Essays about: "House of Cards"

Found 5 essays containing the words House of Cards.

  1. 1. To beat the house in blackjack: A card counting robot

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Edvin Aretorn; Erik Bülow; [2023]
    Keywords : Mechatronics; Robot Arm; Blackjack; Mekatronik; Robotarm; Blackjack;

    Abstract : This thesis project investigated whether or not the use of an embedded system could help blackjack players to improve their game. This was done by designing and building a robot, that plays blackjack according to a card counting strategy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Grandmother of cats : dressed drunk

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Hanna Ryd; [2021]
    Keywords : Re-make Upcycle; Post-consumer waste; Sustainable; Fashion Design;

    Abstract : The title of this work origins from the muse created to give the thought of equal value in discarded material a persona. This crazy-cat-lady-like muse that compulsively hoards and stacks every possible item in her house and values her low-status-material single-use-waste-collection equally to her high-status-material jewelry box. READ MORE

  4. 3. Today's Credit Market - How to Avoid a House of Cards? : Austrian Full Reserves and the Chicago Plan as Alternatives to the Current Fractional Reserves

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Julia Eriksson; Julia Jordeby; [2017]
    Keywords : Full reserves; Austrian business cycle theory; the Chicago Plan; Household debt; Convertibility principle; Quantity principle; Hundraprocentiga reserver; Österrikisk konjunkturcykelteori; Chicagoplanen; Hushållens skuldsättning; Konvertibilitet; Kvantitetskontroll;

    Abstract : Today’s household debt consists for the most part of credit money, and this general phenomenon does not only occur in Sweden. Money in the economy is mostly created by private banks, as much as 97 percent of the money in the United States, while central banks only create a very small share of all money. READ MORE

  5. 4. Online Programming Realities : A Case Study of House of Cards and the Perceived Advantages Over Traditional Television

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Rebecca Hill; [2014]
    Keywords : House of Cards; Netflix; television serial; complex television; historical poetics; creative freedom; distribution; production; creation; production studies; revolutionary; post-network era;

    Abstract : The choice of content and number of technologies that audiences view television with are increasingly expanding in the post-network era, leading those who use the medium to question its definition. In the wake of the Internet, online programming and streaming technologies, the death of television is frequently forecast. READ MORE

  6. 5. Mantras for miracles

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Sara Reinholtz; [2013]
    Keywords : textile; textile architecture; knitting; room divider; interaction; toy; mandala; buddhism; mantra; design process; play; transformation; textil; textil arkitektur; stickning; rumsavdelare; interaktion; leksak; mandala; buddism; mantra; design process; lek; transformation;

    Abstract : The thesis paper Design takes place in our lives, naturally and sometimes invisibly, but how can we become alert to its impact on us? How can we as designers elaborate on our role in creating tools for people’s lives? A handmade metal wire toy I found in my parents’ house made me discover the world of mandalas; a Buddhistic symbol and a tool for spiritual enlightenment. Mandalas speak of the relation between us and the world and balance between body and mind. READ MORE