PORO Why is the social aspect of technology important?The social aspect of technology is important because as technology rapidly grows and becomes one of the biggest parts of our lives, we tend to distance ourselves from each other and in turn we lose our touch with our social skills that we have been growing forContinue reading “Social Considerations of Technology”
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COVID Safe App
With the Coronavirus pandemic recently becoming a huge issue, there have been many efforts to help the people in need and the people who are afraid. Many people are now afraid of contracting the disease and they do not know if they have the virus or not. Recently there have been developments in how technologyContinue reading “COVID Safe App”
How are engineers contributing to the Covid response? and are there other ways they could contribute to slowing the spread or improving the outcomes of patients?
The recent COVID-19 breakout has been quite alarming, rapidly spreading across the globe and many countries are going into lockdown. Despite all the panic, scientists all over the world have been trying to figure out a cure for the pandemic. However, while these scientists have been working on a cure. Engineers could be figuring outContinue reading “How are engineers contributing to the Covid response? and are there other ways they could contribute to slowing the spread or improving the outcomes of patients?”
Biodiversity
What is biodiversity? Biodiversity is defined as “the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems.” Basically biodiversity refers to all the variety of life that can beContinue reading “Biodiversity”
What is a robot?
There are many definitions that define what a robot is. Some of these include: – “A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advanced.” – American Heritage Dictionary – “A machine used to perform jobs automatically,Continue reading “What is a robot?”
Who is responsible for the bushfires?
There are many ways a fire could start. The fires in Australia are becoming more and more of a wide spread issues and the ways that the bushfires are starting are becoming a larger concern. Australia has always experienced bushfires. However, this year they are a lot worse than usual. Fires can be caused naturallyContinue reading “Who is responsible for the bushfires?”
5 ways technology will change the way we fight bushfires
Introduction: Australia has always experienced bushfires, but as climate change and global warming start to have different patterns, disasters such as bushfires start to become more dangers. However with the severity of the bushfires are increasing, new technologies are being developed to better defend people from the bushfires. Some ideas to help against bushfires areContinue reading “5 ways technology will change the way we fight bushfires”
STEM Blog Post – Describe, Explain and Predict
Photograph 1 Describe – I see a group of people who are on a boat that is on an area of water that looks to be a lake or pond. The colours of the photograph are warm in contrast to the mess of poeple on the boat. There looks to be a lot of trashContinue reading “STEM Blog Post – Describe, Explain and Predict”