Tech Article 5/20

Flying Insect-like Robot

The tiny robot measures just 20 mm in height, with a wingspan of 36 mm and a weight of just 84 mg. This poses some interesting challenges when it comes to perching. There's limited space for grippers or feet, and the robot's payload is likewise small, so significantly adding to its weight will possibly inhibit flight. Led by Moritz Alexander Graule of MIT and Robert Wood of Harvard, the team developed an adhesion pad that uses an electrostatic charge. This has allowed the robot to stick to a variety of surfaces, including glass, plywood and leaves, and take off again without issue.

RSS Discussion Questions

1. Because you told me to subscribe to those type of sites, so I did.

2. Most of them it was pretty easy, they were in obvious spots in my opinion.

3. The SFM(Source Film Maker) official blog and GameSpot news.

4. To know what's new by keeping an eye on these sites with a reader.

5. Believe it or not, maybe, just maybe.

How to ACTUALLY help the world

To be honest the world is beyond help at this point. No matter how much you try to make the world a better place, some idiot is going to come around and destroy all you have done. At this point I suggest to make the ones you care about feel as though the world is better when your with them. That is the only way to make the world better, actually caring.

Wiki Dissection KM

What is the purpose of this Wiki?

To inform people of disruptive technology.

When was the last post?

November 7th 2007.

How was this Wiki created/designed?

With the help of multiple people.

What would you add to this particular wiki?

More relevant social media.

What did you learn after reading this wiki?

"Moodle" and "Elgg" are social media.

If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic (s)?

Micro transactions and how to stop them.

How can Wikis be used in the classroom or in education?

They can be used for a class that wants to cover an educational topic.

W-R Wikipedia Page Findings

The principal is no longer Dr. DeNobile. Also no tennis anymore. Different name.

Cyborg Bugs

     For years, scientists have based robots on bugs they have just started to create a robot-bug hybrid. These cyborgs can be used many things from espionage to search and rescue missions. Although cyborgs have lots of drawbacks from real robots they do have their advantages. While a cyborg has a limited life span, they consume 100 times less power than a robot. They also are pretty much ready made platforms so its less building of small parts cause they are already there and they do not need over complicated coding either.

invisible cloak?

     I'd take advantage and just sit in my room and do nothing, or if anything i'd just walk around town and be alone. I don't know what else I'd do. Maybe, sit down somewhere and bring my laptop. To be honest I don't see anything else i'd do. Nothing much new would happen. The only difference is that I'd be skipping school and its not like that's a good thing.

About Sir. Pineapple

     I was told to introduce myself against my will, so here is some stuff to know about me. I like to play on my computer and talk to my friends on Skype. I dislike my family and cheese. My good friends are Kevin McAvoy, Sabriela A and Anthony Glavin. I absolutely hate my family and the army of pineapples shall rise.

Apple Mac Pro

        Engineers at Apple have created the first high performance PC that is actually quiet. They did this by building the Apple Mac Pro around an aluminum thermal core with a single fan on top. This setup makes the decibel level of the computer half. Before this, anyone hard at work with, for example, video editing, people would know when they are hard at work as the computer would be loud and heating up the area. Now with the Apple Mac Pro, the constant noise and heat from the computer would be no more.