In the coal stripmine Hambach in Germany, there was a machine so big that it boggles the mind.the Bagger 288:
This is the 45,000 ton Bagger 288 digger built by Krupps in Germany, and it is the largest land based machine built by humans on the face of the planet.
It’s not fast, moving at about 2 meters a minute, but boy can it shift rubble.
It can dig up 240,000 cubic meters of dirt a day. That’s about the same as a football field sized hole that’s 30 metres deep.
And why do you need a machine so absurdly big? So we can strip mine coal out of the ground, transport it hundreds of miles on massive trains and take it to power stations where we burn it to make electricity. And where does quite a chunk of this electricity go? Strangely back to the digger, as it requires 16.56 megawatts of electricity to operate. You’re not going to find a lot of solar panels on this leviathan.
Once it starts digging, it literally will not stop. Anything in its path will be chewed up, including this 60 ton bulldozer. How, I ask you, do you miss a 60 ton bulldozer?
Source: http://www.neatorama.com/2010/01/26/bagger-288-the-worlds-biggest-machine/
2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?
Well... from my research 'just call up his manager!' his wife Sharon, or his agents...
Ozzy Osbourne's Manager:
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne Management
9292 Civic Center Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310-859-7761
Ozzy Osbourne's Agents:
Ari Emanuel or Ari Greenburg
Endeavor Agency
9601 Wilshire Boulevard
3rd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: 310-248-2000
Ozzy Osbourne's Music Agent:
Rob Light
Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 424-288-2000
Ozzy Osbourne's legal representation:
Manatt Phelps & Phillips
11355 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310-312-4000
Contact information for Ozzy Osbourne is obtained from the internet largest contact database - Contact Any Celebrity.
Source: http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp
Source: http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp
3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?
My research found that the first real evidence of Global Communication was Morse Code.
Samuel Morse (1791-1872) demonstrated a series of short signals to communicate over wires in 1836.
Source: http://www.wrvmuseum.org/morsecode/morsecodehistory.htm)
4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?
The cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne for a single person is $59 one way if you can snag a sale on Tiger Airways.
Source: http://www.webjet.com.au/
or four people could drive a cheap 4 cylinder car for approximately $160 in fuel. Thats only $40 each! ROAD TRIP!!!
5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?
Hatsune Miku is a female anime character on a singing synthesizer application, she was developed (or belongs to) Crypton Future Media. Her voice is sampled from Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita. Her release date (or birthday) was August 31, 2007.
6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.
The Australian Government's department of The Environment, Water, Heritage & The Arts has 4 live webcams streaming at its Antartica project website:
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/
There are no official hotels or accommodation in Antartica. The The Frei Base (established in 1980 under the name of Teniente Rodolfo Marsh) is the only accommodation available.
Source: http://www.chipsites.com/Travel/Antarctica/i_antarctica.htm
7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?
In the 1980's our current Aria Charts were called the 'Kent Report' the number one song on the 11th of August was "Funky Town" by Lipps Inc.
Source: www.wikipedia.com
8. How would you define the term 'nano technology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?
Wow.. this was a difficult concept to get my head around!
My understanding of 'nano technology' is it is the science of building something from starting at it's smallest atom or molecule. This technology is becoming widely used by engineers, chemists, biologists etc.
How it works:
At the nanoscale, objects are so small that we can't see them -- even with a light microscope. Nanoscientists have to use tools like scanning tunneling microscopes or atomic force microscopes to observe anything at the nanoscale. Scanning tunneling microscopes use a weak electric current to probe the scanned material. Atomic force microscopes scan surfaces with an incredibly fine tip. Both microscopes send data to a computer, which can assemble the information and project it graphically onto a monitor
Source: Encyclopedia Brittanica
Useful links on nanotechnology:
http://www.nanotech-now.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology
These YouTube clips helped me understand the concept:
Source: www.youtube.com
9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?
The camera used was Dodeca 2360, a camera had the shape of a ball that his measurement almost was the same as the measurement of the ball softball.
This camera could take the picture in several angle (the corner) at the same time (consisted of 11 lenses) with the resolution 2400 x 1200 pixel with the speed until 30 frame per the second (fps).
Source: http://www.itechdiary.com/camera-to-make-street-view-technology-in-google-map.html
10. Translate these questions into Klingon.
Q1: nuq 'oH vo' 'ar ta'ta' 'oH Daq chen
Q2: nuq 'oH HochHom Daq
Q3: ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' wa'DIch vo'
Q4: nuq 'oH vo' vo' SuD baS Daq
Q5: 'Iv 'oH nuq ta'taH ghaH Daq nuq 'oH Daj qoS
Q6: tu' yIn Daq tu' Daq Daq Daq
Q7: nuq bom ghaHta' vo' vam Daq
Q8:chay' SoH Daq lIj ghaj mu'mey nuq ta'taH 'oH
Q9: nuq vo' 'oH Daq chenmoH
Q10: Dochvammey Daq tlhIngan
Source: www.mrklingon.org/
Lecture Review Week 3 - Short history of computing & the internet
Hmm... this has been my least favourite lecture thus far.. history, especially of the internet and computers is as rivetting as watching paint dry. Lucky I have been enjoying the rest of the course!
Nethertheless I did learn something! learned that computers originated from basic adding machines.. well at least thats where the concept has evolved from. I also learned that 'The World Wide Web' and 'The Internet' are actually 2 different things.. the web is actually just a 'use' of the internet.
I still cannot seem to grasp how the internet actually works, even though I have been brought up with all of this technology at my disposal. I do know that the internet and our new technologies are amazing, but I would have a lot more time to study if it wasnt for the invention of Iphones & Facebook!
I started a timeline below which I have started adding to, I will use this for reference and revision as the course goes on:
1950's - IBM first commercial production
1965- Gordon Moore - Moores law - the notion that the power of a microchip doubles every 2 years
1975- First PC released - Around this time Bill Gates starts Microsoft in his garage
1976- Apple 1 goes on sale (source: library.thinkquest.org)
1977- Commodore PET born (souce: library.thinkquest.org)
1978 - Apple 2 released
1990 - Tim Berners-Lee creates the World Wide Web (Source: webopedia.com)
1994/1995 - First online videos emerge
2002- Blackberry born (source: library.thinkquest.org)
2004- YouTube is born, online video now available to the masses
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