Folding Paper

Once again access to information has changed the way I think of the space around myself, check out the video below. Fold A Piece Of Paper In Half 103 Times And It Will Be As Thick As The UNIVERSE!

Source:
http://www.iflscience.com/space/fold-piece-paper-half-103-times-and-it-will-be-thick-universe

Bitcoin: Open Source P2P Money: Kind of Interesting

Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network.

Courtesy of Wikipedia

Bitcoin is a software-based payment system described by Satoshi Nakamoto[note 1] in 2008,[4] and introduced as open-source software in 2009.[5] Payments are recorded in a public ledger using its own unit of account,[6] which is also called bitcoin.[note 2] Payments work peer-to-peer without a central repository or single administrator, which has led the US Treasury to call bitcoin a decentralized virtual currency.[9] Although its status as a currency is disputed, media reports often refer to bitcoin as a cryptocurrency or digital currency.[10]

Bitcoins are created as a reward for payment processing work in which users offer their computing power to verify and record payments into the public ledger. Called mining, individuals or companies engage in this activity in exchange for transaction fees and newly created bitcoins.[11] Besides mining, bitcoins can be obtained in exchange for fiat money, products, and services.[12] Users can send and receive bitcoins electronically for an optional transaction fee[13] using wallet software on a personal computer, mobile device, or a web application.

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Three Dimensional Printing

The technology while revolutionary will inevitably be slow to permeate most schools and classrooms. The rendered objects would be excellent for topographical models in geography and history. Constructed models could serve future classrooms as a platform and be an ongoing project which crosses curriculums. To build sections at a time could contribute to a community in the school and outside. Students could also construct historical artifacts which would require intensive research and allow museum plethora of objects to be collected and utilized for future classes.  Recreating key historical objects and devices could bring history alive for serious students and allow those students interested in the science and technical aspects of learning to engage meaningfully. Precision instruments, which normally would run exorbitant amounts of money, such as sextants and compasses, could be reconstructed by students. Already lessons and units are being written to facilitate the new technology, hopefully soon I can engage with this new medium.