http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1874760,00.html
CRAZY STUFF.
So, I was searching for an article to write about for this blog and I came across something interesting.
FIRST: the University of California Berkeley developed the beginning stages of an Invisibility Cloak. Okay, wait. Really? What would the world be like if we seriously had people running around, invisible... with cloaks. That is really sweet yet extremely creepy.
SECOND: At Harvard University they levitated a microscopic piece of gold. I think that is a little weird.
FINALLY: At JIQ (which i have never heard of before...) the scientists have been working on a project involving teleportation. mmmm. yes, you heard right, teleportation folks. Apparently they have been able to teleport things up to 3 feet so far. They feel confident that they will get this process down to a science. No punn intended.
This raises an interesting question. Has technology gone too far? These new inventions/methods, if in the wrong hands can cause serious destruction and harm. I mean, I think it's really really sweet that they have the ability to do these things, don't get me wrong. But as our good friend Newton would say: for every reaction, there is an equal or opposite reaction. So friends, think on that.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Isn't this an interesting turn of events!
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/22/social.networking.news/index.html
Okay, I will admit I cheated. We already talked about this specific event in our 201 class. This article is reported by CNN about twitter being the first to report about the plane crash in the Hudson river. A man took the picture on his iphone and sent it to twitter, and it was the "first" site to have information on the plane crash. CNN also raises a very important discussion on the phenomenon of people turning to social networking sites for breaking news. Also, these social networking sites give a personal account of the events.
This is an interesting development because our generation of "thinkers" are always looking for an unbias way to get our news. We want the news fast, and directly to our phone, pda, computer, and etc. For example, yesterday Obama signed the papers to close the prison camp in Cuba. I found out about that from my friends status on facebook. It read, blank "is happy about Guantanamo Bay Cuba.." I was like, hmmmm, what's going on there? So on my phone, I go from facebook to CNN to see what the heck is going on! And, well, I found out. The funny thing was, I don't watch TV very often, so, I probably would have never found out about it. It's not that politics doesn't interest me, I just don't get my news from TV anymore, I get it from facebook, twitter, and the internet while I'm on the go.
The progression of technology is taking a very interesting turn. We now look to convience of our news rather than the in-depthness of it. (if that is even a word..) Because things like facebook and twitter are for the most part an unbias reaction to current events, I think it is a very effective way to get our information in a speedy fashion.
Okay, I will admit I cheated. We already talked about this specific event in our 201 class. This article is reported by CNN about twitter being the first to report about the plane crash in the Hudson river. A man took the picture on his iphone and sent it to twitter, and it was the "first" site to have information on the plane crash. CNN also raises a very important discussion on the phenomenon of people turning to social networking sites for breaking news. Also, these social networking sites give a personal account of the events.
This is an interesting development because our generation of "thinkers" are always looking for an unbias way to get our news. We want the news fast, and directly to our phone, pda, computer, and etc. For example, yesterday Obama signed the papers to close the prison camp in Cuba. I found out about that from my friends status on facebook. It read, blank "is happy about Guantanamo Bay Cuba.." I was like, hmmmm, what's going on there? So on my phone, I go from facebook to CNN to see what the heck is going on! And, well, I found out. The funny thing was, I don't watch TV very often, so, I probably would have never found out about it. It's not that politics doesn't interest me, I just don't get my news from TV anymore, I get it from facebook, twitter, and the internet while I'm on the go.
The progression of technology is taking a very interesting turn. We now look to convience of our news rather than the in-depthness of it. (if that is even a word..) Because things like facebook and twitter are for the most part an unbias reaction to current events, I think it is a very effective way to get our information in a speedy fashion.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
facebook or america's most wanted?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/14/nz.facebook.arrest/index.html
First, a summary of this article so everyone is on the same though process as I am. Recently, in New Zealand, police used facebook (for those of you who don't know, it is a popular networking site;) to solve a crime. A man broke into a safe at a local pub. Removing his mask because of extreme temperature, the thief unknowingly exposed his face to the camera. Police, desperate to find the perpetrator, placed a "wanted" add on facebook along with the picture of the suspect. Almost immediately there was a wave of responses from people with tips, clues, and a positive identification of the intruder. By the very next day, the suspect was in custody. Is the use of a social networking site a positive way to help prevent crime?
My first thought when I read this article was, police should not have the right to post things online of that nature. After thinking about it further, it began to make sense why they did it. At one point in time, the television was a new technology. As far back as I remember, there have been shows like: "COPS," "America's Most Wanted," and "Cold Case Files." I suppose that the internet is just following in the path of TV. This now brings up an important question that we all are wondering, "is the use of facebook to solve crime actually and invasion of privacy or just in fact 'too much?'" Obviously I am going to be completely bias because I use facebook almost hourly, and I do not want the police anywhere my page. But, then again, I am completely for the prevention of crime due to fear of being caught. So, I leave this up to you, reader, what do you think?
First, a summary of this article so everyone is on the same though process as I am. Recently, in New Zealand, police used facebook (for those of you who don't know, it is a popular networking site;) to solve a crime. A man broke into a safe at a local pub. Removing his mask because of extreme temperature, the thief unknowingly exposed his face to the camera. Police, desperate to find the perpetrator, placed a "wanted" add on facebook along with the picture of the suspect. Almost immediately there was a wave of responses from people with tips, clues, and a positive identification of the intruder. By the very next day, the suspect was in custody. Is the use of a social networking site a positive way to help prevent crime?
My first thought when I read this article was, police should not have the right to post things online of that nature. After thinking about it further, it began to make sense why they did it. At one point in time, the television was a new technology. As far back as I remember, there have been shows like: "COPS," "America's Most Wanted," and "Cold Case Files." I suppose that the internet is just following in the path of TV. This now brings up an important question that we all are wondering, "is the use of facebook to solve crime actually and invasion of privacy or just in fact 'too much?'" Obviously I am going to be completely bias because I use facebook almost hourly, and I do not want the police anywhere my page. But, then again, I am completely for the prevention of crime due to fear of being caught. So, I leave this up to you, reader, what do you think?
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