122012WarmUp

Ever hear of BigDog? How about Petman?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/darpa-ls3/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2008/10/bigdog-20/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/army-headless-robot/

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121912WarmUp

We have the technology to make smarter guns, but gunmakers don't care:

Read about it @

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/12/smart_guns_we_have_the_technology_to_make_safer_guns_too_bad_gunmakers_don.html

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121812WarmUp

You an Instagram user? Look what they just did!

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2021285/instagram-updates-privacy-policy-inspiring-backlash.html

Here's some alternatives:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/12/18/alternative-apps-instagram/1777333/

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121712WarmUp

An interesting article that demonstrates the dark side of social media. What do you think?:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/newtown-shooter-facebook/

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121412WarmUp

Ever think what you like to eat as your last meal?

Well, thanks to Instagram, take a look at what death row inmates chose to have?

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/12/no-seconds-henry-hargreaves/

What would be your last meal?

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121312WarmUp

Yesterday, we discovered a cool engineering game called Fantastic Contraption.

Check it out @

http://fantasticcontraption.com/

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121212WarmUp

Want to get into engineering? How about playing a video game!

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/videogames-engineering-kids/

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121112WarmUp

What were gaming’s biggest disappointments of 2012?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/disappointing-games-2012/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29&pid=3157&viewall=true

Pick one and leave a comment!

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121012WarmUp

Your warmup today involves some quiet individual effort.

Go to Google.
Look at the Google Doodle.

Research the following:
-Who is the person being commemorated today?
-Why is she famous?
-What is her connection to this class?
-What is one very interesting fact about her?

Leave a comment containing the above information!

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120712WarmUp

And the saga of John McAfee continues:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/12/threatlevel_1206_mcafeehospital/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/how-vice-got-john-mcafee-caught/

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120612WarmUp

Well they got him. Guess who just got caught? That's right--McAfee!

Read about it @

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/12/06/guatemalan-police-arrest-software-guru-mcafee/

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/john-mcafee-seeks-asylum-god-sanity/story?id=17884312

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/business/mcafee-antivirus-software-pioneer-arrested-in-guatemala-city.html?_r=0

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120512WarmUp

Facebook is coming out with a new app (or at least making it more accessible.) Read about it @

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57557040-93/facebooks-new-messenger-app-path-to-the-next-billion-users/

http://news.google.com/news/url?sr=1&ct2=us%2F1_0_s_7_1_a&sa=t&usg=AFQjCNFnoX_k-eQaNMcUGs8GC_l8_Zr6aQ&cid=43981942618757&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechland.time.com%2F2012%2F12%2F05%2Fwhy-facebook-will-have-trouble-killing-the-text-message%2F&ei=f2W_UOjlNIicgwe_cw&sig2=7KX6HTyNuJLrPJl2guD3qg&rt=SECTION&vm=STANDARD&bvm=section&twa=f&did=9188291729045980290&sid=top-stories

http://androidcommunity.com/facebook-messenger-android-registration-now-only-requires-name-and-number-20121204/

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120412WarmUp

Tech meets military!

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/fire-scout-iphone/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/cyphy/

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120312WarmUp

Last week we learned that Syria pulled the plug on its Internet. Well, now read about the 61 other countries it could happen to as well.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/12/internet_plug/

What is Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and why is it significant?

http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Border_Gateway_Protocol

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