Drones Beaming Web Access Are in the Stars for Facebook

                         

A rendering of a Facebook drone, which will weigh less than a small car and have the wingspan of 156 inches is the centerpiece of Facebook’s plans to connect with the five billion or so people it has yet to reach. Facebook hopes to use about 1,000 drones to connect people to the web. They believe their solar-powered craft can eventually be aloft up to three months at a time, beaming high-speed data from 60,000 to 90,000 feet to some of the world’s remotest regions via laser. Test flights are to begin this summer, though full commercial deployment may take years.

Emoji Keyboard for Mac

 
An art and technology studio in Oakland, California called Disk Cactus has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Emoji Keyboard, a product that combines software and hardware to turn your Mac's keyboard into an emoji typing machine. The keyboard is a silicone cover that you put on top of your Mac's keyboard. After you click the Emoji button, you're in emoji mode and can type emoji with the simple press of a button. There are over 150 emoji available, and you can type them by using a combination of the keyboard and the shift, control and option keys on your Mac.

Meet Keys, a musical keyboard that fits in your backpack and links with your iPhone

Keys is the first modular keyboard with full-sized LED keys that features gesture control, that connects to your PC or iPhone. Gesture control allows you to wave your hand over the keyboard to create special-effects sounds.What's interesting is that you can magnetically connect two of the 24 key keyboard together to form a 48 key keyboard, and in the future you will also be able to attach modular control panels and other accessories. When you're done playing you can break down the modules and stack them on top of each other, making it easy to fit in backpack or bag. Keys is available for pre-order now for $100 and will ship this summer with free shipping. 

World's first 'drone circus' set for 2015 debut

There is new circus coming to town, with drones, and the world's very first drone circus. It will be an air show solely featuring drones to be held at the Amsterdam Arena at a yet to be announced date.In this high-energy and explosive show, drones will take center stage to bring a collaboration and fusion of music, video, projections and special effects.It is definitely a circus made for the 21^st century that uses technology to move beyond lion tamers and clowns.

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Biology 

     My favorites subject is biology out of all my classes. I have it period eight and my teacher is Mr. Colarusso; check out his website here. In biology i expected to learn about the main themes of biology: evolution, heredity, cellular organization, metabolism, reproduction, symbiosis and homeostasis. In those categories are topics such as: mitosis, meiosis, animal/plant cells and different cycles. Science has always been my best subject and I find really interesting.

      I have learned many things in biology things so far this year, and have plenty more ahead. In the beginning of the year I learned about the nature of science and scientific method. Then, we studied ionic and covalent bonds and how to transfer electrons to different elements to make them stable. After that I learned about ethics and cell structures and what each organelle does. We also learned about mitosis and its stages of cell division. Currently I am learning meiosis and the make-up of chromosomes: meiosis and two stages and chromosomes are in pairs and humans have 23 pairs. 
         The grading policy is exactly the same as my other classes. In biology my favorite project was when we had to create a three dimensional model of strand on DNA. Other projects I like is when we have to draw a cycle, cell or diagram. In biology we use technology basically everyday such as: the projector, the computers or electronic microscopes. I also get homework assigned everyday, and we complete a study guide about every two weeks and then take our chapter test. Here is a link to what we are currently learning about.
   

Future cities may harvest energy from human footsteps

• Pavegen, has developed power-generating systems for pavements, football fields and even school corridors.
• The company's footfall harvesting technology, a deflecting pad covered with the type of soft ground surface commonly found in playgrounds, can make up to 7 watts of energy with every step.
• Collecting this energy is enough to power lights and other small devices for minutes at a time from a mere one hundred or so foot steps.
• The company this year installed 36 tiles to create two people-powered dance floors at the 20th Essence Festival, placing digital screens in front of the dance floors to display the amount of energy produced during each dance off.
•  Analysts estimate the energy harvesting industry could be worth as much as $30 billion by 2018. Click here for link.

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