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Imagine never again having to plug your phone into a wall outlet to charge it.
That's the world that João Paulo Lammoglia, a Rio de Janeiro-based industrial designer, imagines.
Lammoglia designed a mask, appropriately called AIRE, that uses small wind turbines to convert an individual's breath into electrical energy, making it so that any act of breathing -- even while sleeping or running -- would theoretically charge your gadget.
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Don't hold your breath for this just yet, though: Lammoglia said that for now, it's just a concept. "At this moment, we don't have the technology for it," he told The Huffington Post.
But selling the product isn't the point of the design, he said. "I believe the concept is the most important because it gives another perspective about how to look at energy," he said, adding that he hopes it inspires people to think "outside the box" about energy solutions. "I've always been concerned about environmental problems, so that's why I develop these concepts."
Lammoglia said that the inspiration for AIRE -- which won a Red Dot Design Awardfor Design Concept in 2011 -- came from seeing children blowing on pinwheels.
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My choices... are:
Computer Science vs Computer Engineering.
And I am leaning toward computer engineering.
Computer Science vs Computer Engineering
What is computer science?
Computer science (CS) is the systematic study of algorithmic methods for representing and transforming information, including their theory, design, implementation, application, and efficiency. The discipline emerged in the 1950s from the development of computability theory and the invention of the stored-program electronic computer. The roots of computer science extend deeply into mathematics and engineering. Mathematics imparts analysis to the field; engineering imparts design. The main branches of computer science are the following:
Algorithms is the study of effective and efficient procedures of solving problems on a computer.
Theory of computation concerns the meaning and complexity of algorithms and the limits of what can be computed in principle.
Computer architecture concerns the structure and functionality of computers and their implementation in terms of electronic technologies.
Software systems is the study of the structure and implementation of large programs. It includes the study of programming languages and paradigms, programming environments, compilers, and operating systems.
Artificial intelligence concerns the computational understanding of what is commonly called intelligent behavior and the creation of artifacts that exhibit such behavior.
Other important topics in computer science include computer graphics, databases, networks and protocols, numerical methods, operating systems, parallel computing, simulation and modeling, and software engineering.
What is computer engineering?
Computer engineering (CEN) is the design and prototyping of computing devices and systems. While sharing much history and many areas of interest with computer science, computer engineering concentrates its effort on the ways in which computing ideas are mapped into working physical systems. Emerging equally from the disciplines of computer science and electrical engineering, computer engineering rests on the intellectual foundations of these disciplines, the basic physical sciences and mathematics. The main branches of computer engineering are the following:
Networks is concerned with design and implementation of distributed computing environments, from local area networks to the World Wide Web.
Multimedia computing is the blending of data from text, speech, music, still image, video and other sources into a coherent datastream, and its effective management, coding-decoding and display.
VLSI systems involves the tools, properties and design of micro-miniaturized electronic devices (Very Large Scale Integrated circuits).
Reliable computing and advanced architectures considers how fault-tolerance can be built into hardware and software, methods for parallel computing, optical computing, and testing.
Other important topics in computer engineering include display engineering, image and speech processing, pattern recognition, robotics, sensors and computer perception.
Should I pursue computer science or computer engineering?
Scientists and engineers are both interested in the nature of things, in understanding how ideas and objects in the world fit together. But in general, they seek to understand the nature of reality with different ends in mind: the scientist seeks this understanding as an end in itself, the engineer in order to build things. Thus CS is closer to the underlying theory of computation, with its roots in mathematics, and CEN is closer to the design of physical devices, with roots in physics and chemistry as well. Students with an urge to build things, to measure how things work in the laboratory, those attracted to physics and chemistry as well as mathematics, should seriously consider CEN. Students with an interest in the true nature of symbols, information and their manipulations, the forms and limits of algorithms and data structures, should consider CS. Of the three great divisions in computing, namely theory, software and hardware, to a first approximation theory goes with CS, hardware with CEN, and software with both, but mainly with CS. The more general the software, the closer to CS; the more hardware-specific, the closer to CEN. Thus a student interested in creating his own new general-purpose computer language would best be served by a CS degree program, while one interested in designing a software interface for a new high speed serial device by the CEN degree program. Students undecided between the CS and CEN programs are urged to discuss the matter in depth with academic advisors within the CSE department, the College of Arts and Sciences (which administers the CS programs), and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (which administers the CEN program).
Methodology Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more.
Have you ever considered a degree in engineering? If you're determined to find a job that pays top dollar, you'd be wise to study math and science. Lucrative careers exist for the history, English and foreign language majors out there, too, but they're harder to find. See our list of undergraduate degrees by salary.
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Annual pay for Bachelors graduates without higher degrees. Typical starting graduates have 2 years of experience; mid-career have 15 years. See full methodology for more.
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Best Undergrad College Degrees By Salary - Full List
STARTING MEDIAN PAY
MID-CAREER MEDIAN PAY
Petroleum Engineering
$97,900
$155,000
Chemical Engineering
$64,500
$109,000
Electrical Engineering (EE)
$61,300
$103,000
Materials Science & Engineering
$60,400
$103,000
Aerospace Engineering
$60,700
$102,000
Computer Engineering (CE)
$61,800
$101,000
Physics
$49,800
$101,000
Applied Mathematics
$52,600
$98,600
Computer Science (CS)
$56,600
$97,900
Nuclear Engineering
$65,100
$97,800
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
$53,800
$97,800
Economics
$47,300
$94,700
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
$58,400
$94,500
Statistics
$49,000
$93,800
Industrial Engineering (IE)
$57,400
$93,100
Civil Engineering (CE)
$53,100
$90,200
Mathematics
$47,000
$89,900
Environmental Engineering
$51,700
$88,600
Management Information Systems (MIS)
$51,000
$88,200
Software Engineering
$54,900
$87,800
Finance
$46,500
$87,300
Government
$41,400
$87,300
Construction Management
$50,200
$85,200
Supply Chain Management
$50,200
$84,700
Biochemistry (BCH)
$41,700
$84,700
Industrial Design (ID)
$44,400
$84,400
Electrical Engineering Technology (EET)
$55,100
$84,300
Food Science
$43,300
$83,700
International Business
$41,600
$83,700
Civil Engineering Technology (CET)
$46,600
$83,300
Geology
$45,300
$83,300
Computer Information Systems (CIS)
$47,900
$83,100
Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET)
$51,600
$81,200
Molecular Biology
$40,500
$81,200
Chemistry
$42,000
$80,900
Film Production
$41,600
$80,700
Political Science (PolySci)
$39,900
$80,100
Biotechnology
$40,800
$79,900
International Relations
$40,500
$79,400
Occupational Health and Safety
$46,400
$79,000
American Studies
$43,400
$78,600
Information Technology (IT)
$48,300
$78,500
Industrial Technology (IT)
$48,100
$78,400
Information Systems (IS)
$48,300
$78,100
Telecommunications
$37,300
$78,100
Urban Planning
$41,500
$78,000
Accounting
$44,700
$75,700
Philosophy
$39,800
$75,600
Zoology
$38,000
$75,200
Advertising
$37,700
$74,700
Architecture
$41,500
$74,400
Marketing & Communications
$38,200
$73,500
Literature
$39,100
$73,200
Fashion Design
$36,300
$72,400
Global & International Studies
$37,800
$72,000
Biology
$37,900
$71,900
Environmental Science
$40,200
$71,200
Linguistics
$39,800
$70,700
Business
$41,000
$70,500
Microbiology
$38,500
$70,100
Nursing
$52,700
$69,300
History
$37,800
$69,000
Public Administration
$40,400
$68,900
Hotel Management
$36,100
$68,700
Forestry
$41,500
$67,200
Communications
$38,000
$66,900
Landscape Architecture
$41,900
$66,700
Geography
$39,600
$66,700
Journalism
$36,100
$66,400
Health Sciences
$35,800
$66,200
English
$37,100
$65,800
Public Relations (PR)
$35,500
$65,700
French
$38,400
$65,500
Sports Management
$35,400
$65,100
Liberal Arts
$37,800
$63,200
Anthropology
$35,600
$63,200
Human Resources (HR)
$37,900
$62,600
Organizational Management (OM)
$42,300
$61,900
Agriculture
$38,600
$61,500
Psychology
$35,000
$61,300
Medical Technology
$45,100
$60,900
Health Care Administration
$36,700
$60,900
Sociology
$36,100
$60,500
Radio & Television
$35,000
$60,000
Hospitality & Tourism
$35,900
$59,500
Visual Communication
$35,600
$59,000
Criminal Justice
$35,300
$58,900
Fine Arts
$35,900
$58,600
Spanish
$36,400
$58,400
Interior Design
$34,300
$58,200
Humanities
$34,900
$57,800
Horticulture
$39,600
$57,300
Theater
$34,700
$57,300
Music
$36,800
$57,200
Graphic Design
$35,600
$56,500
Fashion Merchandising
$36,800
$56,300
Dietetics
$41,500
$56,100
Education
$36,800
$54,700
Kinesiology
$34,200
$54,600
Photography
$32,900
$54,500
Nutrition
$38,600
$54,400
Interdisciplinary Studies (IS)
$36,300
$54,400
Exercise Science
$33,100
$54,400
Social Science
$36,600
$54,300
Drama
$37,800
$54,200
Multimedia and Web Design
$40,400
$53,900
Animal Science
$33,800
$53,700
Paralegal/Law
$35,300
$53,500
Art History
$38,300
$53,300
Art
$35,300
$52,400
Theology
$35,600
$52,000
Public Health (PH)
$35,500
$51,700
Athletic Training
$34,600
$50,200
Religious Studies
$32,900
$49,700
Recreation & Leisure Studies
$34,500
$49,100
Special Education
$34,300
$47,800
Culinary Arts
$29,900
$46,800
Social Work (SW)
$32,200
$44,300
Elementary Education
$32,400
$44,000
Child and Family Studies
$29,600
$40,500
Methodology
This chart is based upon PayScale Salary Survey data for full-time employees in the United States who possess a Bachelor's degree and no higher degrees and have majored in the subjects listed above. These results may not represent all graduates with these degrees. All colleges and universities across the nation were included. As a result, median salary figures may be skewed toward large state universities, since these schools have the largest attendance. Salary is the sum of compensation from base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, commissions, and overtime, if applicable. Salary does not include equity (stock) compensation. See full methodology for more.
