Port parallèleLe port parallèle est un connecteur situé à l'arrière des ordinateurs compatibles PC reposant sur la communication parallèle. Il est associé à l'interface parallèle Centronics. La communication parallèle a été conçue pour une imprimante imprimant du texte, caractère par caractère. Les imprimantes graphiques (pouvant imprimer des images) ont ensuite continué à utiliser ce système pour profiter de l'interface parallèle normalisée. Le port parallèle est à l'origine unidirectionnel.
Augmentation de l'être humainvignette|Synthèse propulsée par l'énergie électrique, a été imaginée par des chercheurs de l'université de Tsukuba au Japon. L'augmentation de l'être humain (en Human enhancement technologies, HET) se réfère à des tentatives temporaires ou permanentes de surmonter les limites actuelles du corps humain avec des moyens naturels ou artificiels.
Water securityThe aim of water security is to make the most of water's benefits for humans and ecosystems. The second aim is to limit the risks of destructive impacts of water to an acceptable level. These risks include for example too much water (flood), too little water (drought and water scarcity) or poor quality (polluted) water. People who live with a high level of water security always have access to "an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods and production".
Level of measurementLevel of measurement or scale of measure is a classification that describes the nature of information within the values assigned to variables. Psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens developed the best-known classification with four levels, or scales, of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. This framework of distinguishing levels of measurement originated in psychology and has since had a complex history, being adopted and extended in some disciplines and by some scholars, and criticized or rejected by others.
Human genetic enhancementHuman genetic enhancement or human genetic engineering refers to human enhancement by means of a genetic modification. This could be done in order to cure diseases (gene therapy), prevent the possibility of getting a particular disease (similarly to vaccines), to improve athlete performance in sporting events (gene doping), or to change physical appearance, metabolism, and even improve physical capabilities and mental faculties such as memory and intelligence.
