Perhaps the phrase "Energy Crisis," first introduced during the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, is slightly misleading. The sun, for example, provides the world with 400 times more energy than we use each day. The unmined U.S. coal supply is large enough to meet demand in this country for several centuries. Other forms of energy that man expects to better harness in the future such as the sea, wind, bio...

1 Michael Usrey, University of Colorado, Lockheed-Martin Engineering Management Program, CB 433, Boulder, CO 80309 [email protected] Abstract  The economic future of the United States depends upon our continued leadership in the development of high technology products and services. Development of such products requires a robust engineering workforce. Unfortunately, current economic, m...

Huang, Henry and Maire, Frederic and Keeratipranon, Narongdech (2006) A Direct Localization Method Using only the Bearings Extracted from Two Panoramic Views Along a Linear Trajectory. In Murase, Kazuyuki and Sekiyama, Murase and Naniwa, Tomohide and Kubota, Naoyuki and Sitte, Joaquin, Eds. Proceedings International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE 2005), p...

The goal of the project was to design an integrated system for the California Academy of Sciences that combined new technology with a social-networking based website to promote educational learning. Five mini-games were developed for the iPad and connected to a series of websites through a database. The use of new technology drew in users that would not have otherwise engaged in the experience....

Entertainment-education dramas can persuade because they show characters who change their behavior to improve their lives. Stories have unique power and nuance to describe people’s behavior and interactions, and their consequences. When audience members see that they could be in the same situation as the characters, stories can move them to change, too. E-E is particularly able to influence beh...

Media are “[media] means effecting or conveying something such as (1) a surrounding or enveloping substance; or (2) a condition or environment in which something may function or flourish; or (3) mode of artistic expression or communication.” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.) In the case of ambient media, the humans’ natural environment becomes to the “enveloping media” as an environment in which content ...