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(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) Text 3 Xerox and the Icarus Paradox Schilling, Melissa A. Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, Mc Graw-Hill International Edition, Fourth Edition According to Greek mythology, when King Minos imprisoned the crafstman Daedalus and his son Icarus, Daedalus built wings of wax and feathers so that he and his son could fly to their escape. Icarus was so enthralled by his wings and drawn to the light of the sun that despite his fathers warning, he flew too high. The sun melted his wings, crashing Icarus to death in the sea. This was the inspiration for the now well-known Icarus Paradox that which you excel at can ultimately be your undoing. Success can engender overconfidence, carelessness, and an unquestioning adherence to ones way of doing things. For example, in the 1960s and 1970s, Xerox had such a stranglehold on the photocopier market that it did not pay much attention when new Japanese competition began to infiltrate the market for smaller, inexpensive copiers. Xerox management did not believe competitors would ever be able to produce machines comparable to Xeroxs quality and cost. However, Xerox was dangerously wrong. By the mid-1970s, Xerox was losing market share to the Japanese at an alarming rate. When Canon introduced a copier that sold for less than Xeroxs manufacturing costs, Xerox knew it was in trouble and had to engage in a major benchmarking and restructuring effort to turn the company around ESCOLHA A ALTERNATIVA CORRETA DE ACORDO COM O TEXTO 3 A SEGUIR. What Icarus and the Xerox have in common is that

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) Text 4 Case Study 1: Damage Assessment in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan In November 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city of Tacloban in the Philippines. Soon after, a case the size of a backpack arrived, accompanied by a small team of experts. This pilot project to bring in a UAV, with a range of up to five kilometers and a high-resolution video camera, to assist humanitarian responders was the work of a partnership between several private sector firms and NetHope, a consortium of NGOs. The Philippines lacked the necessary regulations, so the use of the UAV was cleared by a special agreement with the Mayor of Tacloban. The UAV was covered with insurance that covered damage or injury due to malfunction. The UAV was used first to identify where to set up a base of operations, and then to check if roads were passable, a task that could take days when done on foot or by helicopter. The UAV was also flown up the coast to evaluate damage from storm surge and flooding and to see which villages had been affected. The aerial assessments really helped to speed up efforts, cut down on wasted time and work, and make them more accurate in their targeting of assistance. It was also suggested that the UAV might have located survivors in the rubble using infrared cameras if it had arrived within 72 hours. Interest is building in developing local capacity for using UAVs in disaster response. SkyEye Inc., a local start-up, is working with the Ateneo de Manila University to train five teams across the Philippines to locally deploy UAVs in preparation for next typhoon season. UAV= unmanned aerial vehicle NGOs= Non-Governmental Organizations Disponvel em http://www.unocha.org/about-us/publications/flagship-publications/*/72 Acesso em 15 Abr 2015. ESCOLHA A ALTERNATIVA CORRETA DE ACORDO COM O TEXTO 4 A SEGUIR.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) Text 4 Case Study 1: Damage Assessment in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan In November 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city of Tacloban in the Philippines. Soon after, a case the size of a backpack arrived, accompanied by a small team of experts. This pilot project to bring in a UAV, with a range of up to five kilometers and a high-resolution video camera, to assist humanitarian responders was the work of a partnership between several private sector firms and NetHope, a consortium of NGOs. The Philippines lacked the necessary regulations, so the use of the UAV was cleared by a special agreement with the Mayor of Tacloban. The UAV was covered with insurance that covered damage or injury due to malfunction. The UAV was used first to identify where to set up a base of operations, and then to check if roads were passable, a task that could take days when done on foot or by helicopter. The UAV was also flown up the coast to evaluate damage from storm surge and flooding and to see which villages had been affected. The aerial assessments really helped to speed up efforts, cut down on wasted time and work, and make them more accurate in their targeting of assistance. It was also suggested that the UAV might have located survivors in the rubble using infrared cameras if it had arrived within 72 hours. Interest is building in developing local capacity for using UAVs in disaster response. SkyEye Inc., a local start-up, is working with the Ateneo de Manila University to train five teams across the Philippines to locally deploy UAVs in preparation for next typhoon season. UAV= unmanned aerial vehicle NGOs= Non-Governmental Organizations Disponvel em http://www.unocha.org/about-us/publications/flagship-publications/*/72 Acesso em 15 Abr 2015. ESCOLHA A ALTERNATIVA CORRETA DE ACORDO COM O TEXTO 4 A SEGUIR.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) Text 4 Case Study 1: Damage Assessment in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan In November 2013, Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city of Tacloban in the Philippines. Soon after, a case the size of a backpack arrived, accompanied by a small team of experts. This pilot project to bring in a UAV, with a range of up to five kilometers and a high-resolution video camera, to assist humanitarian responders was the work of a partnership between several private sector firms and NetHope, a consortium of NGOs. The Philippines lacked the necessary regulations, so the use of the UAV was cleared by a special agreement with the Mayor of Tacloban. The UAV was covered with insurance that covered damage or injury due to malfunction. The UAV was used first to identify where to set up a base of operations, and then to check if roads were passable, a task that could take days when done on foot or by helicopter. The UAV was also flown up the coast to evaluate damage from storm surge and flooding and to see which villages had been affected. The aerial assessments really helped to speed up efforts, cut down on wasted time and work, and make them more accurate in their targeting of assistance. It was also suggested that the UAV might have located survivors in the rubble using infrared cameras if it had arrived within 72 hours. Interest is building in developing local capacity for using UAVs in disaster response. SkyEye Inc., a local start-up, is working with the Ateneo de Manila University to train five teams across the Philippines to locally deploy UAVs in preparation for next typhoon season. UAV= unmanned aerial vehicle NGOs= Non-Governmental Organizations Disponvel em http://www.unocha.org/about-us/publications/flagship-publications/*/72 Acesso em 15 Abr 2015. ESCOLHA A ALTERNATIVA CORRETA DE ACORDO COM O TEXTO 4 A SEGUIR. An advantage of using the UAV is that it

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) ESCOLHA A ORAO QUE COMPLETA A LACUNA DO TEXTO ABAIXO MANTENDO O SENTIDO DO PARGRAFO COMO UM TODO. If we lived on a planet where nothing ever changed, there would be little to do. There would be nothing to figure out. There would be no impetus for science. And if we lived in an unpredictable world, where things changed in random or very complex ways, we would not be able to figure things out. ___________________________. If I throw a stick up in the air, it always falls down. If the sun sets in the west, it always rises again the next morning in the east. And so it becomes possible to figure things out. We can do science, and with it we can improve our lives. Carl Sagan, http://todayinsci.com/S/Sagan_Carl/SaganCarl-Quotations.htm Acessado em 14 de Abril de 2015.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) ENCONTRAM-SE EM DESTAQUE CINCO TERMOS OU EXPRESSES. ASSINALE A ALTERNATIVA CORRESPONDENTE AO TERMO CUJO EMPREGO EST INCORRETO. Ben Jerrys asked his customers to invent their new varieties of ice cream flavors the submitters of the best flavors were given a trip to the Dominican Republic to see a sustainable fair trade cocoa farm. LG similarly used crowdsourcing to develop a new mobile phone, for a reward of $20,000.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) ENCONTRAM-SE EM DESTAQUE CINCO TERMOS OU EXPRESSES. ASSINALE A ALTERNATIVA CORRESPONDENTE AO TERMO CUJO EMPREGO EST INCORRETO. At every stage, Mr. Keating, a 26-year-old doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Lab, has pushed and prodded to get his medical information, collecting an estimated 70 gigabytes of his own patient data by now. His case points to what medical experts say could be gained if patients have had full and easier access to their medical information. Betterinformed patients, they say, are more likely to take better care of themselves.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) ENCONTRAM-SE EM DESTAQUE CINCO TERMOS OU EXPRESSES. ASSINALE A ALTERNATIVA CORRESPONDENTE AO TERMO CUJO EMPREGO EST INCORRETO. As observed in the unique orbits of cosmic dust particles, at small length scales, environmental forces such as solar pressure and the Loretz force can compete with gravity so significantly accelerate a body in space. We propose to employ recent advances in nanofabrication to create a new category of extremely small, low-cost, expendable spacecraft which capitalize on this scaling to enable propellantless propulsion. Such devices could open up new spacecraft mission opportunities, including distributed sensing, scientific research, exploration, and in-orbit inspection of larger satellites.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) ENCONTRAM-SE EM DESTAQUE CINCO TERMOS OU EXPRESSES. ASSINALE A ALTERNATIVA CORRESPONDENTE AO TERMO CUJO EMPREGO EST INCORRETO. One of the challenges in lab safety is that the lab setting becomes very familiar to people who work in it day in and day out. When you do something over and over, your perception of the risk may change even though the risk itself doesnt change, says Lawrence M. Gibbs, associate vice provost for EHS at Stanford. His department tries to use information about incidents to remember researchers not to get too comfortable. In that way, hopefully something positive can come out of Sangjis death. It was a tragic, tragic incident, Gibbs says. We all have to learn from it and use it as reinforcement to help people understand the potential risks of working with high-hazard materials in this environment.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) ENCONTRAM-SE EM DESTAQUE CINCO TERMOS OU EXPRESSES. ASSINALE A ALTERNATIVA CORRESPONDENTE AO TERMO CUJO EMPREGO EST INCORRETO. Since visiting the injured military men and women at Headley Court, Mr Simpson established the On Course Foundation, a military charity that supports the recovery of wounded, injured and sick service personal through golf tuition and jobs in the golf industry.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) Produo de texto TEMA 2) Para o tema abaixo, escreva UM pargrafo EM INGLS de 20 a 30 palavras. Use sua imaginao. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement. Technology can help a countrys defense capability. Support your answer.

(IME - 2015/2016- 2 FASE) Produo de texto TEMA 1) Redija, EM INGLS, uma continuao coerente e coesa de 20 a 30 palavras para o fragmento abaixo. Use sua imaginao. Climate change is not a far-off problem. It is happening now and is having very real consequences on peoples lives. Climate change is disrupting national economies, costing us dearly today and even more tomorrow. But ...