Barnacle Shelters

• 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

Amazon Prime Air Drone

• 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

Do Now 12/3

Twitter can be used in education in many ways. It can help people get in touch with teachers and other classmates. It can help students research for papers or find articles about the topics that they are learning about. It can be used to remind students of homework and upcoming assignments. Unfortunately there could be some problems with using twitter in school. Students could use the website for the wrong reasons, and use bad language or post inappropriate content on the website. Also students can recieve incorrect information if they look in the wrong places. Twitter can be used in many useful ways, if it is used correctly.

RSS Project Questions

1. Why did you select the sites you subscribed to?
2. Was it easy to find feeds and to subscribe to them?
3. Which sites were your favorites?
4. What else can you use RSS feeds for?
5. How likely are you to continue to use RSS feeds in the future?

1. I selected the sites that I subscribed to because I felt that those websites were very interesting.
2. Yes, it was easy to find and subscribe to feeds.
3. My favorite sites are the National Geographic photo of the day and the Make-up Blogger.
4. I can use RSS feeds to share interesting articles with friends.
5. I am very likely to keep using RSS feeds, they seem very useful. 

Apple Air

• 30% lighter and 20% thinner than the iPad that it replaces
• Same Retina display and 10 hours of battery life
• Not actually remarkable
• The new Kindle Fire HDX, for example, has a higher-resolution screen, more battery life, weighs less, and even costs less than the iPad Air

Do Now 11/18

Many things ignite my desire to help change the world. I believe in everyone be treated equally and it bothers me when people are not treated the same because they are different. To help my community I could hold a town wide meeting to get everyone's attention and get them to know about what is happening in the world.
Another thing that I could do to help my community is to hold a food and clothing drive to help the less fortunate. Everyone deserves warm clothes and a meal on the holidays.

Do Now 11/11

The typhoon that recently occured in the Philippines last week devestated the counrty immensely. Many people lost their homes and even their lives. The current death toll is estimated at a devestating 10000 people dead. The Philippines is in desperate need of aid from the entire world. In order to help them we can donate money and run food and clothing drives. Also if you really want to help, you can go to the Philippines and help out hands on and help them rebuild their country. They need all the help that they can get in order to get their lives back on track.