Emerging Techology

Eric Migicovsky, an industrial-design student at Delft University of technology in the Netherlands, wanted a way to use his smartphone without crashing his bicycle. "I thought of creating a watch that could grab information from my phone," he says. "I ended up building a prototype in my dorm room." Now he ships 85,000 Pebble watches to eager customers who don't want to lug a glass slab out of their pocket to check an e-mail they receive or to find out what the weather is. The watch uses Bluetooth to connect wirelessly to an iPhone or Android phone and displays notifications, messages, and other data to the user's choosing on the screen. The Pebble can control playlists and apps like RunKeeper and more. The device has a black-and-white screen lets the user read the screen in direct sunlight and displays content persistently without needing to "sleep" to conserve battery power, as color or touch-screen displays do.

So these technologies will for make it easier to get out your phone without getting out your phone. What surprised me was that most things, the watch was made by a 26 year-old student in college. The possibilities that they talk about in the article is that it maybe they will replace the smartphone altogether by combining a computer and monitor into eyeglass frames so that wearers can "augment" their view of the world data. With today’s technology though, what they talk about does not surprise me that much.

In 2010 there was technology that was considered "emerging" to be now being used like Mobile 3-D.

 

Adult Interview: Cathy and David Cook

1. Details of Interview: I interviewed Cathy Cook and David Cook my parents.
2. What is their job title?
• My mom's job title is Design Development Technician.
• My dad's job title Director of Information Technology.
3. What are some of their responsibilities?
• My mom's responsibilities are to use computer aided drafting to provide engineering documentation.
• My dad's responsibilities are managing the information technology department at Paramount Health Care.
4. What type of education was needed to obtain this job?
• My mom's education was a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Graphics with a minor in General Business.
• My dad's education was a Bachelor of Business Administration or Computer Science.
5. Was there any "on-the-job training" in addition to formal education?
• My mom had to do a six month internship in Computer Aided Drafting.
• My dad to have five years in information technology.
6. What are the hours worked and number of days worked?
• My mom works eight hours a day Monday through Friday.
• My dad works eight hours a day Monday through Friday.
7. Do they work overtime?  If so how are they compensated for overtime?
• Yes, sometimes my mom works overtime and gets a time in a half hourly wage.
• Yes, but my dad does not get payed for overtime.
8. Dress code: what is typical for the average worker?  Do higher management dress differently?
• In my mom's work a typical worker in engineering wear professional clothing and higher management dress the same.
• In my dad's work a typical worker wears business casual and higher management wear professional business attire.
9. What are some things they like about their job?
• My mom likes drawing, designing tools to help assemble products, working with engineers and machinists, and writing CAD and manufacturing procedures.
• My dad likes the challenge, working with computers, and pay day.
10. What things do they dislike about their job?
• My mom dislikes cleaning her desk and missing deadlines.
• My dad dislikes disciplining staff.
11. What is the average starting pay for this type of job?
• The average starting pay for my mom's job is $20-$25 per hour, or $40,000-$50,000 a year.
• The average starting pay for my dad's job is $100,000 a year.
12. Do they get benefits?  If so, what kind of benefits?
• Yes, my mom gets health and dental benefits, payed vacation, and 401K Investments.
• Yes, my dad gets health anddental benefits, payed vacation, and 401K Investments.

My Final Bucket List Move

In this project, for my computer class, we made a bucket list. First we came up with 10 things to be on the bucket list, then we found more information on these items and recorded the websites we used to find the information. From that we made a script that we recorded on the program call Audacity. Next we found pictures that would go without recordings and put their long URL's into a website call Bitly to make them shorter. To make the video above we used the program called Movie Mark, but it was tricky. First we had to add all the pictures that we found and estimate the order need to go with the recordings. Next we added one at a time the recording and make the pictures go with them. I liked writing about what I like and also learning more about things, but I still had troubles. When I read from a paper it helps that it is about something I like but sometimes I would stumble over word and I not the animated when I read in front of a computer. I could also these this programs for the videos my family does for the YMCA swim team but otherwise I would rather present what I was doing in front of the people I'm giving it to. That is how I feel about the project.

Weird Halloween Story, I Think

I woke up with a huge crash, BANG!!! I had fallen out of my bed but I was not in my bedroom anymore, I was in a dark and dreary forest. I looked around to see where and what was around me, a bunch of trees and flowers. There was a bunch of wildlife out in the forest and different kinds of animals. Animals that I have never seen or heard! It was the coolest thing ever! I was thinking, Where am I? What is this place called? Why am I here? I got up and started to walk on this glow in the dark path that led me to this beautiful river and across this river was a giant mushroom. I swear it was literally just a mushroom. It was like 3 feet wide, I mean what type of mushroom is that big? I started crying because I realized that I was gonna die if I didn’t take an axe and start wildly chopping at the mushroom. However, the mushroom was indestructible and it split my axe which then flew and hit me in the face. I currently reside in Limbo because I don’t believe that I made it out of the crash alive. Really bad luck, its just that unicorns are purple and grapes are magical. Life didn’t make sense and there was nothing I could do being lost in this place. I sat on the pieces of chopped up mushroom to think about my past as Sasquatch Researcher. Had that been a bad college choice? I was starting to think so. Then I found Asland and he tried helping me.

Learning about Martha Washington was intersting because I learned things I didn't know about her. For example: Her first marriage wasn't to George Washington, she was a widow before she married him. I had trouble with the work cited page but when I got help it was much easier. I don't mind other people's podcast because I knew that I probably didn't do any better. I wouldn't mind do this is it was about something I like and I was better at reading out loud.

Martha Washington Podcast

My Digital Footprint

I got a 16 on the quiz we did for our digital footprint and when I Google my name another Amy Cook come up a lot and then some more, making me impossible to find, MUHAHAHA!