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Blog 4: Wearable Technology

 Every parent feels excitement when they have a baby, but they may also feel worried. When infants are awake, it's easy for parents to monitor them; however, after infants go to sleep, it's much more difficult for parents to keep an eye on them. Furthermore, it’s impossible for parents to keep a close watch on their sleeping infant when they themselves are asleep too. Owlet, a new piece of wearable technology, hopes to put parents' minds at ease as they drift off to sleep. Owlet is a smart sock that babies wear while they sleep; it monitors the baby's heart rate, oxygen levels, movements, and sleep patterns. Parents keep a base station on the nightstand next to their beds; when everything is okay with the baby, the base station glows green. If the baby needs attention (because their heart rate or oxygen levels go out of a normal range), parents receive a notification on their phones.  All the data collected is sent to the Owlet app that parents download to their phon
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Blog 5: What is a Pi-top?

What is a pi-top? A pi-top is a build-it-yourself laptop powered by the Raspberry Pi. It has a sliding modular rail, an 8-hour battery life, and a 14" screen. Purchase Cost? A pi-top costs $319.99 . Accessories? Pi-top Speaker A speaker which slides into the modular rail of the pi-top; it allows you to play sounds, watch videos, code up music, and create your own musical projects. Pi-top Pulse Pi-topPULSE brings the arts into STEAM, integrating a speaker, 7x7 RGB LEG matrix and microphone; it allows you to code your own games and create music and lightshows. With full Amazon Alexa compatibility, you can even have your pi-top talk to you and answer any question you might have. Pi-top Proto A great prototyping board for physical computing projects. You can build & connect projects with the pi-topCODER app. It slides into the modular rail and is Raspberry Pi HAT compatible. What can you do with a pi-top? You c
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Summary of the Article, "The First Captain Marvel Trailer Will Pummel You with '90s Nostalgia"

At the end of Avengers: Infinity War , the audience was introduced to Marvel Studio's newest character, Captain Marvel. Well, sort of. Though we didn't see Captain Marvel in person, we saw actor Samuel L. Jackson’s character page someone as the world was crumbling to pieces; the pager was stamped with Captain Marvel's emblem, leading us to believe she was the recipient of the cry for help. Thus, we were introduced to the idea of our newest hero. Marvel Studios has released the first trailer for Captain Marvel's stand-alone movie, and the critics are going wild over all the '90s nostalgia. The Blockbuster Video store, the flannel clothing, and the Doc Martin shoes are just a few of the '90s references jam-packed into the short two-minute trailer. Some fans, like myself, were wondering why the new movie would take place in the '90s. After further investigation, it makes sense that the character would be a part of this era. The upcoming movie will tell Capta
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Field of Flowers

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Sunflowers dancing in the wind on a beautiful July day.
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Technological Tools for the Public Relations Field

Boomerang - a Gmail plugin that helps PR and communications professionals manage their inboxes. PR pros can schedule emails so they reach journalists’ inboxes at the best times — for instance first thing in the morning or just after lunch.   ViewedIt - it can create an easy-to-share video of you explaining the topic through a series of actions on your computer screen. The tool allows you to track who watches it, so you’re if your PR pitch was received or viewed.   GoToMeeting it is used for live online demos; it’s easy to use, reliable, and relatively inexpensive. It has many valued features, including the ability to record the audio.   Trint - a speech to text software that is handy if you need a transcript from the audio file of an online or live event. It’s inexpensive ($0.20/minute), and it’s surprisingly accurate. A word of caution: make sure you have a quality audio file, and remember to proof the resulting transcripts carefully. Bananatag - this program lets y
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