Geologists

Continuing with our customized posts, here is one for Ivana, but I think the rest may find it interesting and funny too.
I didn't want to copy-paste all the text, so here you have the link to this really great story:
Geologists Really Show

Last class...

I believe we learned a lot of new vocabulary. I was wondering if you were going to remember all of it, so I tried to put the most important words together. Here they are:

Civil Engineering

And at Ramiro's request (or should I say "complaint"?), here is a link to a VERY interesting video describing what civil engineers do. The embedding code is disable, so the link will take you to youtube and you can watch the video there.
Hope you enjoy it!

The sky is the limit...

I was surfing the net today, looking for some interesting article to post here, and I came across this new development Xerox patented a few days ago:

Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and easy enough to open the doors to many new possibilities for flexible electronics.

I believe the possibilities are huge. My daughter is running a fever right now and she hates it when I use the thermometer to messure her temperature, so I was wondering: What if I had a T-shirt with a built-in thermometer? That would be great!
What other applications can you think about?
And BTW, for all of you chemical engineers, here is a short video where they explain how they are able to melt silver at a very low temperature.

Here is the link to the article posted by Xerox, in case you're interested in reading it from the source.

Where do you see yourself five years from now?

Here is some interesting text in case you want to start thinking about the final exam :)

And here is a video with some tips


Going For An Interview:
Job Interviews: Where Do You See Yourself In Five Years?

Another week has gone by...

Enjoy the weekend and study English!!!

Enjoy the weekend!

Business climate

Here is the definition for business climate

And here is a short article explaining the concept.

Yes, yes... I know what you're thinking: "990 hits were just her, checking to see how many hits she had so far" Nonetheless, I'm happy :)

He who laughs, lasts!

Some funny images I've found here. Enjoy your weekend!

New Product Development Process

Ivana sent me this very interesting link where you can see all the vocabulary we saw in the previous lesson.

New product development process

You have a great explanation of "fuzzy front end" and you can see that the vocabulary we have seen is actually used in everyday language related to the topic.

Thank you, Ivana!

And you thought the ideas for innovative products we shared in class were weird? Check this website and you'll see what innovation really is.
This is my favorite so far. Maybe 'cause I've worked in an office and I know what it feels like :)

Reading, reading, reading

I've already posted a link to practice listening. Today, surfing the net, I came across this website with tons of movie scripts. I believe it's a great opportunity to practice every day language and they also include a lot of descriptions. Many of the links open a pdf file with the complete script. Others, link you to another link where you'll find the script. Of course, scripts are 100 pages on average. You don't need to read the complete script, but just a quick look can help you learn some new vocabulary and useful phrases. Hope you like them!

And BTW, remember last class we talked about the movie Envy? Look what I found :)