The idea of future store is based on smart technology. Once you enter the store the future cart will recognize your smart card and get all information needed. The link below shows a scenario of the process of purchasing in the future store, starting from getting into the store, until paying, all with the smart technology.
Please have a couple of minutes looking at the video.
Each year, more than 250,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of adult death in the U.S. The department of health in Pennsylvania states that Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Pennsylvania, resulting in 31 percent of all resident deaths in 2000. The patient needs to return to a normal rhythm. Every minute late of returning to a normal rhythm means a person’s chance of survival drops 10 percent.
How can technology saves patient’s life?
An AED is a device that analyzes the heart’s electrical rhythm and, if necessary, prompts you to deliver a shock to a person experiencing Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Thanks to technology now, AED device can increase survival rate to more than 90%, if it is available within 3 minutes of the place of incident, and if there is someone able to use it.
There are many types of public transportation such as normal bus, Subway, BRT and Light-rail train. All for types have advantages and disadvantages; however traffic jam, pollution and using huge space for parking are continuing to be unsolved problems.
Straddling Buses are proposal for future buses in China to solve all these problems. Building the straddling bus includes two essential parts:
1.Remodeling the road
2.Building Station Platform.
The most advantage of the Straddling bus is saving road spaces, and its capacity and height are efficient as well; the vehicles pass underneath the Straddling Bus.
The straddling bus has sensors that warns the vehicles underneath the bus when they too close to its side. The construction life cycle is short (1 year to build 40 Km whereas building the same length of subway takes three years). Also the straddling bus doesn’t need the large parking lot that normal buses need. It can park anywhere in its path without affection the roads. It also powered by municipal electricity and solar energy completely. The Interior has huge skylight that eliminates passengers’ sense of depression.
Click on the following link to see a Prototype of the Straddling Buses
Land lines and telephones are expensive; especially if you are an international student at Penn State and you would like to be in touch with your family in your home country. However, nowadays if you have a high spend Internet connect, you should not worry as much. This is because of the emergence of Internet Phone service sine 1990s. MagicJack, and Skype are two Internet phone service that provides modern communication line to international countries with lower rates.
MagicJack is a matchbox-sized device that converts your normal phone jack to a USB outlet. First you should plug in the USB device into the computer to install the software. Then you plug a phone into the USB. Finally you can pick the phone and make your calls. You need to have Internet service to be able to use Magic Jack
By using magic jack you can make unlimited phone calls within the US and Canada for free with no monthly service fee. You can also make free international calls if the receiver out side of the country is using magic jack too. And if he doesn’t use one you can call internationally using this device for much lower rates.
