STSFINALS

• The Information Age is

  defined as a “period starting

  in the last quarter of the 20th

  century when information

  became effortlessly

  accessible through

  publications and through the

  management of information

  by computers and computer

  networks”
• Computers

  are among the

  most

  important

  contributions

  of advances in

  the

  Information

  Age to

  society.
• PERSONAL COMPUTER

  It is single-user

  instrument.
• DESKTOP COMPUTER It is

  described as a PC that is not

  designed for portability.
• LAPTOPS these are portable

  computers that integrate the

  essentials of a desktop computer.
• PERSONAL DIGITAL

  ASSISTANTS these are

  tightly integrated computers that

  usually have no keyboards but

  rely on a touch screen for user

  input.
• SERVER It refers to a computer that

  has been improved to provide

  network services to other computers.
• MAINFRAMES these are huge

  computer systems that can fill

  an entire room.
• WEARABLE COMPUTERS

  they involve materials that are

  usually integrated into cell

  phones, watches, and other

  small objects or places.
• “TRUTHS OF THE INFORMATION AGE”

  INFORMATION MUST COMPETE,

  NEWER IS EQUATED WITH TRUER,

  SELECTION IS A VIEWPOINT,

  THE MEDIA SELLS WHAT THE CULTURE BUYS,

  THE EARLY WORD GETS THE PERM,

  YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT AND SO IS YOUR BRAIN,

  ANYTHING IN GREAT DEMAND WILL BE

  COUNTERFEITED,

  IDEAS ARE SEEN AS CONTROVERSIAL,

  UNDEAD INFORMATION WALKS EVER ON,

  MEDIA PRESENCE CREATES THE STORY,

  THE MEDIUM SELECTS THE MESSAGE,

  THE WHOLE TRUTH IS A PURSUIT
• Claude E. Shannon,

  an American Mathematician who was

  considered as the "Father of

  Information Theory."
• The Internet contains

  a vast collection of

  highly valuable

  information but it may

  also contain

  unreliable, biased

  information that

  mislead people.
• Bioinformatics

  is the application of

  information technology to

  store, organize, and analyze

  vast amount of biological

  data
• BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM Is defined as the vast

  variety of life forms in the

  entire earth. It

  encompasses all kinds of

  life forms, from the

  single-celled organisms to

  the largest multicelled

  organisms.
• biodiversity Is the source of the

  essential goods and

  ecological services that

  constitute the source of

  life for all and it has

  direct consumptive

  value in food,

  agriculture, medicine,

  and in industry.
• Alteration in any system

  could bring varied

  effects.
• Medicinal plant use is the

  most common medication tool

  in traditional medicine and

  complementary medicine

  worldwide.
• In 2001, Rosalie Ellasus, a former overseas

  Filipino worker in Singapore turned farmer,

  attended the Integrated Pest Management –

  Farmers Field School and was introduced to Bt

  Corn, a genetically modified corn that is

  resistant to the destructive Asian corn borer.
• Genetic engineering has

  been with the human

  society since selective

  breeding was introduced to

  humankind and when

  animals were

  domesticated.
• Genetically modified organism

  is the term used for an organism created

  through genetic engineering.
• FLOWER PRODUCTION – GMOs in flower production

  are seen in modified color and extended vase life flowers.
• PAPER PRODUCTION – modified characteristics of trees

  for higher yield of paper production.
• PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTIONS – modified

  plants to produce pharmaceutical products.
• BIOREMEDIATION – use of modified plants that can

  assist in the bioremediation of polluted sites.
• ENZYME AND DRUG PRODUCTION – use of modified

  microorganisms that can produce enzymes for food

  processing and medicines.
• GMOS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD – genetic engineering is

  playing a significant role from diagnosis to treatment of

  human-dreaded diseases. It helps in the production of drugs,

  gene therapy, and laboratory researches.
• The use of nanoscale is

  one important interdisciplinary area generated

  by advancement in science and technology.
• A nanometer is a billionth

  of a meter, or 10-9 of a

  meter.
• German

  engineers Emst Ruska and Max

  Knoll built the first electron

  microscope during the 1930s.
• Atomic force microscope It

  was first developed by Gerd Binig,

  Calvin Quate, and Christoph Gerber

  in 1986.
• Scanning tunneling microscope

  This special type of microscope

  enables scientists to view and

  manipulate nanoscale particles,

  atoms, and small molecules.
• BOTTOM-UP FABRICATION It manufactures

  products by building them up from atomic- and

  molecularscale components.
• TOP-DOWN FABRICATION It trims down large pieces

  of materials into nanoscale.
• bioinformatics is

  the key to rational drug

  discovery.
• Look for an “About” or “More About

  the Author” link at the top, bottom or

  sidebar of the webpage.
• Look at the domain name of the

  website that will tell you who is

  hosting the site.
• .edu= educational

  .com= commercial

  .mil = military

  .gov = government

  .org = nonprofit
• WHAT IS THE MAIN

  PURPOSE OF THE

  SITE? WHY DID THE

  AUTHOR WRITE IT

  AND WHY DID THE

  PUBLISHER POST IT?
• WHO IS THE

  INTENDED

  AUDIENCE?
• Timeliness: When was the

  website first published? Is it

  regularly updated? Check for

  dates at the bottom of each

  page on the site.