Angry Birds Gets an Upgrade

A genius named Simon Ford has developed a real slingshot that works with the game.  Simon believes angry birds should be a sport so he provides instructions on how to make your own slingshot. Here is a video of the slingshot in action!

Artificial clouds

In the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Russia, the weather might seem nicer due to  the new artificial clouds being made.  The clouds, named Clouds, were designed in the 2010 Aerostatic Architecture Competition by Asadov Architectural Studio.

            The Cloud’s aluminium skeleton is filled with a membrane fabric and is split into different compartments for different uses, such as a waterproof ceiling and a light source.  The energy gathered are from the daytime from solar panels on the roof are used for the light at night.  If needed, Clouds can also cool the air with rain collected from when it rains.  Clouds are connected with rigid strings for vertical stabilization. 

            This invention could improve the experience of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia and also could be mass produced for parks, playgrounds, and other outdoor areas.

~Johnny

Shoot First, Focus Later

A new start-up company called Lytro has developed a camera that allows you to focus a picture after you take it. The technology captures light fields instead of plain light like normal cameras. Below is an example of the kind of pictures you can take with the camera. Click anywhere to focus.

You can pre-order the cameras at Lytro's website starting at $399. The cameras are only 1.61 in. x 1.61 in. x 4.41 in. and look more like telescopes then cameras.

Neat Inventions

Do you guys ever think about what it would be like in 2015? 2050? Seems like the future is filled with dreams of floating cars and robotic maids.. but what's really going to happen in forty years? Well.. I did a little bit of poking around, and I think you'll be pleased with the things people have been making so far.

SOPA

The Internet is a luxury most people want to enjoy to the full. However an act proposed by the government may prohibit you from doing things that you do every day. The Stop Online Piracy Act would make it illegal to post things on the Internet that have copyrighted material in it. If you are doing a video project and you add music to the background then post the video on youtube, you could be sent to jail for the maximum of 5 years. Now doing your homework could be a crime. Most websites are protesting this act because they would be affected too. If you didn’t remove the video you put on YouTube then the whole website could be shut down. Because of this many websites went down in protest last Wednesday. Websites included Wikipedia, Google, Craigslist and Minecraft. You know it must be important when Minecraft talks about it! You can help stop SOPA by signing this online petition. Please take a few minutes to help save the Internet!