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Technology Explained
Academic Connection
Overview of Academic Connection . . . . . . . . 10 O i f A d i C ti
History: The Presidential Election of 1960 . . . 24
History: The Origin of Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
History: Engineering the Pyramids
versus the Burj Khalifa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Literacy: Reading in Technical
and Scientific Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
History: Thomas Alva Edison . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Argumentative Essay: Nuclear Power . . . . . 178
History: The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Literacy: Reading Comprehension
Strategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Argumentative Essay: Locating
and Obtaining Natural Gas. . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Explanatory Essay: Manufacturing
and the Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Argumentative Essay: Advantages,
Disadvantages, and Ethical Concerns
of Nanotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Communications: Word Origins . . . . . . . . . . 332
History: Ancient Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
History: The Origin of Horsepower . . . . . . . 372
Communication: The Power of Radio . . . . . 423
History: The Beginning of Photojournalism . 433
History: The Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Argumentative Essay: Ethics in Medicine . . 535
History: X-Ray Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
History: The Homestead Act
and the Morrill Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Overview of Technology Explained . . . . . . . . 11
Smart House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Computer Numerical Control . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . 161
Power Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hybrid Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Integrated Circuit (IC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
3D Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Invisibility Cloaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Fiber Optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Virtual Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Magnetic Levitation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) . . . . . . . . . 519
Dialysis Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Heart-Lung Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLED) . . . . 641
Warm-Up Jackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Wind Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
Earth-Sheltered Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712