you hear about Ultimate Frisbee, you should first know the history of the Frisbee. The Frisbie Pie Company sold their pies all over the East Coast, and it just happened that the pie tins were easy to throw around. At Yale, students began to make up games to play with the tins, and started to call them “Frisbees”. The name stuck and tossing the tins around became popular at many East Coast colleges. Several years later, an inventor decided to recreate the Frisbee tin. He wanted to make it out of plastic
Water and Salt water sound similar, at first you would think that but as soon as you research either of them you’ll find that the only thing they have one thing in common water. This pair brings to mind somewhat of a similar situation in golf and frisbee golf. One would think that you frisbee golf is just golf with a frisbee but this is not so it s deeper than that. When you experience both of these it come to you, although they share similar names golf and frisbee golf have many differences between
longevity of the throw Seth Sunday Ever wonder if the weight of a Frisbee affects how far you can throw it? I have. This experiment is designed to figure out if a heavier Frisbee goes farther or closer than a lighter Frisbee. Frisbee(discs) In the year 1871, a man by the name William Russell Frisbie moved to bransford Connecticut where his dad had operated a grist mill. he was hired to be the manager of a branch of the bakery, William soon after bought the bakery and renamed it the
it was and what it is now. When before 1960s virtual reality existed, it was popular with the term "Pygmalion's Spectacles". Then there was "View-Master" a device in which there was a circular disc having small pictures in it and to view these pictures a person has to use a viewer where he places the disc inside of the designated place and then view in the direction of light. Then from the year 2000 onwards there were many platforms
Video games have revolutionized the way we play games. The coming of age in the now famous Silicone Valley, random dots, smarter terminals, cycle time, and lower cost, has made many people millions of dollars. It all started from other games, such as arcade games and board games. From one computer, to the technology of video game consoles, many companies have thrived in the gaming industry, while others have failed. Magnavox, Atari, Sega, Nintendo, PlayStation, and X-box are some of the successes
History of the Ancient Olympic Games The Ancient Greek Olympics were not only sporting events, it was a celebration to honor the great and powerful Zeus. The Ancient Olympics were held every four years at the famous Olympia, a district of Elis, here all free Greek men were allowed to compete. The first record of the Olympic Games was held in 776 B.C. The main sports were the Pentathlon, the Equestrian Events, Pankration, and Boxing. The Pentathlon was the name for the five events in Greek gymnastics:
Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) is the most recent game consoles by Sony Inc. to come out. Becoming the trilogy of the Playstation series, the PS3 packs many of the same or similar characteristics as the Playstation 2 (PS2). But it also has its own characteristics which places it on another level. Being a highly priced console (ranging from $400-$600), there is a lot offered from the PS3 console. It includes high-definition graphics (HDTV compatible), a Blu-ray disc hard drive, wireless controllers, Gigabit
His own grandfather put him and Danae, his mom, in a box and threw him into the sea when he was a baby! He accidentally killed his grandfather, Acrisius, when a he threw a flying discuss and the wind took it. He was participating in athletic games. The disc knocked directly into his head, but since he was older this just killed him. However, by killing Acrisius, Perseus was fulfilling a prophecy given before he was born. Everyone knows you can not interfere with
Technology and Art Many centuries ago, art was rendered inaccessible by the masses and was reserved for the few high society members who had the means of access to appreciate history in the making. Through the use of technology, art has been made hugely accessible by the ability to trade media forms, mainly through the Internet and other technological means. Much like the printing press was for literature with Gutenberg in 1445, technology has heightened art and moreover, the expression
that. Welcome to the Olympics. “May the odds be ever in your favor!” - Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games. Greece is the origin of the Olympics, plain and simple. The Olympics were traced to 776 BC, in the 8th century B.C. They were supposedly created by Hercules. They were first held for just one day, but then were extended in the 7th century B.C., to three days. In the 5th century B.C., the games were extended again to cover five days. The Olympics continued for nearly 12 centuries, until Emperor
necessary to be on a computer at that young of an age learning the information that parents should be teaching? Try to think ahead a decade latter to a college algebra course. The only resources are a computer and a poorly designed math program on compact disc. Confusion arises, you do not understand how to do functions and the computer’s method is just not working. All that is wanted is a straight answer from a real teacher, and the computer cannot possibly offer that. For both the child and the college
first silicon chip or integrated circuit, 1960 Theodore Harold Maiman invents the Laser, 1961 first man in space is Uri Gagarin and David Paul Gregg invents the Optical disc, 1963 Douglas Engelbart invents the Computer mouse, 1967 John Shepherd-Barron invents the Automatic Teller Machine, 1968 Ralph H. Baer invents the Video game console, Ted Nelson with Andries van Dam invent Hypertext, 1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the moon and Ray Tomlinson invents E-mail, 1971 James Fergason invents the Liquid
Call of Duty, also known as “Cod” has, as many know it as, has become one of todays most popular video games. So popular, that Cod has raked in more money than the highest grossing movie in America. However, despite it’s popularity, Cod is killing the gaming industry. Many may be puzzled why a game so popular could possibly be ruining the gaming industry, but it is. Cod is affecting the gaming industry through it’s popularity and influence. First however, One must know the reasons for Call of Duties
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we do not understand difference between the myths of pseudoscience, New Age thinking and fundamental zealotry and the testable hypothesis of science? Can we prevent such celebrated fallacies such as witchcraft, faith healings, demons, and UFO’s from virtually banishing scientific thought? Science carries us toward an understanding of how the world is, rather than how we would wish it to be. Though its findings
The Odyssey Set in ancient Greece, The Odyssey is about the hero Odysseus' long-awaited return from the Trojan War to his homeland, Ithaca, after ten years of wandering. The current action of The Odyssey occupies the last six weeks of the ten years, and the narrative includes many places - Olympus, Ithaca, Pylos, Pherae, Sparta, Ogygia, and Scheria. In Books 9-12, Odysseus narrates the story of his travels in the years after the fall of Troy, and this narrative includes other far-flung places