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Wiki is an article that shows information about a certain topic that can be edited by the users of the website. Wikis are most commonly associated with the website Wikipedia. I have manly used wikis for researching topics I knew very little about. Wikis sadly are not really used  in the U.S. education system because of the users ability to edit the information that has already been posted on the site.  

Technology article 3/28/14 A 3-D printed skull is implanted successfully

Doctors in the Netherlands reported that they used a 3-D printed skull to help a patient. The surgery took 23 hour longs. The women suffered from her thickening of the skull which caused headaches and blindness.
The doctors that did the surgery have said that without the 3-D printed skull the women would have most likely died. This is the first time that a 3-d printed part was used in any operations let alone a major skull operation.

What makes you purchase or join something?

If I was to join something there only a few thing that would influence me. The main reason why I join something is because my friends would join. The other major reason that I would join something is that I could find enjoyment out of the product or something that is given. The amount of advertisements or who advertises does not matter to me.

Technology article Thursday, March 20th, 2014 The OPhone lets you send smells?

Dr. David Edwards a bio-medical engineer at Harvard has been working on a new way of communicating with you and your friends. The OPhone allows you to send messages of smells to your friends threw mixing and matching different smells from a database. The OPhone is in beta stage at the moment and only has up to 365 combinations of smells but it will have up to 7,000 smells by the end of next year. The OPhone also come with a free app that allows you to send the smells by email or text.Any normal can receive a text from the OPhone but another OPhone user can download a file and can smell what you are smelling. The OPhone has is set to be given to a small group of people in Boston this July.

Technology article 3/7/14 Japan launches GMP satellites

Japan on Friday successfully launched a new satellite in to orbit. This new satellite is suppose too track snow and rain more accurately then any other rain or snow tracking satellite. The rocket costs 900 million dollars and was funded by multiple private companies. The rocket uses sonar and microwave technology too detect falling snow for the first time as a test. The satellites will also use other data from other satellites to take a snapshot of world precipitation about every 3 hours. The new satellites is expected to last 25-30 yearss in space before needing refueling.