Tech Article 12/16/11

The Future of War; Far-out battle-tech

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is funding for the worlds newest military technolgy. One of there projects is called the Disc-Roter Compound Helicopter. This helicopter is going to have fetures from both a plane and a helicopter. This helicopter is going to be able to hover like a helicopter and then will be able to switch from a helicopter to a plane in mid-air and fly at the same speed that a regular plane would. This aircraft will be able to land and takeoff as a plane but it will also be able to land and take off the same way a helicopter would. 

 

Tech Article 12/9/11

Grand Theft Auto Three

Grand Theft Auto Three will be coming out next week as an app for all tablets and smartphones. This app is going to be exactly how the game would be played on any other device such as an X-box, play station, etc. This app is only $4.99 on the app store. This will be ready to be purchased on December 15th which is next week. It is going to be the tenth anniversary of this game. This is going to be the first  game of this series to be released by a Google Android platform. This game can be played on all iPads the iPad touch and the iPhone 4 & 4s. 

tech article 12/1/11

Future airport security Thermal lie -Detectors

During the beginning of this year the Internationale Air Transport Association (IATA) demonstrated  a future series of a neon light tunnel which is equipped with array of eye-scanners, x-ray machines, and metal and liquid detectors. The EV's announcement said that they will band all x-ray body scanners. They will  replace it with a more advanced systems such as Bluetooth tracking to thermal lie detectors. They say that the security in airports need to at a more advanced security measure.  

tech article 11/18/11

Google opens online music store and free web storage locker

Google opened online music store and free web storage locker during this week. It is for listening to tracks from computers, tablets, and phones. Songs bought from a store are automatically downloaded to Google Music. Google Music is free for storing 20,000 songs. More than half of the smart phones sold in the world run on this Google's Android software. 

Reflections On First Marking Period

During the first marking period of Web 2.0 we learned a lot of technology systems. We were taught how to use all the different types of Google for example: Google docs, Google forms, etc. We were were taught on how to make a blog and we talked about how blogs are used in daily life. On an overall I got a A in this class and I thought it was an enjoyable class. 

Four Day Weekend

For my four day weekend I went with a freshman for a day at St. Joe's High School on Thursday. Friday morning I had to wake up early to go to Queen of Peace High School to take a CO-OP test which is a test in which your results go to the three High Schools that you choose on your paper. On Saturday my football team had a party after practice, and we also had a bonfire that night. On Sunday we played our second round playoff game in Saddle Brook against Lyndhurst.

Tech Article 11/9/11

No problems with the iPhone 4S

The iPhone 4S scored very well in test on its battery life by consumer reports.  The consumer report and lab test determined that the new iPhone doesn't suffer the "death grip" which is a problem that was found in the iPhone 4. On a overall the iPhone 4S scores higher  in its ratings than the iPhone 4. Due to an upgraded camera, and a faster "dual-core" processor.

Sailor

Tech Article 10/28/11

Steve Jobs: A difficult patient

Steve was a very hard patient to deal with as a doctor. He would always go against the doctor to him it was either his way or the  highway. With his new biography "Steve Jobs" it goes behind the scences of how the cancer was spreading in his body from his pancreas to his liver. It eventually went to other bones in the body. One of the biggest suprises to people was that while he was going against the most state of the art medicial care he always went against docters orders. When his pancreatic tumor was descovered in 2003 the doctor said that he was lucky that they found it early do it can be removed before it spreads. The first thing Jobs said was "I really didn't want them to cut my body open". So he looked into some other ways and that helped him for a couple years and then everything started to go down hill little by little. Then he realized that the tumor had spread and there was no cure. In 2005 at the Stanford Commencement speech he told the public that he had surgery and will be fine when he really wasn't. At a CEO meeting on Augest 24 Jobs said he was resigning he said the  cancer had moved to his bones and other body parts.

Tech Article 10/21/11

Michael Phelps's "Push the Limit"

The 14-time gold mentalists partnered with the publisher 505 games to create the first swimming game for the Xbox 360's kinect system. The game with called "Michael Phelps: Push the Limit". The game will be played without any controllers that with allow players to move there bodies to replicate swimming styles. It will allow people to travel around the world to participate in swimming competitions. 

 

Tech Article 10/14/11

Green Sidewalk Makes Electricity

In London, England they are making paving slabs that makes energy by peoples footsteps into electricity. They are going to be put to help power Europe's largest urban mall, at the 2012 Olympics site. The slabs are made of recycled rubber. These slabs get energy by the footsteps of people, and then it sends tiny burst of electricity to nearby appliances. The slabs can hold energy up for three days in any appliances. When you are charging an appliance an LED light will light expressing the energy transfer. 

Tech Article 10/6/11

NBA 2K12

This game is in stores now it was put on shelf on October 4. It is available for X-box 360, Wii, Play Station 3, Play Station 2, PSP, and the PC. The review of this game was done on the Play Station 3. This years version will let you play will 15 greatest classic team and players to let you battle on the court. It will alow you to be able to create yourself as a player and you will be able to guide his career through the NBA. Its the top-rated  basketball video game that 2K made.

tech article 9/30/11

BlackBerry PlayBook

On Wednesday  night Best Buy's website showed a $200 discount on all three of the Play Books. The 16GB fell from $499 to $299. The 32GB fell to $399 and the 64GB model is now $499. Earlier this week Office Depot and staples showed there own discounts. Office Depot dropped the price by $100 dallors for all three modles. The reson why all the businesses are lowering the price is because this item has struggled to make its mark.

weekend

On the weekend I had a football game against Saddle Brook and won. Which put my team in 1st place in the division. I also watched the jet game and seen them loose. And I had no homework.

Tech-Article 9/23

New iPhone 

Apple will unveil its next-generation iPhone at an invent on October, 4th. It will be available for consumers in a couple of weeks. Thats only if the company stays with this date with no problems with the phone after the event they will be showing it on. The phone will either be named the iPhone 5 or the iPhone 4S.

Fall Is Coming!

I like the fall because NFL football starts. Its relaxing time of the year I play football on the weekends and then I get to go home and watch some NFL football. I go pumpkin and apple picking. Its also a very cool season because you can watch all the leaves turn different colors. I enjoy this season a lot because football is my favorite sport and you can watch all the leaves bloom.

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Welcome to My Blog!

Hi, my name is Mike Donato I like playing sports. My favorite sport is football, and I also like to play baseball. My favorite professional sport teams are the New York Giants, New York Jets, and the New York Yankees. I enjoy watching action packed movies. I like listening to music. I like hanging out with my friends. I also like to hangout with my family.