The Perfect Cup Of Steaming Java

The Drink of reason, coffee, seems to not have changed much culturally to this day, as when it is brought to the table over 250 years ago (pg. 170). Coffee remains to be the drink over which people meet

Although, weapons can be handcrafted already, the advent of 3-D printing (3DP) has increased the ease of the process significantly. No special skills or tools are needed; rather a 3-D printer, CAD software that can be improved easily and some metal have the possibility of resulting in highly sophisticated weapons. If these printers fall into the wrong hands, they will serve as a powerful tool for criminals. On May 5, 2013, the

Coffee quickly became the drink of intellect and industry being known to sharpen the mind. Taverns were replaced with a more sophisticated meeting place, the coffeehouse. These “led to the establishment of scientific societies and financial institutions, the founding of newspapers, and provided fertile ground for revolutionary thought.” [4]

The alluring aroma of freshly brewed java is both tantalizing and calming to the senses, so much so, that most individuals are unable to fathom a morning or a day without a cup of fragrant, hot coffee in hand. Coffee is one of life’s little indulgences that have become a necessity for some, who find it increasing difficult to live without, as a result, Keurig created an innovative, and unique form of preparation. The Keurig machine makes it possible for a single serving of coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or water without the need to clean the machine in between its use. It eliminates the “stale-tasting” waste that results from the remnants of old coffee, which no coffee drinker desires, and it eradicates the need to clean the pot or brew basket, all this in less than a minute!

“Modern economies are highly dependent on information systems and networks connected to “cyberspace” a virtual world with a population of several billion and growing.”

Jerry Useem has indited, “How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All” to show the online shoppers and readers of “The Atlantic” how price discrimination occurs. He has decided to verbalize about the quandary with online prices since there has been a elevate in the number of online shoppers. In the article, “How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All,” Jerry Useem commences off by expounding how the prices of certain products vary depending on when the customer optically canvasses the product. To integrate on, he goes on to apprise the audience that in the past, buyers and sellers would have to go through haggling in order to get the best deal possible, he then compares the haggling to how people get the best deals now. Furthermore,

Innovation is what drives society forward. Albert Einstein once said that "Once you stop learning, you start dying”. I feel that this is the same for the world we live in. Steven Johnson argues that one of the best and innovative moments during the Enlightenment was the switch from the daily consumption of alcohol to the daily consumption of coffee. In the space of a coffee house, stimulated by caffeine, intellectuals could share ideas and innovate the future.

The Personal Fabricator, a chapter in Neil Gershenfeld’s When Things Start to Think, presents an argument concerning the accessibility and personalization of commodities through technological means, and explores the technology used to satisfy the concept of personal fabrication. Throughout the chapter, Gershenfeld contends that personal computing should extend beyond the digital realm into the physical world, and illustrates the idea of a direct access to physical products that are digitally designed to meet the needs of the individual by the individual. The author uses 3D printing to demonstrate the possibility of personal fabrication. In the chapter, a 3D printer is described as a computer that combines materials together in order to create

The 3D printing industry had a little controversy. This controversy revolves around a small start up in the Allentown, PA area called “Just3DPrint”. Company is founded by four college students who had a dream, “offer 3d printing services”. The controversy does not revolve around their printing service, but it involves two powerhouses, Thingiverse; a website that allows 3d modelers to share their creations for “free” in a non-commercial manner and Ebay, the largest auction website in the world.

Java Culture, a coffee shop that serves the Oregon area of the United States, offers best tasting coffee beverages. The coffee shop makes use of high quality ingredients that are prepared under very strict guidelines. There are a number of business concepts that can be charted to be able to directly compete with the business; Java Culture. First, the business should offer premium quality coffee that is imported from the premium cocoa growing countries such as Brazil. The preparation process should follow the most pristine quality preparation guidelines thus ensuring that the products of firm are

In Gershenfeld’s When Things Start to Think, the ultimate way for technology to reach full potential of personal fabrication is through simplicity of structure, as well as efficiency in its ability to create anything. Gershenfeld (1999) states, “big companies use big machines to make things we may not want” demonstrating the unnecessary need for elaborate high cost technology to give society the things they want and need. With these big companies and their machines being the only means to acquire merchanise, it makes it difficult for others to see a different way in obtaining these products in a more basic way. Gershenfeld (1999) provides through research an example of a “3D printer” as an alternative route in cutting out the middleman to establish

This paper will examine the current and future use of internet technologies that Boohoo.com undertakes. ‘The company’s mission is to provide a visually stimulating, invigorating and evolving on-line shopping experience, which offers inspirational products, exciting promotions and unsurpassed customer service.’ (Boohoo, 2010)

As 3D printers are becoming live in the market, they demonstrate great potential by fostering economic growth. The implications of this revolutionary technology indeed promise to have a radical impact on the may things are produced and business is done. There are

3D printing is expected to grow rapidly in the near future. This technology is beginning to be used in a broad range of applications including rapid prototyping, molds and tooling, digital manufacturing and personal fabrication [1]. As the technology improves and become more affordable, it is expected to penetrate different markets and become a dominant force to be reckoned with. In order to predict the future growth of 3D-printing, we need to investigate into its past and determine what stage of growth 3D-printing is currently located. To begin, we examine the type of innovation 3D-printing is classified as. Figure 1 on the right, is broken down into two dimensions: technology and market. There are four types of innovations shown, and the types of innovation is determined by the placement of a technology in respect to the two dimensions. Referring to figure 1, we can determine that 3D printing is as a disruptive innovation, considering that 3D printing was a new technology that served an existing market that was currently being dominated by topography and photosculpture technologies. At the very beginning, 3D-printing targeted low demanding customer by offering a product that provided lesser quality in terms of the development of 3D-models, however the technology provided an easier to use technology and one at a much cheaper price compared to the topography and photosculpture methods (sustaining innovations). Figure 2 demonstrates how a disruptive innovation enters

One thing that is certain is that the world has become more connected and this growth in online shopping has become a necessity to keep abreast of modern times.