Current Event

In the article " Snapchat tweaks security after massive hack'' by Doug Gross, the famous photo and video sharing app was hacked sometime last week in which millions of phone numbers and users names were exposed. Last Tuesday the suspected hackers posted user names and phone numbers on to a website called SnapchatDB.info. The site was suspended immediately but by Friday it seemed as if the website was back online. The hack appears to be meant to push Snapcaht into updating its privacy protections.

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In the article " NASA shares image of massive 'Hexagon' on Saturn" by "Doug Gross" a huge hexagon shaped weather effect is seen on the distant planet's surface. NASA's Cassini spacecraft photographed the anomaly and they say that it unlike anything that they've seen any where. NASA scientists say that the strange weather formation has 200 mph winds, which are 50 mph faster than a category 5 hurricane. Scientists have also discovered that unlike a hurricane on Earth, which only lasts about a week, this strange weather effect has been around for decades, but they're not sure so the super hurricane could been around for over a decade.

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In the passage "Volocopter: 18-propeller electric helicopter takes flight" by Sheena Mckenzie The new 18 propeller electric helicopter was invented by three German engineers. They say it is Eco-friendly because it is powered by a 100 kg battery which gives the this amazing piece of future transportation a max speed of 70kph. Although very astounding, the Volocopter was not cheap. Featuring 18 propellers and a super light carbon frame the futuristic vehicle took around a decade to design and build not to mention a wopping cost of about $5.4 million. Critics say that the new Volocopter can, in the near future, become a new form of transportation.

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          In the passage "What is Snapchat" by "Adrien Covert" the two year old app, Snapchat, is analyzed on what the app actually does and what major achievements it has made in its two years of existence. The company was founded a little over two years ago by a group of undergrad Stanford students. The company is essentially a mobile photo and video sharing service. The app is available in both Android and iOS devices and is built on a single premise: anything on Snapchat self-destructs after the recipient has viewed the photo/video or the message can vanish 24 hours after being posted upon using the new Snapchat Stories feature. Both videos and photos can range from 1-10 seconds and can be annotated using texts and marker tools.

Current Event

 In the article "Xbox One and PlayStation 4 : A Resolution Controversy" by David Murphy Microsoft's Xbox One is compared to Sony's PlayStation 4. As we know there has been a lot of controversy between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 both  consoles have been expected to be better than the other and according to some sites like Forbes that may be true. The easily visible differences is the price the Xbox One is coming out with a price of $499.99 while the PlayStation will be coming out for only $399.99. booth consoles are going to run games on 60 FPS but the resolution differs from both. The Xbox one from Microsoft is going to have a 1,280 by 720. on the other hand Sony's ps4 is going to have a 1,600 by 1,900 which gives it a 50 percent lead output pixels overall.

Design Brief

      The Army is having trouble delivering arms and medical supplies to some freedom fighters in South America. The cargo they drop either breaks or lands upside down. So the Army has hired me to build a device that implements directional control and impact absorption but the trick is that I only have $50 as a budget
     The thing that I liked the most about this project is the story behind it. I've been dreaming of being an engineer my whole life so doing this project really fun. Unfortunately my project was a failure because it did land right but the egg still broke. The basket caring the egg was a little too low and there was no parachute because we had no more money in our budget. I believe that if the whole design could be changed to a less expensive model the we could have achieved accomplished our mission. I don't think that having a different partner would have altered the situation we worked really well and I'm glad he was my partner. 
                              

Cyberbulling..

Cyber bullying is bullying that takes place in electronic technology.v Electronic technology include devices such as phones, computers and tablets all well. Communication tools include social medias like twitter , Facebook , instagram ,twitch ,vine, and more. For example cyber bulling include amen text message or email , rumors sent by email  posted it can also be embarrassing pictures ,videos websites of fake profiles."Cell phones and computers themselves are not to blame for cyber bullying. Social media sites can be used for positive activities, like connecting kids with friends and family, helping students with school, and for entertainment. But these tools can also be used to hurt other people. Whether done in person or through technology, the effects of bullying are similar."(stopbullying.gov) We believe that cyber bullying is not the worst thing that a human can do to another human but it is a terrible thing that we wish would not exist.