TED

• TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.


• Their main purpose is to spread their ideas because they "believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world." Due to their site they are able to upload all their new ideas and they are able to share them with the world.


• Technology, science and global issues would be of the best interest to us because as engineers we have to know of global issues going on so that we can come up with ideas to solve them, we use technology for these changes so we need to know about technology and science is a perfect tie to technology and global issues.


• The first video I chose was: We are cyborgs now, this caught my attention and interest as an engineer and problem solver because we are using technology now more than ever. Falling behind with the technology we use now to save our environment and facilitate things would not be something very smart of an engineer to do.The second was Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain, all engineers want to understand how everything works so that they can come up with controls and ways to either copy them or making something better for it. The third was 'Understanding the Rise of China' because we know that china comes up with great technological advances and in many ways we are fighting against them to come up with the next big thing, knowing their advancements help us keep advancing.


• I could get involved in the fiel and study i chose to hear about by doing my own research of communication between people now with all the new technology involved and maybe even do some activities of my own that will back up my opinions and theories about communication with human beings. I can begin to do studies about science advancements that will help me understand the functions of the brain to understand how someone can even begin to clone it. It seems like the biggest skills and training i'll need is just a full study and understanding of such subjects. For example really understand everything that has to do with a subject, analyze everything that will help me see a new perspective or point of view for of the subject for a greater understanding and creativity in ideas that can be possible in the future.

Proffessional Interview

1. Discuss with your instructor who you would like to interview. Obtain instructor approval. 2. Contact the person you will be interviewing and obtain consent. Professional Background 3. Gather the information below. a. Interviewee name: b. Interviewee’s specific degree: c. Interviewee’s place of employment: d. Interviewee’s email address and/or phone: Professional Interview 4. Ask interviewee the questions listed below and record exact responses in your engineering notebook. If you wish to ask additional questions, seek instructor approval. · Please describe your engineering field. · What is your current job title? · Please describe your particular job and duties. · What is your average work schedule? · Starting with high school, describe your educational background chronologically. · If you had it to do over, related to your career or education, would you do anything differently? · What advice would you give to me as someone interested in pursuing a career path similar to yours? Personal Reflection 5. Reflect on your completed interview and answer the following questions. You may also add additional reflections or thoughts. a. What surprised you the most about the interview? b. What was the most important piece of information that you learned form the interview? c. How has this interview influenced your feelings about your future career?

Variables and Branch Functions

Take what you've learned from the RoboPro Software for Fischertechnik presentation on Tuesday/Wednesday and create a program that uses a branch function and loop to increment the value of a variable 5 times before completing. Use the elements in the active workspace in the image above. Deliverables (2pts): -Use a sentence or two to set up the context of your post.

Machine Control: Flowcharting

• Flowcharting is similar to a map because it shows the route traveled







• The process I follow every day is going to school, here's a flowchart that demonstrates it:

Opt. In content

Facebook is now a world wide way of communication. It has the ability to show posts and blogs that allow others to see what you may be doing, thinking or simply want to share. it's one of the easiest ways to plan events, since it also has an event planning app. Your information can be as private as you may want it to be or as public for the world to know. Posts are instant and show very little delay. Twitter, in the other hand has the same type of effect. It's less personal and shows less information. Twitter would me mostly the updates and the posts that facebook has. They are ways to join groups, keep in touch, inform updates and changes.

Facebook and tweeter were the technologies that facilitated the regime change we witnessed in Egypt today. Many protests in the Middle East chose to use these websites to tell when and where the protests and marches and rallies would be held. I feel like also because they were being informed that all these protests were being made, it gave the others the courage to begin their own protests. In a way, Twitter and Facebook united the Middle East to help against their own government. It's kind of like the power of multitude. It was something crazy and at the same time, kind of funny to see how something that would seem insignificant have such an effect on the world.

Content is King

Something i really like doing is volunteering at the Boys & Girls Club in Imperial Beach. I like spending time with them without having to because most of those kids' parents are too busy working or just dont want them at home to be with them. I like helping them enjoy a good day and helping with their home work.

Blogging is helpful to the Club because we [the volunteers] are able to communicate with the staff and learn about what is going on and what events are coming up at the club.

I see myself blogging with the Boys & Girl's Club because I will soon be a staff member and I'll have to know how to keep it up- to- date. I'm excited Mr. Olson has taught us blogging and has enforced it because it'll be beneficial in future occasions.

Units(metric)

l (distance) - m
t (time) - s
m (mass) - kg
a (area) - m^2
v (velocity) - m/s
p (density) - kg/m^3
g (gravity - m/s^2
F (force) - kg m/s^2
E (energy) - m kgm/s^2
P (power) - kgm^2/s^3