Howdy Homies!
Continuing last week's exercise technology discussion, go here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187369/gadgets_to_help_you_get_fit_lose_weight.html
You'll have to click the forward arrow to see the twelve exercise technology ideas. Pick a product, tell me why I should own it.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Blog 22 2/20/12
Hola Peeps!
Sorry about last week's Yanko disaster. Suffice it to say we won't be using that site again. You'll notice Blog 21 won't show up in your grades.
Moving on . . .
Let's talk about sports / fitness technology. Some of you know I've lost quite a bit of weight in the last few years (around 85# in fact). I did that by moving more, and then I started running half-marathons. And then I started doing triathlons. And then olympic-distance TRIs. And you know what I figured out about me? I train harder when there's data to look at. Go ahead and say it . . . NERD! Yeah. I know.
So when I run I wear a heart rate monitor that tells me how hard my heart is working and if I'm in the fat burning zone. In fact, I got a new one of those for Christmas and I'm still waiting on it to come in (helllloooooooo Garmin 910 XT).
When I ride I have a bike computer that tells me my cadence (how many times my foot goes around in a minute).
When I swim I . . . well I just try not to drown.
My point is this: There is a LOT of technology out there that has to do with fitness and exercise. A LOT. Many millions of dollars are spent in the fitness industry every year that have to do with technology.
So for this week's blog I want YOU to go out on the internets and find some cool technology that's related to fitness / exercise.
To receive credit this week you will come back and post a link for us AND give an opinion about your product. As always when we do this sort of thing, you may NOT use a link that's already been posted.
Talk to me . . .
Sorry about last week's Yanko disaster. Suffice it to say we won't be using that site again. You'll notice Blog 21 won't show up in your grades.
Moving on . . .
Let's talk about sports / fitness technology. Some of you know I've lost quite a bit of weight in the last few years (around 85# in fact). I did that by moving more, and then I started running half-marathons. And then I started doing triathlons. And then olympic-distance TRIs. And you know what I figured out about me? I train harder when there's data to look at. Go ahead and say it . . . NERD! Yeah. I know.
So when I run I wear a heart rate monitor that tells me how hard my heart is working and if I'm in the fat burning zone. In fact, I got a new one of those for Christmas and I'm still waiting on it to come in (helllloooooooo Garmin 910 XT).
When I ride I have a bike computer that tells me my cadence (how many times my foot goes around in a minute).
When I swim I . . . well I just try not to drown.
My point is this: There is a LOT of technology out there that has to do with fitness and exercise. A LOT. Many millions of dollars are spent in the fitness industry every year that have to do with technology.
So for this week's blog I want YOU to go out on the internets and find some cool technology that's related to fitness / exercise.
To receive credit this week you will come back and post a link for us AND give an opinion about your product. As always when we do this sort of thing, you may NOT use a link that's already been posted.
Talk to me . . .
Monday, February 13, 2012
Blog 21 2/13/12
Hola peeps! Thanks for logging in.
This week I want to do something that we will do several times throughout the year. I want to look at *sparkly* new technology. I have a favorite site for this:
http://www.yankodesign.com/
Yanko is about the DESIGN of technology. Please feel free to blog on Tuesday and to participate more than once.
Follow these instructions:
1. Go to Yanko.
2. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the link after the page numbers that says "Inspire Me." Ask your neighbor to help you find it if you can't.
3. Tell me which page you landed on. You may not use the first five pages.
4. Pick a product and tell me WHY you like it or how you think it could change our lives.
This is a DISCUSSION. I want opinions with reasons!!! If you can't give me that much effort, then I can't give you enough effort to type a 100 in your grade book!
P.S. You will occasionally find something that is adult-oriented / not particularly school appropriate. Pick another page and keep moving.
Talk to me . . .
This week I want to do something that we will do several times throughout the year. I want to look at *sparkly* new technology. I have a favorite site for this:
http://www.yankodesign.com/
Yanko is about the DESIGN of technology. Please feel free to blog on Tuesday and to participate more than once.
Follow these instructions:
1. Go to Yanko.
2. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the link after the page numbers that says "Inspire Me." Ask your neighbor to help you find it if you can't.
3. Tell me which page you landed on. You may not use the first five pages.
4. Pick a product and tell me WHY you like it or how you think it could change our lives.
This is a DISCUSSION. I want opinions with reasons!!! If you can't give me that much effort, then I can't give you enough effort to type a 100 in your grade book!
P.S. You will occasionally find something that is adult-oriented / not particularly school appropriate. Pick another page and keep moving.
Talk to me . . .
Monday, February 6, 2012
Blog 20 2/6/12
Hiya!
So there were some other cool things unveiled at CES that we haven't discussed yet.
How about a refrigerator that is smart enough to tell you not to get that ice cream treat out after dinner? Or smart enough to place an order at the grocery store?
How about a vaccuum cleaner that you can run from a remote location? Can you imagine sitting there in your nice, comfortable living room and all of a sudden your vaccuum cleaner takes off? I would freak out.
So go read this article. I'll play the video. For blog credit this week pick one of the things discussed in this article and give your opinion.
Talk to me . . .
http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2012/01/10/LG-CES-2012-News-011012.aspx
So there were some other cool things unveiled at CES that we haven't discussed yet.
How about a refrigerator that is smart enough to tell you not to get that ice cream treat out after dinner? Or smart enough to place an order at the grocery store?
How about a vaccuum cleaner that you can run from a remote location? Can you imagine sitting there in your nice, comfortable living room and all of a sudden your vaccuum cleaner takes off? I would freak out.
So go read this article. I'll play the video. For blog credit this week pick one of the things discussed in this article and give your opinion.
Talk to me . . .
http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2012/01/10/LG-CES-2012-News-011012.aspx
Monday, January 30, 2012
Blog 19 1/30/12
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Continuing our discussion of CES, I want you to go to CNET and pick one of the category winners and tell us why you would use it and you think it's cool. You may also pick a categoy winner and tell us why it's stupid and you would never use it.
Talk to me . . .
http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/?tag=mainMedia;imageWrapper
Continuing our discussion of CES, I want you to go to CNET and pick one of the category winners and tell us why you would use it and you think it's cool. You may also pick a categoy winner and tell us why it's stupid and you would never use it.
Talk to me . . .
http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/?tag=mainMedia;imageWrapper
Monday, January 23, 2012
Blog 18 1/23/12
Howdy! Thanks for logging in!
So CES 2012 is now history. If you did what I asked you to do two weeks ago, then you know what I'm talking about. If not, Google CES right now.
Here are some mind-boggling numbers:
3,100 - The number of technology companies that showed up in Las Vegas to debut their new tech toys.
153,000 - The number of technology professionals who attended the show.
34,000 - 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.
1,861,000 - The number of square feet the show took up.
44 - The number of years the show has been running.
(Source: pocket-lint.com)
So what was the biggest unveiled product at CES this year? That's debatable, but I have seen A LOT of buzz about OLED TVs. OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. Apparently Samsung has a new 55-inch OLED TV that is .6 inches thick. Less than 3/4 of an inch thick! It's also really easy to add 3-D capability to the OLED TVs. Holy cow! It's a BDD in the technology world. Never before has a television been so thin or so clear. Take a look:
So CES 2012 is now history. If you did what I asked you to do two weeks ago, then you know what I'm talking about. If not, Google CES right now.
Here are some mind-boggling numbers:
3,100 - The number of technology companies that showed up in Las Vegas to debut their new tech toys.
153,000 - The number of technology professionals who attended the show.
34,000 - 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.
1,861,000 - The number of square feet the show took up.
44 - The number of years the show has been running.
(Source: pocket-lint.com)
So what was the biggest unveiled product at CES this year? That's debatable, but I have seen A LOT of buzz about OLED TVs. OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. Apparently Samsung has a new 55-inch OLED TV that is .6 inches thick. Less than 3/4 of an inch thick! It's also really easy to add 3-D capability to the OLED TVs. Holy cow! It's a BDD in the technology world. Never before has a television been so thin or so clear. Take a look:
Here's the site that pic came from:
Also, GO here and watch this:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/ces-samsungs-oled-tv/
So from the article listed above, answer TWO of the following questions to receive credit this week:
1) When do LG and Samsung intend to bring OLED to market?
2) What is one of the two reasons that previous OLED attempt have failed?
3) What happens to blue OLED pixels?
4) How did LG work around the problem?
5) How are OLEDs like plasma?
6) How are OLEDs different than plasma?
7) Why is the contrast better in OLED than in plasma?
8) What are two of the three benefits of LCD / LED TV?
9) What is the drawback of LCD TV?
10) What are the two major types of television technology today?
Find YOUR OWN answers. If everybody starts answering the same two questions I'm gonna give everybody a zero for the week. I'm tired of people phoning it in on the blog.
Next week? More CES stuff.
Talk to me . . .
Monday, January 16, 2012
Blog 17 1/16/12
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Let's get deep this 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."
Do NOT post until Thursday. Doing so will earn you a zero.
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.
Talk to me . . .
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1211
Let's get deep this 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."
Do NOT post until Thursday. Doing so will earn you a zero.
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.
Talk to me . . .
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1211
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