Thursday, December 15, 2011

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. 

 The Disc-Rotor program aims to develop a new type of aircraft capable of transitioning from hovering like a helicopter to flying like a plane (artist's impression).

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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. 

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

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.  

The International Air Transport Association's



Thursday, November 17, 2011

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. 


Google's Jamie Rosenberg announces the Google Music store and locker in Los Angeles.

Monday, November 14, 2011

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.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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.
Unlike its predecessor, the new iPhone 4S is being recommended by Consumer Reports.