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  2. Digital photography - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] The first published color digital photograph was produced in 1972 by Michael Francis Tompsett using CCD sensor technology and was featured on the cover of Electronics Magazine. It was a picture of his wife, Margaret Tompsett. [12]

  3. One-to-one computing - Wikipedia

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    Disadvantages of 1:1 are controversial, but there are general objections at increasing "screen-time" when the private lives of children also see significant screen-time. There may be psychological and / or physical disadvantages as there are with any technology, including the ones replaced (paper, paint, carrying more books).

  4. Education and technology - Wikipedia

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    In developing countries, technology adoption may be limited, but some countries have made progress in implementing pro-technology policies and advancements in biotechnology. One positive outcome of improved technology in these countries is reduced dependence on developed nations.

  5. Facial recognition system - Wikipedia

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    Facial recognition software at a US airport Automatic ticket gate with face recognition system in Osaka Metro Morinomiya Station. A facial recognition system [1] is a technology potentially capable of matching a human face from a digital image or a video frame against a database of faces.

  6. Nanotechnology - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] Binnig, Quate and Gerber also invented the analogous atomic force microscope that year. Buckminsterfullerene C 60, also known as the buckyball, is a representative member of the carbon structures known as fullerenes. Members of the fullerene family are a major subject of research falling under the nanotechnology umbrella.

  7. Green roof - Wikipedia

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    The main disadvantage of green roofs is that the initial cost of installing a green roof can be double that of a normal roof. [40] Depending on what kind of green roof it is, the maintenance costs could be higher, but some types of green roof have little or no ongoing cost.

  8. Timeline of telescope technology - Wikipedia

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    Construction techniques at the time could not make it, and a workable model was not produced until 10 years later by Robert Hooke. The design is known as ' Gregorian '. A replica of a second reflecting telescope Newton presented to the Royal Society in 1672 (the first one he made in 1668 was loaned to an instrument maker but there is no further ...

  9. 5G - Wikipedia

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    An Android phone, showing that it is connected to a 5G network. In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the successor to 4G technology that provides connectivity to most current mobile phones.