Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Here are some interesting videos I found related to the unit we're working on.





And this is a great website with information and vocabulary about bridges for laypeople like me :)

Robot vs. Cube

Some Links You Wanted to Share with the Rest

• Martín came across this very interesting video about wi-tricity (or wireless electricity). Some classes ago, I remember one group explained this technology to me. So here you have an explanation from an expert. It's really interesting and the technology sounds promising.

• Ivana sent me this link where you have tons of information and links about science. You can spend hours reading really amazing things.

I know you don't have much time, but whenever you have some minutes to spare, try to click on the links and visit these pages your classmates have shared, cause I'm sure if they found them interesting, so will you!

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?

Listening

Great website with listening practice