HTML In-Class Exercise

link: http://www.users.muohio.edu/steinmzt/IMSindex.html

Audacity Exercise #1

Effects: Fade in and Change Pitch

News Article #5

New Machine Prints Sheet of Light

htp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/10/10/sheets.of.light.oled.ap/index.html

The future of lighting is changing and putting the ordinary laps to shame. The invention of OLED (organic light emitting diodes) is allowing the creation of sheets of light. This means that you could have lights in places that you never would have imagined having it; your windows, the walls, or just about any other place you could imagine. I personally think that this invention is going to be one that we won't see for a while because they are still figuring out how to mas-produce it for a reasonable price, but it would be amazing to see people that have luminescent wallpaper. The cost of printing will help determine the final prices and as they drop, so will the price of the lighting. Another perk to these new lights is their softer light, which a lot of developers believe will be a big hit in the photography industry. Finally, as much of the world is focused on energy saving, so is the OLED industry, as they believe the cost to light as house would decrease with the use of their products.

News Article #4

Plug-in electric cars set to debut in 2010

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/24/aa,plug.in.hybrids/index/html

Thanks the Lord that there is finally a date for electric cars to hit the market. In January of 2007, the chairman of General Motors announced that the release of the Chevy Volt, a plug-in electrical car would be ready for the market sometime in 2010. I think that this is a long time coming, and for many reasons believe that if it were not for the big business oil companies this would be old news. Many of the large car companies are struggling due to the outrageous gas prices, as are the consumers. This invention is win, win. The Chevy Volt, much like other projected plug-in cars rely on a lithium-ion battery. It will only require a 6-hour charge (which is probably going to be when you are sleeping) to run for an average of 40 miles a day. This would be amazing considering on average I would never drive that much in a day, and thus would be using ZERO gas! I hope that this projection does not hit any "speed-bumps" because I am personally tired of spending half of my pay-checks on gas.

MashUp Assignment: 

http://guerillaradio.net/

For this assignment I searched on mashupawards.com and found this site. It is very interesting especially if you are a music lover. The site searches a database of music from Blip.fm, and puts together a playlist of any artist searched. Along with the music, it also returns several images and linked files about the artist that you chose. I really enjoyed how the website was set up, and I think that it is a great tool for anyone trying to find the most up to date information on an artist because not only do you get a chance to listen to their current recordings, but imagery and background information is also provided. It also provides similar artists to your search so you can constantly expand your iTunes!