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| Means a discourse on arts | Technology |
| Technology came from the Greek words | Techne and logos |
| Techne means? | Word |
| Logos means? | Art |
| German student in the late 1800's ,successful in his attempt to send a message through wires with the of rotating metal disk. | Paul Gotlieb Nipkow |
| 2 types of TV systems | Mechanical and Electronic |
| When Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone? | April 3, 1973 |
| English and Mathematics professor,1st Mathematical Engine and used as the basic frameworks for computers | Charles Babbage |
| Considered the first computer and designed & partly built by Charles Babbage in 19th century. | Analytical Engine |
| The first true portable computer | Osborne 1 |
| When Osborne 1 released? | April 1981 |
| Robot classification which performs useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding industrial automation application | Service robot |
| Robot classification which used for non-commercial task usually by lay persons | Personal service robot |
| Robot classification which used for commercial task, usually operated by a properly trained operator | Professional service robot |
| When the early conceptions of robots? | 3000 B.C from the Egyptians |
| Earliest robot as people know were created by? | George Devol |
| When Unimate created? | Early 1950’s |
| Who created the Good Robot Law | Isaac Asimov |
| What law is "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." | 1st Law of Good Robot Law |
| What law is "A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict the first law." | 2nd law of Good Robot Law |
| What law is "A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law." | 3rd law of Good Robot Law |
| First registered .com site | Symbolics.com |
| Who attempted to sell the Soviets classified information on the Stealth Bomber Project? | Thomas Patrick Cavanagh |
| Bio means? | Life |
| Diversity means? | Variety |
| Biodiversity means? | Variety of Life |
| 3 components of Biodiversity | Diversity in genes, species and ecosystems |
| Who created the first cloning of the sheep | Ian Wilmuth & his colleagues |
| When the first cloning of the sheep? | February 24,1997 |
| Process of modifying the characteristics of living things in order to enhance one or more desirable traits by the selection in breeding, controlled by human. | Selective Breeding |
| Deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organisms by manipulating its genetic material | Genetic Engineering |
| Its goal is ton identify approximately 30,000 genes, determine 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, and store information in databases | Human Genome Project |
| Gene therapy the recipient's genome is changed, but the change is NOT passed along to the next generation | Somatic gene therapy |
| Gene therapy that the sex cells are changed with the goal of passing these changes to their offspring | Germline gene therapy |
| Common vector | Viruses |
| Determine disease genes vs. enhancement genes | Review Committee |
| Manipulate genes based on application | Gene Therapeutics |