Until twenty years ago, Samsung was virtually unknown outside Korea. The firm, the largest of Korea's family-founded and run conglomerates called "Chaebols," the cornerstone of the original government-private axis on which modern South Korea emerged as a powerful economy following Japan's colonial domination, was founded in 1938 as a trading company. In the late 1960's it entered…
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What the heck is a MOOC?
Funny, isn't it how new words enter the language. I was introduced to the term MOOC, which means "Massive Open On-Line Course" in the sense of instructional courses that are offered (usually free) to anyone who registers, only the first of November, and now it's being profiled on NPR shows and written about in the Sunday…
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LED Lights, a Perspective
Okay, hopefully that will create some interest in what otherwise would be the mundane subject of a light bulb. But as Lee Corso says on ESPN, "Not so fast my friend." First, the basics: an LED light bulb is the implementation of Light Emitting Diodes to replace the traditional incandescent bulb that's been with us since the…
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