CIS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Natural Disaster, Macular Degeneration, Retina

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1000
• Professor: Jing Yu Zhu

Document Summary

Projects around the world have been sparked by advancing technology. Facebook and twitter are important as they have enabled people to be brought together around the world in the middle east, and north africa and face oppression and censorship. Crisis-mapping; real time display and analysis of data during a crisis (normally natural disaster or social/political conflict) haiti was once of the first to utilize, played a part in the revolution of. Egypt: meier and ushadhidi helped save lives in joint effort. Can be useful in preparing and planning for future outbreaks of the flu (johns hopkins) Biomedical chips replace the retina in macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Disparity of technology available around world and creates a divide digital divide. Virtual choir singers recorded at different locations and different times. Qr (quick response codes) have 2d and 1d where 2d hold more information and are compatible with smartphones and other devices. 1d are more likely on receipts from grocery stores.