Tech Article 10/25

 

Watch A Swarm Of Robots Team Up With Flying Drones To Solve Real-World Problems

What: This product is a group of robots that team up to solve real-world problems.

Why: These robots were build because they are able to solve problems for you and act like your servants in the house.

How: This product communicates with other robots that are above them and tell them where there going and what there doing.

Who: Nithin Mathews, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O’Grady, and Marco Dorigo created this product.

When: This product came out on May 19, 2009.

Where: These robots were invented at Vilamoura, Portugal.

Click here to watch the video (3 minutes) 

 

  

 

Wiki Research 10/23

 

What are the benefits of using a wiki? 

• It is better than emailing
• Wikis can be edited by more than one person at the same time
• It gives you information on what other people wrote 

How can we create one in this class and utilize it?

• We can create a wiki by researching the topic given to us and post what we know
• We can work on the wiki at the same time and delete whatever we think is not important
• We can also add information we think is necessary      

 What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

• I have no experience in creating wikis 
• I have used Wikipedia and Wiki Answers  

X Factor

Tech Article 10/19

  Creator Of BlindType, A Keyboard App For The Blind Acquired By Google, Reveals New Keyboard App Called Fleksy

What: This is an app on the Android, Windows Phone, and the Iphone so blind people are able to text and email other people. 

Why: Flesky was created to allow the blind to text on there touch screen smartphone.

How: Flesky allows the blind to type and fixes your mistakes by using the clues you put in your message.
Where: You can get this app on your Android, Windows Phone, and the Iphone. You will find that most people that are blind has this app.
When: This app came out on August 16th, 2012.

Click here to view video of Flesky 

YouTube Videos

These are some of my favorite videos on YouTube
Blood
Baby  
Husky (I Love You)
Girl Crying 
Falling Door 
Halloween Candy
 

This is one of my favorite videos on YouTube!

This kid reminds me of my moms friend! This is funny (in my opinion), talented, and very entertaining! Just watch the whole video and you'll see what I mean by funny!

Amphibious bicycle in Wuhan
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What: This bicycle can be used on water and on land. It has eight water buckets as pontoons and adjustable vane wheels as driving power.

Why: This product was built so you can ride your bike on water and on land.

How: The eight water buckets help the bicycle float and the adjustable vane wheels make the bike move forward.

When: This bicycle came out on May 30, 2009.

Where: The Amphibious Bicycle can be found in Wuhan of Hubei Province, China.

Who: Li Weiguo invented this product.

Tech Article 10/4

Furry Baby-Like Robot Fights Depression in Senior Citizen



What: This Baby-Like Robot helps senior citizens, like your grandma and grandpa, fight against dementia, a type of depression.  this robot is called Babyloid.

Why: This not only helps senior citizens fight against depression, but it makes the nurses that work at nursing homes lives much more easier and less stressful so they are not worrying about their clients.

How:  Babyloid works just like a real baby except it can't show affection to you like a real baby does, but its behavior – crying, smiling, sleeping and making real baby noises – is very similar to that of an actual baby.

Where: You will find the most Babyloids at nursery homes.

When: The Babyloid came out on January 9, 2012


 

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