Current Event

1. Topic:
It is about the new exoskeleton first responder suit.

2. Article Title:
Japanese first responders to wear robotic exoskeletons

3. Article Source:
I got the article from Gizmag

4. Summary:
The suit has tungsten shields which reduces radiation exposure by almost 50 percent. There is also a cooling system built into the suit to prevent a heat stroke.The suit also shows vital signs and heart rate in real time. Most of the tools that you have to carry can be put in the exoskeleton legs.

5. Reaction:
I feel that this suit is going to be a great help. It allows people to be around radiation without getting affected by it. Which is a great help to the Japanese in cleaning up the radiation. It doesn't really affect me now but if anything ever happen around here and it caused radiation to leak out. Those suits would be really helpful in cleaning it up.

6. World Impact:
It has a big world impact because the suit allows people to withstand radiation even longer than before. With 435 nuclear power plants world wide if anything would ever happen to them these suits would allow people to clean the radiation up faster. I could also see how these suits would help the military. If the military wasn't for sure if there was any radiation in the area they could put on these suits to check it out. I think every nuclear power plant should have enough suits there for everybody in the building just in case the plant had a leak.

Exoskeleton suit, Oct. 18 2012 I got the article HERE

Weekly blog review

Are week was full of learning. We did the digital drivers license we also did a Glogster. This week has been mostly how people see you online. We learned a lot of new vocabulary words this week I will give you a list of them below. 

Represent- How you present your self to others

Persona- An image or personality you show to others

Avatar- Graphic image to represent you online

Anonymous- Hidden identity

Inhibited- Careful or restrained in action or impulse

Glogster is a very cool little web 2.0 tool. It allows you to insert pictures and video. It is very easy and fun to use. It is sort of like a blog. We also did a new Digital  Drivers License. It was about communications, etiquette, and safety.

There is many ways to stay real online here is 3 ways.

• Don't get into any relationship that is not safe 

• Treat people the way you want to be treated

• Don't get involved in other peoples business

 
I will put the glogster I made below for you to see: 

Current Event

1. Topic:

It is about the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG hybrid supercar.

2. Article Title:

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive – the world's fastest production electric supercar

3. Article Source:

I got the article from Gizmag

4. Summary:

The new Mercedes SLS it completely hybrid. It has a range of only 150 miles witch it not real far. The SLS is the fastest production hybrid car. It goes 0 to 62 in 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 155 miles per hour. The battery of the SLS takes 20 hours to fully charge. The car has 750 horsepower which is a lot for a hybrid car.

5. Reaction:

I think this article could affect me in the future because this new technology could be used in another car that I might buy in the future. If the technology keeps improving it might mean that i might not have to spend money on gas I can just recharge my car.

6. World Impact:

I think it has a big world impact. It is completely electric that means there is no pollution. It is also the first electric production car to reach a top speed of 155 miles per hour which is really fast compared to most electric cars. The outside of the car looks exactly like the SLS AMG coupe except the SLS coupe runs off of gas.

Electric SLS AMG Gizmag

Weekly blog review

The week has been awesome. We have learned a ton of stuff the past two weeks. Last week we did not have a blog post because we have been learning about the same stuff since last week.

We did this cool video about cyber-bullying. We did the video on we video Its a really neat site that allows you to edit videos. It is fun to edit videos if you're willing to spend along time to make a short video.

We have learned a lot more vocabulary words all the words we have learned has something to do with bullying. I will give you a list of the words below.

• Target- Is the victim
• Offender- Bully-malicious intent want to cause harm
• Bystander- Witness who does nothing to help out
• Up stander-Witness who does something about the situation.
• Escalate- Intensifies-increases
• De-Escalate- decreases the problem

A few ways to be an up-stander is to support the victim, help stop the violence, and confront the offender. Bullying is a big deal so don’t just be a bystander people need to stand up for what is wrong.

We didn't have a digital drivers license this week so that was a plus I really don't like the digital drivers license because they are pretty boring if you ask me. The only thing I like about the DDL is that  it is really easy to make a good grade on and it counts as a quiz grade.

I will put the video I made on we video below for y’all to check out it is
a cool little video.

 

Current Event

1. Topic:
Its about the new Mclaren P1 supercar.

2. Article Title:
Mclaren provides (some) P1 supercar details

3. Article Source:
I got the article from Gizmag

4. Summary:
Its about the new Mclaren P1 supercar. It is a formula 1 inspired supercar. The car has the highest level of down force than any other car on the planet.
The Mclaren P1 has a full carbon fiber body which reduces the weight and makes the car really strong. The P1 has many air intakes to keep the engine cool.

5. Reaction:
I think that this car is going to be great. If you have the money and you want a true supercar then the P1 is definitely the car to get. It has formula 1 technology. It is the only street car to have a Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). The device recovers the kinetic energy that is from the cars braking process. It stores that energy and converts it into power that can be used to boost the cars acceleration.

6. World Impact:
It is about time that a company has made a true supercar. Most supercar companies focus mainly on speed. Mclaren is the total opposite when is comes to making supercars. They focus not only on speed but great performance. They try to make an all around awesome car and that's exactly what they have done with the Mclaren P1.

Mclaren P1 Sept. 28 2012 I got the picture from Gizmag

Weekly blog review

I was surprised how fast the week has went by. It feels like yesterday was Monday. The week has been great so far. I'm looking forward to Friday because all my classes are only a hour long then we go to are clubs. This week has been full of learning.

We started off the week by editing are partners blog post. The persons blog I edited was great. They had very little mistakes. The way we edit there blogs is by using a sheet of paper that are teacher gives use with all these different guidelines.

We also learned about self disclosure, reciprocate and sexting. The way we learned more about these topics were by doing little activities like making a comic strip using makebeliefscomix its a free website used to make cool little comics then we got in groups in the class and did questions on the board. That day was pretty fun because there wasn't much we had to do. The other topic we learned about was how to build relationships online a few of the ways we talked about was online dating, using Skype, buying them stuff online etc.

• Self disclosure- Sharing private, sensitive or confidential information about yourself to others.

• Reciprocate- To give in return.

• Sexting- sending or receiving sexually explicit photos or videos by text or other device.

That is all I have for this week I'm looking forward to posting my next weekly blog next week. I will post the make belief comics below for you to see.