Sentences with phrase «from ancient technology»

https://letgirlslearn.peacecorps.gov/ FOR SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES SPECIFICALLY FOR GIRLS Let Girls Learn STEM: Technology From Ancient Technology to the Technology of the Future Goal: Students will learn that technologies have been developed throughout history and that ancient technologies influenced present ones Objective: Students will learn about ancient technologies, how they created present technologies, the impact of technology on humans and how we live, and develop their own 22nd century technology design and prototype.

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Using the same technology that proved the use of chocolate at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, researchers have analyzed the contents of the residue of pots from ancient Mexico and discovered traces of chiles without chocolate.

A charmingly illustrated and educational book, Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world.

Using advanced sequencing technologies, University of Oklahoma anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole mitochondrial genomes for maternal ancestry analysis — an alternative to skeletal remains in ancient DNA investigations of human ancestry.

Now, scientists from Western University and the University of Portsmouth are marrying details of that meteorite impact with technology that measures surrounding crystal fragments as a way to date other ancient meteorite strikes.

Although most successes are from cold environs, some researchers are exploring how to tease out ancient DNA from the tropics while a handful of other scientists are probing what may be the next big technology — sequencing ancient proteins.

Already in the literature of the first millennium there are references to people with prodigious memory, particularly in the Naturalis historia (Natural History) of Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus, 23 — 79 A.D.), a sort of encyclopedia that in 37 books describes everything from the geography, science, and technology to the agriculture, medicinal herbs, and insects of ancient Rome.

In his latest research on the origins of dogs around the world, Peter Savolainen, a canine genealogy authority at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology, set out to examine the genetic connection between dogs in Madagascar and the pets of ancient settlers from Indonesia.

Obtaining DNA from tropical fossils is notoriously difficult, and the team made use of the latest developments in ancient DNA technology to conduct the study.

NORMAN — Using advanced sequencing technologies, University of Oklahoma anthropologists demonstrate that human DNA can be significantly enriched from dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) enabling the reconstruction of whole mitochondrial genomes for maternal ancestry analysis — an alternative to skeletal remains in ancient DNA investigations of human ancestry.

On the one hand, the power of rare genetic variants clearly shows the value in whole - genome sequencing of ancient DNA: While SNP capture technology provides a far more economical way to obtain genome - wide data from ancient DNA (ref.

From the days of ancient technology to modern science - find out what happened on this day in the history of science.

And with such technologies as Skype and Instagram at these new shamans» command, news of a cheetah spirit animal or angry spirit guides can zip instantly to us from across the country or the world — a development that would certainly blow their ancient predecessors» minds.

THE BULLETPROOF MISSION: Our mission is to help people perform better, think faster, and live better using a proven blend of ancient knowledge and brand new technologies, tempered by research, science, and measured results from our customers, top athletes, and medical professionals.

His work covers all areas of science, from the quirky mating behaviors of different animals, to the drug and alcohol habits of ancient cultures, to new advances in solar cell technology.

Developed by award winning microbiologist lichiroh Ohhira, Ph.D. and distinguished research scientists from Okayama University, Dr. Ohhira's Probiotics combine ancient Japanese fermentation artistry with modern technology.

Mahalo's formulae draw roots from ancient Polynesia, Western, and Eastern healing, and with current natural beauty technology, proffer an immersive and holistic experience to one's self - care regimen.

You come from a place of mystery, high technology, ancient relion and general weirdness (as seen from a Westerners point of view!)

These technologies for a variety of records from the ancient.

The former begins with a bright blue screen, the big blocky PLAY text in the upper left, and the tracking lines and audio drops familiar from that seemingly ancient home - video technology.

Visual techniques are used to create an awe - inspiring sense of scale at times and the above frame is taken from one of those moments, when Walter Pigeon's reclusive Dr. Edward Morbius takes a young, pre-comedy Leslie Nielsen and Warren Stevens around his compound to show off the ancient technology he has discovered.

Students will identify modern technologies that developed from ancient ones.

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Indigenous elders from the Pacific Northwest shared this ancient form of social technology with my mentors.

Ancient Medical Technology: From Herbs to Scalpels.

The middle - grade nonfiction books collected here, many of them part of larger series, examine various facets of technology advances in the ancient world, from one side of the globe to the other.

From the sands of ancient Persia to the refrigeration technologies of tomorrow, Chilled is a fact - filled ride sure to please the nerd in all of us.

Based on these and other analyses of monoliths in the area, Brophy's team concluded that the ancient builders of Nabta Playa possessed highly sophisticated astronomical knowledge, the type of knowledge we associate with advanced technology and civilization.Plato (c. 428 - 348 BC) writes of Egyptian masters presenting him with historical records extending back some 19,000 years: «Egypt has recorded and kept eternally the wisdom of the ancient ages, all coming from time immemorial when gods governed the earth in the dawn of civilization.»

His work covers all areas of science, from the quirky mating behaviors of different animals, to the drug and alcohol habits of ancient cultures, to new advances in solar cell technology.

With unique services, featuring the latest in spa technology trends, the spa features ancient local inspired treatments such as the signature Pericue Massage, a four hand massage ritual derived from the history of the region's ancient natives, the Pericue Tribe.

As if awakening from a deep sleep, you find yourself in a strange, contradictory world of ancient ruins and advanced technology.

You play as Bart, a machinist capable of reviving lost technologies, and his granddaughter Clu, an ace hunter and trapsmith, as they search for the one thing that can save their village from an encroaching empire — an ancient weapon known as Aegis.

The tech tree is staggeringly huge (although limited in this demo), ranging from basic ancient technologies like reading and pottery to nuclear weapons and «future tech.»

The monstrous forces in both Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter and Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter are led by Mental, a god - like being stirred from hibernation by the human race's incessant curiosity with an ancient alien technology.

You play as Bart, a machinist capable of reviving lost technologies, and his granddaughter Clu, an ace hunter and trapsmith, as they search for the one thing that can save their village from an encroaching empire - an ancient weapon known as Aegis.

Then there's the ancient machines, left over from the war, built using technology that is closer to what we see as cutting edge today.

Set in a steampunk Victorian London, The Order presents a reality where advanced technology is used to battle ancient evil, and from what we've seen so far a Werewolf is part of that evil.

As for the stand - in for mass relays, instead there's ancient Remnant technology from a mysterious, advanced race that can cleanse a planet's atmosphere, acting as a new tool and source of technological intrigue that works well within the fiction of arriving in a hostile new galaxy.

Redesigned from the ground up to provide virtual reality fans with the experience they have come to expect from Croteam, The Talos Principle VR introduces a fresh take to the contradictory world of ancient ruins and advanced technology.

Taking its title from the name of a fictional, post-iPhone device at the centre of Gary Shteyngart's 2010 near - future novel Super Sad True Love Story, Äppärät is concerned with labor, play and the uncertain zone between the two; with the extension of the body, and the self, through technologies ancient and contemporary; with things (to borrow Martin Heidegger's formulation) «present - at» and «ready - to» hand; with compulsion and with death Äppärät begins with Jessie Flood - Paddock's Just Loom (2015), a wall painting - cum - sculpture based on an illustration of a worker operating a loom from Denis Diderot's Encyclopédie (1751 - 72), one of the first attempts to record and systematize all human knowledge in published form.

Blending ancient symbols with new technologies to evoke a timeless desire for cross-cultural unity, the exhibition includes examples from threeASFOUR's new spring - summer 2014 collection, featuring 3D - printed textiles made in collaboration with the architect Bradley Rothenberg.

From ancient processes to new (machine) technologies, the exhibition Earth, Wind and Fire: Made in Cork Contemporary will showcase the work of Nuala O'Donovan, Eoin Turner, Alex Pentek, Mary Palmer / Anne Kiely and Joseph Walsh.

The episodes are: Children's Episode, the Biennial's first comprehensive commissioning programme for artists to work collaboratively with children; Ancient Greece, the inspiration behind many of Liverpool's grandest buildings; Chinatown, acknowledging Liverpool's heritage as Europe's oldest Chinese community in Europe; Flashback, artists» new interpretation of history; in Software, Biennial artists will open up new perspectives and interactions with technology; and Monuments From the Future, where artists have been invited to imagine what Liverpool might look like in the future.

In the drapery portrayed in Classical sculpture, the cloth is typically generic — we can't learn much about ancient weaving technology from it — and that allows the folds to read as purely expressive.

Overview: On view were 121 decorative and utilitarian works from the Corning Museum of Glass, surveying 35 centuries of glass - making technology and stylistic developments from ancient Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, and Asian cultures to contemporary American and European examples.

[1, 2] Far from a simplified medieval imitation, the heat storage hypocaust represented a further stage in the development of this ancient technology.

Like Tvauri explains, these heat storage hypocausts rather common in 14th - 15th century Livonia — where the climate was much colder compared to the Central and Western Europe — were born combining the ancient method of heat storage (stones) used by the indigenous inhabitants of present day Finland, Estonia, and Latvia in their saunas for hundreds of years with the hypocaust technology originating from Rome used by monks and religious orders.

This outfit is a piece of ancient technology that completely protects the wearer from damage.