midterm evaluation

For the group project, we decided to do stem cell wikipedia site to audit. We had six people in our group and there was about 80 resources on the page. We divided the sources into 6 parts and had each group members do about 15 sources to audit it. I got everyone to come together and made sure they looked at what we had to. Then I made sure everyone was posting on google doc to edit the information we had gathered through our research. A lot of the people were not doing their work when i was hassling them to post on google doc and such. As a group I would say we worked well together except for the fact that no one was really responding until last minute so it was a pain trying to write most of the project up. I think it is hard to rely on someone else for your grade because the professor doesn't really see who did what so grading will not be fair. I think solo project seems a lot more fair because the professor can actually see how much work was put into the work done.

Slade's Made to Break Part 3

In the third part of the book, Slade talks about the start of Windows and Macintosh. Bill Gates, inventor of Windows, got his idea from Macintosh. Many people did not know this but there was a lawsuit against Gates for stealing the idea from Macintosh. He was invited to a viewing of the new Mac OS system launching, in which he found the idea for his "Windows." It became the most widely used operating system across the globe. Gates has developed so many different versions of Windows such as Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the new Windows 7. Technology improves everyday and with that people have different expectations of what is new to come or what they already own. Cell phones is a prime example of that. The E-Waste, aka electronics waste, is a big problem right now. People change their cellphones so often that there are all these electronics devices being wasted. Burning it would create too much pollution to the air. But most people don't actually recycle or donate their old items.
There are pros and cons to technology growing. But with people's expectations of today's growth, many things become a waste. I find myself playing with a new droid because i was sick of having a blackberry. But i did not go through e-waste because my blackberry was actually broken when i switched. But the point is, do i really need a droid? I have plenty of old cellphones sitting in my room that I could have easily just activated and used, but technology has made me want something more recent and smart.

Slide's Made to Break Part 2

The second part of the book starts off talking about AM and FM radio frequency transmission, which i am very interested in because music is my passion. AM and FM transmission are two very different radio waves being sent through the air for broadcasting. Using AM frequencies allow the user to broadcast much further than FM. But at the same time, FM frequencies have a lot more clarity compare to AM. FM frequencies also allow more than 1 channel to be broadcast on it unlike AM. There are many different stations as we all know on the FM channel. When one travel from one state to another, one will notice that FM channels start to become weaker and lose signal and slowly transform into another station. Why is that? Because FM allows users to go on it and transmit their own stations. For example many iPod adapters in cars use FM transmission for close transmission.


Sometimes new inventions are made so that everyone could afford it. For example nylon, it was created to replace silk during World War II. Because Americans did not want to buy silk from Japan, nylon was created. And nowadays nylon is used in almost everything as opposed to silk. Silk has become a luxurious item because it is so expensive. But at the same time people still purchase silk because it is softer and nicer.