Lesson 14

Do a Nobel Experiment

Nobel Prize for CCD Technology

The fastest CCD video camera, can take 100,000 pictures per second. The CCD received a Nobel Prize back in 1921. The other half of the physics prize goes to Charles Kao, who laid the theoretical groundwork for high-speed, fiber-optic communication. In the 1960’s scientists were just starting to experiment with transmitting light through glass fibers, but Kao could transmit pulses of light 5 times farther than regular glass. 40 years later, thanks to Kao, it takes no more than a quarter second for data to make the trip halfway around the world. Now it takes 1 second for 700 DVDs to be transmitted to Chicago from Paris France. Optical fiber, which Charles used, is found deep into the world’s oceans. It could be stretched over 1 billion kilometers. Or in other words it can circle the earth 25,000 times. The U.S. Company corning, a glass company is the largest producer of optical fiber in the world. With out Charles Kao’s theory, computers would have never been fast and this all would have never happened. So I say thanks to Charles Kao for giving us the opportunity to make technology what it is today because if it went for you  the life as we know it would be totally different.

Warning: this unrealistic image has been Photo shopped.

Photoshop Ethics

A man by the name Valerie Boyer, has proposed a law that would require enhanced images to explain a warning, to viewers making it clear that they are not looking at an original image.  Valerie Boyer believes that the disclaimer would help bring young children back to reality of life and help promote a healthier body image for all with out needing any tampering with. Valerie also stated that photos could lead people to believe in a reality that does not actually exist, and have a negative effect on children.  If this law is passed and advertisers such as press photos, political campaigns, art photography, and photos on product packaging.  Any of these who do not apply by the law will be find $55,440 or up to 50 percent of the cost of the campaign. I believe that this article show that some people are upset because how Photoshop artist manipulate the looks of other women just to make other feel inferior. I look at this law in a positive way because even though how great it is to see beautiful images of women. I don’t not believe I is right to make them look like a Barbie doll just for the publicity of the company no women’s image is worth that. 

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