Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Tech Article 1/10/14

    Polaroid Socialmatic camera


Polaroid Socialmatic retro insta-print camera

  • Polaroid announces it will turn the Socialmatic concept camera into a real product in 2014
  • Takes a two-pronged approach to sharing the images captured with its 14MP front camera and 2MP back camera
  • Built-in Wifi 
  • Built-in ink-less printing system that allows you to produce 2x3-inch prints with sticker backings 



Thursday, January 2, 2014

New Years

Overall, 2013 was a great year. It was filled with many great memories that I will share with my friends for the rest of my life. It taught me to appreciate me an everything that I have been lucky to receive. Also I appreciate the people in my life and learned to never take them for granted. In 2014 I will get rid of all the people bringing me down and make sure I'm a better person. Also I will be healthier and make better decisions.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Diigo

What's another way we can organize your computers? Another way to organize computers is by putting things into folders.
What about email? I can put tags into my emails to organize them.
Your Favorite Websites? I can favorite my favorite websites with my toolbar. 
Your Blog Posts? I can organize my blog posts by tags. 
RSS Feeds? I can also organize RSS feeds with tags and on other websites. 

Barnacle Shelters

Still, Malka hopes his project inspires other architects to work on more community-minded projects that take advantage of public space. "I really think that for architects now there are new ways, technical ways and methods, that would take us out of not only being the arm of the government," he says. "We can be more open to societal problems."



  • Twenty-three homeless shelter pods barnacled to the side of a railroad station in Marseilles, France
  • Architect and former graffiti artist Stéphane Malka seeks out these neglected armpits of cities' public space and transforms them into light, flexible, emergency housing
  • He calls the process "architectural kama sutra" because of the unorthodox positioning of the structures next to, above, or below traditional buildings and city elements
  • Putting up the structure in September was also part of Malka's strategy. "In France, there's a rule saying in wintertime, you can't take someone out of housing," Malka explains 
  • Meant to protect low- and middle income workers from being pushed out of housing and into the suburbs by obscene rent increases, recently passed laws now guarantee that most renters won't end up on the streets during the coldest months


Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Amazon Prime Air Drone

According to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the drones will deliver packages to customers within 3...
  • Amazon purchases can soon be delievered and dropped at your door in less than 30 minutes
  • The service would ship orders under five pounds
  • The drone then delivers the package to customers within a 10 mile (16 km) radius of Amazon's fulfillment centers.
  • "Safety will be our top priority, and our vehicles will be built with multiple redundancies designed to commercial aviation standards," the company says.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently working on rules and regulations for unmanned aerial vehicles
  • Drone test flight Video