0228WarmUp

Welcome back from February vacation!

Is it no surprise that robots are taking over the workplace?

Take a look @

http://www.focus.com/images/view/27381/

Here's a cool site about bots:

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

Some more interesting sites:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html

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dmac

1218WarmUp

For the past few days, we've looked at the amazing accomplishments of Watson, the IBM computer that beat the grandmasters of Jeopardy.

But how did Watson get there?

Take a look @

http://www.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/1000/rosagolijan/6059722.jpg

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

http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/History.htm

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dmac

0217WarmUp

The final episode of the Jeopardy: the IBM challenge was last night.

Did you tune in?

Did Watson beat Ken and Brad?

Did computer technology beat humankind?

Check it out @

http://www-943.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/what-is-watson/the-future-of-watson.html

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dmac

0216WarmUp

Who's the best Jeopardy player in the world?

Watson--you know, from IBM.

What is Watson?

Check it out @ http://www-943.ibm.com/innovation/us/watson/

What has he done?

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/watson-game-one#

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dmac

0215WarmUp

Google Summer of Code. What is it? Should you apply?

Check it out @

http://www.google-melange.com/

http://code.google.com/soc/

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/

http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/

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dmac

0214WarmUp

Today is Valentine's day.

Here's some interesting sites:

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/valentine/play.htm?f

http://www.theoworlds.com/valentine/

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Ecard/English/builder.html

http://www1.bluemountain.com/category.pd?path=35282&

http://online.nwf.org/site/PageNavigator/ecards?id=52

http://www.poemflow.com/valentines

And of course, a site by Google:

http://www.mapyourvalentine.com/

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dmac

0211WarmUp

Today is Thomas Alva Edison's birthday. In a sense, without Edison, there would be no computers. Why?

Look him up @

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

10 important things he did:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/02/11/thomas-edison-164th-birthday-marked-by-google-doodle-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-american-inventor-115875-22914916/

Can you recognize his inventions?

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en

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0210WarmUp

What's the difference between animals that are extinct and animals that are endangered?

Take a look at some animals that are already extinct!

http://hubpages.com/hub/Extinct-Species-Of-The-World

http://www.oddee.com/item_88742.aspx

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

How about these dinosaurs?

http://www.50birds.com/extan/gextanimals1.htm

How about the endangered animals?(most likely to become extinct in your lifetime)

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-five-animals-closest-extinction?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+environmentalgraffiti+(Environmental+Graffiti)&utm_content=Google+Reader

What do you think? Can they be saved? How?

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dmac

0209WarmUp

Did you know that Angry Birds is becoming the next Super Mario?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/app-stars-angry-birds/

What do you think about a new video game that makes fun of illegal immigration?

http://theappera.com/2011/02/09/smuggle-truck-operation-immigration-upcoming-controversial-game-for-iphone-ipad/comment-page-1/

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dmac

0208WarmUp

What are we going to do with all this trash? Why make art of course!

Check it out @:

http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/16/trazzler_slide_show_visionary_recycling/slideshow.html

Here's some more interesting works of art:

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/22-most-impressive-things-ever-made-balloons

http://www.picturebulk.com/?p=488&sms_ss=delicious

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dmac

0207WarmUp

Strapped in the one-man flyer, cruising the web, I found these fun sites.

Check them out @:

http://www.pedigree.com/oralcare/denture-your-dog.aspx?utm_source=doghpb&utm_medium=doghpb&utm_campaign=doghpb

http://www.maxmydream.com/

http://www.clayyourself.com/

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dmac

0204WarmUp

The internet has just run out o f addresses. Yikes!

What do we do?

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/internet-addresses/

What's the solution?

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dmac

0203WarmUp

How would you like to tour some of the most famous museums in the world without ever stepping away from your browser?

Once again, one of my favorite companies, Google, comes up with another very cool site: Art Project. Kind of like Google Maps for Museums!

Check it out @ http://www.googleartproject.com/

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dmac

020111WarmUp

There is another crisis in the middle east, this time in Egypt.

Egypt's response--they shut down the internet!

Read about it @

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2045428,00.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/0128/Egypt-shuts-down-Internet-rounds-up-opposition-leaders-as-protests-start

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/egypts-last-internet-service-provider-goes-down-internet-completely-off.html

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/egypt-shuts-down-internet-and-text-messaging-ahead-million-man-protests

How did they do it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/28/internet-egypt-shut-off_n_815495.html#s232525&title=Nick_Ellis

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/how-egypt-or-how-your-government-could-shut-down-the-internet.ars

The US is considering being able too do something similiar.

http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2011/s3127172.htm

What do you think?

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dmac