Kickstarter Project Funding

I have $500 to spend.

This is how I spent it:

$100 on Remee-Remee is a sleep mask that allows you too control your dreams. I am funding this because i think it is an AMAZING idea and i would LOVE to buy it!  That is why i am sprending $100. With a $100 fund i would get,

Space-age Congratulations! One Remee "Space Exploration!" Limited Edition in the interstellar print of your choice will soon be in your hands! When you are gliding serenely above the rolling plains of a far distant planet, think fondly of us. Includes shipping to the continental US. Add $15 for international shipping.

Then i would be funding an amazing product and i would get a Remee!!!!

Link for Remee:
 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/search?utf8=&term=mask

$350 on gTar- The gTar is a fully digital guitar that makes it easy for anybody to play music, regardless of experience. All you have to do is dock your iPhone in the body, load up the gTar app, and an array of interactive LEDs along the fretboard will show you how to play. I am funding this because i have always wanted to play the guitar but i never knew how to play and never had time for lessons. This is the perfect product to teach me. if i spend $350 i get,

Limited Early Bird - One White gTar and the distinction of being one of the very first gTar backers which
will eventually retail for over $449.

Then i would get a gTar!!!!

Link for gTar:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/incident/gtar-the-first-guitar-that-anybody-can-play?ref=discover_pop

$20 on Meet Roy- Meet Roy is basically just an epic animatronics project. If you go to the link and watch the video, you will see that it is an epic robot. I am funding this because i think it is a really cool idea and wish i could make one of those! If i spend $20 i get,

Roy's Finger - Backers will get a kit to build Roy's index finger. This kit will include everything needed to build the mechanics of one finger. Laser cut pieces, all necessary hardware and one hobby servo. It will include a simple base plate to hold the servo along with a downloadable digital template so you can incorporate the mechanism into you own design. Includes shipping within the USA - Why not grab 3 and build your own alien hand.....

So Cool!!

Link for Meet Roy:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1647660643/meet-roy-an-experiment-in-animatronics-part-one?ref=home_spotlight

I Want To Win Front Row Tickets and Meet & Greet One Direction! - Q102 - All The Hits

I Want To Win Front Row Tickets and Meet & Greet One Direction! - Q102 - All The Hits

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing is when you take information from the general public.

Some examples of crowdsourcing:

-99 Designs
http://99designs.com/
99 Designs is a website where you can vote on designs and get your designs on t-shirts, websites, logos, or print designs. It is crowdsourcing because you can submit designs, vote on them, and you can tell them what you need and how much you want to pay.

-The Ellen Show Website
 http://ellen.warnerbros.com/
If you watch her show you will see that she asks people to send in pictures, videos, etc. This is crowdsourcing. People submit their pics, videos, etc. into the website  for use on the show. Ellen takes some of the things that are sent in and shows them on her show in differents segments like "What's Wrong With This Photo? Photo" where viewers send in photos that aren't quite right and she shows them on the show.

Waste Land Documentary

"Waste Land" is a documentary about the garbage picker at Jardim Gramacho land fill in Rio De Janiero. These people pick through garbage to separate the recyclable materials from the garbage. They are very poor people, but they are still people. In the beggining of this movie i really didn't know that there were any "Pickers" in the world. I feel kind of dumb but i thought that machines separated the recyclables from the garbage. By the end of this movie i realized that "99 isn't 100" -Valter(Picker). The more we recycle, the less pickers we will need. These "Pickers" are real people, with real feelings, and real families.

Vik Muñiz made a very strong impact on Jardim Gramacho and the people working there. Vik Muñiz is a very popular and sucessful artist that makes art out of dirt, garbage, and natural materials. He took pictures of the pickers, then he projected the images on the ground, covered them with garbage, took a picture of that, and sold them. Some were sold, and put in an art musuem. Vik then gave all the money made to Jardim Gramacho. With this money, a learning center was built, a library was built, and computers were bought to put in the library. Vik really impacted these peoples lives for the better.

I am very greatful for the service that the pickers provide but I would rather have a "dishonest" job than a "honest" job like being a picker. I would not want to be a picker or a job that society considers degrading because I would want a job like a lawyer or doctor that pays a lot. Even though I would not want to be a picker, I still appreciate their work.

After watching this movie I realized how much garbage is produced just in one town. Imagine how much is produced in a state, country, continent, and the world? It's mindblowing how many people don't recycle and how we need so many pickers just to pick out the recyclables that people don't recycle. My moms house doesn't recycle but my dads house does. I don't think watching the video will change the way my families consume and dispose of trash.

Other societies that could be highlighted in Vik Muniz's artistic ways are poor societies in other countries. There are poor people in Africa that do whatever work they can find, just like the pickers in Rio De Janiero.

This video really moved me and I strongly recommend it to everyone!

The Big Picture

I recently looked at a photo essay on boston.com. The photo essay I was most interested in was the one about babies and birth. This is because I am absolutly obsessed with babies. They are cute and adorable and to me, they are little miracles. This photo essay also made me think about the day that my 4 year old sister Ryleigh was born and the day that my 1 1/2 year old sister Alivia was born. It really hit home for me and made me think back into my past about things that were one of the best days in my life. It also reminded me of a very devistating time for my family. When I was very young my aunt had a still born baby named Rachel. It was very devistating. My aunt had two more children, Shane and Sean. The sad part is that Shane has ADHD and Sean has ADD.  Photo essays speak more than 1,000 words could ever say.

This is the link to this photo essay on boston.com http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/world_population_7_billion_1.html

My 20% Project

I am doing my 20% project on outerspace and black holes. I will be doing research, getting a video to show about black holes, making a drink called "The Black Hole", and I have made a blog for my project. Check it out!

http://blackholesandouterspace.blogspot.com/

"Life In A Day" Review

"Life In A Day" is a documentary movie made by a bunch of famous film makers. Here is how it became "Life In A Day". On July 24th 2011 people from around the world filmed as piece of their life on that day and sent it to the film makers through "YouTube". The film makers took these pieces of film and edited them and combined them into a full length movie of life in a day all around the world. They recieved over  800,000 videos from 192 countrys each containing something different. Each one revieling something about their culture, religion, and beliefs. Some of the scenes that are most memorable to me are the korean biker that traveled to every country on his bike and it took over 9 years. Another one is the little kid that was a shoe shiner on the streets. These probably stood out to me because they were shown a lot.
I had a positive emotional reaction to the clips of the babies. This is because i absolutly love babies. I had a negative emotional reaction to the violence at the love parade in Germany. There was so much violence that i felt a great amount of empathy and it was negative and harmful. A pattern of humanity that i saw was music.
A lot of people around the world use music to express emotions and feelings about themselfs and others. They also use music to celebrate. There was also juxtapositions that where in this movie. Fopr example, they showed a lady scooping up water from a river into a leaf and then they showed a man using a water hose to water his grass in front of his house. Thats the thing i liked most about this movie. They had all different people in it. Poor, rich, healthy, sick, happy, sad, and more. I would recommend this to other people because it really changed my point of view of ther world and i think it will change theirs too.