendors are continually “energy saving” technology, increase investment, so that “energy-saving green” technologies and products into the mainstream of development of the industry. In the exhibition site, Matsushita Electric,
Samsung
Electronics,
LG
A group of leading multinational electronics were developed showing the latest mainstream products. Worth noting that in the past relatively low-key
Washing machine
Manufacturing enterprises, in this battle on energy saving rather “conspicuous,” such as Panasonic’s DULL? DD30 pole direct drive motor and frequency conversion, “Optical Activity Bank” sterilization technology, Haier’s “wash the stop” technology, Samsung The “silver ions sterilization,” Technology Dengjun extravaganza, attracting many visitors stop.

This, there are industry experts said that this new convergence trends to fully display the characteristics of the industry is the exhibition currently lacking in the industry, especially in
White
Area, the High-Tech Expo in the influence of large brands, reflecting the dominant industry trend is unmatched by other shows. White goods “bigger” is not a simple superposition of components, but rather a complex technology upgrade, but the latest changes in consumer demand.

Key words 2 Art Luxury

The past two years, home appliances round of lobbying, stirred up “art style”, and intensified. In addition to the appearance of the increasingly complex patterns and decoration, choice of materials in manufacturing products, processing, molding, etc., the manufacturers are all out until then, full of tricks. Cobo in this meeting, this “luxury style” is sweeping the audience, especially those multinational brands in the promotion of sparing no effort in this regard.

Stunning debut in last year’s LG Crystal Art
Refrigerator
This ushered in the upgraded version, glittering Swarovski crystal Reinforced with eye-catching colorful “Tang Lines”, the white art grade raised to an entirely new level. Moreover, LG Electronics also “win the” introduction of art, including the latest for?? “Art washing machine” Tiffany , luxurious exterior contains the world’s most advanced smart water system, is the so-called “outside grade, there are quality . ” With the South Korean electronics giant Samsung is the first of more to the “double injection” technology for the new 650 series TV’s borders, make it crystal clear like amber-like. The past, only with a special display technology to achieve 3D stereo vision capabilities, this is also perfectly moved to Samsung’s large “flat”, though still wearing the corresponding three-dimensional glasses, but the effect really is “ready to come out.” Japanese firms to be outdone, for example, Panasonic’s will be moved out of another world record?? The world’s largest 150-inch home
Plasma TV
As well as the large 103-inch
LCD TV
. As representatives of the manufacturers of domestic appliances, Haier Group, in addition to “The package of home appliances u-home” on the full range of pressure, it also took out the “first luxury notebook,” Heart V5, rain-delayed eye-opener for those present.

It is not difficult to see, taste and fashion in today’s inclusive, home appliances, “magnificent transfiguration” will bring the industry to upgrade again.

Article by Sharon

Are you fond of top-quality replica watches? If you are interested in them, today you can enjoy yourselves with me in the world of replicated timepieces.

Today’s science and technology has developed so mature that most of them are adopted in people’s daily life. The up-rising replica watches industry is a great testification for such a saying. The original watches of each famous brand cost so high that only few people can afford. In order to satisfy the majority of people’s curiosity and requirement, advanced technology are used into the watch making industry. With the combination of high tech and original watch badies, high-quality replica watches, the fruit of science and technology, are born.

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Replica Hublot King Power feature for their unique design of the dial. The dial is applied for layered design. With mysterious subdials, luxurious stick markers as well as splendid handworks, these Hublot King Power replica watches really stand out in the crowd.

If you are interested in these superior Replica Watches, replica-watchshop.com is recommended for you to enrich your life. Any replica brand you like is able to be found there. Once there is one piece of watch fits you very much, you can get it at quite favorable price.

Article by jekky

April 26, 2010 to 30 by the China Educational Instrument & Equipment Association, Yiwu, Zhejiang Provincial Education Department and the Municipal Government of The 59th China Teaching Equipment Exhibition In Yiwu International Expo Center. The educational technology show full display latest achievements at home and abroad, exhibitors, booth number to achieve new historic breakthrough. In addition to a conventional synthesis, exhibition booth, but also set up special Digital Educational resources, vocational education, higher education, pre-school and school clothing exhibition, and to match the new curriculum reform of scientific exploration and exhibition of digital laboratory. Attracted administrative departments from across the country, educational technology sector, related school management, Government Procurement Personnel, teaching equipment dealers and international trade buyers. Appearance of many well-known dress manufacturer, in which Chengdu Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. Great Shigenobu have to hurry around help out.

Chengdu Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. Great Shigenobu BoothChengdu Big Shigenobu Technology Development Co., Ltd. was established in April 2005, Southwest teaching apparatus and teaching equipment management, production enterprises, Sichuan Educational Equipment Industry Association.

Chengdu Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. Great Shigenobu greatly promote the success of the Chinese education Information Development. In expanding its production scale, the company also launched the revitalization of China’s electronic interactive Whiteboard Parts industry harmonization work, the trans-regional, cross-industry systems engineering, led a large number of supporting industries, technological progress, in line with international standards for the formation of parts production to lay a solid foundation. Shigenobu currently Chengdu Technology Development Co., a large package of more than 50 parts enterprises, and has been widely other electronic interactive whiteboard manufacturer selected as a supplier, and some also included in the ranks of international procurement.

In a cross-cultural, cross-age, cross-technology background, Chengdu Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. Great Shigenobu sincere production, develop and advance, known as “China’s electronics industry, a model of an interactive whiteboard.” In the course of development, Chengdu Great Shigenobu China Technology Development Co., Ltd. has created a number of interactive whiteboard industry first.

As of March 2009, Chengdu Great Shigenobu Technology Development Co., Ltd. has accumulated production and sales reached 10,000, is the large amount of interactive whiteboard retain business. In order to meet the market demand for different details, Chengdu Great Shigenobu Technology Development Co., Ltd. has formed a market research, product planning, modeling, general layout, simulation, structural design to product testing, test the whole process of the development process; the formation of independent development, including the fuselage, Software, Speakers, matching the development of electronic appliances, including self-development capacity machine.

Human society has entered the information society, information technology progress of human civilization has become a major trend of information technology in the world at the core of the new technological revolution and leading position in the level of information technology units and enterprises as a sign of modern management, while the application of high technology is the carrier of information technology to realize, tools and infrastructure.

Professional presentation whiteboard Shigenobu large whiteboard with a series of industry-leading pressure sensitive technology, infrared technology, electromagnetic technology, is a electronic writing, storage, recording, printing and other functions into one large touch screen operation. The screen and projector with computer use, may form the best multimedia teaching, conferences, training, demonstration, analysis, briefings and other systems; with the appropriate network connection, may form an interactive web conferencing, distance learning system. Multimedia teaching, training, meeting the preferred device is the conference room to discuss ways to improve the ideal tool. Shigenobu series of large whiteboard is playing an increasingly important role, its unique ergonomic design to create a new era of interactive electronic products.

59th China Teaching Equipment Exhibition is the international trade and business city in full display characteristics of a modern education, science and technology and cultural feast, its rich scientific and technological content, the presentation of an unprecedented scale, and show the process that we can feel Zhejiang to the tremendous development of education outcomes, it is the teachers and students, within and outside the industry to expect to be concerned.