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Past Predictions For The Future, 1999.
Describes how past predictions have not come to pass in the world of technology, focusing on the film "2001", Nicholas Negroponte's book "Being Digital" and the role of internet in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 47.95
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The future, if one is to judge it in the terms portrayed thirty years ago in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has been something of a bust. The film's creators, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke evidently took it for granted that 2001, commercial airlines (in fact, the now-vanished Pan Am) would be offering regularly scheduled flights to orbit, where passengers would disembark into a space station complete with a hotel coffee shop. From the space station, connecting flights would be available to well-established moon bases, and preparations would be underway to send a manned spaceship (no women aboard!) to the moons of Jupiter.
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"The future, if one is to judge it in the terms portrayed thirty years ago in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has been something of a bust. The film's creators, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke evidently took it for granted that 2001, commercial airlines (in fact, the now-vanished Pan Am) would be offering regularly scheduled flights to orbit, where passengers would disembark into a space station complete with a hotel coffee shop. From the space station, connecting flights would be available to well-established moon bases, and preparations would be underway to send a manned spaceship (no women aboard!) to the moons of Jupiter. To viewer of the film in 1968, all of this surely seemed plausible, even likely.
The year 2001 is nearly at hand, but almost none of the film's advances has come to pass. The commercial shuttle in the ..."
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Artificial Intelligence: Past, Present, and Future, 2005.
A review of the history of artificial intelligence, where it stands today and what is predicted for the future.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 6 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines the development of research into artificial intelligence. It traces the roots of the discipline back to the 1950s when the term was first coined. The author traces the development of AI research into the present where researchers are struggling to create software that emulates human cognition. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the potential future implications of AI research.
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"Achieving artificial intelligence is an accomplishment in computing that has enticed and frightened people for decades. But just how likely is that achievement? Examining the history of artificial intelligence studies as well as its present course and future implications should serve as a useful stepping off point for understanding both the promises and perils of artificial intelligence. In short, artificial intelligence research has progressed through a series of period over the past fifty years, each building on the last to drive the discipline closer to the realization of computational thought. It is only in recent years that we have begun to apply what has been learned and develop more finely tuned forms of artificial intelligence. The future for the discipline is, of course, uncertain."
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Looking Back to the Future of Computer Technology, 2002.
Reviews the history of computer technology in order to make predictions about its future.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper is about computer technology. An easy way to look back in order to predict the near-future of computer technology is to simply say that computing devices will be smaller, faster, more powerful-and more closely networked.
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Organizational Change and the Future of Policing, 2008.
This paper presents an overview of law enforcement trends.
2,483 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper discusses some of the past predictions concerning the future of law enforcement and provides an overview of these current trends to develop an informed assessment of how law enforcement organizations will likely change in the future in response to these trends. A summary of the research and salient findings are presented in the conclusion.
Outline:
Review and Discussion
Theoretical Background and Historical Overview
Current Research
Future Trends in Police Organizations
Conclusion
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"Throughout the 20th century, police departments in the United States experienced some disconnection from the public they served that created the need for organizational change that would make these agencies more responsive. For example, in his essay, "Assigned to Patrol," Thale (2004) advises, "Public and scholarly discussions of twentieth-century policing seem to agree that police became disconnected from citizens and neighborhoods during the twentieth century, and that political, technological, and organizational changes have resulted in suspicion, alienation, and loss of important feedback to the police" (p. 1037). In response to these problems, police science has increasingly sought to incorporate policing techniques that could overcome these constraints and provide law enforcement officials with the feedback they needed to accomplish their respective missions. Unfortunately, some of the policing techniques and innovations that have being embraced by police scientists over the years have simply exacerbated these problems of disconnect between law enforcement officials and the communities in which they serve."
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The U.S. Economy and the Future, 2002.
This paper discusses the U.S. economy and presents future predictions.
1,270 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper presents an overview of the U.S. Economy in 2002. The author feels that although many economists disagree on the state of the U.S. economics, the national economy will continue to be healthy. The nation seems to be making recovery from its large financial debt.
Table of Contents
Justin Fox?s View of the Economics
Credit and the Economy
Debates of Economists
Economists and Unemployment
Effects of the Tragedy on September 11
Recovery?
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"This economist is discouraging about the future economics of the U.S., but only a few Americans exist on credit? Would economist agree with this? It?s true that most Americans live on credit cards and borrowed money. The whole of macroeconomics is that all will hurt when a few follow. Does our financial help come from Americans or foreign investors? Without help from some of the foreign investors, what will happen to the economy? Yet, the foreign investors will not continue to loan money to a country in debt. The federal deficit worried many during the 1980?s and 90?s but the U.S. pulled out of the debt."
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Predicting Job Performance, 2006.
This paper examines the methods and strategies used in predicting future job performance.
2,970 words (approx. 11.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper explores the information that a selection specialist uses to predict future job performance which can be obtained from several different types of methods including application forms, interviews and tests. The writer of this paper details how a comprehensive selection process gives a more reliable and valid measure of a person's future potential job performance. For example, the cognitive test is comprehensive because the interviewee can demonstrate interpersonal skills while the personality test gives a picture of the more static traits that can either positively or negatively relate to job performance.
Topics covered in this report include:
Identification
Interviews
Summary of Interviews
Types of Interviews
Tips
Types of Personality Tests
Job Analysis
A Rational for Usages
How the Device or Devices Will Be Used in the Selection Process
List of Resources Cited
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"Designed to measure the ability to make rapid and precise movements with the hands and fingers. Also measures, according to the authors, the temperamental willingness to perform highly repetitive, routine, and monotonous work. The test taker is to put a pencil dot in as many circles as he or she can in five minutes, without letting the dots touch the sides of the small circles."
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Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock", 1980.
This paper examine Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock", which deals with the manner in which the world is moving progressively toward a future that no one can fully control and few can even partly predict.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 63.95
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"The purpose of this research is to examine Alvin Toffler's book, Future Shock, which deals with the manner in which the world is moving progressively toward a future that no one can fully control and few can even partly predict. In large part, this derives from the technological revolution and from the manner in which technology feeds upon itself, resulting in an even faster pace of technological change and development (27-28). The Rip Van Winkle-like effect of constantly finding oneself in a world that has changed in many ways since it was last examined is what the concept of future shock is all about.
This is not to say that Toffler has written a book that deals exclusively with technology. To a great extent, technology is merely the catalyst with regard to the changing roles each of us play in society in the course of our daily lives. As Toffler ... "
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Dental Care in the Future, 2007.
This paper explores the future of dental care in the United States.
1,445 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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The paper looks at the history of dental care and explains how dental care used to involve a few cursory check-ups and a visit when a cavity hurt. The paper discusses how today dental care is something that is used to prevent infection and tooth loss. It is also something that is used to enhance one's appearance. The writer predicts the future of dental care that will see an expansion of cosmetic care, an increase in elderly care and an explosion of managed care insurance plans.
Outline:
Introduction
Dental Care History
The Future
How?
Conclusion
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"As the world continues to move forward, society's expectations continue to advance as well. It was not long ago when dental care involved a few cursory check-ups and a visit when a cavity got bad enough to hurt. In recent history however, the world of dentistry has exploded with knowledge of the importance of preventative care, cosmetic options and the concerns of the elderly who are living longer than ever before and attempting to maintain healthy teeth and gums. As American settles comfortably into the new millennium attention turns to the cost and delivery of dental care. Managed dental care has moved to the forefront of concern with regards to the future and it is something that will become a reality in most areas of the nation soon."
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Future Technologies on Society, 2002.
A look at the impact of future technologies could have on society - according to Toffler and Postman.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses how the works of Alvin Toffler and Neil Postman have predicted the future impact of technology in detail.
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"Future Pipe", 2002.
An analysis of this construction pipe and tube manufacturing company.
1,323 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the Future Pipe Group whose headquarters are in The Netherlands. It discusses the construction market of which Future Pipe is part of and shows how issues such as cost, service, reliability and reputation are an important aspect of all companies dealing with the construction industry. The paper looks at the construction market from a worldwide perspective including predictions for the industry's future. Finally, the paper focuses on Future Pipe's branch office in Paris and shows how French management style affects the running of the business.
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"Worldwide, the construction industry is growing at an annual rate of about 4%, while the building materials business generates about $79 billion annually. More than any other economic sector, construction is the world's biggest employer. Traditionally (at least dating from 1956 to around 1970) American building contractors accounted for 90% of the world's construction. The construction power shift has moved from the United States to Japan. Gigantic builders such as Shimizu, TAISEI, OBAYASHI, Mitsui Fudosa, and Kumagai Gumi now control a sizable share of the international construction business."
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The Future Communications Universe, 2006.
A prediction on how communication technology of the future will operate.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses how technology has improved, communications have bound the world together more tightly than ever before, and the internet has opened up a multiplicity of opportunities that would have been (literally) impossible to imagine even a couple generations ago. This paper explores what the communications universe of the future will be like and argues specifically that tomorrow's communications technology will be characterized by virtual reality and by the continued splintering of the information superstructure.
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Maritime Forces in Future Warfare, 2007.
An analysis of US maritime strategy in future wars.
5,950 words (approx. 23.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 141.95
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This paper discusses the maritime forces in possible future warfare. The paper points out that since the fall of the Eastern bloc, the US has had to face a more unpredictable and elusive enemy. It argues that the Cold War, though not desirable, was actually a comfortable and predictable arrangement, as two clearly defined blocs existed to balance each other out with viable and detrimental deterrent mechanisms. The paper then discusses how terrorism is becoming an increasingly evident type of present day warfare. The paper concludes that, by innovating and changing along with this new situation, maritime forces may not have to risk losing their effectiveness in keeping the peace.
Outline:
Introduction
Present Day Warfare - Fourth Generation Warfare
Detailed Future Maritime Security Threats
The Maritime Forces Response
Conclusion
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"Technology is quickly furthering marine activities such as energy development, resource extraction, and other commercial activities in and under the oceans. Climate change is progressively opening up the waters of the Arctic to innovative resource development and to new shipping routes that may possibly reshape the global transport system. While these developments offer great prospects for growth, they are actually breeding grounds for competition and conflict for access and natural resources."
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Nostradamus? Predictions, 2002.
Analyzes Nostradamus' predictions and theories.
2,820 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 9 sources, $ 83.95
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This paper presents an argument that the predictions made by Nostradamus were correct. The writer of this paper takes the reader on a journey in which the predictions and their accuracy are explored along with a history of the predictions themselves.
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"Predictions of the future are a huge market. Former first lady Nancy Reagan was said to trust an astrologist with her future, many actors and actresses have used the powers of a spiritual guide or a psychic to plan their careers, and there are many 900 numbers now available to have tarot readings done right over the phone. Gypsies make a killing telling fortunes and those who claim to have Esp. are quickly exalted to celebrity status, but how much of it is true and how much is fake? It is a question that each person has to answer in his or her own heart of hearts. There have been many fads that have come and gone throughout the years. People who believe that the predictor is valid often depend on that person to guide them in their life decisions. There is something comforting to them to know what is going to happen down the road so that they can avoid a problem. "
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George Orwell's "1984" - A Look into the Future?, 2001.
This paper analyses the novel "1984" by George Orwell and compares how present working conditions through modern technology could easily parallel the predictions in the book.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 50.95
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This paper analyses the novel "1984" by George Orwell and compares how present working conditions through modern technology could easily parallel the predictions in the book.
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Nineteen eighty-four is a tale of future society, a society in which independent thinking is a crime punishable by death. A tale of a society that is populated with mindless, loveless, unfeeling followers of nothing. This is also a nation whose leaders are self serving and are not concerned with the common good by which all of society will benefit. A governing force known as "The Party" rules society. At the head of this government is a fictional figure known as Big Brother, whom all citizens must love and respect. The idealism of blind loyalty was embodied in this symbol. It was the center of control. In this society, privacy and freedom do not exist. The Party does not need to justify its arrogant ways because it holds all of the power.
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Media Predictions, 2005.
This paper discusses 1937 predictions regarding the television industry.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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In this paper, the writer examines how 1937 predictions regarding television turned out in reality. The writer uses a 1937 business article to examine its predictions. The writer provides a brief history of the telecommunications technology. The AT&T and inventor Philo Farnsworth legal case regarding patents is also discussed in this article.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine a business article written in 1937 with a view toward evaluating the credence and prescience of its predictions regarding the development of the television industry. The plan of the research will be to set forth the salient points of the article and then to compare its predictive content with what actually happened in the years following. The ubiquitous nature of television in the modern period makes it difficult to consider that telecommunications technology is less than ... "
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