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A Japanese crime fighting robot called T-34 has me stunned. This twenty five pound battery operated robot detects suspicious activity using a camera installed in it. If it sees anything it will send a video message to a guard via mobile phone. If the activity is indeed suspicious the robot will call out a warning. When the criminal does not stop, T-34 will shoot a net that can shoot up to ten feet at the person. This will demobilize the person allowing the guard controlling the robot to arrest the criminal. Although it does have flaws i think it is way better then Wall-E and Spiderman should be jealous.
http://www.digitpedia.com/burglars-beware-t34-robot-patrol/2899/
Just yesterday, a thirty one year old man was killed by a wood chipper at the Edison recycling center. His name was Henry A. Aguilar and he was chipping wood to turn into mulch at the General Materials company on Meadow Road. He was on a conveyor belt carrying wood to a wood chipper when something went horribly wrong. Police say it was an accident but the investigation is still going on. The New Brunswick resident was found dead around noon yesterday.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/investigation_continues_in_fat.html
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/edison_wood_chipper_accident_v.html
This week in science class, we started a project where we have to construct a roller coaster or skate park. My group chose to do a roller coaster. Unfortunately, we have to construct it out of cardboard tubes, boxes and bottles. While we build we need to show how Newtons laws apply to it. Also, we need three hills and a roller coaster aspect. This seems easy but when all you can use is recyclables it gets pretty tough. To make it even worse, we have to buy everything we use for our roller coaster. Don't worry we are not using real money, just omega dollars that we had to earn. Our roller coaster starts out high so it has a lot of momentum but, the friction causes the marble to slow down.
Last Friday, in southeast Australia, at least 14 people have died from wildfires caused by strong winds and a heat wave. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, an estimated 30,000 acres were ablaze. Since Friday firefighters have have tried to put out over 35 fires in the region. The fires were caused by the 11f degree temperatures. The bodies were all pulled out in four different regions and have yet to be identified. The winds continue to push smoke into Sydney. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/07/australia.wildfires/index.html
In science class we are doing projects on the Electromagnetic spectrum. My topic is on X-rays. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen found x-rays. The funny thing is that he found x-rays by accident when he was experimenting with vacuum tubes. The reason they are called X-rays is because it is unknown radiation. We use x-rays to get a clear look at the human body and look for any problems. If you have too much exposure to x-rays it may cause cancer because of the radiation. That's why Doctors and Dentists cover you with a lead sheet when they take x-rays of you. The sheet absorbs the x-rays and stops them from reaching other parts of your body. Thank you, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, because without x-rays it would be much harder to examine the human body.
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/xrays.html
A giant toxic coal ash spill that happened a month ago is still threatening the lives of wildlife. On December 22, 2008 a billion gallons of sludge mostly made up of coal ash broke through an earthen dike at the Kingston Fossil Plant. Experts say that wildlife may be threatened by the amount of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, thallium, and other toxins in the sludge. Not only is wildlife threatened but there are also human health threats. local animals that could be affected are river otters, mink, muskrat, ospreys, and black-crowned night herons. This (as we have learned in science class) can have a great effect on the food web of that area. The animals that they have rescued so far were either buried by mud or stranded when the water surge pushed them into forests and fields. Luckily, there are no endangered animals inhabiting the spill region.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090123-coal-ash.html
