input: MaxiCode is a public domain, machine-readable symbol system originally created and used by United Parcel Service. Suitable for tracking and managing the shipment of packages, it resembles a barcode, but uses dots arranged in a hexagonal grid instead of bars. MaxiCode has been standardised under ISO/IEC 16023.

A MaxiCode symbol (internally called "Bird's Eye", "Target", "dense code", or "UPS code") appears as a 1inch square, with a bullseye in the middle, surrounded by a pattern of hexagonal dots. It can store about 93 characters of information, and up to 8 MaxiCode symbols can be chained together to convey more data. The centered symmetrical bullseye is useful in automatic symbol location regardless of orientation, and it allows MaxiCode symbols to be scanned even on a package traveling rapidly.

MaxiCode symbology was released by UPS in 1992.

MaxiCode symbols using modes 2 and 3 include a "Structured Carrier Message" containing key information about a package. This information is protected with a strong Reed-Solomon error correction code, allowing it to be read even if a portion of the symbol is damaged. These fields include:

The structured portion of the message is stored in the inner area of the symbol, near the bull's-eye pattern. (In modes that do not include a structured portion, the inner area simply stores the beginning of the message.) 1. What does MaxiCode look similar to?
2. What does it use in a grid instead of bars?
3. Who created this system?
4. What is it primarily good for?
5. Can you name an alternative name for a MaxiCode symbol?
6. How large is this kind of symbol?
7. What's in the very center of it?
8. Can several of these symbols be hooked together?
9. For what?
10. How much can it store?
11. And how many can be hooked together?
12. Where is the message stored on the symbol?
13. How about a structured portion of a message?
14. What modes include these structured messages?
15. Is that information protected?
16. With what?
17. Can it be read if it's damaged?
18. What kind of info is in these structured messages?
19. When did this system come out?
20. Is it public domain? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. a barcode
2. dots
3. UPS
4. tracking the shipment of packages
5. Bird's Eye
6. 1" square
7. a bullseyes
8. Yes
9. to convey more data
10. 93 characters of information
11. Eight
12. In the inner area of the symbol
13. also in the inner area of the symbol, near the bull's eye pattern
14. both modes 2 and 3
15. Yes
16. Reed-Solomon ECC
17. Yes
18. key information about a package
19. 1992
20. Yes

input: At no more than 200 kilometres (120 mi) north to south and 130 kilometres (81 mi) east to west, Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in Africa. Despite its size, however, its climate and topography is diverse, ranging from a cool and mountainous highveld to a hot and dry lowveld. The population is primarily ethnic Swazis whose language is siSwati. They established their kingdom in the mid-18th century under the leadership of Ngwane III; the present boundaries were drawn up in 1881. After the Anglo-Boer War, Swaziland was a British protectorate from 1903 until 1967. It regained its independence on 6 September 1968.

Swaziland is a developing country with a small economy. Its GDP per capita of $9,714 means it is classified as a country with a lower-middle income. As a member of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), its main local trading partner is South Africa. Swaziland's currency, the lilangeni, is pegged to the South African rand. Swaziland's major overseas trading partners are the United States and the European Union. The majority of the country's employment is provided by its agricultural and manufacturing sectors. Swaziland is a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union, the Commonwealth of Nations and the United Nations. 1. Is Swaziland a developing country?
2. Do they have a large economy?
3. What size is it?
4. What is their GDP per capita?
5. Does this mean anything for their classification?
6. Are they a member of any trade groups or unions?
7. Do they have a main trading partner?
8. Who?
9. Do they have their own currency?
10. What is it called?
11. Is it pegged to another currency?
12. Whose?
13. What is it called?
14. Do they have overseas trading partners?
15. United States and Japan?
16. Is Swaziland one of the largest companies?
17. *country
18. What size is it?
19. Does it have a diverse climate?
20. Topography? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Yes
2. No
3. small
4. $9,714
5. t is classified as a country with a lower-middle income
6. Yes
7. yes
8. South Africa
9. Yes
10. lilangeni
11. yes
12. South Africa
13. rand
14. yes
15. Not Japan but European Union
16. unknown
17. No
18. no more than 200 kilometres (120 mi) north to south and 130 kilometres (81 mi) east to west,
19. Yes
20. Yes

input: Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington, D.C. He developed a prototype for a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder. His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water. Mr. Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder.

He created his invention at a workshop called TechShop. Mr. Mountain says, "I think it encourages innovation. I think people who probably have had ideas rolling around in the back of their minds for years but have never had the opportunity to actually put them into production or even experiment with them would find this place wonderful. Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions." Isabella Musachio manages a TechShop in Arlington, Virginia. She says the shop has many different kinds of equipment.

"TechShop is a do-it-yourself maker space. So when you come in we have all these different areas of the shop, and we have a metal shop, wood shop, lasers, 3D printers, electronics. I mean, we have so many different areas and we have all the equipment that is availahle to anybody above the age of 12."

Membership costs for TechShop start at just over $ 100 per month. Members are able to use costly machines including 3D modeling tools and laser cutters. Isabella Musachio says TechShop helps its members build their dreams.

"Our motto is 'build your dreams here' because you can really come in with just an idea, and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your project o, your prototype or even your business."

Jim Newton is the founder of TechShop. He first introduced the idea for the technology workshops at an arts and sciences event called Maker Faire in San Mateo, California in 2006. His idea attracted hundreds of members during that event, Now, there are eight TechShop locations in the U. S. In all, there are more than 6,000 members. Two more-TechShop locations in the cities of St. Louis and Look Angeles will be set up. 1. Who designed something?
2. Is he an inventor by trade?
3. What was his job?
4. Does he still work at a firm?
5. What did he design?
6. What is that used on?
7. What for?
8. Did he invent this at home?
9. Where at?
10. What is the name of it?
11. How many locations does this shop have in the country?
12. How many people go there through the country?
13. Who is the founder of the place?
14. Do you need a membership to go?
15. How much is it?
16. Do you have to be a certain age?
17. How old?
18. What kind of tools do they have? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Maurice Mountain
2. no
3. lawyer
4. no
5. Presto Emergency Boat Ladder prototype
6. a boat
7. to help people who fall into the water
8. no
9. a workshop
10. TechShop
11. Eight
12. more than 6,000
13. Jim Newton
14. yes
15. $ 100 per month
16. yes
17. 12
18. 3D modeling tools and laser cutters