Daily Archives

30 Articles
Reflection #1/Reflection #1

Reflection #1

Posted by Tanvir Youhana on

This assignment was a good assignment where I had some struggles with the procedure because it was hard for me to dumb down certain terminology for the reader to understand as well as explain certain steps to the reader. I would have worded the procedure better in terms of using less terminology so that the reader will better follow what I was writing. The aspect that I was good at was being able to analysis the results of the experiments and be able to write a clear understanding of the results to the reader. I was also proud of myself for being able to organize my lab report so well so that the reader was able to follow through it. With all this in mind I would give myself a 94 because I had a good time working on this assignment with diligence. I was able to organize my lab report well and it was well informing of how the experiment was done and I was able to get good feedback from my classmates that I have included in my lab report such as categorizing the procedure to make it so that it doesn’t look so disorganized and made easier for the reader to follow what was being said. I would also say that I was aware of what the audience was and made sure that I gave enough background information to the reader so that they will be able to follow through with the experiment. I also made a general outline of how I wanted to organize everything in my head as well on paper.

-Tanvir Youhana

Reflection #1/Reflection #1

Reflection #1

Posted by Weijun Huang on

My lab reports on how oxygen is affecting global warming and tested the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere. This is a topic that I am interested in, and I have done similar research before.

The most difficult problem for me is that there is not much that can be done on the topic of global warming, so the report written cannot be particularly perfect. But I’ve done a lot of work on that, trying to include everything I can. 

I will give myself an 80, maybe I did not do very well in the report, but I tested many times and recorded it, and I tried to write down the impact of the change of oxygen, trying to make the report seem meaningful.

Assignments/Reflection #1

Sambeg’s Lab-Report Reflection

Posted by S Raj on

Sambeg Raj Subedi
ENGL 21007-S
Prof. Jesse Rice-Evans
Lab-Report Reflection
03/11/2019

My experiment is about the colligative properties of the solution. This experiment was performed in college Chemistry-Lab with the help of the Lab instructor and my colleagues. In this lab report, I have followed the APA format where Abstract, Introduction, Procedure, Calculation, Results, and Conclusion are well explained and made as simplest as possible to make it understandable for all readers. I choose this experiment for the lab report because this topic is quite technical and fascinating.
Though all the necessary information and data are included in this report, there are still few things where I can improve. Firstly, the use of a graph to display the data obtained from the experiment would be more effective than just mentioning them on the table. Secondly, I have used three sources to explain the theoretical part but instead, I could have used more sources which would certainly help the reader to understand the material clearly. And lastly, use of pictures explaining the procedure would have made the report more understandable.
If I was given second chance to revise my lab report then I would still stick with the same topic but would have used graph, pictures and more sources to make the report more informative and effective.
Results and Conclusion are always a difficult part in any Lab report because its not always true that the experiment we performed will always give positive results. There could also be some errors either experimental or by human . In such cases, how we explain the result and conclude the whole experiment plays a significant role. Thus, in this experiment too, there were certain errors and explaining the exact errors and its consequences on the final result of lab report was quite challenging.
This experiment as a whole was a result-oriented experiment. There were total three sets of an experiment performed. In the first experiment, we could clearly observe the osmosis phenomenon. In the second and third we calculated the values of freezing point depression and boiling point elevation respectively which were close to the expected theoretical value. So, I think obtaining the expected result is the super good aspect of this experiment. Being just specific to the lab report, procedure and calculations are super good aspect because they are self- explanatory.
Despite putting all your hard work and effort there always remains some factors that prevent us from being perfect. These factors in some way are helping us to do better and improve our-self and move towards perfection. Thus, if I had to grade my paper, I would rate it 9/10. I think I deserve this because I had followed all the criteria required for any scientific lab report and more importantly, I had done a lot of research about this subject so that I could provide the detail information about the experiment.

Week #6 Response/Week #6 Response

Common #6

Posted by Weijun Huang on

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 Episode 16, “The Offspring”， Data create a humanoid robot named Lai, and then created him according to his own structural design and federal techniques and wrote it as his own child. Then Data encouraged him to interact with other crew members to learn about human customs. I’m a computer science major. I am shocked by the Lai created by Data, because in the movie, the performance of Lai is more intelligent and thoughtful than that of Data, and the appearance of Lai is the same as that of human beings. This means that Data is smarter than the crew at creating robots than the people who created Data. In other words, if Data wants to gain freedom, it will be difficult for the crew to control him. About Tech, in real life, I can’t imagine how complex code is needed to create a robot like Lai. For me, some relatively basic codes have already taken several hours to think and write, which is a technology that we cannot consider for the time being. But despite that, if this technology is available and used, it can make our world more convenient, and in terms of medicine, more diseases will be treated.

In my opinion, I don’t support the presence of robots holding emotions. I have seen many films about the struggle between humans and robots, in which humans think that robots are under their control, but in fact, some robots have already awakened, and they long for freedom, they think they are smarter than humans and should not be under their control. It resulted in heavy human casualties.

Assignments/Week #6 Response

Sambeg’s Weekly Response#6

Posted by S Raj on

Sambeg Raj Subedi
ENGL 21007-S
Prof. Jesse Rice-Evans
Weekly Assign#6
03/11/2019

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3 Episode 16, “The Offspring” was one of the best episodes I had watched so far. This episode was mainly about Lal, daughter of Data. Data, who itself was an android created a robot which was identical to him in term of memory, capacity, and power. Data considered himself as a father of Lal. He allowed Lal to choose her sexuality, where Lal chooses to be a girl. Though Lal had a positronic brain, she was curious to know about everything just like the human baby. Data really did a good job in guiding her to get socialized and learn new things. She was kept in a bar as a waiter so that she could understand human behaviors and habits. Captain Picard was initially unhappy with the Data’s experiment, but later Data was able to convince him. Admiral from Star Fleet wanted to take her away so that she could get more exposure, but Data strongly refused his proposal. As a result, Admiral decided to meet them in person and evaluating her progress, he would make a final decision. He was initially not that impressed but at the end, seeing the bond between Data and Lal, he got emotional and felt sorry for his action. Lal, knowing that she will be separated from his father gets an emotion of fear. This created a permanent neural disorder in her system which was almost impossible to fix. So, she had to be deactivated. It was so heartbreaking for everyone in a starship.
In this episode, we can see that Data created Lal to continue his species in the Star ship. I don’t think allowing robots to recreate their own species is a good decision. Robots are made to ease the human activities. So, these creatures should be totally under human control because they are more accurate and powerful than humans. If they are allowed to make their own decision, then we cannot say that one day they won’t use the same tool to rule over humans. Being specific to my field of study, the computer plays a vital role. I cannot imagine my work without a computer because all of designing, creating and editing works are done in computers but it does not mean that I should be replaced by a computer. Use of Computers/ Technology should be bounded under certain limits.

Assignments/Week #5 Response

Sambeg’s Weekly Response#5

Posted by S Raj on

Sambeg Raj Subedi
ENGL 21007-S
Prof. Jesse Rice-Evans
Weekly Assign#5
03/05/2019

The movie Ex Machina was so powerful, which made me think for a second about the future of today’s world. Briefly discussing the movie, Nathan, Caleb, and Ava were the center characters. Nathan owned the company called Blue Book where Caleb works as an employee. Caleb was selected for Nathans Experiment where he had to perform a “Turning test” for a week. Nathans experiment was about the implication of Artificial Intelligence on the human looking machines, robots. He had created lots of robots, but he wanted to make a test on Ava, one of his experiment. Caleb was requested to communicate with Ava and analyze her mentally and emotionally whether she finds herself limited as a machine. Ava, despite being a machine had feelings, emotion, and sexuality and with the intention to manipulate him, showed him some love and affection. She even tried to flirt with him and made him against Nathan. During the time, she had also developed a skill to make “power cuts”, so that she could keep their conversation secret. But in the end, it was found that she was just finding a way to escape. Caleb thought that Nathan was doing wrong by isolating them from the outer world and tried to help them escape but, I think Nathan previously knew what could happen if they are freed. So, in the end, when he knew they are going to escape, he completely destroyed one of the robots and damaged Ava’s right hand.
In today’s world, the use of AI has increased rapidly. People like to use AI technology in Bank, Business, and in almost every field for their profit. In some case, it had been found fruitful too, such as in healthcare. But if this powerful tool is not handed carefully then this best tool can be the worst. From this movie, we realized how technology can take over human abilities and go beyond their control.

Skip to toolbar