Entry #10 - October 17th 2013

Police say disgruntled employee behind LA airport dry ice explosions

FOX

Police are suspecting a "disgruntled employee" is behind the explosions of two dry ice bombs at Los Angeles Airport. Deputy Chief Michael Downing says the explosions were not linked to terrorism but to labour disputes. These bombs could have caused serious injury, luckily though no one was hurt. The police are handling this as though they were pipe bombs. The police think that this was carried out by a "disgruntled" employee. The dry ice bombs luckily went off without anyone being in harms way and without anyone near them at the time.

I agree with the police when they say they are treating them as "though they were pipe bombs" because this is in no case acceptable, even if it was over a labour dispute.  I think that the culprit should be convicted for a serious offense because of the severity it could have caused, especially at an airport.  It was lucky that no one was injured and that there were no serious damages to property.  I think that the guilty party should be seriously punished because he could have killed someone.

Entry #9 - October 15th 2013

Amaze project aims to take 3D printing 'into metal age'

BBC

28 institutions have come together to create new metal components which are lighter stronger and cheaper than the conventional parts.  This project is called the AMAZE project, a "loose" acronym for Additive Manufacturing Aiming Towards Zero Waste and Efficient Production of High-Tech products.  3D printers have taken the design of plastic products to the next level.  Printing metal parts would save an enormous amount of waste product and money.  At the AMAZE team's launch on tuesday they unveiled Tungsten alloy components that can under go temperatures of up to 3,000C.  When printing 3D metal parts the company will save so much money and waste they will have enough to get more of a quantity and more quality care in their product.

I think that this is a great idea because it will save money and be more environmentally friendly.  I think that this Product will revolutionize the industry because the parts that are made from this are extremely robust, lightweight, and can withstand extreme temperatures.  If this becomes a success it will help the environment because "to produce one kilo of metal, you use one kilo - not 20 kilos," says Esa's Franco Ongaro.  I agree that this is an important product because it will not only save money by reducing waste but it will reduce fuel costs by being lighter.

Entry #11 - October 21st 2013

Microsoft unfazed by 'lightweight' Apple's iWork software

CTV

Apple has recently released its new productivity suite, iWork. This is supposed to be the main competitor with Microsoft's Office suites. Microsoft simply shrugged this off by saying it was "lightweight" and "has never gotten traction". Microsoft's corporate vice president Frank Shaw defended Microsoft's tablet, the surface, by saying "Surface and Surface 2 both include Office, the world's most popular, most powerful productivity software for free and are priced below both the iPad 2 and iPad Air respectively,".  Microsoft sets themselves apart by offering the highest rated, and highest quality, productivity software for free with their tablets.

I think that Microsoft has the far better product because you are able to have multiple screens running at once and it is free.  Apple's productivity app, iWork, is offered, but at a price.  Although Apple has released that they will now release their new upgrades with iWork for free it is still not the best because it is not as developed and does not offer a multiple screen ability.