Roger Bannister 

Roger Bannister is an english former middle distance athlete. He ran the first mile in just 4 minutes. He was a physician as well. In the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 meters but finished fourth. This strengthened his resolve to be the first 4-minute miler. He achieved this feat on 6 May 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford, with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing. The cheers of the crowd drowned out Bannister's exact time, which was 3 min 59.4 sec. Technology impacted this because without it they wouldn't be able to keep track of time. This excellence is something for roger to be proud of, because not just anyone can run a mile in 4 minutes. 

Technology Innovation

The innovation I chose, is a handheld device that tells you whether fruit is ripe or not. Scientists at MIT have developed a handheld device that can evaluate how ripe an apple is by measuring the glow of chlorophyll in the fruit's skin under ultraviolet light. This will impact people whom grow apples, and want to pick them to send them out, with this device they will know whether the fruit is ripe or not. This will solve problems from when you're also at the grocery store and want to know what apples to pick out. I think this innovation is helpful, because many people do not know how to pick out fruit. 

Mikaele Oloa

 He began dancing at a young age and is most known for his accomplishement of becoming the 2005 and 2006 World Fire Knife Dance Champion in Laie, HI. At the age of 15, he is still the youngest competitor to have ever won the title and has capabilities of dancing with up to four fire knives! This is an ability he has picked up at the age of 5 when he began training with his father,Isitolo, another competitive fire knife dancer. He has also performed exhibitions for many Polynesian events such as the "Heiva i Orlando," the "Hura Tahiti" in Garden Grove, CA, the Kaua'i Polynesian Festival as well as the Polynesian Cultural Center for their show, "Horizons."He currently assists Kalena's Polynesian 'Ohana in Polynesian dance instruction, choreography, music and is a lead in Tahitian music and composition. Technology impacted this, because without it he wouldn't been able to share his talent with others. I think this excellence is pretty cool, because not many people are able to fire dance with knifes. 

Innovations

There is an anti-slouch screen, that can help you fix your posture. Located in the top of the display where a standard camera would usually be found, the ErgoSensor is able to track the user's position and distance from the monitor and provide feedback if the person is not in a correct position, for example, if someone is sitting too close to the screen or their neck posture is incorrect. When such feedback occurs, the user can reposition him or herself. This will impact people that have a poor posture and have difficulties sitting up straight. It will solve problems for people that have back difficulties. This innovation is kind of creepy, but I guess at the same time helpful for some people. 

Nathan Sawaya 

Nathan is an award winning artists who creates inspiring work of art out of Lego's.  Sawaya is the first artist to ever take LEGO into the art world and is the author of two best selling books. His art creations are commissioned by companies, charities, individuals, museums and galleries all over the world. He first came to national attention in 2004, when he left his job as an attorney to work full-time as a LEGO artist.Sawaya's art creations include a 7-footlong replica of the Brooklyn Bridge, a life-size tyrannosaurus rex, a 6-foot tall Han Solo frozen in carbonite. His signature pieces include human form sculptures titled Yellow, Red and Blue. "Blue" sold for an undisclosed sum at the Agora Gallery in 2010. Technology impacted this because he porbably looked online for an exact picture of the objects to recreate it. This excellence is interesting, because it is different but cool. 

Computer/ Technology Innovation

I chose vein recognition because it really interested me. Vein recognition systems are amongst the newest biometric technologies to have emerged in the recent past. Vein authentication uses the vascular patterns of an individual's palm/finger/back of the hand as personal identification data. It will impact many people, in many different ways. The problems it will solve will be if you need to identify someone, but have no other way in doing it, then vein recognition can solve it. I think this innovation is different, because the main things you hear now is thumb prints and stuff like that, but now it went to vein recognition. 

Blown to bits Chapter 3 Summary

In this chapter of blown to bits I learned that there is many hidden information in many documents in a computer. It pretty much says in the chapter how this can affect us in many ways, due to which kind of information is stored in the computer and the documents. Of course it might not always affect us in a bad way, it can sometimes help us with other things that will only benefit us too but that also depends what kind of documents you have stored in that certain computer.  Companies apparently have made mistakes with the information hidden in the documents, and the chapter explains some examples these companies made. It is important to be smart and keep every document safe. 

Alex Hattori

The excellence that Alex aachieved was that he is a yoyo player, and he has won many tournaments. He was only 15 when he become the "yoyo king" He has been crowned the double yoyo player of the nation. Alex says he yo-yo's everywhere he goes. He has won many contests because of his skills with the yoyo, he doesn't do just any trick, he knows many of them. Technology impacted this because he probably learned and seen a lot of tricks for the yoyo in the interent. This arete excellence is pretty cool, because not many people take an interest in the yoyo. It is important to take an interest in other things than just the regular stuff, because it may open many opportunities for you.

Blown to Bits Chapter 2

This chapter of blown to bits talks about many things, and some of the main things that stood out to me were that it is extremely dangerous to share several personal information on the Internet, because it can lead to many dangerous things. One of the most obvious things that can happen would have to be stealing money when putting your credit card information on any internet site that isn't legit. If you want to purchase anything online you need to be really careful that the website it real and not nah scam. Many things that I read in this chapter makes me really think about my actions online and in real life as well, because many things can happen to your posting anything online, that can ruin many chances that will eventually come to you in life, just by one little mistake we decide to post. We should really be careful on what we do, especially in the Internet. 

Technology Innovation

As the new iphone watch came out not so long ago, it came with some new features.Using ResearchKit, medical researchers can develop iPhone apps that provide medical information to individuals and collect data from users that can then be used to develop future treatments. It has a lot of data, that can help people to treat diseases. Five launch apps developed with some of the top universities and research institutions in the country will collect information on asthma, Parkinson's, breast cancer, diabetes, and heart health. This will impact the people who suffer from any of these illnesses, but it will impact them in a positive way. It will solve porblems of people worrying about about their health and they won't have to worry as much because they'll have something to keep track on. I think this innovation was a good idea because it can help many people in different ways.

Carl & Margaret Karcher 

They were the couple who own Carls's Jr. They started small, with only a hot dog stand. On his 28th birthday they opened their first buisness which they named it Carl's drive in barbeque in Anaheim California. Their resturaunt expanded quickly, and they were becoming more succcessful. This excellence was achieved by them working together in getting what they wanted for a living. Technology could have impacted this because when they first opened their resturaunt they needed to know how they were going to take orders and how everything was going to work out. This excellence is good because they made their own buisness which is now a popular fast food place. A lesson learned was to not give up on what I want because it will be worth it in the end. 

Technology Innovation

The innovation I chose was apple pay. This innovation lets people use their phones to pay for things at checkout counters, and it makes it easier to pay for things. Instead of you pulling out your actual credit card, you already have all that information on your phone and you just pay through there. I don't think this will impact anybody, because it is only for the people that decide to use it. If someone forgot their wallet, it can solve that problem because if they want to buy something they just pay with their phone. I think this innovation is good, because I personally think it is easier to actually pay for things whether it is online or in store.