Do Now - 5/11/15

          If I was invisible for a day, I would commit crimes and help people out. Usually when people commit crimes, they are viewed as the villain and people want to throw them into jail as soon as possible. That is only if they are seen, but when they are invisible, no one will know what they are doing. If I were to be invisible, I would not commit crimes to hurt people, but help people. This way, I would be contributing good to the world rather than evil.
           For instance, I would go into rich people's homes and steal all their things to give to the poor. I would go through a window, and make it seem as thought there is a ghost coming in. Then, I would go through each room and steal all of their valuable things like jewelry, and tvs, so that I could trade them in for money. Finally, I would take that money and give it to the people of Paterson and Passaic. This is because they are the ones that are most in need considering the fact that people have trouble with money there. This is what I would do if I had an invisible cloak and wore it for a day.

These tiny robots have superhuman strength

• These micro-robots, which are about the size of a Matchbox car, can pull 2,000 times their weight.
• It's called Ground MicroTug
• They come in two sizes, and the smaller one can even haul items up glass walls.
• So far, the robots have just been used in the lab to haul around weights, drag a full coffee cup across the table and move objects up a wall, 
• The engineers said the robots could be equipped with CO2 sensors and then sent into a burning building to find survivors. 
• each one only costs about $20 
• Display next month at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Seattle, Wash.

5/5/15- Do Now Writing Prompt

       If I had to add a class to our school curriculum that we don't have, I would recommend to have a class based on life skills. I feel like this is essential for students to learn considering they need to learn skills for the real world that is mandatory. Students would meet every lunch period that they have for half of the period and count it as a class. Students would learn how to read bills, look for a car, or buying a house, etc. This is important for people when they go to college or if they are looking for a job.
    We would also have things like talk about daily problems or issues that teenagers are currently facing. I would have worksheets for the students, and put them in group activities, so that they gain trust and communication skills. Basically, I will be putting students to work together in order for them to learn how to work with different people. Overall, this is how I would set up the class so that students would learn or pick up on essential life skills.
         

This robotic chimp could one day roam the moon

• A design from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (also known as DFKI) in Bremen, Germany, has landed on the chimpanzee as its model for unmanned lunar missions.
• Its design -- called the iStruct Demonstrator and nicknamed "Charlie"
• Ape's quadrupedal stance without losing the chimp's versatility in climbing, grasping and moving over all types of terrain.
• The chimp's greatest asset is that it can choose which form of movement best fits the situation.
• The project has also built Lunar craters in a lab to test the prototype.
• Like a real chimp, the robot's feet and hands have multiple sensors and multiple points of contact.
• 3 individual force sensing resistor (FSR) sensors.
• Six additional FSR-sensors used for collision detection.

'Connected' babies = more sleep for you

• Boston-based Rest Devices, which launched in 2011, has developed a tech-enabled onesie, which tracks babies' breathing, body movements, sleep patterns and quality and transmits that information in real time to a smartphone app.
• The $199 Mimo kit includes three onsies, each with sensors embedded into the fabric.
• Parents can customize settings depending on their baby's age and where they are with the sleep training.
•  Mimo aims to give parents peace of mind about their baby, although she acknowledges that there are tons of baby monitors that do the same thing.

Wiki Dissection and C.H.

1. What is the purpose of this Wiki? - The purpose of this wiki is to talk about disruptive technology or in other words revolutionary technology. 
2. When was the last post? - October 21, 2006
3. How was this Wiki created? - The wiki was created by making an account on wikispace.com
4. What would you add to it? - I would add other technologies created such as, the search engine bing.com.
5. What did you learn from it? - I learned that I could use different technologies like search engines, blogs, social media sites, etc. that could benefit and connect me. 
6. If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic(s)? - Dog breeds
7. How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education? - You can use the links to other websites as our resources for projects, research papers, study guides, etc. 

Wikipedia Post

I think that Wikipedia is a great source for finding information. I think that Wikipedia is a reliable site, but at the same time anybody could change what is on there. But then again, there are citations at the end of each Wikipedia page so that the reader can check if the information is reliable or not. There are administrators all over the world, so they are the ones that can change anything that they believe is not completely true. Things like Britannica are much more reliable where you can find more information and websites like IMDb (internet movie database) if you want to look up information on famous movie actors. So then again, there are other sites and sources that you can use, but you can use Wikipedia by checking their sources also.