Mateo's Minions: abril 2013

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:

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:

Hi. My name is Mateo Osorio and today I'm going to compare a few careers.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
In conclusion,

viernes, 12 de abril de 2013

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.