Information Literacy Samuel Bernstein

Samuel Bernstein
9/22/2015
Computer Applications

Assignment 1: Information Literacy

The article I found speaks about emerging technology created by DARPA that gives
human prosthetics the ability to send signals back to the users brain. Little sensors inside the
prosthetics work like the nerves in your fingers in that they send signals when they are touched.
Through small wires connected to the users central nervous system, the user can feel the signals
in the same way that they would with a regular hand. This is a big leap forward in innovation
because without this ability, users would need to be looking at their prosthetics just to use them.
(Storrs, 2015)

Finding related articles:

Using Google. Keywords - prosthetic, sense, electrodes.
Results - (Lauritsen, 2015)

Using Bing. Keywords prosthetic, sense, electrodes.

Results - (Costandi, 2015)

Article TRAAP Evaluation

1. Storrs article was written this year on September 15 and was never updated.
2. It describes the topic while also expanding on the ideas within the topic.
3. Carina Storrs has posted her CV showing she has experience and qualifications in both
journalism and medical sciences.
4. The article was written about DARPA who also publicized the same information, thus
showing that the article is factual. Everything the article states can be backed up by other
sources.
5. The article was written for the sole purpose of informing the audience about the
innovation in technology.

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Using the CCBC Library

With the keyword prosthetic in the Smart Search Database, I found two articles:
(Sciences, 2014) and (Wei, Dong, Zheng, & Huang, 2015). Using the Smart Search Database
was easiest because it accessed all other databases on the CCBC Library website.

Both the internet articles and the database journal articles found are factual and
informational. Though the internet articles are more easily accessible, the journal articles are
more comprehensive in their information, and provide a wider range of sources to use to fact
check the statements in the article. Both are very helpful in research but the journal articles are a
more professional source.

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Works Cited in APA

Works Cited
Costandi, M. (2015, September 21). NeuroTech. Retrieved from Brain Decoder:
https://www.braindecoder.com/history-of-prosthetic-limbs-1360438067.html
Lauritsen, J. (2015, September 21). CBS Local. Retrieved from CBS Minnesota:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/09/21/advanced-surgery-helps-13-yearold-move-prosthetic-arm/
Sciences, F. f. (2014). Prosthetics that Feel. New York City, New York, United States
of America.
Storrs, C. (2015, September 15). Cable News Network. Retrieved from CNN News:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/health/prosthetic-hand-senses-touch/
Wei, W., Dong, T., Zheng, Z., & Huang, S. (2015). Effect of a combined antithrombotic therapy of thrombosis on prosthetic heart valves. Journal of
Thoracic Disease, 288-294.