Spring 2015
The Atlantic Compass
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Tech Bytes The World at Our Fingertips: Is it too much? By Meredith Lutter Close your eyes and picture this: in your back pocket there is a thing that we call a phone. In your home there is a bigger version of your phone called a tablet. On your desk there is a folding tablet we call a computer. What do all these things have in common? Internet, that’s what they have in common. Since the invention of the internet, kids and adults alike have been able to communicate better, find information faster, and keep upto-date more easily. But this all comes with a cost. A big threat that shadows the internet is cyberbullying. Here are some facts about cyberbullying. 1. Nearly 43% of kids have
been bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it happen more than once. 2. 70% of students report seeing frequent bullying online. 3. Over 80% of teens use a cell phone regularly, making it the most common medium for cyber bullying. 4. 68% of teens agree that cyber bullying is a serious problem. 5. 81% of young people think bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person. With the invention of the internet, bullies do not even have to see their victims, all they have to do is log on to a social media platform and type in a message, it’s as simple as that.
Review of the HyperTAB By Gretel Devendorf This past Christmas I asked my mother what she wanted. She said “A tablet, just kidding how about a few candles? But I wanted to get her that tablet. I looked on amazon and the cheapest one was still $100, but I obviously couldn’t af-
ford it. On eBay I searched “WiFi tablet” and filtered the price $0-$60 thinking “I should get her a candle” But some tablets came up. Surprised, I clicked on one that was $45. It looked like a tablet that would break a few minutes after I opened
Imagine the person you hate. Now what if you could make them feel bad about themselves with the click of a mouse or a tap of the finger. That is cyberbullying in a nutshell. Also, cyberstalking is on the rise. It is getting easier and easier to get people’s personal information. Soon, privacy will be a thing of the past. But the invention of the internet is not all stalkers and cyberbullies, the internet has brought tons and tons of communication websites for the better. If you look up “all communication websites” and click on the wikipedia link, you will find a very long list of social medias…and that is only a small fraction of them. the box, so I was nervous, but decided to try it out. When it arrived at my dad’s house, I opened it. It looked amazing. It was very light, a good big screen, 6” of the 7. It was a fun lime green color. I connected it to our WiFi and downloaded Chrome. I went to boston.com, which is a website with a lot of data. I loaded
Strati - A 3D Printed Car By Ben Armour The Strati is the first “3D printed car” in the world. This car is made by Local Motors in Chandler Arizona. It takes approximately 2
days to build the car. You can redesign the car into many different styles and shapes. All the material on the car add up to about
Photo: localmotors.com
$3,500. It is built out of carbon
You now can see anyone in the world live with video chat sites, talk with that long lost cousin over a internet based texting app, and tell everyone about your life over sites like Facebook. Say you have a paper due tomorrow about Christopher Columbus. The library is closed what do you do? Hop on the internet and type it in on a search engine. Some of the information that comes up might not be true, but there is a bountiful supply of sites that speak the truth. You can have that paper in no time. Inventions like the internet are making the future happen now, but is it too much power in everyone’s hands?
within fractions of a second! Compared to my iPad, it is a little smaller but it’s bright, fast, and cheap. The iPad is easier to use and harder to hack than an android tablet, but it’s a good $320. Overall this was a great purchase and I recommend the HyperTAB.
fiber-reinforced thermoplastic. It scales about 1,800lbs. But many safety protocols are involved in the weight. Also an electric motor has a lot of contributes into it. The company is currently working on making a road ready version of the car.