Ms. Fernandez's Science

Underwater Hotel to be Dubai’s Latest Extravagance

Skylines are so passé. In an attempt to give travelers better—or at least closer—ocean views, Dubai-based construction company Drydocks World and Swiss consulting, engineering, and brokerage firm BIG InvestConsult will build the Water Discus Hotel, a luxury underwater hotel in Dubai. [...]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-14/underwater-hotel-to-be-dubais-latest-extravagance

Nice explanation of String Theory by physicist Brian Greene, author of The Elegant Universe.

Building constructed of Semi-transparent Cement: Italian Pavilion during the World Expo in Shanghai

http://news.discovery.com/tech/transparent-cement-lets-in-light-110106.html

RobotC sourse code: http://code.google.com/p/follow-me-robot/updates/list

Directions:

This is an extra credit assignment designed for you to work independently on an open-ended question.  You will be analyzing Angry Birds from a physics point of view.  You can use Logger Pro to analyze a video of the game or other means.  You are allowed to work with one other student (2 students max).  For details, see the links below:

• Angry Birds – Optional Independent Project
• Angry Birds Video

Real or Fake?

Bathrooms may dispose of waste, but they create it, too: The average person flushes the toilet five times a day, using between 8 and 35 gallons of water.  Not only that, but Americans each use about 50 pounds of toilet paper every year.

Now, thanks to Tom Broadbent, an industrial design graduate from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, bathrooms may start impacting the environment in more positive ways by becoming power generators. [...]

 http://students.egfi-k12.org/the-power-of-flushing/