Thursday, July 28, 2011

Like I'm the only girl in the world. ;)

What am I gonna do during my very own post-apocalypse?? O.o

First, what I would want everyone to rebuild (everyone pertains to the survivors) is shelter which provides their own physiological needs. ;)



Let's say for example they will make their own houses by being resourceful, finding things which they could make their houses with. 



Before the survivors make their houses, they will consider if they are near to water and near to any places where they could plant or find sources for food.



Next, I want the survivors to rebuild places for agriculture and fishing where they could get their food. 


 

Also, it serves as the work for the survivors so that they can have food continuously.

So for the first two, they already have shelter and sources for food. Lastly....

I want the survivors to rebuild a small hospital or a clinic. 



In this part, after building it, they will have to search and find for medicines to provide when some of the people would be ill. 



I think these things could be very useful as a start from an apocalypse. :) And soon, they will have to develop more. But with these three buildings, they could live a simple life but very productively. :)



Sunday, July 24, 2011

My Apocalypse


Apocalypse a.k.a. End of the World

How I want the "ending of my world" would be like..

I remember one Science Fiction movie entitled as, "Knowing".
In the movie, the point is that the aliens came to our planet and gave a call to every children on earth. The aliens or ETs knew about the end of the world, so what they did was in the end, they got all the children and earth to save them from the catastrophe which ended the world. They did this because they told them that these children will start a new generation after the end of the world. then on the part that the end of the world is near, the heat of the sun gets hotter and more intense until the sun came really close the earth and burned everything. 


I want my Apocalypse just like what happened in the movie.
the heat of the sun burned the earth. But for me, the best part of the movie was before the sun burned the earth, the whole family got together hugged each other and were really close to each other. It shows that until the end of the world, they would want to spend it with the one they love..

So that's how I wanted my world to end..
End it with my family before the heat of the sun strikes us. :)

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Mutation, Cause of Radiation

 Mutation of sea creatures because of radiation in the sea in Japan

If radioactive material from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant—disabled by the March11 Japan earthquake and tsunami—continues to enter the ocean, marine life could be threatened.


In the past week, seawater samples taken near the nuclear power plant, on Japan's eastern coast, have shown elevated levels of radioactive isotopes, including cesium 137 and iodine 131, according to the New York Times.

All life on Earth and in the oceans lives with exposure to natural levels of ionizing radiation—high-frequency radiation with enough energy to change DNA. Most such genetic damage heals, but the addition of human-made radiation can make it harder for the body to repair broken genes.

Radiation concentrations in the Japanese seawater samples have fluctuated in past days, but on Wednesday the amount of iodine spiked to 3,355 times the legal limit for seawater, Japanese nuclear safety officials told the Associated Press.

That level is the highest so far—and an indication that more radiation is entering the ocean, though how is still unknown, the agency reported. Cesium was also found to be 20 times its safety limit on March 28, according to the Times.

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Because of these radiation, it can cause into Mutation.

Once in seawater, radiation can hurt ocean animals in several ways—by killing them outright, creating "bizarre mutations" in their offspring, or passing radioactive material up the food chain, according to Joseph Rachlin, director of Lehman College's Laboratory for Marine and Estuarine Research in New York City.

Because of genetics, some sea creatures may survive but with abnormalities. It's possible that levels of radioactive contamination near the Fukushima nuclear reactors could increase and cause some harm to local marine life. Marine organisms' eggs and larvae are highly sensitive to radiation, since radioactive atoms can replace other atoms in their bodies, resulting in radiation exposure that could alter their DNA.

The radiation can also be moved and spread because of the food chain. It can be easily adapted or a creature could easily get it through food chain. They will get these radiation if they eat some sea plants and small radioactive fishes or animals. 



Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Our Life Dreams, the Utopia.

"Melancholy and utopia are heads and tails of the same coin."
GUNTER GRASS, "On Stasis in Progress," From the Diary of a Snail

  What is UTOPIA??

 
A Paradise?


or...

our imaginations? :)

Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional societies portrayed in literature. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently dystopia.
However, there are problems which are related to Utopia. One of these problems is poor education.. 

Education is one of the most important thing in our life. It is like in a chain reaction. 
When there is poor education,  it may also cause other kinds of problems like high birth rate and low income then malnutrition. 

A possible solution to this problem!
These problems could be avoided if we start to let people learn about family planning. Let them realize the things which they will have to consider before planning to start a family. They should know that education is very important and every human deserves a good education. 
But because of the unplanned start of family, their children grow with poor education. 
We could have the Utopia which we all wanted if we just work out with these problems. 





Although we all believe that being perfect is not real, 
but there's nothing to worry about in trying to reach for Perfectness. :)




Monday, July 4, 2011

ROBOTS! Our helpful friends. :>

What are ROBOTS?

A robot is a mechanical intelligent agent which can perform tasks on its own, or with guidance. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine which is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and come in those two basic types: those which are used for research into human-like systems, such as ASIMO and TOPIO, as well as those into more defined and specific roles, such as Nano robots and Swarm robots; and helper robots which are used to make or move things or perform menial or dangerous tasks, such as Industrial robots or mobile or servicing robots. Another common characteristic is that, by its appearance or movements, a robot often conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.



The Laws of Robotics:
  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.




LATEST ROBOTS:

BigDog the Mule
Boston Dynamics has created BigDog the robotic pack mule which according to them is "the most advanced quadruped robot on Earth!" BigDog can carry four infantry backpacks while keeping its balance over different type of terrains. BigDog can walk through mud, over slippery snow, over rocks, up a hill, and even keeps itself from toppling over when it's being kicked! BigDog stands about waist high, can carry 165 lbs (75 kg), can walk through most terrain and can always keep its balance. The on-board computer controls locomotion, monitors external & internal sensors and keeps itself balanced. A gasoline engine powers BigDog's hydraulic system for actuating the hydraulically controlled legs.
       


ASIMO Humanoid Robot
ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) is a bipadel humanoid robot from Honda . This robot has been evolving since its inception in 1986. Current version of ASIMO is 1.2 meter tall and weighs 43 Kg. This size enables ASIMO to actually perform tasks within the realm of a human living environment. It also walks in a smooth fashion which closely resembles that of a human being.
Advanced Walking Technology Predicted Movement Control (for predicting the next move and shifting the center of gravity accordingly) is combined with existing walking control know-how to create i-WALK (intelligent real-time flexible walking) technology, permitting smooth changes of direction. The latest updates on the ASIMO robot are available at
Honda .



HRP-2m Choromet HRP-2m Choromet

 
The Choromet is expected to be available from General Robotics in September, with price which is less then five grands. The Choromet is about 13-3/4 inches tall, and is capable of walking upright on two legs. Four companies in Japan have created a relatively low-cost, user-programmable humanoid robot targeting educational and research applications. The HRP-2m Choromet uses technology from Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and is user-programmable thanks to open software running on a user-space real-time Linux implementation. AIST hopes Choromet's ability to run software-based movement programs on a real-time Linux platform will enable researchers and schools to experiment with the effectiveness of humanoid robot motion pattern applications.


Those were just some examples of Robots which I have researched. These robots are very much useful and helpful in our lives. So there, thank you for reading my blog. Hope you liked it. ;)