This is so amazing

If you're anything like me, when you get wrapped up in a texting conversation you dont pay attention to anything around you ... ANYTHING. I'll be walking into people, poles, streets, whatever. If im focused on a text then i lose site of everything. This can potentially be dangerous. What if im not paying attention and walk into the street and BAM, I get hit by a car.

Well a new android app is here to save all of us distracted people. Its called WalkSafe. This app will actually alert you if there is a potentially dangerous car coming at you. To me this is awesome. It detects the car and the position is is face to tell whether it is a threat to you or not. Its basically looking both ways across the street for you. If i could get this on my iphone i would. Id even get it installed on my car to help me drive!

PC vs Mac

I know a lot of people will stand by their PC laptops and computers still to this day, but i still have a hard time figuring out why. I grew up with a PC and it had nothing but problems. Just to start it up was like a 5 minute wait. Once it got started you had to wait for the pop ups to happen or else the computer would freeze if you tried to open an application. You would think "hey that way a while ago, they are better now", but no. My parents PC always has some new virus on it. And if i ever want to attempt to use the internet i need to know not to get my hopes up, because a majority of the time it freezes.

Now, when i think of computers i think of fast, efficiency, reliability. Which is exactly why i got an apple lap top. It takes about 1 minute for my computer to load up. And once it turns on there are no unnecessary pop ups that are going to freeze my computer. I have ran into a few problems with apple over the years. There is something i call the rainbow of death. This is when your computer decides to freeze at the worst possible moment and the curser spins like a rainbow. And the biggest thing is my hard drive has crashed before. But apple is always available to fix and replace it. Overall I dont understand how PC computers are even popular still, but im sticking with Apple.

Blue Ray

I learned a few days ago that I had no clue what a blue-ray player did. Apparently you this hdmi cord to be plugged in for it to even work . I have now set my dvd player up completely and it is crazy the difference one cord can make.

Everything is so much more crisp on the screen. Its almost like a 3d movie even though its still in 2d. Fight scenes in movies are WAY more intense then when its watched on a regular player. Where I really noticed it was when I was watching The Hangover. The scene of them driving to Vegas almost looks real, like you are in the car next to them watching. 

There is one main downfall about the blue-ray players. Now i've got to start over my movie collection. Plus blue-rays are more expensive then regular movies. Although it is still worth it to be able to watch movies in such high definition. 

Machines in the work place

Back in the day we used to build everything by hand. Of course this was WAY back before my days, but that is how it used to be. Now everything is manufactured in a shop. This takes away jobs, saves time, and cuts costs(in some ways).

An example of this is shoes, or any clothing. I used to work for vans and of course that company has to have a way to mass produce shoes fast and cheap. All of the shoes are man out of the country. What is crazy is that it costs about $45 for a pair of shoes, yet it only cost Vans around 3 bucks to have to shoes made. Basically they are making bank off of us. 

This does help companies that need large amounts of products made, but i feel that this is a negative thing. The worst part about it is that almost all of these shops are out of the country. This means less jobs for Americans. I feel this technology is great! But in needs to be brought back to our own country.

Adobe

I think it's crazy the things we can do with all if these adobe programs. People can launch websites from their own home and change photos or whatever you want to do. Some of the highest paying jobs have to do with these programs. It's great also because these programs can be used for recreational use. Overall I am just grateful for being able to have these programs on my own computer.

Prius Is My Friend

Five years ago, my parents told me they bought a new car. I was so excited to come home and see it. Unfortunately, there was a stupid hamster looking silver car in the drive way. It took me some time to get used to the way it looks, but I leaned that what it has to offer is so much more important.

Obviously, the most amazing part about this car is its gas mileage. I can drive to and from L.A. using only $60 on gas. It only takes me about $25 worth of gas to fill up in the first place. Most of the stuff in the car is touch screen including the gps. Although this car is amazing, there are a few things I don't like about it.

The seats are really uncomfortable, especially on long drives. Also, because the gas mileage is so good, this car gets driven a lot. It know has over 200 thousand miles on it. Despite the down falls, I would say this is a good car for anyone.

New vs Old

Have you ever noticed that technology made a few yers ago ( like 10 or 20 years) last longer then the technology being made now? In modern day the most important thing isnt making th best quality product, but making a pretty good product that'll get you by for a while. most importantly making a product that'll get you the most profit. Now this really sucks for us, we have to pay more for crappy stuff.

You can see examples of this anywhere. Driving around I always see those really old Hondas that have like 200 thousand miles on them but they are still going. Now in days cars don't seem to last as long and if they do they have problems along the way. I believe retailers are realizing that their product has to stop lasting in order for people to need more and buy more.

What got me thinking about the subject was my bedroom. As lame as this might sound I still have glow in the dark stars on my ceiling from when I was a kid. I just never got around to taking them down. But anyways these things are still glowing! And the are glowing strong. Now that's impressive. Now that would suck for the company I bought them from since I obviously never had to buy them again. That's why I believe technology does not come at the same quality as it used to.


But hey, it's just a thought...

Robots are Near

Last week we read that article on robots. When I first stared reading it I bought that man was crazy. For real? Robots not only being in the world but being superior to humans. It sounded like a great story but in no way true.

There was something about this article that grew on me. The more I think about it the more real it becomes. I stil remember hearing about the iPhone coming out and that sounded unreal at the time also. Now it has come out with Siri, which is like having a robotic friend on your phone. It's crazy. It's basically a robot without the body. Now all scientist need to do is make it a body and teach it how to walk.

I don't think robots are going to benefit us. Right now we have self check out at grocery stores and that is already taking away jobs. With robots in the world there would be no reason for any one to work. I think robots would end up owning us and we would have no education. Let's just hope I'm wrong or we are in for a big(not so good) suprise.

Garmin

So there is one thing I have never really been able to do... Read a map. That's why I LOVE my garmin. It will give me directions down the street or all the way across the country. That main use i get out of my garmin is when im hungry. There is this great feature that lets me see what food is around so ill never have an empty belly. Also, they are always updating their maps since our world is always changing. This little thing will guide me basically anywhere I need to go, well most of the time it'll guide me.

Some times my garmin, who I have named Garmie will have a mind of it's own. It'll say the dreaded word of "recalculating" it's so annoying. Also I recently got in a car accident... For looking at my garmin. They can be distracting at times.

But overall I still love my gps. And now pictures even pop up of where I'm at.. Which might be a bad idea but I guess we'll find out later !

Apple

It only feels right to take a minute to talk about Steve Jobs. This man would imagine things and make them come true. He didn't hold back. It is because of him that we have a lot of the amazing technology that we have today. Im sure many people that his ideas were crazy and unattainable, but he made them real. Although he is no longer with us here, his amazing inventions and philosophies are left behind. He will be irreplaceable, but through the company he built his passion and dream will stay alive.

Motion pictures

So I'm on my way to the movie theaters and started thinking about the history behind them. Theaters and film have gone back so many years. The experience of seeing a movie on a large screen is SO much better then watching it from home. It a a single theater some technology you might find is projectors, popcorn makers, computer, and tons of other stuff. What started as just small nickelodeons have now evolved in multi screen cinemas. My conclusion is that movie theaters and all of the equipment involved in making them is extremely necessary for having an experience that the movie was trying to portray.

Its began with AOL

I remember when i was in elementary school and my parents were trying to teach me what AOL was. At the time i only new how to play games on the computer, I had no clue what the internet was. It was crazy to me to think that if i typed out a message and press send that someone whole be able to read it. Obviously social networking has come a long way since AOL. Now we have facebook which can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. It is crazy how we can sign in and within a matter of minutes share our biggest secrets with close friends or random strangers. Facebook even has the option of adding an expected child to your family list. To most people that is something so personal, yet it would become very accessible for people to know by adding it on your page. I believe these social networks are great in the way that they help us keep in touch with loved ones and friends, but on the other hand i can see them being very destructive to those who do not use it with caution!

Catching up with technology

So, recently I decided to join the rest of the world and get an iPhone. I was so excited. Now I can search the web, update my facebook, take pictures, and play games. Obviously i needed this phone. The main reason to having a phone is making calls and texting. These are the only two things i struggle with when using my phone, yet they are the most important features. Most of the time I am texting on my phone, I feel like it is trying to write its own texts. The predictive texting throws me off every time. I have come to the conclusion that I have just not caught up to this form of technology. And i better catch up before i wont know how to use a phone at all!