Month: July 2021
Roman Empire Fall
The Roman Empire lasted 2,100 years from the days of semi-legendary founders Romulus and Remus. Its final end came in 1453 at the hands of the rising Ottoman Empire, and a Sultan who would afterwards style himself Qayser-i-Rûm: Caesar of the Romans. The last Roman Emperor was Constantine XI, A fair and effective ruler, he
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxons is were a mix of all kinds of peoples, but were mainly formed by immigrants from Northern Europe and Scandinavia predominantly from the tribes of the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The collapse of Roman power in Britain left something of a power vacuum: these new peoples settled in the east of England
Drug Trafficking Past
From opium to marijuana to cocaine, a variety of substances have been illegally imported, sold and distributed throughout U.S. history, often with devastating consequences and Drug trafficking dates back to the 19th century. During the mid-1800s, Chinese immigrants arriving in California introduced Americans to opium smoking. The trading, selling, and distribution of opium spread throughout
Coca-Cola Plastics
Plastics are a highly durable and widespread inorganic material that takes an extremely long time to degrade and breakdown. Following nearly a century of prolific production and waste mismanagement globally, plastics have become one of the main pollutants that has reached crisis proportions in recent decades. Plastic pollution is destroying the health of wildlife, ecosystems,
Drugs use During Second World War
Drugs have been commonplace in warfare throughout history, with many cultures using mind-altering compounds to increase courage and awareness in battle or for medical reasons away from the battlefront. Alcohol is one of the most obvious and widespread of history, being used to anaesthetise mentally and physically damaged soldiers and to celebrate victories. But it
Confusing new space race
The future of space race is the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Musk has long spoken of humans becoming a multi-planetary species and dreams of terraforming and colonizing Mars not not tourism, and zero-G, vomit-comet-like weightlessness experiences. Space Tourism is a cool and important achievement, but it’s not getting you or me any closer to the
Warning Sign On Self-Driving Cars
The AI drives past people who are walking dogs, pushing baby strollers, riding scooters and driving cars. None of them have the slightest idea that there’s an experimental piece of beta software behind the wheel. The Artificial Intelligence in the tested video doesn’t always drive terribly. But it appears to make mistakes at a rate
Smart Technology
“Smartness” as a metaphor draws on associations with the mind tied to the history of cybernetics, while ignoring the situated, material, embodied experience of knowledge. “Smart” has become a common short-hand for talking about the promises of automated, digital, and algorithmic systems. But, in German and Old English prior to the 12th century, before it
Search Incognito
With the rise of conversational interfaces powered by voice assistants, it is clear that search results need to move away from a list of blue links and towards surfacing contextually relevant information. This is why Google has spent considerable resources on developing its Knowledge Graph, which gathers information from a variety of sources and presents
The Vs for Data
Data is the most challenging aspect in today’s data-driven world. Our data is frequently incomplete, dirty, corrupted, or in some rare circumstances not collected at all. Preparing data for the work of data science or artificial intelligent use takes the bulk of work not the data science. The common the six Vs are just the