Something Unreal is about to become Real

      Fans who like Mass Effect,Gears of War, and Infinity Blade. Good new for you! These game are ported to firefox! It is able to played while what only need is Javascript to be more specifically it uses the asm.js sublanguage and Emscripten compiler.

"Less Cigarettes Mean better Life Y'Know"

      Engineer at both Epic games and Mozilla were able to port the game engine to WebGL and JavaScript in just 4 days! What this means is most of the modern web browser will be able to play game that runs on Unreal Engine 3. A video demonstrating the engine running on web browser.

"That's over a Million lines of code!"

      While the engine runs roughly half the speed on JavaScript compare to directly run on C++ it is still a big accomplishment. If you want to try it out by yourselves Click here! Warning! It might use up a lot of the CPU power! For now we do not know whether Epic Games will licence out the engine for the web develop kit or not. But one thing we sure know: Unreal Is Coming Real.

"Unreal + Firefox = FakeFox?"

Citation

Brunner, Grant. "Unreal Engine 3 Ported to JavaScript and WebGL, Works in Any Modern Browser." ExtremeTech. N.p., 28 Mar. 2013. Web. 31 Mar. 2013.

Google Glasses

      Google:"I know where you live, where you study, how old you are, what you like, what your phone number is, what your personality and I even know who are your friends."

      Nowadays technology is very advance, so advance that human can no longer follow up. But how it is used depends on us. Google, our big brother for searching. Google first announced Google Glasses. People were asking what it is and what does it do. To put it simple, Google glasses is a computer on a pair of glasses with a camera.

      So what is bad about Google Glasses? It record every thing it came across from what you have spoken, where you have been, what have you done, your location, and even your friends! It doesn't sound bad...... or does it? As we all know that we like privacy, surely you won't want to be recorded as if you were a criminal(Some feel that way). So are your friends! They don't like their voice to be recorded every time they spoke to you.

      This edge cutting technology is on sell at about $1000 to $1500, we won't expect it to be cheaper soon, but since this little device record your every movement, I wonder whether it will receive a positive review or negative?

How It Feels [through Glass]

How It Really Feels [through Google Glass]

Major Concepts

• The Main Idea of what Google Glasses is.
• What does it do
• The Price

Potential Strengths/Advantages.

• What it records
• What the critic reviews are.

Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages

• Not showing the main misconception of it

Discussion Questions

• I wonder if it is legal to record everything

Citation
Haslam, Oliver. "Humor: The Truth About Google Glasses | Redmond Pie." Redmond Pie RSS. N.p., 26 Feb. 2013. Web. 25 Mar. 2013. <http://www.redmondpie.com/humor-the-truth-about-google-glasses/>.

Doctor! I think I might have a heart attack.

      "Hey guys! It seems that I might have an heart attack, let me go get a check up first to the doctor first." says a friend, "Ok, see you later and say hello to the doctor for me" one of his friend reply.

The implant device

      Often before having a heart attack and passes away. Fragments of a heart-specific smooth muscle protein, fatigued or oxygen-starved muscle tissue that is broken down are dumped into the blood stream. If those symptom and substance can be detected before the actual heart attack or disruption of the heart rhythm, a treatment can be done before hand.

      So any ideas? Well a team of scientist at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne or short name as "EPFL" have. They made the world's smallest blood monitoring device. The device is implanted under the skin, deep enough to be exposed to blood, not too deep to be able charge through skin(wirelessly, for more information click here). It can keep track the level of glucose, lactate and ATP. Providing valuable data for doctors, as well as monitoring.

      Such a wonderful device! But how does it work? Each sensor is coated with a thin layer of enzyme which is used to test blood and that reacts with blood and chemicals in it then send the information to out to our smartphone using Bluetooth. Currently the device have only a few sensors, but you'll never know how many more sensor can be added. But sadly only if the device can last forever it would seems to be flawless. The implant can only last for one month more or less and it can consider expired.

      So if the person implanted the device is saved, that person will become a customer again. An implant under your skin seems to be more and more powerful nowadays.

      Leave a comment below of what do you think of such implant! And have a good day! If it is a night now then, Have a good night!

      Read Full post here: Click Here ;Want to know more about ATP? Click Here

Citation:
Hewitt, John. "ExtremeTech." ExtremeTech. N.p., 21 Mar. 2013. Web. 24 Mar. 2013. <http://www.extremetech.com/computing/151134-worlds-smallest-blood-monitoring-implant-talks-to-a-smartphone-but-whose>.

Your Precious Media Files

Your Precious Media Files

      "He runs into the hordes! He ran passes them! He Shoots! He sc----". You suddenly notice water flooding your house which is not often. And your PC is submerged in water. After the flood, you try to start up your desktop. You successful start up but your precious games, mp3, mp4, [Whatever file].exe, class project, p..... oh whatever, that is enough example. The point is they are all gone.

      I feel bad for you. But! We can prevent that problem with the latest disaster proof, backup technology. ioSafe N2! It look like this.

       It features hot-swap capability which mean you can swap it's hard drive without shutting down everything, Asus Z9PE-D8 WS Dual LGA2011 SSI-EEB motherboard, two Intel Xeon E5-2630L, two Dynatron R17 Cooler, G.Skill RipjawsZ F3, two OCZ Technology Vertex 4 128GB hard drive, local cloud storage and of course, fire/water resistance. Fire/Water Resistance case protects data loss from heat up to 1/2 hour per and is waterproof  for 72 hours. ioSafe is also a well-respect brand in the field NAS market.

      Next time, whoever put your house on fire, you can just calmly walks out of your house without worrying your precious file getting burn!

Citation:

Ganesh T S. "AnandTech | IoSafe N2: A Disaster-Resistant Synology DS213." RSS. N.p., 4 Mar. 2013. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

Right Now, What is happening on the internet?

       Let's count down 60 seconds and then continue to read. Right now you are reading this means either you didn't count down 60 seconds or you did but either way, that 60 seconds you just count is more than what you can imagine. Why? Every second there are:

• 1000 barrels of petroleum are used worldwide
• 4 babies are born worldwide
• 9000 animals are slaughtered
• 2 people died of diseases
• the amount of  trade made worldwide is about 97 million USD
• 232 computers have become infected by malware
• 2.6 million CDs, containing 1,820 TB of data are created
• 450 copies of Windows 7 sold
• 12 websites have been hacked after a 416 attempts
• 950 purchases on eBay, with 180 of them coming via a mobile platform
• $219,000 of total payments transactions through PayPal with $10,000 being from mobile
• A total of 11 millions conversations taking place through various instant messaging platforms
• 2 million internet users watched content not suitable for the general audience
• $75,000 added to Google revenues
• 2,100 check ins through the Foursquare service
• 2,500 ink cartridges sold for various printers
• 4,000 USB devices sold
• A staggering 38 tons of e-waste generated
• 18 Amazon Kindle Fires sold
• 11 Xbox 360 consoles sold
• 81 Apple iPads and 925 iPhones sold
• 103 Blackberry devices sold
• 1,400 discs are rented on line using redbox
• 6,600 pictures are uploaded on Flickr
• 600 videos are uploaded on YouTube videos, creating another 25+ hours of content
• 695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on Facebook
• 70 new domains are registered
• 168,000,000 emails are sent
• 320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets are generated on Twitter
• 20,000 new posts are published on micro-blogging platform Tumblr
• The browser FireFox is downloaded more than 1,700 times
• The blogging platform WordPress is downloaded more than 50 times
• WordPress Plugins are downloaded more than 125 times
• 100 accounts are created on LinkedIn
• 40 new questions are asked on Yahoo Answers
• 100 questions are asked on Answers.com
• 1 new definition is added on Urban-dictionary
• 1,200 new ads are created on Craigslist
• 370,000 minutes of Skype voice calls
• 13,000 hours of music streaming on Pandora
• 1,600 reads are made on Scribd

These are just some examples. There are enormous numbers of things going out there, more than you can imagine. Here, have a video.

Major Concepts

• One second is more than what people can imagine
• What is happening on YouTube now
• Every minutes, what is happening

Potential Strengths/Advantages

• Pictures and Facts
• Alot of Facts
• And more Interesting Pictures

Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages

• Not enough facts for a bored person

Discussion Questions

• Are there any other facts?
• Who calculated all this or research all this?

Citation

"What Happens On The Internet Every Second, Minute, Hour And Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]." - AllTwitter. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.

PC + Rocket

Rocket Desktop

       Yes, as the title said. AMD take war with Intel to a whole new level with Rocket-launching desktop PC. The custom PC was built by Benjamin J. Heckendorn or as known as Ben Heck, the famous modder that not only modding but also the one bought us Xbox 360 laptop, and portable version of alot old-school game console.

[Benjamin J. Heckendorn]

      The famous modder bring us a war-zone ready PC, the system is running Windows 7 and features an AMD A10-5700 APU on a MSI mini-ITX motherboard. There's only a single 128GB SSD inside as well as a small power supply. The MSI mini-ITX motherboard leave tons of room for the two rocket silos.

[Rocket Launching PC]

      All of the switches have a solid, almost industrial, feel to them. The launch electronics all worked flawlessly with no bugs...thankfully. A 10-second countdown sequence begins, with the silo hatches opening at six seconds (and five seconds, if you launch both rockets at the same time). You probably thinking, you can't launch rocket indoors. That might cause you few burns in your house. And not everyone is walking around with desktop, and surely not a desktop with 2 rocket silos. But what important is that Ben Heck has built a PC that launches frickin’ rockets. But hey, why not?

[Video: AMD Rocket PC Hands on and Test Launch]

Citation

Anthony, Sebastian. "AMD Takes War with Intel to a Whole New Level with Rocket-launching Desktop PC." ExtremeTech. N.p., 6 Mar. 2013. Web. 10 Mar. 2013.

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When the student OWN the learning

When the student OWN the learning

      From a post which I came across in Ed tech Ideas. It is Keith Ferrell said that we should, let the children use tools THEY know and is familiar with. And I know I should share it to other readers.

        Today in class I relinquished all the control of learning, and gave them a challenge "Using any method you choose, you are to show your isopod/beetle". Looking around checking up on kids. And i found that they are using many fascinating using of tools! Some work in pairs, some individual, and when they are in their own group they create their own rubric! How astonishing! EdTechIdea: As a teacher we must not force one to study, but let them choose how they learn. And in teaching it should be an active lively one. Not as a dead lifeless teaching. Take a leap, relinquish the controls, and let them feel the study.

Major Concepts

• What she have done to study
• The idea of what happen when the student gain the interest of learning.
• What happen when the study is not limited in learning

Potential Advantages

• Mention where the idea is from
• Mention that students uses tools in studies

Potential Disadvantages

• Tested only in grade 4 students

Discussion Questions

• Relinquish the controls, does some students slacks off?
• Did not mention the status of the class room, organize, messy or quiet.

Citation
Nielsen, Lisa. "Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When Students Own the Learning."Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: When Students Own the Learning. N.p., 4 Dec. 2010. Web. 04 Mar. 2013. <http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/12/when-students-own-learning.html>.Picture