Young App Developers

Casey, 13, speaking

At TED Talks for 

Programing and Coding 

     The technology field has been introduced to new young strong influences in the industry. They attain world-class coding skills and are only in their teens. One child, Harry Moran, only twelve years old speaks out and teaches people about what kids really want to play. He is also the youngest to app developer as of 2011. He is a great advocate for the non-profit institutes that he himself had learned computer coding from. In particular, the CoderDojo, teaches students who want to create apps, programs, and computer functions. These places are popping up all over to reach out to younger (primarily) students wanting to learn how to create codes and basics of computers. These institutes bring a new vision of education to the table for the younger mind. They say the best way to teach them is to encourage the children themselves to be mentors when they learn something. 
There was a recent incident where Moran's neighbor's child had a tumor growing behind his eye. The doctors didn't have a program where they were able to view scans via internet so they couldn't diagnose how to treat it. Moan stepped in and created the program they needed, and it helped save the other boy's life. 

Source:

CNN.COM

>>Youtube of Thomas Suarez, 12 year old app developer<<
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkd9TWUtFm0

Algae Farm Provides Renewable Energy!

One of many algae farms, particularly Phil Lane's out in Ohio, has been putting out the word that algae might be a great energy alternative to fossil fuel use. Phil Lane has been performing many tests and trials with using algae for multi-purposes. One of the benefits of working this farm, says Phil, is "Algae can be grown just about anywhere, so we are not competing with farmland for growing food crops," said Lane, who manages the Wooster algae pilot facility. "Algae can add value to marginal lands, generating a crop that can be turned into biofuel and a variety of bioproducts." Algae can be used not only for an efficient source of energy, but for ingredients for bio-degradable products, health safe food naturalizer, and natural additives. Algae is also packed with beneficial vitamins for your body. The algae farming business is spreading quickly throughout the country and is looking very promising for future resources. 

Source:

http://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/algae-farming-technology-yields-renewable-fuel-uses-waste-fertilizer

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA4a_I-rb3Q

Caffeine in New and Upcoming Foods

   

 There are plenty of people out there that can't drink coffee or choose not to. There's plenty of alternatives to coffee to get that extra boost in the morning from the caffeine. Some drink energy drinks,others choose to drink teas, smoothies, eat nuts, or super foods. Wrigley Company had a novel idea of incorporating caffeine into something that just about everyone can enjoy: Gum. But the FDA has been investigating the effects of these incorporated caffeines because of recent reports of death due to disturbed heart beats and physical effects of performance. Wrigley's new "Alert Energy Gum" contains in one piece, the amount of caffeine that's in about 1/2 cup of coffee. It won't be soon until other food items such as jelly beans, potato chips, etc. will be fused with caffeine. The FDA is closely watching the market on these new foods with caffeine integrated foods to reduce the "too much of a good thing" theory. 

On the Bright Side of News: Electronic Longboard!

[Boosting Boards Promo Video]

     Most people know I love long boarding in the summer, so it's something I'm pretty passionate about. It's a great feeling to come home after a day of work and coast on down to the beach on the board. Here I thought motorized bikes were pretty nifty by themselves, but low and behold they've attached motors to the long board. Could it change the audience of long board users? Out in Cali, they might be able to do this. Kickstarter CEO, Sanjay Dastoor, recently gave a presentation on a new business called Boosted Boards. Boosted Boards has created promo trial boards. These boards are controlled by a basic remote control. One can simply start and stop the board's momentum. The [ELECTRIC] motors can be charged in a simple outlet in about 20 minutes. Helmets and protective gear are recommended, as they go 20 mph. (Going 27 and 28 mph on a motorized bike seems pretty fast, thought it doesn't in a car.) These boards are exceptionally cheap, lightweight, and gets you were you need using 20x less energy used by a car. Keep in mind that these boards were created in Cali, most likely for people getting to work that isn't too far away. It is a very green alternative to a car for people whom live close to their work, or down town areas. I can't even tell you how bad I want one.

[The World's Lightest Electronic Vehicle] 

News Source:
http://www.technewsdaily.com/17761-electric-skateboard-gives-commuters-boost.html#

Check out their Kickstarter Promo Site:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/170315130/boosted-boards-the-worlds-lightest-electric-vehicl

And Hey: While you're at it:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1926355577/sunny-hill-cycles-project

Innovational Studies in China

     "Will the cure for autism be discovered in China? A decade ago this would have been a preposterous question. But today people such as Wang Jian, a genetic researcher with a liking for cargo pants, believe the answer could be yes." China has been labeled a 'copy-cat' for many years because of their reproduction of items sold cheaper to outside customers. Thus we forget they that they invented gunpowder and the compass. But recent years have shown that they have slipped from the hands of originality. “Our ability to copy is far greater than our originality,” Zhang Xin, chief ex­ecutive of real estate group Soho, told a panel discussion." But lately China has had a rejuvenation of innovations. Mr. Wang interviews on behalf of BGI, a very large genetic sequencing company.  He tells Hook, the interviewer, that they may have made a huge discovery pertaining to a cure for autism. BGI has mapped out cancer genomes for almost all animals, plants, and humans. With this information, they have had many new leads for medicines, therapy drugs, and new cures. 

Source: 

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3d97c42e-7200-11e2-886e-00144feab49a.html#axzz2QYneUKIU

Man Chops off both his Arms in Home Depot

     On April 11th, a man entered the Covina Home Depot and began cutting both of his arms off. It scared and scarred many people who were present.  A off duty paramedic  by the name of Art Hurtado was there as well. As soon as the Paramedic saw him he had limited supplies to help the man bleeding on the ground. First he thought it was a crime scene with foul play, but he saw movement, and he had to formulate a plan to help save the 50 year old man. As soon as paramedics with the ambulance came with the right equipment to help, Hurtado backed off to let the men do their job.  If it wasn't for Hurtado in that moment of time to help the man, he would have died. They don't know what provoked the man to do what he did, but suspect drug use or mental complications. 

[ Source: ABCNEWS ]

World Controversy over Art and Sports

On the threat scale, we have progressed to next dangerous level as of April 1st, 2013. Going from 'Moo Goo Gai Pan' all the way to the dangerous level 'vanilla rice pudding'. From the controversy over art blogs, publications and notifications have sky rocketed. It links back to two high-schoolers, whom had a small debate over who could not only create better blogs than each other, but keep up on the latest news, and have the most knowledge on their topics. Lately, people from all over the globe have been raving about these topics, also disturbing the peace in Hong Kong. The art exhibit being held by the famous art blogger Art Fearing next to the Hong Kong Buffet in Sturgeon Bay, has caused the restaurant to remain in a state of silent delightedness (Possibly Confusion.) If the controversy continues to acerbate, the president is preparing our country's army for breakouts, riots, and threats.

Apple due for New Products

Apple stocks have gone down 1.2% and is standing at ($465.43 per share). The reason behind the decline is that Apple is lacking innovation and ingenuity. Apple has been said to have their "heads stuck in the  sand". At a reason share-holders meeting, Apple wanted to ensure their stock holders that they are working hard on new products that have great new features. Updates, surface designs, and software adjustments are constantly being worked on states CEO, Tim Cook. Tim Cook also mentioned that there would be a new product category, but didn't expand on the notion much. Since the big hit to Apple, Cook is under pressure to return monies to  share holders in which it stands, $137(billion). Apple's largest competitor is Samsung. With Samsung's new product lines,as well as Google, Apple has started to feel the strain of one-uping. Apple has many products rumored to come out soon. One of those products possibly being the iWatch. Cook may not have wanted to expand on the secret because of other competitors. Some of these products may also 

move to Tv, wearable products, etc.   

Article Source:

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/148045/

Steve Pearce on Drug Testing Proposal

A new law proposal has been presented to Obama by a Republic representative, Steve Pearce. Since people with jobs have to pass drug tests, people whom are government assisted (homeless, jobless) would have to pass these drug tests as well. Pearce expresses his anger toward the ongoing issue of unaccountability that the US Government has had towards the people that they offer the assistance programs to. Pearce has misstated that the government has completely avoided these issues. When in the meeting when the potential law was proposed, Pearce's spokesmen was asked if Pearce thought that the drug screening that was already stated in the legislature wasn't effective enough to him, the spokesmen didn't reply right away. It turns out that the drug test proposal that Pearce had was actually more broad than the legislature that was already in place.

Hacked!

Evernote is an app that is designed for note taking, picture keepsakes, and reminders. Evernote is great for a wide selection of occupations. By this last Saturday, a unknown hacker was able to get into the company's user's passwords and capture them. Evernote editors are resetting all of their 50 million users passwords. The hacker wasn't interested in getting into user's profiles and messing with their accounts, they wanted their payment accounts and information. "However the company said the attack did not appear to be linked to Java, a commonly used computer programming language whose weaknesses have been used as springboards for other recent hacks."

Source: Fox News: Oline note-taking service Evernote Hacked: 50 Million passwords reset after breach

AMD New, Advanced Technology

Advanced Micro Designs, aka, AMD is going to a whole new level of new upcoming technologies. They are releasing news that their new designs for a touchscreen pop-out screens will be on fifty percent of the PC market by next year. At the Mobile World Congress 2013, they showcased their latest designs. The majority of their audience were impressed with the new designs, by many also expected this would be the next step. The new screens run 1080 pixels, and are displayed within Windows 8 tablets and hybrids from the ASUS Vivotab Smart to the HP Envy X2 and ThinkPad Tablet 2. The selling price on the market for the screens as of March 1st, are the same as a high-end Android Tablet. ($400 - $500)

 Source: Fox News: AMD demos new hybrid designs for Temash platforms

Not Too Far Away

     As you can see in this inspiring video by Corning, the possibilities of future technologies. Though of course we haven't fully gotten to this point in time when this technology can be sold on the market, it isn't too far away. 

Corning Glass Video

     A new glass phone prototype has just presented to the press by Polytron Technologies. The new device isn't technically see through, it uses light lasers inside of the top and bottom enclosed square glass piece. It projects the pictures and buttons onto the glass inside. As you can see in the picture, it includes the SIM card, SD card, and batteries. Polytron is keeping in mind that they may use darker glass or use cameras to hide the needed components to appear see-through. Here's my thought: Enough people have trouble enough finding their phones when their ringer is off, that's a real blast isn't it? Think about having a clear glass phone, and the ringer is off. (Double the fun to find!)


Transparent Smartphone Prototype is 'Clearly Cool'

Hoo's There?

      

      A new owl species has been found! In the Indonesian islands, a unique birdsong was heard. What they heard was a Rinjani scops owl. It's a local friend of Mount Rinjani, and most commonly found. 
       Sanger is a very knowledgeable man about ornithology, he shares that the way birds communicate to each other is through their different songs. Sanger didn't expect to find this owl, but chanced upon it when he was traveling near the Mountain and heard the owl cry. 
"I did not expect to find a new species, and certainly not one that is this common," Sangster told OurAmazingPlanet. "It is a wake-up call for ornithologists: there is still much to learn, and new species can reveal themselves even if you are not looking for them, and in places where no one expected to find something new."
Sanger's crew of researchers played this newfound owl song to another group of native owls from the same area. The native owls didn't know how to respond to the call. This was to prove that Rinjani scops owls were of a different species that they hadn't documented. There are many known species of owls (250), but many more to be discovered!

Read More: FoxNews "What a Hoot!"

New York Fashion Week

In New York, Fashion Week means multiple designers showing off their latest lines and products. This year, for the first time, stars are walking the runway to raise heart disease awareness. This event is held at the Hammerstein ballroom in Manhattan, New York. It is 12,000 square feet and holds about 3,900. "Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection Fashion Show" is the official name for the event. Their motive behind the fashion show is because the number one death among women in the united states is Heart Disease, in 2nd is Stroke, 3rd is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 4th is Lung Cancer, and 5th is Breast Cancer. Some of the famous stars rocking the runway are Torah Bright, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Hilary Duff, Kelly Osbourne, Gabby Douglas, Kris Jenner, Amanda Bynes, Jillian Michaels, Wendy Williams, and so many more. They all agreed to model for "The Heart Truth", which was also sponsored by Diet Coke, American College of Cardiology, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Source 1: nydailynews.com

Source 2: video.foxnews.com

Big Brother is Watching You.

The rate of people checking their Facebook's on mobile devices has surpassed the number of people using their desktops to check Facebook for the first time in history. Not only is Facebook the largest growing social network, but now it is continuing to grow. Facebook's efforts to make mobile applications has paid off, and is now used on mobiles more. 

"In 2012, we connected over a billion people and became a mobile company," said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a statement announcing the fourth-quarter results.

Facebook is largely known for their advertising and also makes most of it's profit from it. More than 84% of it's profit is advertising. Of course, large companies like Walmart, Zynga,Target, etc, are tapping into the social network to target their main audience for their advertising. When they say big brother is watching over us, they're really not lying. Facebook can scan your posts and pick out certain keywords from your status'. That way they use this information to set a certain company and products ad selection to your profile. They are continuously doing this as they collect data from your newest and most recent posts. 

CNN Social Networking Source

Hallucinogen Weapon Dropped by Syria

It is believed by U.S. Diplomats that Syria dropped hallucinogenic weapons on the attack in Homes on December 23rd. There is still a huge debate within the U.S. Government weather or not the attack is categorized as a chemical weapons incident.  The highly powerful hallucinogen that was supposedly used is known as Agent 15. It is very closely linked to 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate or BZ. This drug was tested during the Cold War on our own U.S. soldiers. The reason behind it was to pump up the aggression in the soldiers. This isn't the only time that BZ drug/similar drugs have been used on the battle ground. Iraqi insurgents would dose themselves. President Obama is calling the drug "Red Line", saying that it isn't as deadly as an agent like sarin. When the horrifying videos of the affects of Red Line were uploaded to youtube they showed the howling in agony and barely able to breathe, they senced that it wasn't Sarin. Sarin can cause Runny nose, Watery eyes, Small pinpoint pupils, Eye pain, Blurred vision, Drooling and excessive sweating, Chest tightness, Rapid breathing, etc. Chemical attacks will be almost unpreventable, due to large supply of chemical weapons that Syria is known for. According to America's top military officer, it will be "almost unachievable" to keep them from attacking without chemical weapons.

Source: WIRED.com > Syria Drops Hallucinogen Weapons

Man Gets Multi-tool Tattoo!

       Jimmie Rodgers is a thoughtful guy. If you want to talk to someone about meaningful tattoos you might want to talk to this guy. Jimmie Rodgers is an educator, maker, and a hacker. One day when he was traveling with his buddy he mentioned of coming up with a fun way to read resistor color codes. [So the idea first came two years ago while doing a hackerspace road trip with Mitch Altman. “I was talking to Mat Metts about fun ways to read resistor color codes.” Metts created a delightful double resistor poster. “Anyhow, as he worked on that poster, I made the first version of this tattoo in Inkscape.”] So the creating began. But making it out in Inkscape wasn't enough. Jimmie continued to create the tattoo (fifth) in code. Which takes incredible skill and knowledge. Let me break this down: The tattoo has multiple uses. First off, it an easy way to read the color coding. Second, it acts as a ruler. It is 5 inches long, which was originally suppose to be a Metric measuring but wasn't to Jimmie's liking. Third, the long and short end of each rectangle are proportioned according to the golden ratio. Jimmie Rodgers has his own blog site that shows you his creations. Plus, the guys pretty funny. Check him out! JimmieRodgers.com

Human Ken Doll

Justin Jedlica, 32, of New York City, is known as the "human Ken doll" after a 10-year odyssey of cosmetic surgery (92 procedures) to achieve the "perfect" body. "I love to metamorphosize myself, and the stranger the surgery, the better," he told ABC News in October, even though the amount of silicone in his body, say doctors (when told of Jedlica's various implants), has reached a dangerous level. He dismisses actually "earning" the body, through gym workouts, as just "not exciting, not glamorous." (Of course, the "perfect" body is never perfect, Jedlica acknowledged, as illustrated by his recollection of his first surgery to get a perfect nose which is still not done after three follow-ups. "Just got to get that nose up a few more millimeters," he said.

Resource: Huffington Post

Real Life Ken Doll Video

Child's Dream comes to Life!

Okay, this has got to be the coolest thing I have seen yet, besides Mr. Scoville do the worm. 

These are the Temples of Damanhur. It was a secret project because of the lack of a building licence. A guy who goes by the name Falco grew up having visions of the "past life". Since 10 years old, he has wanted to express how the world was created, and the passing of energy throughout the world. There are several different sections to this temple. The catch is, it's all underground these shacks. It's truly a work of art and is completely mind-blowing. They started building the structures in 1978. The entirety of the temple spread for thousands of square meters. Now this guy is extremely thoughtful. Everything that has been painted in these temples has a significance, and even the stone in the side of the mountain is a type of rock that is a very strong conductor. (To him, this is the strongest rock conductor of energy throughout the earth and passes energy to life.) It took them 14 years to complete and their still continuously building on and decorating/painting. They show you different mechanisms that they have created of wire and metal conductors to help improve the body with it's functioning. Bracelets, chambers (platforms you walk into), and body pieces. Now, whether or not they actually work or if you believe in it, the art and architecture of this place is pretty impressive. And get this; they even hire people to dance/play instruments/sing while they give tours of this place to enhance the "experience".

Damanhur Temples on Youtube

Source: Cracked.com