Cheap Home security

This article was about a revolutionary new product called the Korner. This product is a neat new device for home intrusion. Its key features are that it only detects true motion, and that it is only $100 with no monthly fees. What I mean by true motion is that traditional sensors normally emit an alarm when there is a knock or strong wind, but the Korner only goes off if the door/window actually opens. Its also extremely affordable, which was actually one of the main objectives of the team. It also has a smartphone app that coordinates with your devices that actually tells you which entry point the person entered, and allows you to either call the police, or contact a neighbor to check up on your home. Another great thing is that It only has one sensor and one receiver. The receiver is called a Fob and attaches to your Ethernet port on a router. It is basically a affordable security device with advanced features combined with a smartphone app.

The biggest connection I could possibly make would be with my health class. This would probably fall under injury avoidance. If you have this installed and someone breaks in the front door waving a gun, then there will be an alarm that starts beeping from the Fob that alerts the people inside the home. This means that they can just slip out the backdoor and call the police with the smartphone app. Granted this is best case scenario for the family. However, you do have to consider that the affordability of the product means that situations like this can be more recurrent due to an increase in home security.

Honestly I say score one for home security and for Korner for the awesome idea. I personally think that this idea could have worldwide impacts. It could inspire companies to simplify and improve their systems allowing them to be cheaper as well. I also think that personally it will make future home security cheaper. This means I will be able to protect my future family and won't have to worry about choosing over home security or food. Overall, this is just gonna make a lot of changes if it is successful. 

I decided to answer the question: What is the central idea of the passage and how is it developed and refined throughout the selection? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.

The central idea of the passage was that Korner is a budget saving and revolutionary home security system. Ben develops and refines this idea by providing facts. One fact he stated was that Korner "costs under US$100 and requires no monthly fees"(Coxworth). This shows how families with tight budgets can afford this. Save $10 a month and you can have it before the year is out. Another fact on the product is that out of similar systems "most of those incorporate a two-part equivalent of the tag, in which one part is attached to the door and the other is attached to the door frame"(Coxworth). This proves that it is revolutionary and more developed than traditional systems.

For more information, check out their YouTube video.

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Coxworth, Ben. "Korner promises cheap and simple home security". gizmag. Gizmag, 25 April 

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Infrared vision in a contact lens

This article is about a group of researchers from the University of Michigan. This group has found a way to put infrared technology into a contact lens. To accomplish this, they used a substance called graphene. Normally this substance doesn't work because the sensitivity is very poor despite the fact that it can detect the entire infrared spectrum. To overcome this, the researchers made a double layer a conductive layer placed between the two layers of graphene. This resulted in resounding success in the creation of infrared viewing that is only slightly larger than two sheets of graphene.

One connection I can somewhat make to this would be my health class. In this class we discuss medical things and treatments for various conditions. In the article it mentioned that doctors could possibly use this technology to monitor the blood flow of patients. In that case, maybe this technology could also be used by first aid responders to accurately assess people who are hurt. This would probably lower death rates by allowing people to properly care for wounded people.

Personally, I feel like this is a very innovative technology. It will definitely spur some innovation in other fields like this one.  Hopefully, it will be inexpensive and open to the general public. This will allow for scenarios like the one I depicted above.  Who knows, maybe I will someday be saved by this technology. This could also help out America as as a whole. In the article it mentioned that infrared gear used by the military is very bulky and hard to maneuver. This technology, however, is the exact opposite, and could possibly replace that kind of gear.

The question I chose to answer was: What is the purpose for using quotes? 
Anthony used quotes in his article in order to provide proof to back up what he was saying. For example, in the beginning of the article, Anthony said that the technology could be miniaturized, to show that he was saying the truth he quoted, "' We can make the entire design super-thin,' states Zhaohui Zhong". He used this quote to show that the technology could be made extremely small. When Anthony was saying that the material used has failed in the past for this application, he quoted, "'The challenge for the current generation of graphene-based detectors is that their sensitivity is typically very poor,' stated Zhong". This also showed proof that the material used had failed in the past, and that it had its drawbacks.


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