1130WarmUp

Can you count to ten?

That's right. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.

That's how many things you'll learn when you read about:

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-endangered-trees.php

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-bizarre-plants.php

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-hard-to-kill-house-plants.php

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dmac

1129WarmUp

Interesting article in yesterday's New York Times: War Machines: Recruiting Robots for Combat

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/science/28robot.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=robots%20war&st=cse

Check out the new generation of robotic weapons @

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/27/us/ROBOT.html?ref=science

What are the problems? Any ethical issues?

What do you think?

dmac

1124WarmUp

Tommorow is Thanksgiving. Thank you, Pilgrims!

Look up the history of Thanksgiving @

http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=872&display_order=1&mini_id=1083

and http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=61038&display_order=2&mini_id=1083&bcpid=1902518783&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1586348651
and http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/.

Is the US the only country that celebrates? Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

What's a turduken? http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=61038&display_order=2&mini_id=1083&bcpid=1902518783&bclid=1672079702&bctid=1556110076
Take a Thanksgiving quiz @ http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=61024&display_order=6&mini_id=1083

Go on a Thanksgiving webquest @ http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/feast/webquest.htm.

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dmac

1123WarmUp

Well, i'll bet you wouldn't mind living in this house:

http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/fallingwater_htm/fallingwater_movie_index.htm#

Now, design one of your own.

Check it out @:

http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio3d.html

http://30elm.com/

http://myabodo.com/

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dmac

1122WarmUp

Did you know that one of the world's most indecipherable puzzles is located--in the courtyard of the CIA.

Read about it @

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/us/21code.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kryptos&st=cse

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/us/21codecharts.html?scp=2&sq=kryptos&st=cse

http://elonka.com/kryptos/mirrors/daw/steinarticle.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5356012

http://elonka.com/kryptos/

Can you guess what the last part says?

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dmac

1118WarmUp

We sit in computer class everyday, but how much do you really know about the tool that is sitting in front of you.

Read all about it @

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1956593_2029015,00.html

http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JE4qNpFW6Yk/TCDbRjpfXgI/AAAAAAAAAoM/hJDTlP7meyM/s1600/google_voice_inforgraphic_big.png

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dmac

1117WarmUp

There was an interesting article in the Boston Globe on Monday about new techniques to create bridges.

Read about it @

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/15/bridges_that_resist_the_rust/

Take a look at these crazy bridges:

http://gilygily.com/worlds-top-unique-bridges.html

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dmac

1116WarmUp

Yesteday, Facebook made a major announcement:

Read about it @

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2010/11/16/facebook_service_aims_to_centralize_messages/

Here's a video about this topic:

http://www.boston.com/business/video/?bctid=676375486001

Here's some otber interesting sites about Facebook:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704635704575604353719548676.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5

What do you think?

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dmac

1115WarmUp

Great article yesterday in the New York Times about glacial melt.

Read it @:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/science/earth/14ice.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Look at some supporting material @:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/11/13/world/20101114ICE.html

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/13/science/1248069290884/tracking-greenland-s-glaciers.html

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/11/14/science/earth/14ice_graphic.html?ref=earth

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/a-nighttime-epiphany-on-sea-level/

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dmac

1112WarmUp

Take a look at some incredible architecture(my favorite is the robot building!)

http://oddstuffmagazine.com/21-most-strange-and-creative-work-done-by-architects-part-1.html

http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/afa150.php

http://www.oddee.com/item_94046.aspx

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dmac

1109WarmUp

Let's visit my favorite website to practice an old world skill.

Click on http://www.wired.com/

Find an article that is interesting to you

(Here's where old-school kicks in) Read it.

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dmac

1110WarmUp

Let's take a look at some interesting sites about different cultures:

http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519,00.html

http://www.hgpho.to/wfest/house/house-e.html

http://www.shelterpub.com/_wonderful_houses/wh-toc.html

http://www.ict.mic.ul.ie/websites/2002/Imelda_Fitzgerald/Homes%20Around%20the%20World-1.htm

http://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2009/01/08/the-most-beautiful-words-in-english/

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dmac

1108WarmUp

More info on the Robonaut:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2sbMkr/www.sun-sentinel.com/broadband/theedge/newsillustrated/sfl-ni-nasa-robonaut,0,5533110.htmlpage

Other websites about robots:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=robots&media=video

http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/gallery/2010-04/archive-gallery-retrospective-look-robots

http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2010/08/watch-a-robot-jam-out-on-the-marimba/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/science/11robots.html?_r=1&hp

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dmac

1105WarmUp

The seven wonders of the world--what are they? Do they exist?

Decide for yourself:

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/46991/wonders-of-the-world?xid=newsletter

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1639775_1401781,00.html

http://www.panoramas.dk/7-wonders/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/

http://www.new7wonders.com/community/en/new7wonders/new7wonders_of_nature/voting

What would be your pick?

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dmac

1104WarmUp

Did you know that Nasa has plans to send a robot into space and eventually to put a robot on the moon?

Read all about it @:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robonaut

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/science/space/02robot.html?ref=todayspaper

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/robonaut.html

http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/default.asp

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/gm-robonaut-r2-chevy-volt-nasa.php

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20013538-1.html

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dmac

1102WarmUp

November 2nd--culmination of Day of the Dead.

Check it out @

http://framework.latimes.com/2010/11/01/day-of-the-dead-dia-de-los-muertos-in-los-angeles/#/0

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7704605.stm

http://latino.si.edu/DayoftheDead/

http://www.mexconnect.com/tags/day-of-the-dead

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dmac

1101WarmUp

We no longer have the fastest supercomputer--the Cray computer has been eclipsed!

What is a supercomputer? Who has the fastest? Why is it important?

Check out these websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray

http://www.cray.com/Home.aspx

http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Technology/The-Nebulae-Worlds-Fastest-Supercomputer/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/28/chinas-tianhe-1a-is-now-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-plans-to/

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/28/china-worlds-fastest-supercomputer/

http://mashable.com/2010/10/28/fastest-supercomputer-china/

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dmac