Growing Diamonds

Did you know that new methods have given the scientists the ability to grow diamonds through chemical vapor deposition. The scientists that are involved are from Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C. and instead of using high pressures like diamonds are formed naturally they use low pressures but 2,000°C. These new methods make growing a diamond much easier and less chance of turning the diamond into graphite. the method was published in the October 27 issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The scientists have done this research so they can make better, bigger diamonds. This is bad because they have done this despite the GLOBAL ECONOMY CRISIS!!! Bigger diamonds will just be more expensive only for the rich. the only good thing those will be for making world records of the largest synthetic diamond, these are a waste of time and money they should spend that money on stopping global warming or Eco-city research or hydrogen powered cars.


Cite info:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081027/sc_livescience/scientistsgrowbiggerbetterdiamonds;_ylt=An_im3yHyUgNzpLWqT31r26s0NUE

PATS

The Patriots are in the lead. YES!!!!

books

I read a good book today it is called The Pact.
I aslo read Nick of Time it is a good book on time travel and WWII.

Smart Board

The SMART board in our class is the best educational tool since the Internet. You can write in digital ink so your mistakes are not as bad and you can write on a picture to describe it or point out mistakes on it. The board also has a touch screen to move graphs and charts and perform tasks quickly and show the class models and videos about the item we're learning about today. Also it has many tools to help you enhance a class to provide more learning to the students. some more information I found is that SMART tech company was the first company to make an interactive whiteboard starting in the year 1991. There is also an expansion slot for buttons to control the white board without a computer. I agree to my earlier statement that the smart board is the best educational tool since the computer. I think it is the best tool because the digital ink for writing easily and the touch screen helps using the information to use to compare data sheets and science information. The cool extra features that come with it make it all the more fun to use while learning.

Citation information:
http://www.smarttech.com
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Boards/Front+Projection/600+Series/Features.htm

Blog

My blog has a lot of new gadgets be sure to check them out.

Patriots

Patriots lost to the chargers so sad!