I have had the stumbleupon toolbar for a couple of years now. I really like having it because I can set it to my interests and it's awesome to use when there's nothing to do and facebook hasnt updated.
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David Bismark: E-voting without fraud
The purpose of this video is to explain a different way of voting so that there can't be any cheating by people during the process. What I found most interesting is the whole new idea of how to vote. David proposed making it electronic so that there is a barcode and each candidate is written in a different order so no one knows who you voted for. After scanning the barcode you can take it home and use it as a receipt to make sure your vote counted. I saw no problems with this idea, I think it would be beneficial.
Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch
In this video, Thomas Thwaites described how much effort it takes from society to be able to build just one toaster. He went on a journey to get iron from a mine to literally make steel, caves to get copper from water, and chipped mica off of a mountain. He also made his own plastic and molding of a toaster. This is a good idea because it puts into prospective how much work it takes to build something as simple as a toaster. Overall his ending product of a homemade toaster was pretty impressive.
Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots
The final video I looked at was about adding robots to everyday life. I thought it was interesting how they added a robot to simple things, such as talking on the phone. They suggested while talking on the phone putting it on a robot that moved so it was more interactive. I think the down point about this is that we are already too dependent on technology, so by adding it to little things makes it too much.
Hi Chelsea. Really good job with this blog post. I also found an interesting video on ted.com about robots, the lady had a robot that told jokes, and could receive feedback from a live audience. It was pretty cool. The e-voting idea is cool too, I've heard about this and it is probably a likely option for the future. You definitely hit all the marks on the guidelines, good job telling the thesis/reason for each video. I like the bold headlines too, it made it easy to distinguish each different video.
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