My Bibliography

http://digg.com/odd_stuff/How_Americans_Spend_Their_Time

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&q=365-256&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&q=107%2B149&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=7*365&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060930150421AA4bPLB

http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/television.html

www.dictionary.com

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/lcd.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_crystal_display

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ipod3.htm

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/ipod3.htm

What's in your I-pod?

Much like televisions, I-pods and many other music players also use LCD screens, LCD's are made up of multiple monochrome pixels, or color pixels, that are placed in front of a light reflector so that when light passes through them, it can display a certain color or clarity. I-pods use rechargeable lithium batteries that connect to a click wheel which is the basic control system for the i-pod.

What physics concepts make my computer?

The main part of a computer that people notice the most is the monitor, or the screen. Most of the newer computers use LCD screens or Liquid Crystal Display screens. LCD screen are becoming more and more popular because they are lighter, thinner and use up less energy than CRT screens, or Cathode Ray Tubes. LCD's are made up of multiple monochrome pixels, or color pixels, that are placed in front of a light reflector. LCD is also nice because it does not require a large amount of power to run. Every pixel that is inside of the LCD has one layer of molecules that are placed between transparent electrodes and filters. Light travels through the filters and then the pixels to create the wanted color and clarity.

Definition of pixel: the smallest possible place where an image or part of an image can be shown.

My TV uses physics?

First, How do TV's show all of the colors?
TV's have three tubes of electron beams, when the beams or tubes are turned on or off, this adjusts the brightness of the primary colors. (There are color tubes all over the screen that hold the primary colors in them. These three colors can be mixed together to display other colors)

How does a TV remote work?
Remotes work by using infrared lights. Infrared lights produce diodes which are lights flashing over a thousand times a second. The remote receiver on a TV or VCR can identify the change in the room light versus the infrared lights, then takes the signal as a command and responds by changing the channel of fast forwarding or by doing what ever button you pushed.

Definition of electron beams: A cathode ray tube thats lets electrons out into a electromagnetic apparatus that controls the stream of the electrons.

Definition of infrared: Very fast light that is invisible to the human eye but can be picked up by devices like TV's.

I spend how much time on entertainment?

People are always trying to find ways to entertain themselves. Entertainment comes in many different forms such as television, movies, searching the internet, computer games, computer programs, game boys, game systems, music and music players. Almost everywhere you look technology is being used for entertainment. People are always trying to entertain themselves, it almost like if it is not entertaining or exciting, it is not worth their time.

The average person spends sixty-five days worth of time each year watching T.V., forty-eight days worth of listening to music and the radio, twenty nine days worth of time on the internet and seven days worth or reading for pleasure. (There are a lot of people who spend more or less time on these ways of entertainment, but this is just the average.) All of these days add up to one hundred forty nine days. That only leaves two hundred six days left. And the average person spends one hundred seven days sleeping. This only leaves one hundred nine days for other activities.


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The Outline

We were assigned a project to pick a topic that is interesting to us and find how it can be related to Math or Physics. I chose the topic of Entertainment. Not just movies or television, but also music, plays, etc. Some questions I plan to answer are What percent of a persons life is spent on entertainment purposes? How much money is spent on entertainment weekly by the average family? What percent of a persons annual income is spent on entertainment purposes? I decided to make an informational website to show my work and use it to present my project.


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