- •Module II
- •Engineering
- •Lesson 1
- •Engineering - what's it all about?
- •It’s time to have fun!
- •Lesson 2 engineering materials
- •Metals and alloys
- •Lesson 3 mechanisms
- •Mechanisms
- •Scissors
- •Lesson 4 safety at work
- •Safety signs and colour at work
- •Accident investigation
- •Lesson 5 lasers
- •We have the solution! our new 1500 watt cnc-controlled laser cutter is at your disposal
- •We have the solution! our new 1500 watt cnc-controlled laser cutter is at your disposal
- •Lesson 2 bizarre inventions
- •Bizarre inventions
- •Student a
- •Student b
- •Lesson 3
- •Inventors
- •Who invented the X-ray?
- •Patent protection
- •What you can patent
- •Lesson 4 robots - the future is now
- •Lesson 5 practical innovations
- •Cork floors, old pickle barrels
- •Technology
- •Lesson 1
- •Modern technology
- •The advantages and disadvantages of technology
- •Anonymous no more You can’t hide—from anybody
- •It’s time to have fun!
- •Lesson 2 nanotechnology
- •Ibm discoveries add promise for nanotech
- •Nanotechnology unfolds futuristic green cars
- •Lesson 3 alternate fuel
- •Asu professors working on cost effective fuel conversion process
- •Alternative fuel sources
- •Solar powered cars
- •Lesson 4 space
- •Life in space
- •Lesson 5 home movie
- •Home movie viewing gets jumstart with new technologies
- •Communication
- •Lesson 1
- •Mobile television
- •Lessons from south korea’s experiment with mobile tv
- •The advantages of mobile tv
- •Estimates peg digital mobile television to reach two-thirds of us homes by 2012
- •Lesson 2 radio
- •Wireless takes many forms
- •What is a wireless device?
- •Lesson 3 a world of connections
- •A world of connections
- •Lesson 4 mobile phones
- •Building the green mobile phone
- •To do with the price of fish
- •Lesson 5 the means of communication in the past, today and the future
- •Is the tide turning for twitter and facebook? one in four young people is 'bored' with social media
- •The blackberry riots Rioters used BlackBerrys against the police; can police use them against rioters?
- •Technical progress and the environment
- •Lesson 1
- •We and the environment
- •Lesson 2 paying for environmental damage
- •Paying for environmental damage
- •Lesson 3 protecting the environment
- •China plan to protect environment
- •Lesson 4 green technology
- •Green day
- •Lesson 5 technological disasters
- •Hungary threatened by 'ecological catastrophe' as toxic sludge escapes factory
- •Japan's nuclear catastrophe
- •Additional lessons
- •Appendix 1 making a presentation
- •Introduction
- •Conclusion
- •Questions
- •Appendix 2 writing a summary
- •Useful phrases
The advantages of mobile tv
A mobile television is a small receiver that allows its user to receive, transmit and record TV signals on the go. The mobile TV has been around since 1977 but has gained more popularity recently. The portable TV of today has many advantages over its predecessors. From its portability and digital quality to its growing reception and technological improvements, the mobile TV is becoming an essential device for TV-watchers.
Portable
Portability was the main impetus for the development of the mobile TV. With the device, you can watch live events anywhere you go. During large sporting events, many fans cannot observe the event if they are at the office or outdoors. And those who want to keep up with news can tune in while traveling or waiting in line.
Digital capabilities
In 2009, the United States began turning off analog TV signals. Modern mobile TVs have digital capabilities, allowing users to watch digital broadcasts. This also means mobile digital TVs often have more channels available than the old analog TVs.
A growing market
Many large broadcasters are moving to the mobile TV market, providing more content in the process. These broadcasters will expand their coverage of the United States to more than 40 percent 2013. If you buy a mobile TV, you can be confident that its abilities and content will only increase; you will not have to worry about your mobile TV becoming obsolete.
Technological improvements
Though mobile TVs have been around since 1977, they have improved to a great extent during the past three decades. The small-screen mobile TVs of the past are gone, with portable, larger-screen versions replacing them. Moreover, the mobile TV of today features additional applications, which allow you to send videos to your friends or listen to radio broadcasts.
Task 9. Imagine that it is 2050. Write a short article “Images of everyday life in the future”. List some innovative technologies that you imagine for that year and describe their benefits.
ADDITIONAL TASKS.
Task 1a. Read the text and answer the questions.
What does OMVC refer to?
How many stations is already on-the-air with Mobile DTV?
What does The Mobile500 Alliance represent?
Estimates peg digital mobile television to reach two-thirds of us homes by 2012
According to the Open Mobile Video Coalition of America’s (OMVC) broadcasters, myriad TV broadcast stations are presently working overtime to install new transmission equipment that will allow live, local TV signals to reach viewers wherever they go in a local market.
The estimates come from a new survey of member plans spearheaded by the OMVC, which says that 96 stations are already on-the-air with Mobile DTV.
That number is on pace to reach 126 (in 48 markets) by the end of this year.
“Our stations throughout the country are now deploying the equipment needed to bring Dyle mobile TV to millions of viewers,” said Erik Moreno and Salil Dalvi, co-GM’s of MCV. “We’re very excited about the rollout of the Dyle service to consumers,” they added.
“OMVC members are making the investments needed to make Mobile DTV available to millions of viewers,” said Colleen Brown, CEO of Fisher Communications and chair of the Mobile 500 Alliance. The Mobile500 Alliance represents more than 400 local TV broadcasters who are planning to add Mobile DTV capability to their digital broadcasts. “Mobile DTV channels now being transmitted are providing viewers with the latest news, emergency weather information, traffic updates, and their favorite programs,” Brown concluded.
Task 2a. Discuss.
Today we can be educated, entertained and shop on our TVs. What do you envision as future uses of television in our everyday lives? Contrast the pros and cons of television organizing our daily schedules.
The effect of violence on television is a highly debated issue today. Discuss the effects (pros and cons) that violence on TV might have on the observer. Write to your local TV station with questions regarding its policy for televised programming and violence.
Do you believe that children should have completely free access to any TV program or Web site on the Internet, or do you think that parents, teachers, and/or librarians should be permitted to prevent children from accessing programs and sites adults think are inappropriate or harmful? Give reasons for your opinions.
Describe some of the many uses of satellites.
In general, would you say that modern technology developed over the past fifty years has made the world is a better or worse place in which to live? Are people's lives happier or unhappier as a result of modern technology?