Tech Article 5/20/11

Apple has dominated digital music sales for years with the iTunes store. Apple is now looking to enter the growing music steaming market as well. Apple has signed a deal with EMI music and is close to completing deals with other music label industries. This deal would put Apple inc. into competition with Amazon and Google. Apple signed a similar deal with Warner Music las month. its negotiations with Sony Music Group and Universal Music Group could be settled as early as next week.

Computers 2: Week of 5/16/2011 Organizing Information

At home, to organize my documents, pictures, videos, and other information, I use a hierarchical system. I like to keep my computer organized, so I make sure that all of my information goes into its own corresponding folder.

the definition of tagging, is to label something in order to associate the item with similar ones. An example of a tag, is to tag pictures.

Social Bookmarking, is a way to create tags. An example of social bookmarking, is Twitter.

Tech Article 5/6/11

By connecting a pico projector and an eye-tracking camera, students from the University of Texas at Austin have created a virtual reality gaming setup in which the player cannot tear their eyes away from the action – literally. The pico projector is motorized, so as the camera tracks a player’s line of vision, the view of the gaming world shifts to follow their gaze. It does not require them to hold anything, or have anything attached to them. The system has been tested many ways, one of them including a flight simulation in which the aircraft is controlled by the movement of the player's head. In this early stage of development, players have to sit precisely in front of the eye tracker in order for it to work. Not to mention the display looks a little meager at this point. However, with time and a little work, this system could allow for the next generation of Kinect-like gaming.

Tech Article 4/29/11

Apple may be changing its usual iPhone update schedule to the fall, instead of a pre-summer launch in June/July. The news has popped up multiple times, and a source familiar with Apple's plans has also confirmed it with Fast Company. The new iPhone release date is also expected to severely damage the average sales of the smart phone. One of the reasons for the delayed release date is because Apple C.E.O. Steve Jobs is on a leave of absence for medical reasons. It may be a long way in the future, but there's already a rumor about the iPhone 6. Sharp has apparently been tipped to deliver a screen for the phone in Spring 2012 based on its low-temperature poly-silicon system, which delivers crisper, brighter displays that consume less power and which can be bonded directly to the device's glass front -- making for a skinnier overall profile.

Tech Article 4/15/11

The new 'Super Bus' has been premiered in Dubai over the past week. The new bus is 15 meters long (50 feet). The cross between a DeLorean and a stretch limo was developed by developers at the Delft University of Technology. The 'Super Bus' is capable of carrying 23 passengers and reaching top speeds of 155mph. The creation of the 'Super Bus' began in 2004, and has cost $19 million to date using technology developed in Formula One racing and the aerospace industry.

Do Now-

1) I think that a podcast is a free internet audio broadcast that tells you information on a certain topic.
2) People create podcasts in order to inform people on recent news or other topics.
3) I have down loaded a couple of podcasts to my iPod.
4) Different tools such as Audacity, PodBlaze, and Voice2Page can help you to create a podcast.
5) I would like to create a podcast to tell all about WRHS.

Tech Week 3/8/11

The company Ecovative Design began in Green Island, NY and is now collaborating with Ford Motor Company to begin the production of fungus based car parts. Ecovative Design is going to start off by building biodegradable fungus based bumpers, side doors, and dashboards. Mycelium, the strong root system of mushrooms, is a natural binding agent that can be used to knit together agricultural byproducts, including corn and oak husks. The husks and the Mycelium are combined in trays and left in a darkened warehouse long enough for them to be binded together. The trays spend five days there until they are cooked and dried. The result? a waterproof, fireproof, foam solid that decomposes one month after being buried in soil. The company wants to prove to Styrofoam manufactures that the fungus mixture can be a replacement for Styrofoam in the production of table and cabinet cores, surfboards and even wind turbine blades. The company is also trying to use different odd materials in their concoction including from Ecovative's mycelium to cooked chicken feathers, algae and wheat straw.

Spring Break Plans

Over spring break i plan to go to Florida. i will be going with my family, and we will be staying in Miami.

Tech Article 3/25/11

After the disaster in Japan with the earthquake, then the tsunami, and now the nuclear disaster, the Japanese people are having a hard time recovering. this is why the united states is going to begin to send over robots that will assist the Japanese with the clean up process. The US Military has developed the iRobot. There are at least two other Japanese Robotics teams that will assist them. The US Military is going to donate at least four ground models and two PackBots.

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Tech Week 5

European scientists have engineered a gastric pacemaker. The device is put into your gut through surgery. When you are eating, the device triggers trigers a feeling of premature fullness. The device is one of many other new devices that are designed to help with weight loss.

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Tech week 4

The Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 is the next step in high performance cars. The car features 560 horsepower, and 398 ft-lbs of torque from its V-10 engine. The super car is capable of reaching 62 mph in an amazing 3.7 seconds. With its improved fuel efficiency, the Gallardo LP560-4 gets about 12 mpg city, and 20 mpg on the highway. The makers of Lamborghini also reduced the gear change time by 40%. The cars LED lights also give the car a high tech look. The Price of the super car can reach over $220,000.

Im actually rlly happy tht

Im actually rlly happy tht the bball team emailed john back

Shut up john

I hope this works

I hope this works

Chillin

Tech week 3

The LG Optimus Smartphone is a new 3-D smart phone made by LG. It is the smartphone of its kind. The phone was unveiled this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Although there is no set price yet, the makers of the phone say that it will be affordable. The phone also can hook up to 3-D TVs to display the phones media on the big screen.

Chevy Camaro Superbowl Ad

Computers II Do Now 2/14/11

Over this past weekend, i went to the Wood-Ridge basketball game.




Over the rest of my weekend, I decided to stay home and watch some movies. One of the movies that i watched was "Get Him to the Greek."

Tech Week 2

The Bloodhound Rocket Car is currently being produced in order to attempt to break the land speed record. There hasn't been any vehicle break the 1000 mph barrier, but the Bloodhound Rocket Car is planning to. The current land speed record is 763.055mph.

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I'm a sophomore at Wood- Ridge High School. on my blog I'm going to be posting important news that is occurring around the world. I'm sixteen years old and i really want to buy a Camaro for my first car.