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(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Soon enough, say some engineers, miniature wireless sensors will be located in spots where it would be inconvenient, to say the least, to change their batteries inside your body, within the steel and concrete of buildings, in the dangerous innards of chemical plants. But today, even the most robust nodes can be counted on to last only a few years. Ideally, engineers need wireless sensors that can last forever without external power sources or battery changes. According to research presented in December at the International Electron Devices Meeting, in Baltimore, that dream is within reach. What inconvenience is mentioned in the text?

(IME -2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Soon enough, say some engineers, miniature wireless sensors will be located in spots where it would be inconvenient, to say the least, to change their batteries inside your body, within the steel and concrete of buildings, in the dangerous innards of chemical plants. But today, even the most robust nodes can be counted on to last only a few years. Ideally, engineers need wireless sensors that can last forever without external power sources or battery changes. According to research presented in December at the International Electron Devices Meeting, in Baltimore, that dream is within reach. What does the sentence According to research presented in December at the International Electron Devices Meeting, in Baltimore, that dream is within reach. imply about the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Soon enough, say some engineers, miniature wireless sensors will be located in spots where it would be inconvenient, to say the least, to change their batteries inside your body, within the steel and concrete of buildings, in the dangerous innards of chemical plants. But today, even the most robust nodes can be counted on to last only a few years. Ideally, engineers need wireless sensors that can last forever without external power sources or battery changes. According to research presented in December at the International Electron Devices Meeting, in Baltimore, that dream is within reach. The expression to say the least in the text suggests that

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Recently, I was looking for something online, or probably browsing aimlessly, when I happened on a name I hadnt thought of since I was a child: Alfred P. Morgan. Someone had uploaded a digitized version of The Boy Electrician. I was instantly swept back more than half a century to my local library. In my mind I saw the familiar metal shelving and the blue-gray binding of my favorite book, also written and illustrated by Morgan: The Boys First Book of Radio and Electronics. What is known about Alfred P. Morgan?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Recently, I was looking for something online, or probably browsing aimlessly, when I happened on a name I hadnt thought of since I was a child: Alfred P. Morgan. Someone had uploaded a digitized version of The Boy Electrician. I was instantly swept back more than half a century to my local library. In my mind I saw the familiar metal shelving and the blue-gray binding of my favorite book, also written and illustrated by Morgan: The Boys First Book of Radio and Electronics. Which of the following expressions is a synonym for aimlessly on the first line of the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) An old axiom says that in order to know where you are going, you first have to know where you are. To that, add that you should know which way you are facing. Makers of wireless handsets, proving the old axiom true, have already installed Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and are now poised to flood the market with phones containing tiny electronic compasses that allow the gadget to sense exactly what direction its facing. What general idea underlies the paragraph?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) An old axiom says that in order to know where you are going, you first have to know where you are. To that, add that you should know which way you are facing. Makers of wireless handsets, proving the old axiom true, have already installed Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and are now poised to flood the market with phones containing tiny electronic compasses that allow the gadget to sense exactly what direction its facing. Complete the sentence according to the text: A (an) _____ will let you know where you are, whereas to know which direction you are looking you need a (an) ______.

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) An old axiom says that in order to know where you are going, you first have to know where you are. To that, add that you should know which way you are facing. Makers of wireless handsets, proving the old axiom true, have already installed Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and are now poised to flood the market with phones containing tiny electronic compasses that allow the gadget to sense exactly what direction its facing. What is known about the makers of wireless handsets?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) As both an electrical engineer and a Jesuit priest, Lammert B. Otten can lead a spiritual retreat just as easily as a dam-building project in Zambia. As an engineer, he says, youre concreting with God to make life better for people. What task below could Lammert B. Otten be legally in charge of?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. Considering the central idea of the passage, which of the following suggested titles is suitable to the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. What expression could replace malintent in the second paragraph still keeping the same meaning for the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. What is true about the ideas mentioned in the text?

(IME - 2010/2011 - 1 FASE) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which operates airport security checkpoints in the United States, is spending upward of US$ 7 million a year trying to develop technology that can detect the evil intent of the terrorists among us. Yes, you read that correctly: They plan to find the bad guys by reading their minds. Dozens of researchers across the country are in the middle of a five year program contracted primarily to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, in Cambridge, Mass. Theyve developed a psycho-physiological theory of malintent basically, a hodgepodge of behaviorism and biometrics according to which physiological chances can give away a terrorists intention to do immediate harm. So far, theyve spent US$ 20 million on biometric research, sensors, and a series of tests and demonstrations. This technology is called the Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). The underlying theory is that your body reacts, in measurable and largely involuntary ways, to reveal the nature of your intentions. So as you wait in line at the airport checkpoint, thermal and other types of cameras and laser- and radar -based sensors will try to get a fix on the baseline parameters of your autonomic nervous system your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes. Then, as a security officer asks you a few questions, the sensors will remeasure those parameters so that the FAST algorithms can figure out whether youre naughty or nice, all on the spot, without knowing anything else about you. According to the text, your body temperature, your heart rate and respiration, your skins moistness, and the very look in your eyes

(IME - 2010/2011) Answer the following question, IN ENGLISH, giving your personal opinion. Answer each question in around 25 words. 41.1. What is it that does not yet exist and you would like to see invented? Why?

(IME -2010/2011 - 1 FASE) Its a little surprising that the land of Sir Isaac Newton does not have its own space agency. An attempt to fill that void came with the announcement in June that the United Kingdom would create a bureaucracy busting organization to oversee British civilian space and satellite activities. What does the author of the passage refer to by the term void?