When I was watching the video, it was very inspiring to me how he grow up, how he come up with ideas and other people support to the speaker was like a miracle. He did keep his humble, honest, free-thinker, child like characters in this kind of society, was one of the admirable things and rare thing to have in this society. Because internal environment separates us from our crazy imagination, power of dreaming, and the thought that say NOTHING is impossible. He didn't give up on those dreams, he kept holding with those dreams. One of the important thing was he did work for those dream, he tried to make those dream.
According to his presentation, he faced with many life changing decisions. But every decision, even attempt to make decision was related to his dream. His dream was priority number one. But he didn't become an astronaut, but he flew higher and faster than astronauts in his dream world. Most importantly, he is always happy about what he does everyday. What I learned was, do what you have passion for, and do it good. Most importantly appreciate more to whoever is supporting you.
b) Consider what topic you would like to work on for a term project. In this course, we will develop the project incrementally with each HW, so that it matures as we go along and there is less risk of a mad rush at the end. You could use the topic you used for our discussion of the Delphi Method. Or you could pick another one. Either way, you can change your mind later if you like. For now, state your topic, and how sure you are about whether to do it.
I'm thinking about reducing items in our pocket that we carry everyday, I'm thinking to put everything together like phone, wallet, key, etc to one items. I will call it, "UNIKEY".
I also had another idea how to record guitar without connecting it to recorder or computer. Only guitar and device but it would be transferable to computer and you can listen back just like Ipod.
(I'm pretty sure about this 2 ideas, I have to choose one of them)
Future of brain-augmenting chips/helmets/computers/
Was very interesting to me because I think it was on September 28th 2010.
Recently the University of California, Berkeley made a someone might say strange research about how people choose their hand in order to perform some certain activities, such as pushing elevator button, holding car key, etc. The University of California, Berkeley has applied transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the posterior parietal cortex region of the brain in 33 right-handed volunteers and found that stimulating the left side spurred an increase in their use of the left hand.
Researcher has found out that the left hemisphere of the brain controls the motor skills of the right side of the body and vice versa. By stimulating the parietal cortex, which plays a key role in processing spatial relationships and planning movement, the neurons that govern motor skills were disrupted. Most importantly, researchers found out, using TMS possible to alter how people make decision in daily basis. Further research possibly helps us to manipulate brain function to body function, even possibly rehabilitation of victim of stroke etc.
"By understanding this process, we hope to be able to develop methods to overcome learned limb disuse," said Richard Ivry, UC Berkeley professor of psychology and neuroscience and co-author of the study.
In TMS, magnetic pulses alter electrical activity in the brain, disrupting the neurons in the underlying brain tissue. While the current findings are limited to hand choice, TMS could, in theory, influence other decisions, such as whether to choose an apple or an orange, or even which movie to see, Ivry said.
http://news.science360.gov/obj/story/e76209b3-bf36-4ccf-a670-dad4bf9c34a8
In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.
"We have been able to decode spoken words using only signals from the brain with a device that has promise for long-term use in paralyzed patients who cannot now speak," says Bradley Greger, an assistant professor of bioengineering.
In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.
"We have been able to decode spoken words using only signals from the brain with a device that has promise for long-term use in paralyzed patients who cannot now speak," says Bradley Greger, an assistant professor of bioengineering.
All of the links are very interesting.
Future of online and virtual education
Thinking of Future, and its education system will be very different than today's. There are millions of people who are willing to come or study abroad. It will be so cool to enroll in class from Mongolia sitting on my computer and get the American diploma. It will be very nice to teach English or Mathematics to hundreds of kids who are in Africa,South Asia, and Latin America at same time, without standing in the sun. It will be very nice for teacher has to go and show real field method class from Siberian wild forest. It will be very nice to travel through amazon river while you are sitting in place you feel comfortable.
http://www.virtualclassroom.org/
The Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) is a collection of free, online educational activities and resources. It aims to complement the efforts of governments and educators around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the Internet in educationally productive ways.
http://www.schools.utah.gov/ehs/ this is a actual school which exists virtual classroom.
3) i have idea of using phone as key, credit card. I'm thinking to branch out this device to different level. Key will be shape as USB which contains unique code for your door, car, storage unit, bank safe, etc.U can start your car with voice activation, finger print etc. This phone can include all of security devices. But the one side of the phone will be credit card magnetic stripe but it only activates with your finger print confirmation from touching your phone special screen. Also the phone has a GPS navigator, Voice activation device, Security alarm, etc.
By doing this we may eliminate death rate of car accident from texting while you driving, talking while you driving etc. Because phone will be used as key and attach to the car certain place and stays in certain place.
b) I have applied on my idea these TRIZ values
Segmentation":
break something unitary
into parts, modules, pieces,
Merging":
assemble similar objects into a larger assembly
"Universality":
make one thing do more than one thing
Nested Doll":
(like those Russian dolls)
Anti-weight":
counter heaviness with flotation
"Preliminary anti-action":
counter bad effects of good things somehow
Another dimension":
use the 3rd dimension or 4th, etc.
Flexible shells and thin films": get rid of heavy, solid things
Local Quality":
make something that is
uniform, nonuniform
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