Globalization

As humankind moves into the 21st century, current world issues will continue to develop and expand their impact on the world. From global warming to the AIDS epidemic, new global concerns arise every day. In an attempt to make sense of these serious and complex issues, we have coined the terms "globalization" and "sustainability".

Globalization is defined as the trend towards greater interconnectedness of the world's social and economic systems; it is essentially the formation of a "global village". Sustainability, however, looks at whether an area has reached a level of development that meets the needs of its existing people without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to sustain themselves. These two terms are intertwined in that we must control our rate of globalization, in order to achieve sustainable development. If we do not acknowledge that a balance between globalization and sustainability is necessary, there is little hope for the future.

Globalization has become one of the principal symbols of economic, cultural and political life in the 21st century. Although there is no precise definition of globalization, due to the complexity of the term and the varying attitudes towards it, put simply it is the process by which nationality is becoming all the time more irrelevant. International organizations such as Coca Cola, Disney, McDonald's, sony, shell oil and IBM, symbolizes such a process and progress of globalization.

The benefits of globalization are obvious: faster growth, higher standards of living, and new opportunities. However, globalization's benefits are very unequally distributed; the global market is not yet underpinned by shared social objectives, and if all of today's poor follow the same path that brought the rich to prosperity, the earth's resources will soon be exhausted. The challenge we face is to ensure that globalization becomes a positive force for all people instead of leaving billions in squalor.

If we are to get the most out of globalization, we must learn how to provide better governance at the local, national, and international levels. We must think afresh about how we manage our joint activities and our shared interests, since so many challenges that we confront today are beyond the reach of any state acting on its own.

3D: Viewing in the 21st century

3Dimensional Refers to objects that are rendered visually on paper, film or on screen in three planes (X, Y and Z). It is a system or effect that adds a three-dimensional appearance to visual images, as in films, slides, or drawings.

it allows items that appeared flat to the human eye to be display in a form that allows for various dimension to be represented. These dimensions include width, depth, and height.

3-D image creation can be viewed as a three-phase process of: tessellation ,geometry , and rending . In the first phase, models are created of individual objects using linked points that are made into a number of individual polygons (tiles). In the next stage, the polygons are transformed in various ways and lighting effects are applied. In the third stage, the transformed images are rendered into objects with very fine detail.





Much of the development around the technology is concerned with bringing 3D to your living room, such as is the case with the 3D-enabled TVs from LG and Toshiba, for example, samsung's 3D LED monitors, or the addition of3D movies to the streaming service VUDU, which can pipe Hollywood entertainment directly into your living room. But 3D is showing up on other screens, too - mobile phones and tablets ,gaming device and mobile 3D DTV device

Apparently, viewing 3D images, even the glasses-free kind, can negatively impact the vision development in small children. According to a report from The Wall St. Journal, both Nintendo and Toshiba have recently issued warnings about the vision damage that could occur when children under six view 3D video images. To quote, Toshiba's warning says that "due to the possibility of impact on vision development, viewers of 3D video images should be aged 6 or older."

science and technology

Science and technology has been the drive of the 21st century, Since the beginning of human civilization, science and technology has progressed in a continuous process. Science is an education process that allows the educated and creative minds to question, experiment or observe in an attempt to find answers, and then try to identify a set of unifying principles, concepts, and laws that embraces all phenomena of nature.

humanity by unveiling mysteries of how nature works. In the process we may make The aim is to better understand our universe and gain new knowledge that will enlighten new discoveries and inventions that change the way we think and/or create new technologies that transform our society.



Whether we like it or not, society is dependent on science and technology. The only way we can cram 6 billion people plus onto the earth and use resources at the rate we do, is through the support of scientific discovery and technology innovation. If we take our technology-based infrastructure away and civilization as we know the world would collapse. Perhaps more worrying, our dependency on science and technology is accelerating. The world’s population continues to grow, lifestyle expectations are going up, and supporting technologies are becomes increasingly sophisticated. But this “progress” can only be sustained through increasing the rate with which new discoveries are made and new technology innovations are implemented.

social media

Social media is a phrase being tossed around a lot these days, but it can sometimes be difficult to answer the question of what is social media. The best way to define social media is to break it down. Media is an instrument on communication, like a newspaper or a radio, so social media would be a social instrument of communication.

Social media is fast becoming a new type of therapy. Even if you have never been in therapy or counseling, we have all seen it played out in television, movies and books and know what therapists will ask.

Here are just a few phrases that will be familiar:

“Share your feeling”- Well then welcome to Facebook. Here is a place where you can share your personal thoughts, relationship status, list your friends and tell all your likes and dislikes. This is sharing for the masses.

“Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind”- The idea of free association is to get you in touch with yourself and is a perfect fit for Twitter. This site allows you to quickly toss out 140 character thoughts and share them with your audience 24/7.

Rorschach Test- “Look at this picture and tell me what you think”- This one can play out on a few sites. YouTube is the first that comes to mind where people post their videos and wait to see what everyone has to say when they add a comment. It’s also found on sites like Flickr and on your Facebook page where your friends and even the general public can share comments on your photos.

When people wonder why some are fascinated with social media it could be that they are intrigued by the new technology and others have found a new outlet that lets them save money on conventional therapy.