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Group 4

David (Carrier Pigeons), Amelia (Internet), Ib (Netflix), Peter (Autonomous Cars), Jacob (Drones), Tatum (YouTube)

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Carrier Pigeons (Heck Yah)

The Homing Pigeon is specifically bred from the Rock breed of pigeon

The rock pigeon has an innate ability to fly directly home from extremely long distances
The last use of the carrier pigeon was used in 2002, used by police departments in India due to the expanse of the internet
The Taliban has banned all use of carrier pigeons in Afghanistan

Distances

The farthest recorded distance a pigeon has flown
The average speed of a pigeon over an average course of 600 miles is 60 miles per hour

Recordings of pigeons flying 100 miles per hour have been recorder for short distances

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History of the pidgey

The history of the homing pigeon was well established around 3000 years ago
Pigeons were used to declare the winners of the Roman Olympics

Training

Pigeons are mainly known to only fly one direction, towards home

Pigeons are manually carried to their second location prior to flight

Pigeons have the capacity to be trained to fly both directions if their food is placed within their targets (reliably approximately twice a day for short distances)

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Scientific Research

There are many theories upon how the pigeon from such distances can fly its way home

Map Mechanism

The theory that pigeons are sensitive to the electromagnetic field and and use this to navigate home

Landmarks

Pigeons have been observed to follow landmarks or manmade features such as roads to navigate their flight

Infrasound

Frequencies as low as .1Hz have been noted to redirect the path of pigeons

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Autonomous Cars Introduced

An autonomous car is a vehicle that is capable of driving itself with little or no human interaction.

Self-driving technology was first experimented with in the 1920s, heavily tested in the 1950s, and the first semi-autonomous car was introduced in Japan in 1977.

Numerous auto manufacturers have attempted to perfect the autonomous vehicle, such as Mercedes-Benz, GM, Nissan, Toyota, Audi, and Volvo

Uber has tested out their services with “driverless” cars

Currently, driverless cars are being tested more in Europe than in the US, 29 states have passed laws allowing autonomous vehicles

Problems involving self driving cars include the inability to detect pedestrians, some have been killed as a result of this

Self driving cars have been slow to catch on in America, due to our car culture and the fact that so many of us love the freedom of driving ourselves

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Autonomous Cars Continued

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Drones: Early Timeline

1917

Ruston Proctor Aerial Target

First pilotless winged aircraft in history, based on RC technology from Nikola Tesla.

U.S. Radioplane OQ2

Introduced in the early stages of WWII for unmanned surveillance operations

1939

1943

FX-1400 Put Into Use

Created for German use during WWII & was the first RC weapon actually put into operational use

1960s

Popularity Boom for R.C. Planes

RC Plane Kits in the U.S. offered everything from indoor-flyable models to larger outdoor models

1973

Israel Develops Mastiff UAV & IAI Scout

Created after the Yom Kippur war as unpiloted surveillance machines

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Drones: Middle Timeline

1986

Israel & U.S. Produce RQ2 Pioneer

A medium sized reconnaissance drone

GNAT 750 Developed & Bought

Developed by Abraham Karem and GA bought the design, then the CIA bought 2 for surveillance over Bosnia

1990

1994

Pentagon Signs Contract with General Atomics

GA was tasked to make a new model of GNAT 750, and the Predator Drone was born

2001

CIA Flies Drones over Afghanistan

Began in the aftermath of 9/11 as part of the war against the Taliban

2002

First CIA Drone-Based Kill Operation

An unmanned predator drone was used to target the suspected Osama Bin Laden, which was actually a civilian

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Drones: Modern Timeline

2006

FAA Issues Commercial Drone Permits

These permits lifted some of the limitations placed on consumer drones flown for recreational purposes

Parrot Releases Parrot AR Drone

Was the first “ready-to-fly” drone which can be controlled entirely via Wi-Fi using a smartphone

2010

2013

Amazon Releases Drone-Based Delivery Concept

The company would utilize drones to carry out 30-minute deliveries, which was said to be less than 5 years from reality

2016

DJI’s Phantom 4 Gets Major Upgrades

Introduced smart Computer vision and machine learning technology to avoid obstacles and intelligently track people and objects rather than limited to GPS

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Drones: Overview and Conclusion

Overview:

Military and Surveillance Utilization
Commercial Usability
Consumer Uses

Conclusion:

Global Impacts & Security Concerns (Good & Bad)
What May The Future Hold

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Youtube

BACKGROUND
February 14th, 2005
Founded by Jawed Karim, Chad Hurley, and Steve Chen
Video - sharing website where users could upload, share, and view content
First ever youtube video is Jawed Karim ( CO FOUNDER ) at the San Diego Zoo, uploaded on April 23, 2005, now has 76M views
First video to hit 1B views was posted on July 15ht, 2012 - PSY - GANGNAM STYLE, now has 3.4B
3rd most viewed website after Google, and Facebook

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Youtube Continued

HOW IT CHANGED SOCIETY
Audience can connect with YouTubers on a deeper, more personal level

Behind the Scenes Footage

Able to travel the World and learn about cultures without leaving where you are
Help people to get discovered : Justin Bieber

Audience on Youtube is now to millions of people, not just playing small gigs

Spreading Awareness

Non- profit organizations and fundraising teams are able to raise millions of dollars, and have petitions be signed as a result of Youtube

Revolutionized Education

Micro-learning

Motivational videos, How- to videos, Diet, Working Out videos,
YouTubers are the creators of any content they want

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Netflix

Background
August 29, 1997 in Scotts Valley, CA
Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings
According to CEO Reed Hastings, the idea came about when he had to pay $40 in late fees for returning a movie past it’s return date.
Story was discredited after the company’s co-founder, Marc Randolph claimed the two wanted to create “the Amazon.com of something,” and settled on DVD’s

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Netflix continued

Was called Kibble, before the name was changed to NetFlix.com, and later Netflix.
Launched on April 14, 1998 as world’s first online DVD rental store
30 employees and 925 titles available (almost the entire catalogue of DVDs in print at the time.)
Began renting DVD rentals by mail in April 1998, then introduced its subscription based model the following year
Netflix now serves as one of the leading streaming services that allows their members to watch a wide variety of award-winning TV shows, movies, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices.
“Unlimited viewing of content without having to watch a single commercial”
First self-commissioned original content series was House of Cards, released in 2013, and the company has dramatically grown its original content since then

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Internet Created

Computers that filled up entire rooms used to communicate during the Cold War
1962: JCR Licklider proposes idea of having a networks of computers communicate
1969: first message from one computer was sent to another using ARPANET

UCLA to Stanford
“Login”

ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)- government’s internet network
Others added all across the world but there needed to be a way for all of them to communicate
1971: Ray Tomlinson developing Email over the ARPANET
1971: Creation of TCP(Transmission Control Protocol) to IP(Internet Protocol)

Way to introduce computers all over the world to each other
Used to send data to and from different networks

Later moved to the World Wide Web