In class we have been soldering and it is pretty much melting metal to a point where t liquefies and solidifies within seconds and holds a pin into place. This project was the last assignment we had in class and I personally think it was easy. The fact that we have to wear safety glasses is annoying but it is alright. The iron gets super hot and one of my classmates touched it and was burned. Soldering is really fun but is difficult sometimes also when the solder solidifies too fast and gets stuck on the pin. This was my favorite part of arduino.
http://fortune.com/2016/12/05/amazon-go-store/
Every night when my dad stumbles through the door and yells about something or other, he always happens to mention something about high the Amazon stock is compared to all of the others. He mentioned Amazons new project to me which left me speechless. How is it possible that amazon can make a new store called Amazon Go which allows costumers to walk in and out without having to check out of the store? With the use of AI (artificial intelligence) computer vision and other technology, Amazon has created a register-free environment. Amazon go offers pre-made food such as the Amazon breakfast pack and salads and other baked goods such as bread and cakes. Amazon also offers the most necessary other foods such as fresh milk or cupcakes.
I think this is brilliant because without the haste of getting in line and waiting for someone to slowly check out all of the food, you could just be automatically charged to your amazon app or card. The negative to this brilliant new technology is the accessibility of the Amazon Go store and the loss of jobs to the new system. Walmart for example employs a ton of people. If this new technology actually was released among the rest of the world, many Americans would lose jobs. Also, there is only one Amazon Go store so far which is located in the busy city of Seattle. This store goes to show how we are using technology to do the unthinkable but many is thought is left to be un-thought? We will have to wait and see where this takes us.
5.24.17
FireNanos
As researchers were studying fire swirls (fire tornadoes) they made a firenano on accident. Firenanos are small swirls of extremely hot fire. The firenanos look like blue spinning tops, they get up to a few thousand degrees fahrenheit. This accident is looking to be one of the biggest discoveries this year. The firenonos are very hungry and I don't mean for cheeseburgers. Firenanos are fed by fuel and they burn it very quickly… but this is good! Scientists are planning to release these small fire tornados onto the oil spill areas in the ocean. The fire nanos will burn the oil fast enough to rid the ocean of terrible accidents like the oil spills. The nanos are very quiet and are expected to never cause forest fires or destroy homes (if they ever become a normal indoor utensil.) These nanos can get as large as 3 feet tall and 14 inches wide! Scientists are keeping the fire inside the lab until they know how large it can get without a scientist fiddling with it, and until it is stable enough to be tested on the ocean surface.
I think that these firenanos are brilliant because oil spills are very hard to recover from. I think that the experiments are interesting because when I think of science I don't think about experiments going on that have to do with cute little thousand degree blue fire tornadoes. I hope that the scientists can learn to stabilize and control the fire so I can see them in action. This article was actually very interesting compared to most of the others I am forced to read and write about. One thing I would like to know is how they are going to make these for people to use in homes. I doubt they'll be able to make a box with a tab that says pull here to start firenado… that would be super cool though (no pun intended… because fire is hot and I just said cool). Perkins, Sid. Lab creates new, unexpected type of “firenadoes.” Science News for Students, 15 Sept. 2008. Web. 9 Sept. 2016.
4.16.17
Article-Brilliant inventions
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By: Carley Widiker
Have your parents ever told you that technology is advancing? WEll tell them that they’re wrong. We are advancing and our products are becoming advanced also, meaning we are becoming more lazy and are creating new ways to do old things. Tell them that we can not stop evolution of products, including technology. There are many new and brilliant inventions that are being thought about, made and sold all over. For example, Butter in the shape of a glue stick. There are pros and cons to this product such as, It would work great for toast but it wouldn't be very appetizing and neat. Another product is a see through toaster, It is a brilliant idea but wouldn't you think the glass could break and how would heat travel through the glass fast enough to have perfectly golden toast in a minute or two. For one last idea how about scissors and a spatula in one? It would get jammed obviously with pizza stuff but if it worked cutting pizza would be half the hassle. Every invention can be improved. There is always something new to be made and sold, something to help someone or something, make things easier. Yes mom I do agree, technology is advancing and so is everything else. You can make me eat my broccoli but you can’t stop evolution. Sorry.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Modern-Inventions-Are-Making-Us-Lazy---Do-You-Agree?&id=3183834
no website available
By: Carley Widiker
Have your parents ever told you that technology is advancing? WEll tell them that they’re wrong. We are advancing and our products are becoming advanced also, meaning we are becoming more lazy and are creating new ways to do old things. Tell them that we can not stop evolution of products, including technology. There are many new and brilliant inventions that are being thought about, made and sold all over. For example, Butter in the shape of a glue stick. There are pros and cons to this product such as, It would work great for toast but it wouldn't be very appetizing and neat. Another product is a see through toaster, It is a brilliant idea but wouldn't you think the glass could break and how would heat travel through the glass fast enough to have perfectly golden toast in a minute or two. For one last idea how about scissors and a spatula in one? It would get jammed obviously with pizza stuff but if it worked cutting pizza would be half the hassle. Every invention can be improved. There is always something new to be made and sold, something to help someone or something, make things easier. Yes mom I do agree, technology is advancing and so is everything else. You can make me eat my broccoli but you can’t stop evolution. Sorry.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Modern-Inventions-Are-Making-Us-Lazy---Do-You-Agree?&id=3183834
October artifacts.
Our add thang
Kendyl : Are you to lazy to squirt your own ketchup?
Adam: Do you always seem to have issues when you try to squirt ketchup?
Carley: your fingers are too fat and you still want to eat more fattening food?.
all : then you should buy the my cat said sup machine.
Carley:Every day the human misfires there ketchup when they try to squirt it onto a food product. *Video of adam misfiring ketchup*
Adam: It is just frustrating.
kendyl:An you just don’t want to touch the mysterious ketchup bottle. then all you really need is the my cat said sup machine.
Carley:I hear you If you want something done right don’t do it yourself trust the machines.
cj Mexican: This product makea me speak italian but I am supposed to be a mexican don’t ever buy this
adam Fat man: I gained weight eating food from this product but it was worth it
adam Old lady: I fell and I couldn't get up trying to grab me some dinner
Kendyl: If you want this product which you should
All:“call 1-800- catsup we are here to make eating easier”
carley “Our my cat said sup machine is 14.7 trillion dollars and believe me it is worth every penny.”
*Show short video of machine*
If you order now you will get a free hippopotuhmustard machine But pay separate processing and handling
Kendyl: Warning this product may cause loud noises if you are allergic to ketchup or any of its ingredients you are not allowed to sue us for any health related issues our product may cause slight bankruptcy and ruin your life.
All: now remember call 1-800-carsup we are here to make eating easier.
Our add thang
Kendyl : Are you to lazy to squirt your own ketchup?
Adam: Do you always seem to have issues when you try to squirt ketchup?
Carley: your fingers are too fat and you still want to eat more fattening food?.
all : then you should buy the my cat said sup machine.
Carley:Every day the human misfires there ketchup when they try to squirt it onto a food product. *Video of adam misfiring ketchup*
Adam: It is just frustrating.
kendyl:An you just don’t want to touch the mysterious ketchup bottle. then all you really need is the my cat said sup machine.
Carley:I hear you If you want something done right don’t do it yourself trust the machines.
cj Mexican: This product makea me speak italian but I am supposed to be a mexican don’t ever buy this
adam Fat man: I gained weight eating food from this product but it was worth it
adam Old lady: I fell and I couldn't get up trying to grab me some dinner
Kendyl: If you want this product which you should
All:“call 1-800- catsup we are here to make eating easier”
carley “Our my cat said sup machine is 14.7 trillion dollars and believe me it is worth every penny.”
*Show short video of machine*
If you order now you will get a free hippopotuhmustard machine But pay separate processing and handling
Kendyl: Warning this product may cause loud noises if you are allergic to ketchup or any of its ingredients you are not allowed to sue us for any health related issues our product may cause slight bankruptcy and ruin your life.
All: now remember call 1-800-carsup we are here to make eating easier.
my rube goldberg. I picked it because it was one of the bigger THINGS I did in october.
Right now in my robotics unit I am forced against my rights to work with these dorks. Sam (on the left) is a bully... Don't tell him I said that. Joseph (on the right) is very self explanatory. Well anyway I have to go write another reflection thing.
I picked this picture because it is our unit right now. This is our robot named Better Then You. Its a girl. We are trying to complete a track that brody made... it isn't easy. We are still working on it and my group is somewhat successful so far. Robotics is harder then it was last year because we have to use tracks and other new sensors.
People way back when cars were old and phones had cords, everything was better if it was smaller. TV's are the only exception because everyone wanted one that took up the whole room, or at least that's what my mom told me. Phones back then went from OOO look a new phone that takes up the whole front of my car but as they got smaller and because wireless everyone wanted one and back then, the smaller the better. Now days you see touchscreen smartphones everywhere. In every pocket, in every house and in just about every car. Now days phones are getting less boxy and more flat. They are WAY more advanced and they provide much more then the old phones. What I mean is they provide settings that can change the text size or the brightness of the screen. You can have a password on you phone and you can take really good pictures through the front and back camera. There is a calculator and a photo gallery. There is a phone app and a texting app provided when you first get the phone. There is a stopwatch, timer and a stocks watch. There is a find friends app and a maps app that can act as a GPS. Phones now days are like a 50-in-1 kind of deal. My mom use to tell me "Back when I was a kid I use to have to talk to my friends on the curly-wired phone in my kitchen. Back in the good old days when people had to actually talk to each other." She tells me it was better back then but really... was it?
The article was in a seventeen magazine and it was titled way back when.
The article was in a seventeen magazine and it was titled way back when.
Programming robots is a lot harder then it looks. It's hard getting started and every piece after that. All of the green robots are the movement blocks and the orange is the wait blocks and repeat and such. I personally can't wait until I don't have t program these stupid things. I try to keep a positive attitude but with these dumb boxes of wires and gears I get frustrated and it makes me frustrated but then I eat lunch and the frustration is swallowed with my food.
I was sitting in class with the best people in our school. My friends Ian and brody made a crown made from left over Lego parts. Theirs has long sticks coming up from it and has some red and blue on it. I thought that to beat them I would have a banner. I found the tires and thought 'this could be a great idea' and I made this crown that you see above. Multiple pictures were taken and it was a great Moment. I love all of the people in my class and I love the genius that comes with them.