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The sharing economy is an economic system based on sharing assets or services, for free or for a fee, directly from and between individuals. Named in 2011 by TIME Magazine as one of the 10 ideas that would change the world, the economic model is now transforming the landscape of the world economy. There are five key concepts of the sharing economy. Here you can read about them, along with appropriate case stories casting light on what the sharing economy is and how it works.
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Two young men in San Francisco were so poor they could not pay their rent, so they thought to rent out three air mattresses on their floor to people and serve them breakfast. They made a simple website to promote their little bed and breakfast, and three people showed up, each paying $80. After the guests left, they thought this could be a big idea. Now their website offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. What they started was a whole new business model providing a platform for the sharing economy. The advance of technology brought sharing into economy. Thanks to the Internet and digital technology, now there is much more data about people and things, which makes sharing cheaper and easier than ever. You were able to rent a private room before the Internet, but it was usually more trouble than it was worth. For example, without the Internet, how can you know that somebody has a spare room to your taste in a simple family house? Now, finding a room and booking it is simply a click away. All you need to do is to download an app. The website deals with all the rest, locating the right space and dealing with safety issues, reservations, and payment.
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Access Is As Good As Ownership. Hyeonwoo needed to install a new lighting fixture on his ceiling, but a power drill was too expensive to buy only for the occasion. In Hyeonwoo's neighborhood, however, there lived someone that had a power drill but hadn't needed to use it for a long while. A sharing website that matches owners and borrowers in the same area connected the two of them. Hyeonwoo could borrow a power drill from his neighbor, paying a reasonable fee for using it. Without the service, Hyeonwoo would have had no choice but to buy the expensive tool. Now you can access what you need, even when you don't own it, all thanks to the sharing economy. Why pay a lot of money for something when you can rent it more cheaply from other people online? Why own something when you can have access to it without owning it? That is the principle behind a sharing economy that enables people to share cars, accommodations, and other items because now they can get whatever they need whenever they want. The business model of a sharing economy instantly connects owners of underused assets with others willing to pay to use them. Easy access, made possible by Internet technology, is now as good as ownership.
esp1-404
Produce Less, and You Will Waste Less. Seonwha is a computer programmer who works mostly at home but sometimes goes to the office to have meetings. She doesn't own a car, but rents one through a sharing platform whenever she needs a ride to work. But for the sharing service, one more car would be made only to stay still in her garage most of the time. In order to use her car more often, she would drive to places where she usually goes on foot now. She thinks the sharing economy contributes to saving the environment since less car use means reduced CO₂ emissions. Though not primarily driven by environmental goals, the sharing economy brings considerable benefits to the environment. Resources are used more efficiently, which helps save on materials and energy. For example, car sharing services are proven to yield environmentally friendly results. Studies have found that car sharing helped reduce CO₂ emissions significantly. What the sharing economy aspires to is a more sustainable way of utilizing limited resources.
esp1-405
Experience Matters, Not Possession. Jimmy had newly decorated his room and wanted a piece of artwork that fit into the space. Through a website sharing works of art, he picked an artwork to his taste from a wide variety of artists and rented it monthly. When he paints his room a different color, he can return the current piece and rent another. He is not interested in permanent ownership of particular artworks. He simply wants to enjoy art in his daily life. Studies show that experience increases satisfaction far more than acquisitions do, and the new generation that embraces the sharing economy understands it better. For instance, art lovers used to find satisfaction in collecting artworks. Now they have begun to place value on the experience of enjoying them. There are many who appreciate artworks, but have no interest in owning them for good. This benefits the artists as well because they get a monthly income for their artworks that otherwise might be in storage or waiting for their next exhibition. The sharing economy is the experience economy. It is a powerful cultural trend in which people value experiences more than possessions.
The sharing economy is an economic system based on sharing assets or services, for free or for a fee, directly from and between individuals. Named in 2011 by TIME Magazine as one of the 10 ideas that would change the world, the economic model is now transforming the landscape of the world economy. There are five key concepts of the sharing economy. Here you can read about them, along with appropriate case stories casting light on what the sharing economy is and how it works.
esp1-402
Two young men in San Francisco were so poor they could not pay their rent, so they thought to rent out three air mattresses on their floor to people and serve them breakfast. They made a simple website to promote their little bed and breakfast, and three people showed up, each paying $80. After the guests left, they thought this could be a big idea. Now their website offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. What they started was a whole new business model providing a platform for the sharing economy. The advance of technology brought sharing into economy. Thanks to the Internet and digital technology, now there is much more data about people and things, which makes sharing cheaper and easier than ever. You were able to rent a private room before the Internet, but it was usually more trouble than it was worth. For example, without the Internet, how can you know that somebody has a spare room to your taste in a simple family house? Now, finding a room and booking it is simply a click away. All you need to do is to download an app. The website deals with all the rest, locating the right space and dealing with safety issues, reservations, and payment.
esp1-403
Access Is As Good As Ownership. Hyeonwoo needed to install a new lighting fixture on his ceiling, but a power drill was too expensive to buy only for the occasion. In Hyeonwoo's neighborhood, however, there lived someone that had a power drill but hadn't needed to use it for a long while. A sharing website that matches owners and borrowers in the same area connected the two of them. Hyeonwoo could borrow a power drill from his neighbor, paying a reasonable fee for using it. Without the service, Hyeonwoo would have had no choice but to buy the expensive tool. Now you can access what you need, even when you don't own it, all thanks to the sharing economy. Why pay a lot of money for something when you can rent it more cheaply from other people online? Why own something when you can have access to it without owning it? That is the principle behind a sharing economy that enables people to share cars, accommodations, and other items because now they can get whatever they need whenever they want. The business model of a sharing economy instantly connects owners of underused assets with others willing to pay to use them. Easy access, made possible by Internet technology, is now as good as ownership.
esp1-404
Produce Less, and You Will Waste Less. Seonwha is a computer programmer who works mostly at home but sometimes goes to the office to have meetings. She doesn't own a car, but rents one through a sharing platform whenever she needs a ride to work. But for the sharing service, one more car would be made only to stay still in her garage most of the time. In order to use her car more often, she would drive to places where she usually goes on foot now. She thinks the sharing economy contributes to saving the environment since less car use means reduced CO₂ emissions. Though not primarily driven by environmental goals, the sharing economy brings considerable benefits to the environment. Resources are used more efficiently, which helps save on materials and energy. For example, car sharing services are proven to yield environmentally friendly results. Studies have found that car sharing helped reduce CO₂ emissions significantly. What the sharing economy aspires to is a more sustainable way of utilizing limited resources.
esp1-405
Experience Matters, Not Possession. Jimmy had newly decorated his room and wanted a piece of artwork that fit into the space. Through a website sharing works of art, he picked an artwork to his taste from a wide variety of artists and rented it monthly. When he paints his room a different color, he can return the current piece and rent another. He is not interested in permanent ownership of particular artworks. He simply wants to enjoy art in his daily life. Studies show that experience increases satisfaction far more than acquisitions do, and the new generation that embraces the sharing economy understands it better. For instance, art lovers used to find satisfaction in collecting artworks. Now they have begun to place value on the experience of enjoying them. There are many who appreciate artworks, but have no interest in owning them for good. This benefits the artists as well because they get a monthly income for their artworks that otherwise might be in storage or waiting for their next exhibition. The sharing economy is the experience economy. It is a powerful cultural trend in which people value experiences more than possessions.
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Louis Braille was born in France in 1809. When he was just three years old, he accidentally poked himself in the eye while playing with one of the tools in his father's shop. Doctors tried to save his eye, but the wound became infected. The infection eventually spread to his other eye, leaving Braille completely blind at the age of five. When he was 12, Braille learned about 'night writing,' a communication system created by Captain Charles Barbier and used by the French army. It was written by pressing dots and dashes into thick paper, which let soldiers communicate on the battlefield at night without any light. Braille simplified Barbier's system, creating an alphabet that could easily be read by the blind. One hundred years after Braille's death in 1852, his life's work was finally recognized by the French government. To honor him, his body was reburied in the Pantheon in Paris, a special building reserved for French national heroes.
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Some of the world's most beautiful places are at risk of being ruined forever. Thailand's Maya Bay, for example, has been shut down to allow the area to recover from the environmental damage it has sustained. Before the shutdown, it had been overwhelmed with visitors, receiving up to 200 boats and 5,000 tourists a day. Due to the litter and pollution left behind, an estimated 80% of May Bay's coral has been destroyed. Boracay, a tiny island long considered an idyllic tourist destination, was also shut down, remaining closed for six months for repair and restoration. The area had been damaged by an overflow of waste and sewage from excessive tourism. Although Boracay has reopened, there are now strict restrictions on tourism. These examples show why tourism is considered a double-edge sword. It can help a region's economy, but it also brings crowds of tourists who may end up damaging the environment.
수프림구문-1901
Air pollution has become a big problem in many urban areas. Trees are considered to be a deterrent to air pollution, so planting more trees within cities is commonly seen to be an effective solution. However, planting trees is not as efficient as most people think - trees require a large amount of land, and there is a limited amount of land available in most cities. This is why City Tree was developed. This innovation, which is capable of filtering out pollutants, is expected to relieve the problem of air pollution. Developed by a German firm, it uses a combination of mosses specially cultivated to thrive in urban environments. The mosses purify the air by capturing particles and absorbing them into their biomass. In order to help the mosses survive under difficult conditions, IoT technology is used to supply water and nutrients. According to City Tree's developers, it can reduce air pollutants in the surrounding area by up to 30%.
수프림구문-1902
Serpentinite is a type of rock that is known for its unique appearance. Its name comes from the unusual pattern on its surface, which is said to resemble the skin of a serpent. Formed deep within Earth's mantle hundreds of millions of years ago, these rocks gradually found their way to the planet's surface. Serpentinite has a slippery texture, and it is composed of high levels of iron, magnesium and water. It has historically been used as a material for constructing buildings for hundreds of years, mostly due to its marble-like characteristics. College Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, for example, was constructed out of serpentine stone in the late 19th century. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Because of its beautiful range of colors, including green, yellow and black, serpentinite is also used by artists to make sculptures and is sometimes cut into gemstones.
수프림구문-2001
British runner Roger Bannister set an impressive goal - to become the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes. Because he was studying to be a neurologist, Bannister didn't have enough time for training. He knew he had better come up with a plan. He decided to use a simple 30-minute daily routine to prepare his body and to rely on his self-belief and vision. Bannister used to close his eyes and visualize every moment of the race. He could see the finish line, hear the cheering crowd, and feel himself making history. What separated Bannister from the other runners who had tried and failed was that he truly believed he could do it. He would even write "3:58" on a piece of paper and place it in his shoe before races. On May 6, 1954, all of Bannister's mental preparation paid off. He ran a mile in 3:59.4, setting the world record.
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809. When he was just three years old, he accidentally poked himself in the eye while playing with one of the tools in his father's shop. Doctors tried to save his eye, but the wound became infected. The infection eventually spread to his other eye, leaving Braille completely blind at the age of five. When he was 12, Braille learned about 'night writing,' a communication system created by Captain Charles Barbier and used by the French army. It was written by pressing dots and dashes into thick paper, which let soldiers communicate on the battlefield at night without any light. Braille simplified Barbier's system, creating an alphabet that could easily be read by the blind. One hundred years after Braille's death in 1852, his life's work was finally recognized by the French government. To honor him, his body was reburied in the Pantheon in Paris, a special building reserved for French national heroes.
수프림구문-1803
Some of the world's most beautiful places are at risk of being ruined forever. Thailand's Maya Bay, for example, has been shut down to allow the area to recover from the environmental damage it has sustained. Before the shutdown, it had been overwhelmed with visitors, receiving up to 200 boats and 5,000 tourists a day. Due to the litter and pollution left behind, an estimated 80% of May Bay's coral has been destroyed. Boracay, a tiny island long considered an idyllic tourist destination, was also shut down, remaining closed for six months for repair and restoration. The area had been damaged by an overflow of waste and sewage from excessive tourism. Although Boracay has reopened, there are now strict restrictions on tourism. These examples show why tourism is considered a double-edge sword. It can help a region's economy, but it also brings crowds of tourists who may end up damaging the environment.
수프림구문-1901
Air pollution has become a big problem in many urban areas. Trees are considered to be a deterrent to air pollution, so planting more trees within cities is commonly seen to be an effective solution. However, planting trees is not as efficient as most people think - trees require a large amount of land, and there is a limited amount of land available in most cities. This is why City Tree was developed. This innovation, which is capable of filtering out pollutants, is expected to relieve the problem of air pollution. Developed by a German firm, it uses a combination of mosses specially cultivated to thrive in urban environments. The mosses purify the air by capturing particles and absorbing them into their biomass. In order to help the mosses survive under difficult conditions, IoT technology is used to supply water and nutrients. According to City Tree's developers, it can reduce air pollutants in the surrounding area by up to 30%.
수프림구문-1902
Serpentinite is a type of rock that is known for its unique appearance. Its name comes from the unusual pattern on its surface, which is said to resemble the skin of a serpent. Formed deep within Earth's mantle hundreds of millions of years ago, these rocks gradually found their way to the planet's surface. Serpentinite has a slippery texture, and it is composed of high levels of iron, magnesium and water. It has historically been used as a material for constructing buildings for hundreds of years, mostly due to its marble-like characteristics. College Hall at the University of Pennsylvania, for example, was constructed out of serpentine stone in the late 19th century. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Because of its beautiful range of colors, including green, yellow and black, serpentinite is also used by artists to make sculptures and is sometimes cut into gemstones.
수프림구문-2001
British runner Roger Bannister set an impressive goal - to become the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes. Because he was studying to be a neurologist, Bannister didn't have enough time for training. He knew he had better come up with a plan. He decided to use a simple 30-minute daily routine to prepare his body and to rely on his self-belief and vision. Bannister used to close his eyes and visualize every moment of the race. He could see the finish line, hear the cheering crowd, and feel himself making history. What separated Bannister from the other runners who had tried and failed was that he truly believed he could do it. He would even write "3:58" on a piece of paper and place it in his shoe before races. On May 6, 1954, all of Bannister's mental preparation paid off. He ran a mile in 3:59.4, setting the world record.
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Musicians have also found inspiration from painters and their works of art. Modest Mussorgsky was a composer who is famous for his descriptions of colors in his music. One of his most frequently performed piano works, Pictures at an Exhibition, was composed in his efforts to capture what he felt about the paintings of an artist friend named Viktor Hartmann, who died at the early age of 39. After visiting a memorial exhibition of Hartmann's works, Mussorgsky composed a piano suite in 10 movements to describe each of Hartmann's paintings displayed at the exhibition. Anyone who listens to the movements can associate the melodies with what they see in Hartmann's paintings. While Mussorgsky was writing the melodies, he must have wanted to translate the stories in the paintings into his musical language.
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A novel or a play often inspires musicians and painters. For example, Felix Mendelssohn was inspired after reading Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, at the age of 17 and began to compose a piece of music to capture the magic and fantasy in Shakespeare's imaginary world. It became part of his famous work, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Wedding March is one of the best known pieces from the suite. Marc Chagall, known for his use of dreamy colors, was also moved by the play and drew a painting with the same title, Midsummer Night's Dream. The figures in the painting recreate the dreamlike atmosphere of the play. Although Chagall and Mendelssohn lived in different times, they both translated Shakespeare's words and sentences into their own artistic languages.
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The English word "inspire" originally meant "to breathe in." Air breathed in has to be breathed out in one way or another. Kandinsky, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, and Chagall were great breathers because they turned their intakes into artwork that stimulates us in novel ways. Maybe, they knew we would interpret their works accordingly, noticing the melodies, colors, shapes, and the words influencing each other.
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"Street corners can be powerful canvases on which artists express their talents and reach the ordinary people. They allow us to join the artists' world of imagination while walking along the streets." Graffiti in Berlin- Drawing pictures or letters on city walls is called graffiti. The Berlin Wall in Germany was the largest graffiti canvas in the world. During the Cold War, the western side of the Wall was filled with graffiti drawn by artists from around the world, while the eastern side was kept blank. A part of the wall still remains and shows the difference between the two sides. Flash Mobbing in São Paulo- A flash mob is a large group of people who suddenly assemble in a public place, perform an unusual act, then quickly disappear. Teenagers of São Paulo, Brazil love to hang out in a safer environment than their home streets. Thousands of text messages invite teenagers to a shopping mall, where they enjoy themselves, singing and dancing together.
evh-8RM2
Street installations refer to various objects set in public spaces. They are part of the streets people walk along every day. Visit Soho, London, for example, where a telephone booth lies on the street, broken in half. An artist named Banksy built it as a warning against the collapse of human interaction in the age of information. Buskers in Seoul- Busking is defined as singing, playing a musical instrument, or performing other forms of art in public spaces, sometimes for money. Playing on many street corners near subway stations in Seoul, buskers attract visitors from around the world. As in many other countries, their performances are often highly regarded as a unique art form.
Musicians have also found inspiration from painters and their works of art. Modest Mussorgsky was a composer who is famous for his descriptions of colors in his music. One of his most frequently performed piano works, Pictures at an Exhibition, was composed in his efforts to capture what he felt about the paintings of an artist friend named Viktor Hartmann, who died at the early age of 39. After visiting a memorial exhibition of Hartmann's works, Mussorgsky composed a piano suite in 10 movements to describe each of Hartmann's paintings displayed at the exhibition. Anyone who listens to the movements can associate the melodies with what they see in Hartmann's paintings. While Mussorgsky was writing the melodies, he must have wanted to translate the stories in the paintings into his musical language.
evh-804
A novel or a play often inspires musicians and painters. For example, Felix Mendelssohn was inspired after reading Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, at the age of 17 and began to compose a piece of music to capture the magic and fantasy in Shakespeare's imaginary world. It became part of his famous work, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Wedding March is one of the best known pieces from the suite. Marc Chagall, known for his use of dreamy colors, was also moved by the play and drew a painting with the same title, Midsummer Night's Dream. The figures in the painting recreate the dreamlike atmosphere of the play. Although Chagall and Mendelssohn lived in different times, they both translated Shakespeare's words and sentences into their own artistic languages.
evh-805
The English word "inspire" originally meant "to breathe in." Air breathed in has to be breathed out in one way or another. Kandinsky, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, and Chagall were great breathers because they turned their intakes into artwork that stimulates us in novel ways. Maybe, they knew we would interpret their works accordingly, noticing the melodies, colors, shapes, and the words influencing each other.
evh-8RM1
"Street corners can be powerful canvases on which artists express their talents and reach the ordinary people. They allow us to join the artists' world of imagination while walking along the streets." Graffiti in Berlin- Drawing pictures or letters on city walls is called graffiti. The Berlin Wall in Germany was the largest graffiti canvas in the world. During the Cold War, the western side of the Wall was filled with graffiti drawn by artists from around the world, while the eastern side was kept blank. A part of the wall still remains and shows the difference between the two sides. Flash Mobbing in São Paulo- A flash mob is a large group of people who suddenly assemble in a public place, perform an unusual act, then quickly disappear. Teenagers of São Paulo, Brazil love to hang out in a safer environment than their home streets. Thousands of text messages invite teenagers to a shopping mall, where they enjoy themselves, singing and dancing together.
evh-8RM2
Street installations refer to various objects set in public spaces. They are part of the streets people walk along every day. Visit Soho, London, for example, where a telephone booth lies on the street, broken in half. An artist named Banksy built it as a warning against the collapse of human interaction in the age of information. Buskers in Seoul- Busking is defined as singing, playing a musical instrument, or performing other forms of art in public spaces, sometimes for money. Playing on many street corners near subway stations in Seoul, buskers attract visitors from around the world. As in many other countries, their performances are often highly regarded as a unique art form.
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When we observe nature, we can be amazed by its beauty and its grand scale. We should remember that nature has had millions of years to experiment. Now, as we observe nature on all levels big and small, we have the technology and the means to copy what nature has perfected. Because there is still so much we do not know about nature, there is still much left to discover. Maybe one day you will be inspired by nature to invent a product that will change the world.
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Cars, trains, and planes make travel very easy. Unfortunately, when many people travel, pollution and wasted time have measurable side effects. What if a traffic network were more efficient? A seemingly unintelligent slime mold may hold some answers and more. Slime molds are not quite an animal or a plant. They feed on dead plant material, so they can be found on grass, on trees, and even in air conditioners! Slime molds find food by sending out "arms" that reach out like a web. When an arm finds food, it grows to transport the food, and other arms that do not find food become smaller, saving energy. If this process goes on, inefficient paths are eliminated and efficient paths are made stronger. By nature, slime molds are able to find the best way to join two or more areas together.
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In an experiment, scientists put a slime mold where Tokyo would be on a map of Japan. They put food where major cities were located on the map. After a few days, the slime mold created a design similar to the actual rail system around Tokyo. If it works for rail networks, could it work for other networks, too? Researchers are now looking into whether slime molds can help create better communication networks. During natural disasters, people try to contact friends and family, so cell phone use increases a lot. A smarter and more efficient network may keep service up, so loved ones can stay in touch. One day, the simple slime mold may become a designer for other networks of the future.
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A piece of work in one field can inspire artists in another field to create something new. Music can inspire a painter to create a visual representation of something he or she has heard. Likewise, a painting can inspire a musician to create music in which you can almost see different colors and shapes. Furthermore, lines from a novel or a poem can inspire painters or musicians to create visual or auditory art that gives life to a story. These interactions between artists can have unexpected results, producing works of art that have strong visual, auditory or emotional influences on people.
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Music has played a key role in the creation of some artwork. The influence of music on the visual arts can be best seen with the expressionist painter Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky studied law and economics and was successful in his law career. However, in his early 30's, he had an unusual visual experience while looking at Monet's Haystacks. He also was influenced by the melody of Wagner's Lohengrin. "I saw all my colors before my eyes," he said. He felt as if wild and powerful lines appeared in front of him. As a result, he gave up his law career to study painting. For Kandinsky, music and color were closely tied together. In his paintings, for example, yellow is linked with the sound of the trumpet and blue with that of the cello. In addition, certain shapes in his paintings were associated with particular feelings. The triangle represents aggressive feelings and the square calm moods. Each time he stroked the canvas with his brush, he might have intended to turn a series of musical notes into visual forms.
When we observe nature, we can be amazed by its beauty and its grand scale. We should remember that nature has had millions of years to experiment. Now, as we observe nature on all levels big and small, we have the technology and the means to copy what nature has perfected. Because there is still so much we do not know about nature, there is still much left to discover. Maybe one day you will be inspired by nature to invent a product that will change the world.
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In an experiment, scientists put a slime mold where Tokyo would be on a map of Japan. They put food where major cities were located on the map. After a few days, the slime mold created a design similar to the actual rail system around Tokyo. If it works for rail networks, could it work for other networks, too? Researchers are now looking into whether slime molds can help create better communication networks. During natural disasters, people try to contact friends and family, so cell phone use increases a lot. A smarter and more efficient network may keep service up, so loved ones can stay in touch. One day, the simple slime mold may become a designer for other networks of the future.
evh-801
A piece of work in one field can inspire artists in another field to create something new. Music can inspire a painter to create a visual representation of something he or she has heard. Likewise, a painting can inspire a musician to create music in which you can almost see different colors and shapes. Furthermore, lines from a novel or a poem can inspire painters or musicians to create visual or auditory art that gives life to a story. These interactions between artists can have unexpected results, producing works of art that have strong visual, auditory or emotional influences on people.
evh-802
Music has played a key role in the creation of some artwork. The influence of music on the visual arts can be best seen with the expressionist painter Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky studied law and economics and was successful in his law career. However, in his early 30's, he had an unusual visual experience while looking at Monet's Haystacks. He also was influenced by the melody of Wagner's Lohengrin. "I saw all my colors before my eyes," he said. He felt as if wild and powerful lines appeared in front of him. As a result, he gave up his law career to study painting. For Kandinsky, music and color were closely tied together. In his paintings, for example, yellow is linked with the sound of the trumpet and blue with that of the cello. In addition, certain shapes in his paintings were associated with particular feelings. The triangle represents aggressive feelings and the square calm moods. Each time he stroked the canvas with his brush, he might have intended to turn a series of musical notes into visual forms.
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Do you remember your mom taking you to a doctor's office? The doctor decided to give you some medicine. She rolled up your sleeves and gave you a shot in the upper arm. That hurt, didn't it? What if a shot given in the arm didn't hurt? Well, maybe in the future, it won't. Some scientists have been studying how the lowly mosquito is able to bite us without us knowing. When they figure out the secrets, the doctor's shot might become a painless procedure. This is what "biomimetics" is about.
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Termites are simple creatures, but when they work together, they can build incredible natural structures. Some termite mounds can reach 7 meters in height. They even go 3 meters underground. There is another amazing fact about termite mounds: even though the temperature outside can vary from 40 degrees Celsius during the day to 1 degree Celsius at night, it is always about 30 degrees Celsius inside. Termite mounds are built in a way that hot air rises out and cool air comes in through the bottom. Inspired by termite mounds, Mike Pearce, an African architect, constructed a building in Zimbabwe and another in Australia using the same passive cooling techniques. These buildings were 10% cheaper to build because less money was spent on air moving equipment, and this design reduced cooling energy costs by 35%. Now that's a cool idea!
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If you look at an airplane's wings, you can sometimes see that the tips are turned upwards. These are called "winglets" and they may look neat, but they have measurable benefits. When engineers studied birds, they observed that birds' wings have tips that turned up in flight. They found that the tips smooth the flow of air, which helps them conserve energy when flying. The engineers thought that if it worked for birds, why not for airplanes? The end result is that the airplane winglets help keep planes smaller, saving about 10% in fuel costs. This is beneficial not just for the environment but for passengers' wallets, too.
evh-705
Sea urchins may be eaten in some parts of the world, but they can also damage parts of the sea environment with their bony mouths. A sea urchin mouth looks a lot like a five-fingered claw you might see while trying to pick up prizes at the arcade. This design is surprisingly efficient at grabbing and grinding. The efficiency of this natural design is now being tested for incorporation into missions in space. When small robots are sent to another planet to collect soil samples, the standard method is to use something inefficient like a small shovel. By copying the design of a sea urchin mouth, scientists believe it will be easier to collect samples. Amazingly, a design developed naturally in the deep sea may soon be seen in deep space.
Do you remember your mom taking you to a doctor's office? The doctor decided to give you some medicine. She rolled up your sleeves and gave you a shot in the upper arm. That hurt, didn't it? What if a shot given in the arm didn't hurt? Well, maybe in the future, it won't. Some scientists have been studying how the lowly mosquito is able to bite us without us knowing. When they figure out the secrets, the doctor's shot might become a painless procedure. This is what "biomimetics" is about.
evh-702
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evh-704
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evh-705
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Radioactive waste disposal has become one of the key environmental battlegrounds over which the future of nuclear power has been fought. Environmentalists argue that no system of waste disposal can be absolutely safe, either now or in the future. Governments and the nuclear industry have tried to find acceptable solutions. But in countries where popular opinion is taken into consideration, no mutually acceptable solution has been found. As a result, most spent fuel has been stored in the nuclear power plants where it was produced. This is now causing its own problems as storage ponds designed to store a few years' waste become filled or overflowing. One avenue that has been explored is the reprocessing of spent fuel to remove the active ingredients. Some of the recovered material can be recycled as fuel. The remainder must be stored safely until it has become inactive. But reprocessing has proved expensive and can exacerbate the problem of disposal rather than assisting it. As a result, it too appears publicly unacceptable.
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Works of art are complex and valued human achievements capable of providing knowledge, aesthetic experience, and enjoyment. They also can provide occasions for thought-provoking encounters into problems and concerns affecting individuals and society. Unfortunately, too many students grow into adulthood unable to understand what they see in works of art. While it is true that most schoolchildren are not likely to become professional artists or scholars of the arts, my purpose in examining the cognitive implications of education in the arts is to see how or whether individuals can develop their powers of thought more fully through widening their understanding of art and the ideas one encounters in the study of art. The educational task is to build a foundation for lifelong learning inclusive of the arts.
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Beliefs represent man's conviction about the reality of things and are shared ideas about how the world operates. They are reflective of highly valued feelings about the world in which people live. Beliefs, like superstitions, folklore, myths, fables, proverbs, philosophy, theology, art and science, are usually incorporated in the whole vast body of knowledge while accumulated through time. These ideas aren't scientifically proven, and they are considered facts by those who hold them. The ideas held by the Negritos about nature spirits helping them in times of danger or sickness is just as regulative as the belief of the reliance of the Tagbanwa on the digging stick for tilling the soil for a good harvest. Even with advances in science, people still consider, consult, and depend on their body of beliefs for certain courses of action.
지금빈칸-303
People shouldn't ignore or trivialize the very real problems that things such as unwed parenthood or divorce can create. On the whole, children usually do better with two parents than one. But at the same time, people shouldn't condemn single mothers, divorced parents, or voluntarily childless couples as the culprits behind the destruction of society. Some unwed parents avoid their parental responsibilities, but others do a splendid job in raising their children. Some divorces do irrevocable harm, but others create better situations for everyone involved. Some married couples do decide not to have children for selfish reasons, but others are motivated by a real concern for society and find other ways to contribute to its perpetuation. In short, there is no formula that can predict which family forms are most likely to keep society functioning smoothly.
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Biological organisms, including human societies both with and without market systems, discount distant outputs over those available at the present time based on risks associated with an uncertain future. As the timing of inputs and outputs varies greatly depending on the type of energy, there is a strong case to incorporate time when assessing energy alternatives. For example, the energy output from solar panels or wind power engines, where most investment happens before they begin producing, may need to be assessed differently when compared to most fossil fuel extraction technologies, where a large proportion of the energy output comes much sooner, and a larger (relative) proportion of inputs is applied during the extraction process, and not upfront. Thus fossil fuels, particularly oil and natural gas, in addition to having energy quality advantages (cost, storability, transportability, etc) over many renewable technologies, also have a "temporal advantage" after accounting for human behavioral preference for current consumption/return.
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지금빈칸-302
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With the industrial society evolving into an information-based society, the concept of information as a product, a commodity with its own value, has emerged. As a consequence, those people, organizations, and countries that possess the highest-quality information are likely to prosper economically, socially, and politically. Investigations into the economics of information encompass a variety of categories including the costs of information and information services; the effects of information on decision making; the savings from effective information acquisition; the effects of information on productivity; and the effects of specific agencies (such as corporate, technical, or medical libraries) on the productivity of organizations. Obviously many of these areas overlap, but it is clear that information has taken on a life of its own outside the medium in which it is contained. Information has become a recognized entity to be measured, evaluated, and priced.
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An eco-friendly way of life is not about changing the entire world overnight. It is about becoming aware of your own wasteful ways and then helping others become aware of theirs. After awareness comes the process of adopting slightly different ways of doing some daily tasks. When you do these things, you are keeping your environmental bank account full. When you go one step further and help others do them too, you are an activist and big changes can happen.
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I was thrilled when my cousin, Suji, invited me to Italy, a country in southern Europe that looks like a boot. She had a few days off from studying music in a conservatory, so we could spend a week together in Rome and Venice. I had never been abroad by myself, and I was a bit worried, but after the long flight for twelve hours, I was pleased to be greeted by my cousin at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Rome. Since Italy is seven hours behind Seoul, I was quite exhausted and sleepy when I got there. However, I forced myself to stay awake to begin my trip in earnest.
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Rome was like a giant museum to me. We began our sightseeing at the Colosseum. Nowadays, we can only see a part of what was once the greatest structure in the ancient world. It amazed me to think that people could build such a structure without modern construction equipment. The Colosseum has eighty arches through which about fifty thousand people could go in and out in fifteen minutes! As I reached the top of the stairs inside, I looked down and I could almost hear the cheer of the crowd.
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Suji and I walked along a path leading away from the Colosseum and heard the sound of falling water. We knew instantly that we were near the famous Trevi Fountain. Legend says that a single coin thrown into the fountain will ensure a return to Rome, a second coin will bring true love, and a third coin marriage! I threw one over my shoulder, wishing a return to Italy someday. I found it interesting that even on the other side of the world, people still wish for simple things like happiness, love, and marriage.
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"Going green" seems to be all the rage these days. Stores and companies use phrases like this to promote their businesses as eco-friendly. It makes sense to try to live in a way that does not harm the environment, but is it easy to go green? In your home, for example, do you always unplug your TV when you aren't watching it? Do stores in your neighborhood always keep their doors shut when the heaters or air conditioners are on? Probably not. Some innovators have taken on the challenge of "going green," and have come up with some brilliant ideas to make "going green" easier and simpler.
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