Blog 16 - January 28, 2013

Howdy Folks!

So CES is in the books again this year. Here it is by the numbers:

3,250 - The number of technology companies that showed up in Las Vegas to debut their new tech toys.
150,000 - The number of technology professionals who attended the show.
35,000 - The number of attendees who came from other countries to attend the show.
20,000 - The number of new products that were launched at the show.
1,920,000 - The number of square feet the show took up.
45 - The number of years the show has been running.
(Source: cepro.com)

How cool is that? It TOLD yall it was a Big Deal!

So for credit this week go pick one of the top 10 new products from this year's show and speak about it intelligently. As always, read Tuesday and blog Thursday. Also? That's cool won't earn you credit. Please speak to us about the product. Give us a fact. Go see if you can find reference to it somewhere else on the internet. When is it coming to market?

So again, for credit this week you must do TWO things: Tell us which product in that list you're talking about AND give us a fact about it that you find interesting.

Sample:
I'm so digging that Samsung Youm. It has flexible plastic instead of glass so it's not breakable. Finally! A cell phone I can actually put in my pocket!
Lanham - 1

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/10-best-new-products-from-ces-2013-1124170

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Blog 15 - January 21, 2013

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Let's get deep this week. We'll get back to CES next week.

I want to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his thoughts on technology.

In 1964 Dr. King delivered a lecture the day after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in which he told his audience at the University of Oslo that "material advancement was meaningless without an accompanying moral structure." In other words, the growing abundance of technology is undermining the human spirit. My favorite quote from the article is: "The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually," he said. "We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers."

Here's the link to his speech:
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1211

This week I'm asking you to think, REALLY THINK about Dr. King's words. I want his words to work on you a little bit.
He is telling us that technology advancement needs to go hand in hand with spiritual advancement, or it's all for nothing. THINK. Do you agree or disagree with Dr. King? WHY? You will answer both of those questions to receive credit this week.

Do NOT post until Thursday. Doing so will earn you a zero.


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Blog 14 - January 7, 2013

Hola Peeps! Welcome Back!

Today I want to tell you a little secret . . .

There's this THING that starts today in Las Vegas. It's huge. It's called CES = Consumer Electronics Show. Every piece of electronics technology that we use has debuted at this show in the past. Think about that for a second. That iPhone in your pocket? Yep. Apple showed it off there. That flat-panel TV in your living room at home. Yep, that too. It's a HUGE deal in the electronics world and a gogillion (well maybe that's an overestimate) people converge on Las Vegas this time every year to take a look at the newest electronic innovations. 

So go take a look and see what CES is about. For credit this week tell me if you'd want to go (or not) and why. That's TWO things: Would you go? Why or why not? Read today, blog Thursday. Thursday Edit: CLEARLY if you want to go to CES the reason is to see emerging technology. PLEASE BE MORE SPECIFIC!!!! Which technology are you most interested in?

P.S. In your grades you will see that Blog 13 is missing. That's the one we did right before break when the internet was down. Most of you didn't get to blog. I trashed the grade.

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http://www.cesweb.org/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-2013-consumer-electronics-show/2013/01/07/9f8ccfde-58c5-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_gallery.html#photo=1

http://ces.cnet.com/

http://www.pcmag.com/CES/