Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wi-Fi Dangerous?





A week or two ago I was watching a program about the dangers of Wi-Fi. I honestly could not take the topic seriously. They interviewed people that did research on Wi-Fi and its apparent dangers. They did speak to some children that did get headaches after their school installed Wi-Fi. I can understand the concern of a small group of children getting headaches and it is unfortunate that some people feel sick because of it. I don't think that because of this that Wi-Fi is dangerous to the general population. These children may just be allergic to the Wi-Fi or in better words more sensitive to radio frequencies. I find people saying Wi-Fi because of some people that are affected by it saying the equivalent of peanuts are dangerous because some people are allergic to them. Wi-Fi is a great internet solution why would school boards decide to string Ethernet cable all around which is a lot more expensive solution when they are already strapped for cash. For the apparent dangers of Wi-Fi to actually be taken seriously more people need to be affected by it because the majority of people aren't affected and aren't even aware of its existence. We definitely shouldn't worry; after all it may just be the people with these symptoms that are the problem not the Wi-Fi.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Google Sketchup




Google sketchup was released four years ago now and it is a great free 3D drawing program. Sketchup does take practice to become good at but once you have some skills it is amazing what you can create. There are many help videos on the Google sketchup site that explain what the tools in the program and how to use them. There are also guided activities on the help site to help you become familiar with sketchup. Sketchup is time consuming if you plan to create complicated objects like some houses. Google Sketchup is also pretty cool because you can upload building to Google earth and to the 3D buildings warehouse on the sketchup site. Google sketchup does take some getting used to but once you have experience with all the tools in Google sketchup it becomes an easier and more rewarding experience because you are able make more complicated buildings faster and with better end results.

Google


Google is arguable the most popular search engine in the world. There are competitors but you don't hear anyone "say Bing or Yahoo it". Without search engines it would be a lot more difficult to research and find answers to questions. Many times researching a simple question you can find answers quickly but it often takes a lot longer when searching using Yahoo or Bing. Google isn't just a great search engine though, Google has released free software. Google has released Google earth so you can see a satellite view from of the earth and be able to zoom in and see your house. Google also released Google sketch up which is great tools if you want create 3D models of buildings. Google is also has created a mobile phone operating system called android. Google is a rapidly growing company and it will be interesting what Google's next product or website will be.