Tech Article 10/24

Detecting Your Emotions Through Your Typing Style

A new computer program may pave the way for the day that computers are smarter than humans, using the concept "the singularity". Researchers tested the program to identify nine emotional states: joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust, shame, guilt, neutral, and tired (so far). Machines could be more effective and friendly if it could change its behavior according to the emotions detected. This would also be helpful with online teaching, being able to change the lesson style based on their emotional state, and online counseling sessions.
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Tech Article 10/17

Space Elevator

Have you ever wanted to go into space? Advanced technology now is saying that in around 2030, we will have space elevators. A diamond nanothread cable, which is almost a hundred times stronger than a steel cable. The cable would be about 2.5 inches thick, and could lift the equivalent of three International Space Stations per day into orbit. Think of the cable as a diamond necklace, strung with the tiniest possible diamonds.

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Tech Article 10/10

Navy "Drone" Boats

 

The United States Navy is testing "drone" boats to be used in the field. They detect a vessel that is a threat to the Navy Ship, and five of these boats swarm the vessel to confront it. They are controlled by Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command and Sensing (CARACaS). Some of these unmanned boats are cruising on the James River in Virginia, setting up a protective screen on a Navy research ship. They are like guard dogs, and put our sailors of harms way.

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Tech Article 10/3

FireChat

In Hong Kong during protests, cell towers get overloaded with traffic or the government decides to flip the switch. With thousands of people on the street, internet is useless. Demonstrators have turned to FireChat, which allows phones to connect to other users within 250 feet. When more people join the range, it extends farther allowing more people to join the chat. Open Garden is the company behind FireChat, and has said that they are trying to fix the problems with the app. These include the local authorities being about to poke around. They are trying to fix this with private messaging and encryption. Open Garden advocates for, "freedom of speech and access to information."

Do Now 9/29

An editorial is a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion of a topical issue. A Wikipedia editorial was written by Bruce 
Maiman. Many students have been warned away from Wikipedia from their teachers, due to the thought that there may be incorrect information. Students have been told that since the information could be edited or added by anyone, that the information may be false. This may not have been the writer's intent, as they may not know the correct information and believe that they are correct. 

When writing papers, teachers have not allowed students in the past to use Wikipedia as a source.  In fact, some teachers have even used bold and all capital letters to get the point across. Once many people believed Wikipedia to not be trusted, but now many people are warming up to using this informative and interactive information website. 

After reading this article I'm sure that many people's views on using information from Wikipedia have changed. According to the article, as many as 500 classes have been assigned to edit or even create a new article on the site. Many students are happy when their articles are edited by other, as shown by the thrilled student instead of some who might take this negatively. Students doing assignments on Wikipedia learn to value peer reviewing and enjoy positive critiques given to them and giving valuable information to others.

Tech Article 9/26

• Even when your unconscious, your beating heart creates small vibrations, invisible to the human eye.
• The FINDER can detect this small movement through up to 40 ft of debris.
• This can be especially helpful during major disasters, when trying to find survivors.
•  It was created by James Lux, at JPL.

Tech Article 9/19

• iOS 8 is here and is the biggest iOS release yet.
• Unfortunately, you it takes up 1GB of storage,but you need at least 5GB of storage to complete the download over air.
• The more people that are are downloading iOS 8 at the same time, the longer the wait.
• If you want to make the wait shorter, connect your device to your computer.
• Make sure you have the lastest version of iTunes and finally download iOS 8
• It will still take a long time, yet not as much time as if you were to download it without connected to your computer.

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