013113WarmUp

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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013013WarmUp

Ever think of an idea that could change the world?

Well, here's 7 of them:

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/ff-seven-big-ideas/

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0129WarmUp

Some interesting tech news for today:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414817,00.asp

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2013/01/ipad-goes-big-128gb-version-of-apples-tablet-starts-at-799/

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012813WarmUp

Welcome to Computer Programming class. We build software here!

So let's read about one person's idea about how it should be done:

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/01/code-bugs-programming-why-we-need-specs/

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dmac

011813WarmUp

Google has a new capability--ngrams!

The amazing application announced yesterday that allows you to easily analyze “the 500 billion words contained in books published between 1500 and 2008 in English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese and Russian.

Take a peek @

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/

Some interesting articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/17/books/17words.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_visualization_tool_from_google_with_data_from.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=google-books-culture

http://peterpappas.blogs.com/copy_paste/2010/12/how-to-quantify-culture-google-ngram-viewer-explore-500-billion-published-words.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/vampire-vs-zombie-comparing-word-usage-through-time/68203/

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_fascinating_word_graphs_from_200_years_of_googl.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)

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011713WarmUp

Ever dream of being a transportation engineer? This little app may help:

http://www.traffic-simulation.de/


How about a doctor? Look at these:

http://tr.anest.ufl.edu/simulations/cv/

and

http://www.simanest.org/

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011513WarmUp

CES just ended for 2013.

Take a look some of the innovations:

http://ces.cnet.com/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/01/the-best-of-ces-2013/

Leave a comment about your favorite.

dmac

011513WarmUp

Look at some of the tallest buildings in 2012.

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/01/2012-tallest-skyscrapers/?pid=1871

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dmac

011413WarmUp

How about a new id, this time with an RFID chip?

Read about what happened to one student:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/rfid-suspension-appeal/

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dmac

011113WarmUp

Java is causing computers to be hacked!

Read about it @

http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/critical-java-zero-day-bug-is-being-massively-exploited-in-the-wild/

http://www.itpro.co.uk/645031/new-java-7-bug-prompts-calls-for-web-users-to-axe-plug-in

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/java-security-hacker-exploit,20371.html

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/10/new-java-vulnerability-is-being-exploited-in-the-wild-disabling-java-is-currently-your-only-option/

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011013WarmUp

More on the autonomous vehicle.

Read about it @

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/01/ces-2013-audi-self-parking/

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010913WarmUp

Did you know that Google has a car that drives itself?

Check it out @

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

Some interesting news about driverless cars:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/driverless-cars-and-heightened-road-safety-technology-unveiled-at-las-vegas-tech-show/2013/01/08/4b8145c2-59cf-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/01/ces-2013-toyota-lexus/

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Youtube link @

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp9KBrH8H04

010813WarmUp

There's a new high school in New York City, the Academy of Software Engineering.

What do you think?

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/03/academy-for-software-engineering.html

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/01/the-academy-for-software-engineering.html

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dmac

010713WarmUp

What will you do when a robot takes your job?  What?

Read all about it @

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/ff-robots-will-take-our-jobs/

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dmac

010413WarmUp

Consider yourself a handyman?

Take this quiz and find out:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4279507.html.

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dmac

010313WarmUp

The navy is developing new technology to detect and eradicate mines.

Check it what a mine is @
https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=636&q=strait+of+hormuz&oq=strait+of+hormuz&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i24l7.1078.4781.0.5218.16.9.0.7.7.0.109.843.6j3.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.5i26CLb6KLI#hl=en&tbo=d&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=under+water+mine&oq=under+water+mine&gs_l=img.12..0i10l4j0i10i24.2218.4452.10.7935.6.5.0.0.0.0.141.564.1j4.5.0...0.0...1c.1.-67_fPKT32Q&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.dmQ&fp=d2136a8eec7b0665&bpcl=40096503&biw=1024&bih=636
&biw=1024&bih=636
https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=636&q=strait+of+hormuz&oq=strait+of+hormuz&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i24l7.1078.4781.0.5218.16.9.0.7.7.0.109.843.6j3.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.5i26CLb6KLI#hl=en&tbo=d&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=mine+sweeper+ship&oq=mine+sweeper+ship&gs_l=img.3..0i10i24l2.4577.10795.17.12013.7.1.6.0.0.0.78.78.1.1.0...0.0...1c.1.5lI2gcWQdIE&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.dmQ&fp=d2136a8eec7b0665&bpcl=40096503&biw=1024&bih=636

Check out the new technology @

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/01/robot-mine-sweeper/

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dmac

010213WarmUp

Happy New Year!

Let's take a look at some of the tech ups and downs of 2012.

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/adding-up-the-year-2012-by-the-numbers/

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/memorable-apps-of-the-year/

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/01/nobody-cared-2012/

Pick something notable and leave a comment!

dmac