martes, 28 de mayo de 2013

Swiss School


Sustainability Mangement School (SUMAS)

It's a school that is completely dedicated to sustainability. It's the only one of it's kind and is located in Switzerland.
Its goal is to have students that are business geniuses but are also good at sustainability. 
Offers both bachelors and masters in business sustainability (only in europe)
Switzerland is a great country for studying. 

Sustainable consumption & production: a greener world

The word is kind of in a bad place
This is because of humans. 
By 2050 we'll have no space for trash
We have improved compared to a few years ago
People try to reduce their carbon footprint. 
Europe is doing its best to improve the ecological place of the world for future generations. 

An Inconvenient Truth | Film Trailer | Participant Media

Of the last 14 years, 10 have been the hottest ever recorded, thanks to mankind. 
It's not about politics, it's about morals.
The whole world can flood and sea levels can rise dramatically.,

FLIGHT MOFFETT TO PHOENIX: BEST OF
Since there's no fuel, It can theoretically fly forever
The tech that the plane has should be used everywhere
The sun powered plane is very slow and big. 

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: GRADUATION CEREMONY
They want to fly around the world by 2015
It was very difficult
Every difficulty is a potential opportunity
To be useful and good to everyone you have to go beyond knowledge
We need pioneers more than ever




ASSIGNMENT
Bogota is a difficult city to be sustainable, mainly because of the huge population and the awful organization of the entire area. I'm sure that many mayors in the past have attempted to  begin projects that would improve this but as far as I'm concerned their tries have been unsuccessful. Nevertheless, there is an idea that I have that would work well towards a better future. 
The first one is to get rid (or replace) all the faulty public transportation systems. A great example of this are the famous "flotas", or buses. The first problem with them is that there are technically no rules regarding them.  They're all from the 80's, which means that they pollute ridiculously, as well as being dangerous, slow and unreliable.  And apart from this we have to remember that they're privately owned, which only translates to one thing: crowdedness. They're absolutely everywhere and since their driven by what seem to be blind quadriplegics.    








miércoles, 22 de mayo de 2013

Growing Up Online

THINGS THAT DIDN'T SURPRISE ME

  1. Without internet, some people don't know what to do. 
  2. People are always connected, even on vacations. 
  3. Schools are forced to be technological, because kids want that. 
  4. Student don't read books, just spark notes and whatnot 
  5. Students know more technologically than their teachers.  
  6. Students fight online. 
  7. Discretion and privacy aren't as important
  8. People have relationships that are only online. 
  9. People can have different people online. 
  10. Kids are very secretive about their online identity
  11. Parents are very scared about stalkers. 
  12. Online predators are more dangerous than real predators. 
  13. 90% of kids are connected every day. 
  14. Kids use the internet to listen to music
  15. Kids are commonly sexually harassed online. 


THINGS THAT DID SURPRISE ME

  1. People used the internet to complain about parents, because I thought they did that in person.
  2. Parents can monitor student activity on the web, because I didn't know that there were applications for that and they knew how it worked.
  3. Students can control what their parents can see, because I didn't know you could do that.
  4. Some teachers just don't care about sparknotes, because all my teachers do. 
  5. Some teachers don't see sparknotes as cheating, because all of mine do. 
  6. Myspace was VERY similar to FB today, because I thought it was different.
  7. Fights were only online, because I thought they were in person
  8. Sometimes fights start just because of online disputes, because I didn't know that kids cared so much about online disputes.
  9. Girls that are as young as 14 post almost pornographical photos of themselves, I thought that it started when they were much older.                                       
  10. Parents are very involved in keeping their kids safe online, because I thought they didn't care
  11. Moms put computers in public places so they can watch everything, because I thought they didn't care
  12. Kids had competitions about who can have the most friends, because that sounds stupid. 
  13. Most kids know to ignore predators, because I thought they weren't smart enough
  14. Girls have eating disorders because they want to be like someone they found online
  15. People have forums and things like that to make a problem better and not so bad because of online support. 


THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN

  1. People switched from MySpace to Facebook
  2. People don't use email as much (personally)
  3. Cell phones are a lot more connected\
  4. The internet has lots more info
  5. Kids put a lot more info of themselves on the internet. 
  6. Laptops are more popular.
  7. Twitter makes kids more addicted to the internet. \
  8. Kids have tablets
  9. Kids don't use text messages that much.
  10. There are lots more websites and apps. 
  11. Kids trust their kids more. 
  12. People overreacted a lot more back then 
  13. Kids can now be bought online. 
  14. A lot more things are wireless.
  15. There are lots more antivirus and things like that

QUESTIONS:
1. What topic do you identify most strongly with?
   The one that struck with me the most was the part where it talked about the kid whose parents were always trying to see what he was up to online. My parents also tried to do this when I was younger (maybe 10 or 11) but they failed, just like the dad in the film. It was easy for me to see what and when they were seeing my activity and avoid it. I'm not saying that I was trying to hide anything (because I wasn't looking at anything I wasn't supposed to) but I still felt a tad bit uncomfortable about them spying on me.

2. What topic did you relate the least to\

3, What are the biggest benefits of being online. 

jueves, 9 de mayo de 2013

GAFE

I got Google Maps and Google Earth.
Maps is an app that helps you move around town and find places. It helps you get around and get directions. 
But Earth is a tool that lets you explore the entire planet with super accurate 3D views. You can see anywhere and how things are. 

Google maps is very simple. You just put the adress that you want to go to (or the place ie. coffee shop or mall) and then chose your way of transport, be it public means, by foot or car, It also lets you know the traffic in the route and the time estimated. You can add multiple destinations and it lets you know the exact directions. There's a little person beside the zoom bar that you can click and drag to the map on the little purple squares, and this gives you the street view of that place. Pretty straightforward.

But google earth is a bit more complicated. You can see a 3D view of the planet, and you can spin is around and zoom in as you please. If you want you can also search any place you want, from your house to the school to the pyramids in egypt. It's almost like you're really there! You can even go close to the ground and see everything from and angle and it looks super realistic.A hidden feature that I found was that you can enter "airplane mode" where you can fly around in a plane. It's basically and airplane simulator.

Another cool thing is that you can check out the moon. You can visit the landing sites for all the space craft and take a 3D tour of the modules. Very cool. And you can do the same thing on mars. 

You can record tours, with your voice. This can be quite useful when trying to demonstrate where you went on your vacation.

We can use this tool in school to make projects. A great example would be a project  for our summer vacation and we can do a virtual tour of all the places you went to. But apart from that I don't see much else.

lunes, 22 de abril de 2013

Google Day 3

Goals:
1. Investigate more about medicine
2. Investigate more about automotive engineering.
3. Investigate on other careers.

Links:

  1.  http://healthcareers.about.com/od/physiciancareers/p/psychiatrist.htm
  2. http://www.medicina.unal.edu.co/
  3. http://es.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100216155925AAIU9cJ
  4. http://www.pasaralaunacional.com/2010/04/pasar-estudiar-medicina-unal-pregrado.html
  5. http://puj-portal.javeriana.edu.co/portal/page/portal/Facultad%20de%20Medicina/ptl_pregrado/Presentaci%F3n

What I learned:
- I want to study medicine here in Bogota. It's a lot cheaper than afar, the education is fantastic and I save myself about 4 years of studying. 
- The universities I'd like to attend are: Los Andes, Javeriana and Nacional. They're in the top 5 for Colombian Universities.


Story Board:

  1. Hi. My name is Mateo Osorio and today I'm going to compare a few careers. 
  2. So to begin I drew up a few careers that kind of seemed interesting to me. They were medicine, film production, automotive engineering and photography. 
  3. I researched a little on all of them, and found out a bit of each. But I soon learned that medicine was the career for me. It seemed to fit all the bills; it's super interesting, pays really well and the job market for it is fantastic, unlike the other three. 
  4. So I quickly looked into studying medicine, and it's a tough career. It takes a long time, it's expensive and really hard to get admitted to. But I learned an awesome fact! In the US or other countries it takes 4 years of pre med, another 4 of medschool and then a couple more to become a certified doctor (around 10-12 years) but here in colombia, your're ready to work in just 6 years! Awesome!
  5. Also, to become a specific doctor (I'm interested in psychiatry) it takes around another 4 years, but that I can do in another country, so I can live in another place.
  6. Colombian universites are excellent medical schools. The ones that seem the best to me are: Javeriana, Los Andes and Nacional.They're very similar and very good.
  7. It's EXTREMELY hard to get into med school. In the Nacional, 1 out of 55 people got in in 2011. And the bad part is that they only consider the admission test, so if I flunk it, it would be horrible. 
  8. Colleges here are a lot cheaper than in the US. A semester in the US costs about 14,000 USD, while here it costs about 7,000.
  9. In conclusion, 




viernes, 12 de abril de 2013

Google Day 2

Goals:
1. Keep researching about the pros/cons on each career.
2. Research more on medicine.
3. Research on studying abroad.

Links:
1. Medicine in Colombia: Link
2. John Hopkins Link
3. Los Andes Link

Research:
1. If I chose to study abroad it's not that bad. All I have to do is pass lots of texts.
2. Los Andes program is two years shorter than the standard USA program

lunes, 8 de abril de 2013

Google Day 1

Goals:
1. Choose the 3 or 4 professions that I want to compare in my project.
2. Research about the main ideas from each job and what they're about
3. Start researching on the pros and cons for each.

Work:
1. I want to do medicine (psychiatry), film industry (producer/director/editor), Automotive Engineer, Photographer (magazine/fashion/car, etc)
2.

-Psychiatry is about healing and treating the human mind through medicine and through therapy. 
-Being an film editor/animator is about taking all the footage that the director shoots and choosing the best clips. He also makes the clip look as good as he can on the big screen. The animator makes the animations, like in avatar or in any Disney movie. He tries to make it as realistic as possible.
-An automotive engineer is in charge of designing the car to make it as good as it can be while fitting the purpose it wants to be. ie speed, comfort, luxury, etc. It can also branch out, for example I could be in charge of designing the engine, or of the aerodynamics, or the cornering. 
-A photographer is a person that people hire to take photos of whatever they want. Most high-end photographers work in advertisements or in magazines. I would like to be a photographer/journalist for a magazine, be it travel, exploring, cars, whatever.


3. Pros and cons.
                                                                      Medicine
Pros: Very good salary, I get to help people, I would have a sense of proudness. Job security and lots of job openings and easy to get it. Easy hours
Cons: Very expensive colleges. Takes lots of time and is very difficult.

                                                               Film Animator/editor
Pros: easy hours, gives me a chance to develop my curiosity, I enjoy it.
Cons: Mediocre salary, terrible job outlook.

                                                                 
4. What are the pros and cons for the other professions that I'm looking into.

martes, 2 de abril de 2013

3D Printing Face Reconstruction

What I know:
I know that there was a man that had a huge tumor on his face and when the doctors removed it in an operation, most of his face was destroyed. He couldn't even eat. So some scientists created a 3D model  of the part of his face that's missing so that he can live a normal life.

What I want to know:
- How long does it take to make it?
- How expensive will it be to make?
- Will this technology ever be open to the general public?
- How do you make it?

Useful Links;
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

What I learned:

  • How it works is that a thin layer of special dust is laid on a surface. A laser is then pointed at it and it burns the particles together. Then the next layer is laid and then they stick all the layers.
  • A normal plastic prosthetic is cheap and easy to make, but for the high tech ones in facial reconstructions, there are lots more steps. 
  • The first thing is that the shape is a LOT more complex than regular things. It's also made from different materials to make it more realistic. It also has to be painted. All this makes it quite complicated to make.
  • It allows the guy to eat and drink normally, as well as look semi-normal.
  • Doctors are researching more about this, and they say that in a few years this technology will be more available.

This and me:
This could some day be a part of my life because if someday I have a problem similar to this guy's, this technology could help me.

Moar Questions:
- Can you make limbs using this?
- Could they eventually be connected to your nervous system and act like a normal part of your body.

miércoles, 20 de marzo de 2013

Design Project Day 5

1.






2. Our goals was to make it two player, based around football and make it challenging but not too hard. We met these goals because they were easy to achieve and simple.

3.

  • Our biggest problem was getting the amount of players right. If there were too many, it would be too hard, but if there weren't enough then it wouldn't be football related. We put 4 players in the end.
  • Our biggest AHA moment was when we got the idea to use little fruits from a tree as balls for the game.
  • Noone. Everyone was open minded and accepting of new ideas.
  • We had doubts about if the paddles would work, but we ensured that they did by cutting their holes close to the ground.
  • I was the devil's advocate because I tried my best to make sure that everything works and to do that you also have to question. It helped us because we discarded ideas that never would have worked.
  • I learned that when you work in a team you can accomplish goals quicker and more effectively. I also learned that it's important to keep your objectives in mind when designing something. 


miércoles, 20 de febrero de 2013

Design Project - Day 3

CHOOSE
1. This is what we said the game will be like: Addictive, innovative, familiar elements, challenging but not impossible and professionalism..  I think they match our game because everyone knows about soccer and it's hard. The only thing is that it's not very professional.
2. We want to keep the football aspect because we know that kids love it. 
3. We will remove the players in the field because it makes it look crammed.
Implement
1. I will make the arena and stick it together. Andres will make the paddles and Felipe will make it look good. 
2. We need wood for the paddles and that's it.

jueves, 14 de febrero de 2013

Design Project - Day 2

Phase 1:
1. We think that Felipe's is the best because it is the most detailed and has the feeding tube.

It needs the walls surrounding the goal so that it looks better. We also need to add players.

We need to take away the walls that make the ball out of bounds.

Critisism:
Our prototype was not that good because it was very fragile and didn't work perfectly. We got the suggestion to make the hitters out of wood and to make the whole thing bigger.

miércoles, 6 de febrero de 2013

jueves, 31 de enero de 2013

Design Project - Day 1

Group:
-Mateo Osorio
-Andres Silva
-Felipe Sanchez

Define Phase
1. We're going to make the game for elementary school. Boys are our main target.
2. The game will be hard (by elementary standards.)
3. Addictive, innovative, familiar elements, challenging but not impossible and professionalism.

Research Phase
It is very easy to make and can't really go wrong.
I would make it a bit harder

Colombian kids would love football and it would be addictive and always want to improve.
It's very simplistic and not impressive.

They would be encouraged to play because they could win money. Very professional.
It looks very hard to make at home.

Ideation Phase

1. We really liked the video that Andres found, but we need people to operate it. So I think we're going to use Andres' pin machine. It's simple and everyone knows how to play.
2. A coin machine
   Wack a mole
3. We decided to do a soccer based pinball. They love soccer and pinball is cool. And it's multiplayer so that
4. It can fall apart because of all the weight and the paddles might fail and break. We will get around this by using a lot of duck tape. 

miércoles, 9 de enero de 2013

Google Day 5

what i did tidaay.
i wrote the entire script
voila/


*intro cn musica (cool effects project. Hopefully. By mateo)
^have you ever had a class project in which you dont know what to do? *nods
^are you simply stuck and are about to kill yourself? * nods
^well, I dont have the thing for you!! ^ wait, what*     disapointing
^because youll kill yourself in the proccess!!!! *ok, ill take my chances
^then "video fx 4 dummies" is the dvd for you! *throws it.
^it comes with your very own personal trainer

*mostrar iphone. ^algo raro.
^well, ill help you too.

^step one, you have to get a goal.
%but i dont want to do this, im doing it becuase i have to.
^well then make one up, it doesnt have to be true.
%well. in that case " (zooming in on face and smooth music)
i want to make a video that shows the potential that special effects have and how awesome they are.
(cuts music abruptly
^attaboy.

^well im sorry timmy but i have to go! ill leave you to it, oo it, oo it
%no, dont leave me! i dont know how to edit!
$google is your friend.

% i am going to take you with me (epic music) on an incredible adventure, the likes of which man has never seen before
we will sail the oceans (cheap sailing (barquitos lagartos)) cross deserts (arenera) and much more. and then, in the end, we will
have, (cuts music) a video. challenge accepted\

(rocky music queues)
*trying to do exercise (pullups, pushups, etc)
*someone comes in (whhat are you doing?
%im training to edit a video!
*why are you doing pullups? just look up some tutorials on youtube.
%(midpullup) good idea.

*sits down in front of computer.
^and so i found youtube. the best learning tool in the world! forget khan academy, forget rosetta stone. If you want to learn anything
, do youtubie. Seriously, its incredible. dont use your parents though *sale mi mama toda confundida.