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Music in general is an integral part to everyday life. More importantly, music being present in the everyday lives of children can have profound effects on their development as seen in this study from USC. Music instruction appears to accelerate brain development in young children, particularly in the areas of
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Automated assistants have been present in our lives for a considerable amount of time now and have even had places in our homes for just as long. This study shows the long term effects of a social robot that that for many was maybe removed from it's original
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This conjecture comes from Hyundai's Rear Occupant system that can detect passengers or objects left behind in the back seat and alert the driver with the car alarm or through their phone (Hyundai Motor Announces, 2017). The feature acts as a connection to the back seat and displays
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One space where there is an obvious interaction between the family is at the dinner table. While some families may not eat together every night, the value behind the conversations and moments that happen there are some of the best a family can have. So what is so great about
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One of the most direct and obvious examples of the disconnect between the front row and the back row is incidents of leaving children in the back of the car, particularly when conditions are unideal. Since the launch of their 2019 family of cars, Hyundai has implemented a feature into
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Just about everyone these days is guilty of using their phone too much or picking it up when you know you don't need it. This is the issue that Coilie seeks to solve. A wall perch and coiled USB-C charging cord that turn your phone into something
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In addressing the knowledge based barriers that individuals face that prevent them from doing more to recycle, and inspiration from other Ai based implementations within the field of sustainability, I proposed Mrf- an app with Ai integration designed to keep all of your local rules regarding recycling accessible within an
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An important factor to consider when trying to develop a circular economy is the need to add incentive and value to all that participate in such a system. Traditionally, this model has focused on small closed loops that prioritized physical commodities that could be directly used and shared amongst specific
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Most of the recycling that is done in the United States is done so through a mechanical process: Material that comes into a recycling center is sorted, broken down mechanically into a pulp or small pellet sized materials, and then through a process such as heat, water, etc, is reconstructed
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When it comes to recycling plastics back into useful material, most of the energy in developing this technology goes towards the actual physical processes that are required to take the material and transform it into a consistent material that is also usable. Absent in this line of thinking however, is
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Despite what our individual perception might usually consider, the recycling process does not stop when you simply place an object into a recycling bin. From there, there is a whole infrastructure surrounding this object's journey from the recycling bin, to its eventual place in a new object. A
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When it comes to designing for sustainability, one of the most common and talked about design methodologies for creating repairable products lies in the ability to swap out defective pieces of the design for a new piece, that would go on to extend the overall lifespan of the product. In