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Neuron State Fair Emergency Procedures Experiment

This experiment was conducted in order to decide the best possible method of

preparing for an emergency while planning the state fair. The above tables will be

referred to as evidence for each situation.

Decision 1: Should a person be used to activate the EMS team (voluntary), or should it be

done automatically by a machine (involuntary)?

Verdict: A machine would be preferred because a machine can detect an

emergency much quicker and cause a faster reaction than a person can. The differences

in the Change of time in the first versus second table is accounted for by the human delay

of alerting emergency services, as evident in the study.

Decision 2: What would be the minimum data transfer speed needed to quickly convey

emergency messages across the fair?

Verdict: .72 meters per second. The data must travel .72 m/s to reach EMS on

time

*** Please note: This varies from the predicted value of 100 m/s because lab

conditions were not as perfect as researchers could have made them. Budget was too

low.

A nerve impulse travels very quickly, but an actual electrical system would be much

more beneficial and fast, as a nerve impulse can travel up to 100 m/s and electricity

can travel along a wire at 3.00 e8 m/s.

Lab analysis: The larger the fair, the slower the reaction will be, as compared to the

other data.