A Chip being able cure disease?

Could you imagine being able to put a chip in your brain to cure a disease. To control people with seizures or even for someone who lost a limb be able to control an artificial arm. The University of Florida is right now researching on how to cause a small chip in the person brain to eventually cause a person that is complete paralyzed to use prosthetics. The research right now is being used on rats to try and control people with seizures that have epilepsy’s and paralysis. This would be really cool if they could come up with a chip to do this. It is still in the research as of right now. By Jen Hight
work cited
"The future of medicine: Insert chip, cure disease?." June,24,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009. .

Being able to back up you immune system

Wouldn't it be cool to put a spare set of your immune system on ice. Well now a days people can for $800 to take the initial sample of white blood cells. Then you would have to pay $25.00 a month. This could help with people HIV and other autoimmune diseases. The Us Food and Drug Admission just gave permission to do it. But they are having problems with some of the white blood cells freeze. Some of them aren't working out. But in the future they plan on being able to back up you immune system. By Jen Hight
Work Cited
Coghlan, Andy . "Create a back-up copy of your immune system." June,22,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426094.400-create-a-backup-copy-of-your-immune-system.html.

Stop the bleeding by Gel

The nanohealing is to hit the markets soon. It's a gel that is use to stop bleeding and a doctor name Floyed Loop says that when doing surgery on the brain and heart with removing tumors that their is a lot diffuse with bleeding around the site and because of that you have to spend a lot of time sponges and cautery. If the were able to use the nanohealing this will help with least time spend during the surgery and also help prevent the cause of more operations to happen. This could even help to reduce the risk of infection. This product they are open to get out soon for the first responders at accidents and even on the battlefield. It also has a long shelf date so it can be in the first aid kits. Loop does caution though that they need to do further test to make sure it works on non surgical applicants. So it's still being tested out which they are testing it on animals such as mice. They plan to soon have a clinical trial soon.
Work Cited
Bullis, Kevin. "Nanohealing Material Heads to Market." 5/12/2008 Web.13 Aug 2009. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/20755/page1/.

Parts of the project for the artifical Womb

In the first picture is what Liu and her team put were able to put together the artificial womb with a mouse. Then in the second picture it shows the Diary of the mouse. What is going on in the days like the fifth day and seventeenth day.
The Pictures
Reynolds, Gretchen . "Artificial Womb Picture Gallery." 2009 Web.13 Aug 2009. .

The Artifical Womb

In the future scientist are experiment with a artificial womb. Where people who can not have babies can soon have one. Also that gay couples would be able to have a child. The "Scientist at Cornell University have grown mice embryos in manmade, bubble shaped wombs".(Future for all) Not only will this help people can't have babies it can also help premature babies to developed. The research on this has gone pretty in detail a lady named Hung-Ching Liu and her team from Cornell Univertsy were able to" successfully grown a sample of cells from the lining of a human uterus and had tissues engineering technologies to shape them like a womb".(Newson) The even put a human fertilized egg into this womb but the experiment was ceased after 6 days because of legal limits on the human embryo experiment. Also if you are pregnant and are having problems they would be able to transfer your baby to an artificial womb until it ready for birth. This I think could be pretty cool so that people who really want a child have one if this cannot. Plus if you have a problem carrying your baby then theirs an option to help keep it alive. But what about the bonding part you have with your baby when its in you? How will woman be able to bond with the child as it's growing inside? I know when I pregnant I had a bond with my son. By Jen Hight
Work Cited
"Artificial Womb." 2005-2008 Web.13 Aug 2009. .
2.Newson, Ainsley. "From fetus to full term - without a mother's touch." 2009 Web.13 Aug 2009. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article560384.ece
3 Photo is from
Reynolds, Gretchen . "Artificial Wombs ." 2005 Web.13 Aug 2009. .

Captive Touch Technology

Use of Captive touch technology, also known as touch screen technology, is expected to grow within the next ten years.

Since an overwhelming majority of Americans use a touch screen device at least once a day, it’s not surprising to see the value in all that capacitive touch has to offer. From car navigation touch screens to aviation, the touch screen phenomenon is far from over. Even bars in Las Vegas have touch screen technology inside them where customers are able to write on the bar, draw and play with light. Soon, patrons will be able to set their check cards onto a touch screen table and instantly pay for their meal. The digital camera created a boom for digital pictures and all accessories that went with it. Touch screens of the future will allow users to play with their digital images using a virtual scrapbook tool, enabling photos to enlarge and shrink, flip and move.

Much much more touch technology is heading our way and perhaps new touch security will come with it. Instead of anyone being able to touch your capacitive touch screen, phone or car screen, a fingerprint lock will only allow the registered user to have access. In less than 10 years, we will not only continue to talk about capacitive touch technology, we will be listening with it, wearing it and standing on it.

~Angela

Adapted from http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/capacitive-touch-technology-of-the-future-390703.html

Microsoft has done it again!

I this video montage by Microsoft one can see their plans for the future. At a conference in 2009, Stephen Elop, a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Microsoft showed a longer version of this video to show what Microsoft has in store for businesses, schools and society in the next ten years.

Stephen Elop ~ "So I'm going to show you a video, a video of 10 years from now, and what we are working toward. Everything in this video is based on research and technology explorations from across Microsoft, and throughout the industry. This is not science fiction, nor is it Hollywood imagineering. Every single thing here is something that could be real, and I'll spend more time on that after we go through the video. Watch carefully because in every frame there's something new and advancing in terms of how technology will enable the improvement of productivity for businesses and individuals."

http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/SilverlightApps/videoplayer_3/standalone.aspx?xml=mms://msstudios.wmod.llnwd.net/a2294/o21/presspass/a_Glimpse_Ahead_MBR.wmv

~Angela

The Future of Business Technology

Check out this article on what BusinessKnowledgeSource.com believes what will happen in the future with business and technology. One field that they are predicting a lot of movement in is the field of network Coding, which Wikipedia defines as a field of information theory and coding theory and is a method of attaining maximum information flow in a network.It is expected that Network Coding will change the face of the industry in the near future.

~Angela

http://businessknowledgesource.com/technology/the_future_of_business_technology_026528.html

Big Brother is Watching....

RFID technology, also known as Radio Frequency Identification Technology, is a technology that was created in 1948, but has in just the past two decades become popular for use in many commercial and government applications and is expected to grow in the near future. RFID technology includes the use of an RFID tag that can be placed on or in an animal, person or object. This tag can be tracked using and RFID reader or scanner which uses radio waves to communicate between the tag and the reader. This tag can tell the reader all of the information that is saved on it including inventory numbers, file names, expiration dates, shipment dates, patient information, location – the possibilities are endless. The information can be read by a scanner or reader from just a few feet away, while there are some scanners that can read/scan tags much further away. Any information that one chooses can be stored on a RFID chip and transmitted. Because of the wide variety of uses and its flexibility, a number of industries have started using RFID technology.

Although the use of RFID technology can provide many benefits, a number of ethical issues regarding its use have come into question in all areas. The main ethical concerns of the use of RFID technology focus on privacy and security. Opponents argue that the government, retailers, and even criminals may be able to start using scanners to track ones movements, monitor their possessions, and maintain records about everything that one does. TheFreeDictionary.com (encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/rfid) lists the four main privacy concerns regarding RFID technology as:

-The purchaser of an item will not necessarily be aware of the presence of an RFID tag or be able to remove it;

-An RFID tag can be read at a distance without the knowledge of the individual;

-If a tagged item is paid for by credit card or in conjunction with use of a loyalty card, then it would be possible to tie the unique ID of that item to the identity of the purchaser; and

-RFID Tags create, or are proposed to create, globally unique serial numbers for all products, even though this creates privacy problems and is completely unnecessary for most applications.

The ethical question is not what information people may be able to obtain about you, but what they are able to do with it. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (epic.org), “The proposed uses of RFID tags pose exponentially greater risks to personal privacy. Many technology experts predict the development of a seamless network of millions of RFID receivers strategically placed around the globe in airports, seaports, highways, distribution centers, warehouses, retail stores, and consumers' homes, all of which are constantly reading, processing, and evaluating consumers’ behaviors and purchases. In addition to undermining a consumer's ability to enjoy a lifestyle in relative anonymity, critics of the technology counter that the information gathered by RFID readers could be obtained by the government for surveillance or monitoring the activities of citizens, or even misused by hackers and criminals. Even more, the ever-expanding use of RFID chips would leave no aspect of life safe from the prying eyes of retail and corporate giants. Chips integrated into commonplace products such as floor tiles, shelf paper, cabinets, appliance, exercise equipment, and grocery and packaged products would allow even our most intimate activities to be monitored”. Proponents for RFID technology believe that issues of privacy and security can be addressed and that the benefits of this technology outweigh the detriments.

What do you think? Do the benefits outweigh the detriments? Will this lead to a society where "big brother is watching?

~Angela

For more info check out http://epic.org/

Big brother in the sky.

Before the police would pull off the side of the road and wait for speeders. Now there are camera mounted on street lights above the busy intersections. In the near future we will have drones hovering above the streets. Not only will they be used for traffic control, they will assist in other important operations as well. In Miami they are testing a prototype to assist in traffic control and in England they are testing one as well. These are unmanned, remote controlled devices which can fly lower and maneuver better in smaller spaces than manned helicopters. They are planning to use these for multiple situations which police are faced with on a daily basis.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/03/3-26-08-honeywell-drone.jpg

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/05_02/spycamPA2105_468x463.jpg

The future of non-lethal weapons.

We have tasers, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bags projectiles but will these non-lethal weapons still be effective in the future. These forms of non-lethal response to violent offenders are what is currently being used but technology is advancing and so are the weapons. Experiments are being done on new types of non-lethal riffles. These riffles emit radio or sonic waves which cause discomfort and/or pain. Law enforcement now has the available choice to subdue individuals with knives or blunt weapons but these new weapons will help increase the distance they have to be when dealing with violent offenders.

http://www.kirtland.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/051101-F-0000S-012.jpg

The Future of Small Business Technology

In 2007 a report called the Intuit Future of Small Business Report: Technology Trends and Small Business was published predicting how technology would affect small businesses in the future.

The report identifies three emerging technology trends for small businesses:

1. "On my time, on my terms"--In a connected world, small business owners will have even more flexibility in running their businesses.

2. Global, local, virtual--The evolution of the web will fuel small business formation, operations and innovation, especially as technology becomes cheaper and social networking and virtual worlds become more popular.

3. From "push" to "pull"--The small business marketing approach will shift from "push" to "pull" as consumers begin seeking out product information rather than accepting what they're told by companies.

The study also predicts that the use of technology will revolutionize the nature of running a small business so it is important for small business owners to research and implement technology to stay or become successful

Check out the full text version of the report at:
http://http-download.intuit.com/http.intuit/CMO/intuit/futureofsmallbusiness/SR-1037B_intuit_tech_trends.pdf

~Angela

Cyber Police

As computer crimes of all types increase law enforcement officials must create new laws and task forces to deal with these cyber crimes. From local to federal agencies, all are getting involved to handle these new computer crimes. Criminals have found new and creative ways to harm the public with out leaving their own homes. The agencies deal with crimes such as viruses, on-line predators/pedophiles, identity theft, and inter net fraud.

http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm

"Should I cut the green one?"

Responding to a bomb threat can be a scary situation but when you arrive on scene to find there really is a bomb, your nerve level sky-rockets. Fortunately for today's law enforcement personnel they have a tool to use to keep them out of harms way. They now have the use of special robots to remove/dispose of dangerous devices. No more big and bulky suites or worrying about tamper proof devices, now you just watch a TV screen while controlling a robot with a joy stick. Today's bomb disposal experts can safely diffuse and remove dangerous devices while maintaining their personal safety by staying at a safe distance.

http://www.robotbooks.com/bomb-robot.htm

Non-lethal choice for violent actions.

Not too far in the past when law enforcement officials faced a violent person who had bats, pipes, swords knives or any other non- firing weapon the only option was to shoot. With today's development they now have many options instead of using deadly force. They are also an affective tool with suicide intervention. Pepper spray and the taser gun are the most commonly used in law enforcement. The pepper pellet gun was created to assist police when dealing with windy conditions or to help keep the distance between an assailant and themselves. Since the disaster of 9/11 certain companies are testing the use of these non-lethal weapons as a way to subdue individuals in the tight confinements of an aircraft. The creation of these weapons has help to reduce death or serious injuries to officers, suspects, prisoners or even innocent bystanders.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/speeches/aviation.htm

The real "Underarmor"

The soft version of the bullet proof vest has been around since the 1800's but with many years of testing and modifying the vests of today are much better. Thanks to science and testing, manufacturers of bullet proof vest have been to provide protection to the many men, women and even K-9's. The standard vest will protect the wearer from most fired projectiles or shrapnel. They have tested many different fibers and the way these fibers are woven together determine the best pattern of protection. Currently they are testing new materials such as fluids which harden when an impact occurs, ceramic materials and even spider silk. Although these vests are capable of stopping bullets most still do not protect against sharp, pointed objects such as knives and arrows. With out this important invention many lives would have been lost from those who risk their lives to keep us safe every day.

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

Diaper Video

In this video with Pam Smith she teaches on how to change a diaper. This video could be really helpful for people who just had a child and don't know how to change it. You wouldn't have to be embrassed to learn either. You just can go online.
http://video.about.com/babyparenting/Change-a-diaper.htm
By Jen Hight

Disposable Diapers

Disposoable Diapers some will say would not be in the profession that I am going in. But in reality it is and the reason for this is because if you work in the nursery at a hostipal and they were still using cloth diapers I am sure they would ruin out. They would have to have work just washing diapers all day long. Also another thing is that the place I am at right now is elderly people and putting a cloth diaper on them I don't think would work to good. The first cloth diapers came out in 1887 by a lady name Maria Allen. Then by the disposable diapers came out in the 1949. To many people this was a great thing. It may a little more expensive but it's worth it.

Bellis Mary,Web29.2009

http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinventions/a/Diapers.htm

also the picture is from

By Shawn February 3,2008

Web July29,2009

http://reflectionsofamirrior.wordpress./2008/02/03/diapers-inthewash/

by Jen Hight

Fetal Monitor Video

To show the way a fetal monitor works, and if you could really hear the heartbeat. On this video you can hear a heart beat of a fetus that the mother has only been carrying for 26 weeks.
http://www.youtube.com/watchtv?v=RTxG8Yu2Xxk&feature=related
by Jen Hight

The Fetal Monitor

Another thing that we have now a days is the fetal monitor. This invention to me was one of greatest things in the world. I remember when i pregnant with my son and if I got scared because he didn't move around as much. I would just put the headphones on and be able to listen to my son's heart beat through the fetal monitor. Which in 1960's is when to professors named Prof. K. Hammacher and Hewlett-Packard came up with this was the first" commercially available non-invasive fetal monitor".(Bellis) The first one "HP 8020-A fetal monitors which were also known as the babysitters"(Bellis) came out for customers in the Spring of 1968. This was able to tell the "fetal distress during labor". (Bellis) Not only during labor now they can use them at belly check appointments. Or you can even buy one at the store. It's a very helpful equipment.

Bellis,Mary. "fetal monitor inventor. "Web 29.2009.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfetalmonitor.htm.

The Fetal Monitor picture came from American Academy of physicans. May 99

Web 29,2009 Http:// www.fetalmonitorstrips.com/learn_more.html

by Jen Hight

Ultra Sound Video

In this Video it shows an utlra sound being done. You will be able to see the size of the baby also.
http://video.about.com/pregnancy/Utrasound.htm
by Jen Hight

Ultra Sounds

Ultrasounds scans have been around since the late 1950's. The Obstetic Ultrasound is what is used for pregnacy to see the fetus in the belly. The equipment that is used is called a real-time scanner. This real-time scanner is the "continous pictures of the moving fetus can be depicted".(Woo) Also the machine has sound waves durning the ultrasound that run "between 3.5 to 7.0 megahertz'.(woo)Some of the other things that ultrasound also do is you hear the fatus heartbeat. It could tell rather or not the fetus has a fetal heart and even some malformations of the fetus. Other thing that it can tell you is the "gestaronal age,size and growth in the fetus."(woo) Another thing that a ultra sound can do is tell the gender of the fetus. But that all depends on the fetus. The can only tell if its postion right.

Woo,Joseph."Obstetic Ultrasoud." 2006 Web.29 July 2009.

http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/.

by Jen Hight

Blimp

A group of engineers working for a Spanish company, Turtle Airships, is working to build a luxurious solar powered blimp that could carry passengers from New York to Paris silently and emissions free. The outer surface for the giant airship will be covered with photovoltaic cells that are expected to provide enough energy to move the ship at 40 mph under normal weather conditions. This blimp and other similar designs have large carrying capacities, exceeding that of todays largest jet aircraft which makes them viable for cheap and efficient transport of trade goods internationally.

http://www.greendiary.com/entry/green-blimps-promising-emission-free-air-travel/

Green Beer

A new technology makes beer green! A project, funded partly by the Australian government will employ the use of microbial fuel cells to generate energy from waste water at the Foster's Brewing Co. production plant. The use of the new fuel cell arrives as the food and beverage industry face pressure to become more environmentally friendly. This technology not only provides energy but also leaves behind clean water and much less CO2 then other means of production.

http://www.beveragedaily.com/Products/New-technology-makes-beer-green

Swimming with the sea creatures

The Innerspace Dolphin and other water vessels are designed to look and behave like actual dolphins. They have a small engine in the back and controls that allow the driver to dive, jump, barrel roll similarly to a dolphin. The smaller of the dolphin models costs around $50,000 and became available this spring for water enthusiasts world wide. Dolphin boat concept is came from variable attitude submersible hydrofoil that was invented by Dusty and Doc in 1987 who’s real names are Thomas Rowe (as Doc) and Dennis Kaiser (as Dusty).

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/07/dolphin_submarineboat_thing_co.php

Eco Invasion

Each ecosystem has its own balance of plants and animals established over long periods of time. When non-native species from other ecosystems are introduced this can devastate these environments by reducing biodiversity, altering genetic diversity and transmitting exotic diseases to the species already in the ecosystem. Hot zones for non-indigenous species have occurred in places such as Florida where aquatic habitats have been drained or modified to make way for development. Aquarium releases, government bio-control, planting fish for sport fishing and international trade also contribute the rise of invasive species. The most invasive species in the world is quite possibly humans. Tourism and trade brings ships, jets, supplies, people and alien species to every corner of the world faster and more frequently then would occur in nature.

http://www.eco-pros.com/invasive_non-native_species.htm

GM Foods

"In 2006, 252 million acres of transgenic crops were planted in 22 countries by 10.3 million farmers. The majority of these crops were herbicide- and insect-resistant soybeans, corn, cotton, canola, and alfalfa. Other crops grown commercially or field-tested are a sweet potato resistant to a virus that could decimate most of the African harvest, rice with increased iron and vitamins that may alleviate chronic malnutrition in Asian countries, and a variety of plants able to survive weather extremes." Improved taste and quality, reduced maturation time of crops, increased crop nutrients and stress tolerance, improved resistance to disease, pests and herbicides are among the many benefits of genetically engineered food products.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml

Tech Essentials for Business

According to Entrepreneur.com there are ten tech essentials that every new businesses needs and while technology can be expensive, this article lists a number of ways to stretch your business dollar and not break the bank.

It is amazing to think at one time to run a business all you needed was a pen, paper, calculator and somewhere to put cash, now everything is being done electronically. Having a strong technology base can help to make a business more efficient and stronger than its competitors.

The top ten tech essentials are:

1. Desktop Computer

2. Broadband Connection

3. Laptop

4. Smartphone

5. Website

6. Accounting Software

7. Office Suite Software

8. Printer

9. Data Back Up

10. Internet Marketing

Check out the website below for more info.

http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneursstartupsmagazine/2009/june/202006.html

~Angela

Live Chat - The New Online Salesperson Helping Businesses

According to this article found on CNN.com, online sales chats are helping online businesses increase sales and rapport with their customers. They are even helping to seal the deal with those sometimes hard to sell sales.

Online web chats and IM's have been popular in the past, but this old technology has undergone a recent face lift and has emerged as the face and voice of many businesses personal salesperson, ready to help a customer 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The only thing about this salesperson is that you can not see them, shake their hand or look into their eyes and see if that deal they are giving you really is true.

Many online businesses have made online sales chat a part of their website or e-commerce site. These online salespeople can answer questions about products, find information on pricing and approach potential consumers by offering guidance and assistance. With the addition of online sales chat, some businesses have seen increases of sales of 10% in just a short amount of time.


~Angela

http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/03/technology/live_chat.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2007100408

Tweet, Tweet!

Twitter, created in 2006, is a social networking site that allows users to send messages of 140 text characters (known as tweets) to one another and to people who are registered to receive one's updates. Originally created as just a social networking site to exchange quick snippets of ones daily activities, thoughts and ideas, Twitter has expanded its role by helping business owners. In this post the author describes ways that Twitter can be useful to a business including brand extension, team building, and fast sharing of information, news and ideas.

Check out these two articles about how Twitter has been helping businesses grow.

~Angela

http://www.whitepapersource.com/marketing/how-twitter-is-helping-businesses/

http://sweton.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/twitter-applications-helping-in-optimizing-your-business/

Smart Phone really is smart!

The smart phone is a Mobile device that allows the user to have access to a variety of different applications including email, Internet access, keyboard, music, texting, and of course making and receiving phone calls. Even though it is small it is mighty as well. Most people think of smart phones as mini computers because they share many of the same capabilities, but as you can see the smart phone is much, much smaller. A number of business owners are using their smart phones to conduct their business from any location. As you can see in this commercial from AT&T, as long as you have your smart phone you can move your office anywhere- even on a bus!

~Angela

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S14UYqBZcug

Coco-Luxe!

In this video Coco-Luxe owner, Stephanie Marcon, describes has she uses the technology of today to help her small business grow. Coco-Luxe is a small business the specializes in chocolates and confections. They have used numerous technologies to help expand their business and make working easier and more efficient. Stephanie has implemented computer programs to track expenses, track inventory and for sales and purchases. She uses graphic design software to create her unique packaging and to create custom works of art for her clients. She recently expanded to the word wide web by creating an e-commerce website so that people from all over the world can get her delicious treats delivered right to their front door. All I have to say is yum!

~Angela

http://www.bnet.com/2422-19516_23-256076.html#

Stop, proceed with caution, Go!

Imagine our fast paced streets without traffic lights. What a mess it would create. Well even back in the 1800's it was still a problem with pedestrians getting run over by hoarse and buggies.

In 1868, across the seas, the city of London found a way to deal with this problem. They created a gas powered lantern with red and green signals. This lantern was placed at a busy corner and was rotated by hand. This version proved to be a bit unsafe when the lantern exploded and killed the police officer controlling it. Fast forward to the early 1920's in America where two people had invented a more modern version. Detroit police officer William Potts created a traffic light by adapting a railroad signal and African American inventor Garrett A. Morgan came up with an electric rotating version. Although Garrett was the first to receive a patent for his light, Potts' light was already being used on the streets. Some still dispute over who was the first to actually invent the traffic light. Either way it has become one of the most important traffic controlling devices still used today.

Work cited:

Candice Solomon. "Traffic light, 1923." 24 June 2009. http://www.isrl.illinois.edu/~chip/projects/timeline/1923solomon.htm

John Crandall. "Who invented the traffic light? William Potts of Detroit." 5 April 2007. Suite 101.com 24 June 2009. http://transportationhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/who_invented_the_traffic_light

Scan this pack of Wrigley's Gum Please

When you go to the store everything is rung up with the use of an electronic scanner, but what is it that is being scanned? Well it is the UPC Code of course. This imprint of bars and numbers can tell a lot of information about a product and helps to make shopping quick.

The use of the bar code as it is known by came about in the 1950's.The first bar code was circular in shape. Over time it moved to a linear shape that we recognize today.

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbar_code.htm

~Angela

The adding machine was invented by a nineteen-year-old French boy named Blaise Pascal way back in the year 1642. Blaise made it to help his father in his work. The man was a clerk, and all day long he had to do a tremendous number of mathematical calculations. The boy’s invention consisted of a wooden box with sixteen dials on it. By turning the dials, one could do simple addition and subtraction very quickly.
There were two prior attempts to create such a machine which were discovered only recently. One is of Wilhelm Schickard who invented a mechanical calculator in 1623. Apparently only two prototypes were built and their location is unknown (if they survived at all). Only in the 1950's when letters of Schickard were discovered was this information revealed. From diagrams in these letters it was possible to reconstruct his machine.

An even earlier attempt was made by none other than Leonardo da Vinci. In 1967 some of his notes were found in the National Museum of Spain, which included a description of a machine bearing a certain resemblance to Pascal's machine. A model of da Vinci's machine was made with the help of these notes.


Works Cited: The Adding Machine. 1997-2007. Ideafinder.com. 24 June 2009.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/addmachine.htm

~Angela

Technology = Failures???

You can't possibly get a good technology going without an enormous number of failures. It's a universal rule. If you look at bicycles, there were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked. You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, after we've been building them for 100 years, it's very difficult to understand just why a bicycle works - it's even difficult to formulate it as a mathematical problem. But just by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential.

~Freeman Dyson

Do you think most technological advances were brought on by trial and error or through a well though out plan?

~Angela

Radar Love

You've all seen the troopers on the side of the road. Arm hanging out the window holding that dreaded radar gun. Where did it come from? Who created this device which has helped police pull over those not abiding by the speed limit?

The radar gun was invented by Bryce K. Brown in March of 1954 and first used by Illinois patrolman Leonard Baldy. A radar gun is basically a mini Doppler radar unit which calculates the speed of an object in its path. The original gun had to be held in a stationary position for it to work. Unfortunately for the speeders today there are now two types of guns: the hand held one which needs to be stationary and the newer version mounted to cars which are able to work while the vehicle is in motion.

Work cited:

"Radar Gun." Wikipedia. Wiki posting modified. 1 June 2009. Wkimedia Foundation. 24 June 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_gun

"Are you lying to me?"

I once spoke with a police officer many years ago about lie detectors. He told me when he joined the force back in the late 70's, the "seasoned" officers would sit a suspect down in a chair and hook wires to them. They would ask the suspect questions and then push a button. Amazingly a piece of paper would come out with an "X" on it telling the cops he was lying. In reality the officers had them hooked up to a photo copier and when they would push the button all it really did was send out a photo copy of the "X" they placed in it earlier. Not very legal.

Of course that's not what really happens. In the earlier societies they used many bizarre ways to prove someone was lying. The first instrument to measure the physical change in a person came from Cesare Lombroso who was an Italian criminologist. His device had the individual place their hand in a special sealed tank of water and this would measure physical changes to the pulse and blood pressure. Through the years improvements were made and the water was dropped and replaced by a blood pressure cuff and a galvanometer.

Although the lie detector (also known as a polygraph) is widely and frequently used it is still to this day a very controversial method.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TZ8Z5S9rI

Work cited:

BOOKRAGS STAFF. "Lie Detector". 2005. June 24 2009. .

First Vaccinattion

The first vaccination was by Edward Jenner. The for first time he used it was on a boy and once he injected the vaccine he found out that they boy was immune to small pox. He then published the small pox vaccine by the 1798. After he did that within three years 1000,000 people in Britain was vaccinated. In the 1954 the disposable syrings, and needles were made. This is how Dr. Jonas Salks was able to vaccinate millions of American childern with the Salk polio vaccine. By Jen

Bells, Mart. "History of the Vaccination Needle ." 2007. About. 23 Jun 2009 .

Two Videos on the Dialysis machine

On this link the first one it show what happens. How it gets taken from your body.
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1961227/348886
On the second one is a about a girl name Angie thats on a Dialysis machine. This a machine that is going on now a days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqLBDiofafo

The Artifical Kidney

In May of 1940 a man name Willem J Kolff invented the first artifical kidney. The first way he made it was that he used 50 yards of sausage cassing wrapped, around a wooden drum set into a salt solution. Then from the patient blood is drawn from the wrist and is feed into the casting. Which from there is goes to the drum that rotates it and removes the waste . The for the blood to go back to the patient Dr. Kolff the copyed Fords water pump coupling. But that didn't work so later on he used orange juice cans and washing machine to build his machine. The first fifthteen people that used this machine died. So he had to re work everything so that it would work right. Finally he made it and this time he use blood thinners to thin out the blood and it work on a 67 year old women. This happen in 1945 and she lived 7 more years of her life. In the 1947 he sent a artifical kidney to Mount Sinai Hostipal in Manhattan. Here the physicans started being interest in artifical organs. After they improve the machines they started using them and over ten thouand people are using them today. Some of them even three times a week. By Jen




Roating Artifical
Kidney (1943)


Alwall Kidney
early (1960)

Life Magizine
April 28 1947





Work Cited
1. "Willem J. Kolff at 97." Boston. 2009. Boston. 23 Jun 2009 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/02/16/willem_j_kolff_at_97_dutch_inventor_of_artificial_heart_and_organs/?page=2.

2.Goro, Fritz . "This image from the archives of LIFE magazine, which first appeared on April 28, 1947,." 2009. 23 Jun 2009 http://www.squidoo.com/groups/kidneydialysis.

3."Haemodialyser." 2007. Historical Aspects. 23 Jun 2009 http://www.historyofdialysis.com/HaemodialyserDetails.html.

4."Hall of fame Inventors profile." 2002. National Inventors Hall of Fame. 23 Jun 2009 http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.invent.org/hall%5Fof%5Ffame/1%5F1%5F6%5Fdetail.asp%3FvInventorID=88.

The Frst Stethoscope

The first stethscope was invented in 1816 by a French physician whos names was Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Lanennec. He invented this because when he had a female patient he was embrassed to put his head on her chest to listen to it. This was at the time the auscultation that was used by physicians at the time. So instead of Lanennec doing this is remember that when he was a kid that sounds travel through solids. So he used 24 pieces of rolled up paper to listen to the patient. He put one end on her chest, and he listen on the other end with his ear. The sounds of her chest were load and clear even through a paper cone.


The word stethoscope came from Greek words meaning "I see and the other one is "the chest. This stethoscope was made from wood that was turned on a turn table at Laennec house. It had a hollow bore in the center of it . It was two pieces one end was for ear and the cone funnel looking piece was to be placed on the chest. The picture above is Laennec first stethoscope that he made. Pictures below are one is the old way people would listen to the chest and the other way is the first stethoscope being used.





By Jen Hight

Worked Cited
Medical Antiques Online, "The Monaural Stethscope." 1998-2006. Web.23 Jun 2009. http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.antiquemed.com/tableofcon.htm.

Copy right for the paintings was by Robert A.Thom,copyrighted in 1960.

The Way Doctors started to Listen To Peoples Hearts and Lungs.

The history on stethoscopes before they were around. The Hippocrate who is also known as the father of medicine In the 350 B.C he wanted to improve instruments and medicine. First thing they would shake the patients shoulders, so that they could hear the sounds that would come from the chest.But then Hippocrate then started to use the method, that if you put your ear directly to the chest that you be able to hear the fluids that was in the the chest. In the picture of above is where doctors were using the method of listen to peoples chest by putting their ear on their chet. By Jen

Worked Cited

Medical Antiques Online, "The Monaural Stethscope." 1998-2006. Web.23 Jun 2009.

http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.antiquemed.com/tableofcon.htm

Scuba

Breathing underwater has been an interest of humans for centuries. Ancient drawings depicting underwater divers and thousand year old undersea artifacts such as pearls, hint to an almost instinctive interest in underwater exploration. In the 16th century people began to use diving bells supplied with air from the surface to sustain themselves underwater for prolonged periods of time. The bell was open to the water on the bottom with the top portion containing air compressed by the water pressure below. This allowed divers to swim away, grab something and swim back for some air without returning all the way to the surface. Later in the 16th century, full diving suits, made of leather, were used to a depth of 60 ft with air pumped down from the surface. Eventually in the 19th century Paul Bert and John Scott made two advancements that changed diving forever. Their studies helped to explain the effects of water pressure on the body and also contributed to improvements of compressed air pumps, carbon dioxide scrubbers and regulators, making it possible to remain underwater for long periods of time.

Work Cited
http://www.iit.edu/~elkimar/design/history/index.html

Television

Philo Taylor Farnsworth, established his first corporation, Farnsworth Television Incorporated, in 1929 where he transmitted the worlds first television image of a young woman in a laboratory on Spetember 7th 1927. Farnsworth had designed the image dissector, an early electronic television camera tube, when he was only 15 years old!! "Farnsworth's other patented inventions include the first "cold" cathode ray tube, an air traffic control system, a baby incubator, the gastroscope, and the first (albeit primitive) electronic microscope."(2)





Work Cited
1)http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/farnsworthp/farnsworthp.htm
2)http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/farnsworth.html

Wonderful Plastic

A British chemist and inventor Alexander Parkes is credited with the creation of the first man made plastic which he termed "Parkensine". In Alexanders youth he was apprenticed to a brass founders and eventually joined Elkingotn, Mason & Co. as a manager in the casting department. His interest in the rubber industry led him to the invention of the cellulose nitrate polymer generally accepted as the first ever synthetically produced plastic. Parkensine, however, was not economically successful due to its high flammability. Since then the plastic industry has evolved to produce materials responsible for the advancement of countless technologies while maintaining a low cost of production.

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm

First Computer

The Z1 was the first mechanical computer created by a construction engineer named Konrad Zuse who worked for the Henschel Aircraft Company in Berlin, Germany at the start of WWII. The Z1 made historical developments in floating-point arithmetic and high capacity memory and modules. It was the first of a series of computers including the Z2 and Z3. The Z3 was the world first electronic and fully programmable digital computer, completed in 1941 and made entirely of recycled materials donated by university staff and students. Konrad Zuse also wrote the first algorithmic programming language called "Plankalkul" in 1946. Unfortunately, Zuse could not convince the Nazi government to support his work and his research was discontinued. The Z1 through Z3 models were destroyed during the war including Zuse Apparatebau, the first ever computer company.

Work Cited
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm

The Wonderful Fax Machine!

Check out this video from the late 80's. It is a news report on how the Fax Machine was becoming the new technological craze in the late 1980's for businesses. It helped them communicate quickly and reach their customers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3nXd2G1JdA

After watching it compare it to the video that we watched the first week of class on the Internet. How are the fax machine and the Internet the same? What affects did they each have on society? Will one ever replace the other?

~Angela

Metal Money?

Would you even imagine walking into a store and pulling out your "Metal Money" to pay for purchases? In the 1920's and 1930's this was the case for many prestigious customers of the railroads, hotel chains, airlines, oil companies and department stores. Consumers were able to purchase items on credit from the stores that they frequented. In the 1950's a card that could be used at a variety of stores were introduced to the public. This now plastic card was known as the Diner's Club Card. The introduction of the Diner's Club card lead to the introduction of several credit cards over the next 20 years. Visa and Mastercard quickly became household names.

In 1979, electronic improvements gave more retailers the ability to accept credit cards for payment. Electronic processing, electronic dial-up terminals and magnetic stripes on the back of credit cards allowed retailers to swipe the customer’s credit card through the dial-up terminal and increased the speed of credit card purchases.


Works cited:
Rhode, Steve. The History of Credit and Debt. 2000-2007. The Myvesta Foundation. 22 June 2009. http://myvesta.org/history/

~Angela

The Philadelphia Phillies a part of advertising technology???

The world's first television advertisement was broadcast July 1, 1941. The watchmaker Bulova paid for an advertisement on the New York station WNBT before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. The 10-second spot displayed a picture of a clock superimposed on a map of the United States, accompanied by the voice-over "America runs on Bulova time." The Bulova commercial was the world's first legal television commercial and cost the Bulova Watch Company a whopping $9.00 USD.

This break-threw in advertising has now become the most widely used form of mass media advertising. According to gaebler.com, the standard half-hour of television contains 22 minutes of program and 8 minutes of commercials - 6 minutes for national advertisements and 2 minutes for local advertisements. Over the course of 10 hours, a television viewer may see upward of 3 hours of advertisements. Although the number of advertisements has increased, the amount of time for an advertisement has decreased. In the 1960’s television advertisements ran approximately 60 seconds in length, today they run about 30 seconds.

For more information check out http://www.bulova.com/about/history.aspx.

~Angela