Current Event

Topic: Pencil Pusher
Article Title: Ten Awesome Inventions You'll Never Hear About

Article Source: How Stuff Works
Summary: The pencil pusher is basically a device that takes in paper, and creates a pencil out of it. It looks much like a three-whole puncher, and is relatively small. This is a new form of recycling. 

Reaction: When I saw this, I thought that it was really cool, because its an easy way to recycle your paper without having to go and bag it up and take it to a recycling place. I think its a great idea, but I don't think it is going to become very popular. I think that if a well known celebrity sponsored it, then it would become known. Either way, I would use it.
6. World Impact: I think this would greatly affect the world and me both. If we can take a stand with recycling then less forests would be cut down. This could save habitats and communities within those forests if this invention catches on. The only way that could happen though, is if everyone uses them. It wont make a difference if only a few people use this, it has to be a majority of people, and every little bit helps.

Current Event: Talking Glove

1. Topic: Talking Glove



2. Article Title: Stroke victim 'talks' again with help of speaking glove


3. Article Source: The Telegraph

 

4. Summary: Bill Broad (73), has suffered a stroke in 2010, and was left unable to speak. This forced him to spell out words on an alphabet chart. Fortunately, scientists have invented a new glove that can detect that the patient is trying to say through hand gestures.



5. Reaction: I think this tool is cool and helpful because I'm sure it's fustrating for the person unable to speak, and for the person who cant understand the person trying to speak. This will allow family members, friends, and coworkers to know and understand your feelings and point of views. Hopefully, the invention of this will help to create communicators for people with diseases and disorders like cerebal pasly.




6. World Impact: This could help people around the world who cant work because they can no longer communicate. If the can design a more advance glove to be able to work with, then many people could still have jobs. I think this could impact the world in a positive way, and be a help to companies and economies, if it becomes popular enough. I think they will be rather expensive at first, but if they become popular, they might become a more affordable price. I hope if any of my friend or family members becomes unable to speak, they will have this invention to express and comunicate with the people they care about.

Scams and Schemes!

Scheming is terrible, and can happen to anybody. Sadly, it isn't a very uncommon thing to get scammed or have your identity stolen. Identify theft is when your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity. Being scammed can RUIN your credit, and take years or even decades to fix. Scamming is when someone tries or succeeds in tricking you, usually with intentions of stealing money or personal information. It is imperative that you aren't vulnerable when having lots of private information. People can also access your information by phishing, or false advertisement.

Some ways you can avoid getting scammed or schemed is to never leave receipts laying around, to shred important information when you're done with it, and to be cautious of who may be watching you put in your pin and/or password. If you keep track of your receipts and shred unneeded things, you are making it almost impossible to get your information. But anyone can view your password or pin if they're standing close enough. Be cautious of your surroundings. I will definitely use these tips in the future.

We didn't have a 2.0 tool this week. Over all, I think its safe to say this week has been a little dramatic. Hopefully, though, next week will be better and more civil.

Weekly Blog

Okay, well this was supose to be for Friday, but we didnt have access to a computer so I'm doing it today. These past few days have been hectic, but we are FINALLY in our building! It is soooo pretty and I love the whole design.

 Our digital literacy component this week was about when companies track your online activity for advertising purposes. When youre online, companies track your searches online to see what ads you might be attracted to. They are basically getting you to buy stuff based on your preferences and likes.

 Tracking is what companies do to find out whatyou like and search.  A target is when companies tailor content to you based on the info they collected. A person's demography is common categories such as gender, age, race, etc. Cookies are what companies use sometimes to access your passwords and other information.

Some benefits to computer trackingr is that it saves time, its efficent, it limits your search results, and its personalized to your interests. Some risks, however, is that it can be a trap for a virus if you click on it, it can give you results based on stereotypes, the ad you click on might not be a real website, and it limits search results.

Our 2.0 tool this week was Mixbook. I liked this website because you can make your own book. I was familir with this website, so I didnt have any problems trying to do what I wanted. One positive thing about Mixbook was that it allows you to make a book even if you dont want to publish and buy the book. One disadvantage to the website is that you cnt personally customize things to the fullest extent. You are given layouts and backgrounds but you cant create your own.



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My week has been overall, a good week. Ive been having a good day, and hopefully it stays that way!

Naked Mole Rat's Resistance to Cancer

Topic: Naked Mole Rat's Resistance to Cancer


 Article Title: How Underground Rodent Wards Off Cancer: Second Mole Rat Species Has Different Mechanism for Resisting Cancer


Article Source: ScienceDaily.


Summary: Scientist have discovered that Blind Mole Rats and Naked Mole Rats use a certain process to keep cancers and tumors away. The researches took some of the cells and put them in a culture dish. The cells multiplied 15 to 20 times, then died rapidly. Not only did the cancerous cells die, the adjacent cells died aswell, which prevents tumors.

Reaction: I think that this is really cool, because it can help us to create the growing steps to getting rid of cancer. If scientists can manipulate cells into reacting the same way the mole rats' cells do, then we can easily prevent cancers. They have more research to do, but its a start.


World Impact: This could impact the world greatly. If scientist can change the cell patterns of humans, so many more people can live a long life. I dont know how expensive this would be, because it seems like alot would have to be done in order to change cell traits. This discovery, however, would we great for my family because both sides of my family have cancer bad. I am glad I can use this as a cure if and when I do get cancer.

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Wonderpants!

 Topic: A type of pants that can stop bed sores.

 Article Title:  'Wonderpants' which give wearer electric shock could stop bedsores

 Article Source:  The Telegraph

Summary: Wonderpants are pants that prevent bed sores. They are actually more like underwear , and they send electrical shock throughout your body. This could keep up to a half a million patients who develop life threatening bed sores yearly.

Reaction: I think this is really smart, because when your bedridden, you cant get up, and most people cant even tend to the sores themselves. This kind of touches my heart because my moms friend's wife has been in the hospital for around 10 years, and she has bed sores really bad. This invention could have made her heal faster. This is great. Hopefully it is affordable.

World Impact: I don't really know how well this will impact the world, but I would think it would impact it greatly because it will affect the U.S greatly. This could help the richer countries, but I dont think it could help the more poor countries.  Everything hasnt been decided about it yet, but hopefully, it can benefit everyone.

Weekly Blog~

This week has been... interesting. I have lost some friends, gained some friends, and dyed my hair! We move into the new building next week, which is incredibly awesome considering it was suppose to be finished a loooong time ago. Also, to make things even better, my birthday is in 5 days! I love Octobers.

This week we learned about staying real online, and ways to stay safe when meeting people online. Representing yourself is how you show yourself to others. It creates somewhat of a 'label' for you. Someone's persona is the way they act in front of others. Some people try to have a different persona when they create avatars, which is basically a graphic image to represent yourself online. A lot of people choose to stay anonymous online, which is when you have a hidden identity. Some people act more freely online, and aren't very inhibited, which is when someone is careful or restrained in actions or impulses.

In Digital Driver's License, we learned about how someone can hide behind a computer screen and live a whole other world when online. Some people live through their video games because of the restrictions they have in reality. For example, a warrior in a video game might actually be a paralyzed teenager. Some people keep there online lives somewhat the same to their everyday life because they like whatever aspect of their life that they keep. Some people just like to play video games.

This digital literacy component helped me a lot to figure out who I am in the online world. I like to make my avatars look as close to me as possible, because I don't want to be anyone else. I'm not much of a gamer, but I used to be. 

This week, our 2.0 web tool was Glogster, which is a website where you can present information through a 'poster like' template. Personally, I really liked this website because there were so many different themes and colors to choose from. I could make my poster exactly how I envisioned it would look like. I love when I can think about how I'm going to do something, and not have to change it because I'm not given the resources I need.

One negative thing about Glogster, is that it took a while to load some of the pictures I wanted to use. There wasn't anything else that I didn't like about Glogster. Some positive things about Glogster is that it was easy to use and simple to work productively around. I didn't have any problems with any customizing I wanted to do. If I had to rate Glogster, I'd give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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Overall, I didn't have anything extraordinary happen to me this week, but it was still a good week nonetheless. I have so much to look forward to next week! Halloween and my birthday is Wednesday (yes, Halloween), My mom's is Thursday (yes, All Saint's Day), AND we move into the LSB building Thursday! I am SOOO excited! Next week should be great! Ciao. ~