http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/it-car-plane-no-its-terrafugia-transition-bit-both
Do you remember the television show The Jetsons? They all drove around in flying cars and sidewalks that were conveyor belts. Well, we are not quite to the point of conveyor belts replacing sidewalks, but we have finally developed a flying car. It’s called the Terrafugia Transition and on March 5th even though it only managed to stay airborne for 37 seconds, it became the first car in flight. It might not look quite as cool as the flying automobiles from the Jetsons but it will do the same thing, fly. The car actually transforms into a plane within 30 seconds. The cabin includes fold away controls for steering the plane. Because of its looks many people are calling it the roadable aircraft instead of the flying car. The car aspect of the car uses roughly 30 miles per gallon to run the engine that not only controls the front wheels of the car but also the same engine controls the pusher-propeller. In the air it can reach up to 115 miles per hour and can travel up to a range of 450 miles. One of the great things about the “roadable aircraft” is that it is small enough to fit into a regular sized garage and the doors on the vehicle actually resemble normal car doors. This is only a prototype but it is already a monumental advance in technology. Terrafugia has said that they already have 40 orders placed for these new high tech cars/airplanes. They will be sold for roughly $150,000 and will begin to be made next year.
I think this probably one of the coolest things I have heard. Everyone thinks the future is going to have flying cars. Well this is the future. This is a great advancement in the automobile and aircraft industry. This is also good because its kind of eco-friendly with the airplane engine using unleaded gas instead of aviation fuel. I think we are in the future right now and this is one step closer to everyone having these flying cars or “roadable aircrafts”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5944201.ece
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Journal 9, March 15 2009
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D96SPMP00.htm
Sirius XM Radio is the only satellite radio company in the United States. But now the only satellite radio company is on the verge of bankruptcy. The company recently barely avoidied filing for bankruptcy last month and now the radio company is trying to sell directly to the customers. The only way the company used to make money was through new car sales and now that concept is down 10 percent. The company is now trying to stream its radio to iPhones, iPods and the iPod touch. This gives subscribers a new way to access the satellite radio and it also lets knew customers sign up for the radio without having to buy a new radio that supports the radio system. There are plans that Sirius radio is trying to work out a deal with certain T.V. companies, one of which is DirecTV, where the satellite radio is included in T.V. packages. Sirius satellite radio faced up to $1 billion in debt at the beginning of 2009 that the company could not repay. So the company allowed the company Liberty to give them a loan with 15 percent interest and gave the Liberty company 40 percent stake in Sirius. The company is expected to make roughly $300 million this upcoming year. One expert thinks that this will be a turnaround year for Sirius. On Thursday, shares of Sirius rose from 3 cents to 19 cents.
I recently just purchased a car in November and in this car one of the premiums was to have Sirius satellite radio. I can see that the only way the company made money was if cars that were sold had the radio in them. I would not purchase Sirius in my car because their just is no need for two styles of radio in your car. I think that Sirius radio has the right idea trying to sell subscriptions to iPods and other things so they can listen to the radio through their mp3 players. It’s a great marketing scheme but I just don’t think that Sirius will last much longer.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2006/09/71711?currentPage=all
Sirius XM Radio is the only satellite radio company in the United States. But now the only satellite radio company is on the verge of bankruptcy. The company recently barely avoidied filing for bankruptcy last month and now the radio company is trying to sell directly to the customers. The only way the company used to make money was through new car sales and now that concept is down 10 percent. The company is now trying to stream its radio to iPhones, iPods and the iPod touch. This gives subscribers a new way to access the satellite radio and it also lets knew customers sign up for the radio without having to buy a new radio that supports the radio system. There are plans that Sirius radio is trying to work out a deal with certain T.V. companies, one of which is DirecTV, where the satellite radio is included in T.V. packages. Sirius satellite radio faced up to $1 billion in debt at the beginning of 2009 that the company could not repay. So the company allowed the company Liberty to give them a loan with 15 percent interest and gave the Liberty company 40 percent stake in Sirius. The company is expected to make roughly $300 million this upcoming year. One expert thinks that this will be a turnaround year for Sirius. On Thursday, shares of Sirius rose from 3 cents to 19 cents.
I recently just purchased a car in November and in this car one of the premiums was to have Sirius satellite radio. I can see that the only way the company made money was if cars that were sold had the radio in them. I would not purchase Sirius in my car because their just is no need for two styles of radio in your car. I think that Sirius radio has the right idea trying to sell subscriptions to iPods and other things so they can listen to the radio through their mp3 players. It’s a great marketing scheme but I just don’t think that Sirius will last much longer.
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2006/09/71711?currentPage=all
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Journal #8, March 8, 2009
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chanceme9-2009mar09,0,1741864.story?page=2
It’s a day you’ll remember for the rest of your life. It’s the day you get accepted to college. Will it be Stanford, or Berkeley or even MIT? But students spend up to a year waiting and waiting to hear back from these universities to see if they have been accepted. Students have created a way to communicate with other students to determine if they have a good shot at being accepted into the school of their choice. These websites such as mychance.com and collegeconfidential.com are websites where students post their grad point average, SAT scores, and any other credentials that colleges look at. Other hopeful students can look at your credentials and can respond to you on what your chances are on being accepted to the universities you have applied to. Some say that the biggest downfalls of these websites are that the responders rely too heavily on the numbers, test scores and grade point average. There are numerous occasion were people who are responding back to other hopeful applicants become to harsh. Some responders come back with replies such as “You have a better chance of being struck by a meteorite than getting in, unless you have some ridiculous hook”. A hook is a special way to get in, for example ethnicity. Karl Bunday, a volunteer moderator on collegeconfidential.com , says "The ethnicity thing is a big firebomb”. But many students think this is a very good stress reliever in the process of waiting for the letter from the school with their acceptance or rejection.
I think this is a great way for hopeful students to actually see what pthers thin their chances are of getting into the school of their choice. This is also a great way to relieve some stress for the hopefuls. I wish I would have known about these websites during my application process. This would have made my life a whole lot easier. I think that college officials will eventually go on these sites and put their input in on these future students. This is a great way for students to not only relieve some stress but also to see what their odds are at being accepted.
http://www.hundredsofheads.com/31-569-1.Article/College-Confidential--Who-Can-Say-What-to-Whom--When-----and-Why-
It’s a day you’ll remember for the rest of your life. It’s the day you get accepted to college. Will it be Stanford, or Berkeley or even MIT? But students spend up to a year waiting and waiting to hear back from these universities to see if they have been accepted. Students have created a way to communicate with other students to determine if they have a good shot at being accepted into the school of their choice. These websites such as mychance.com and collegeconfidential.com are websites where students post their grad point average, SAT scores, and any other credentials that colleges look at. Other hopeful students can look at your credentials and can respond to you on what your chances are on being accepted to the universities you have applied to. Some say that the biggest downfalls of these websites are that the responders rely too heavily on the numbers, test scores and grade point average. There are numerous occasion were people who are responding back to other hopeful applicants become to harsh. Some responders come back with replies such as “You have a better chance of being struck by a meteorite than getting in, unless you have some ridiculous hook”. A hook is a special way to get in, for example ethnicity. Karl Bunday, a volunteer moderator on collegeconfidential.com , says "The ethnicity thing is a big firebomb”. But many students think this is a very good stress reliever in the process of waiting for the letter from the school with their acceptance or rejection.
I think this is a great way for hopeful students to actually see what pthers thin their chances are of getting into the school of their choice. This is also a great way to relieve some stress for the hopefuls. I wish I would have known about these websites during my application process. This would have made my life a whole lot easier. I think that college officials will eventually go on these sites and put their input in on these future students. This is a great way for students to not only relieve some stress but also to see what their odds are at being accepted.
http://www.hundredsofheads.com/31-569-1.Article/College-Confidential--Who-Can-Say-What-to-Whom--When-----and-Why-
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Journal #7, March 1
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/09/digitalbiz.mobileapps/index.html
Who put out the better applications? Is it Google or Apple? Facebook, Twitter, iBeer, iFish, these are all examples of these new applications for cell phones. The battle to control the world of mobile applications has been narrowed down to two competitors. Apple has made the iPhone one of the most desirable cell phones in the world. Apple has come to work with certain companies to help produce the most desirable applications. One of which is ScrollMotion and its Iceberg Reader application. They are trying to make the iPhone accessible to an e-book reading device. The applications that are being made by Apple are only accessible through the iPhone and iTouch. Thus making the need for these products even more.
Many experts consider Apple to be in the lead in this competition for the application world but ever since Google has come out with there operating system, Android, in 2007, it has been sneaking into the competition with Apple. Google’s philosophy when it comes to this process is “Provide the best and most extensive service you possibly can and people will love it... and then monetize it.” The more people that have Android, the more effective it is. The Android system is set to run on upcoming phones and with several networks.
But in the long run, who will eventually be the winner? Many experts think that the iPhone will not be able to keep up with all the new models that come out from the computer based phones. The world is becoming a mobile world. Everyone can carry their computer in their pocket. I agree with the experts; I think that the eventual winner of this war will be Google. The iPhone is cool and was really the first of its kind but Apple is not willing to make these applications accessible to anything but the iPhone or iTouch. This will in the end come back to hurt them. With the new computer based phones out their the war for applications will eventually end and I think the winner will be Google and its Android operating system will be the victor.
http://www.ameinfo.com/184846.html
http://news.cnet.com/most-iphone-applications-gathering-dust/
Who put out the better applications? Is it Google or Apple? Facebook, Twitter, iBeer, iFish, these are all examples of these new applications for cell phones. The battle to control the world of mobile applications has been narrowed down to two competitors. Apple has made the iPhone one of the most desirable cell phones in the world. Apple has come to work with certain companies to help produce the most desirable applications. One of which is ScrollMotion and its Iceberg Reader application. They are trying to make the iPhone accessible to an e-book reading device. The applications that are being made by Apple are only accessible through the iPhone and iTouch. Thus making the need for these products even more.
Many experts consider Apple to be in the lead in this competition for the application world but ever since Google has come out with there operating system, Android, in 2007, it has been sneaking into the competition with Apple. Google’s philosophy when it comes to this process is “Provide the best and most extensive service you possibly can and people will love it... and then monetize it.” The more people that have Android, the more effective it is. The Android system is set to run on upcoming phones and with several networks.
But in the long run, who will eventually be the winner? Many experts think that the iPhone will not be able to keep up with all the new models that come out from the computer based phones. The world is becoming a mobile world. Everyone can carry their computer in their pocket. I agree with the experts; I think that the eventual winner of this war will be Google. The iPhone is cool and was really the first of its kind but Apple is not willing to make these applications accessible to anything but the iPhone or iTouch. This will in the end come back to hurt them. With the new computer based phones out their the war for applications will eventually end and I think the winner will be Google and its Android operating system will be the victor.
http://www.ameinfo.com/184846.html
http://news.cnet.com/most-iphone-applications-gathering-dust/
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