tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59536062612009183072024-03-04T20:27:06.423-08:00[XIPO]Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-70391873470551318992008-12-01T07:23:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:37:44.036-08:00what I learned...<strong>I learned a lot about the RoHS & WEEE guidelines and how are many countries following these guidelines and how does this problem is handled here in Venezuela. I talked about the RoHS directive around the world in the E.U., CHINA, JAPAN, U.S. and Venezuela.</strong><br /><strong>The work experience was great, everybody did their job and we had a lot of fun working together, sharing and learning on how to create consumer awareness, specially here at URBE where the future generations of Electronic and Industrial Engineers are studying.</strong>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-49134547137241792592008-12-01T07:17:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:22:45.803-08:00RoHS in the world<span style="color:#000000;"><strong>• China—Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by<br />Electronic Information Products (China RoHS)<br /> Effective March 1, 2007<br /> Duplicates most EU product categories + also covers packaging<br />materials<br /> Implemented in two phases<br />• Japan—Enforcement Regulation of the Waste Management and<br />Public Cleansing Law<br /> Effective July 1, 2006<br /> Product categories are similar to EU RoHS<br />• U.S.<br /> Federal – limited activity<br /> States – led by CA, MA, ME, NY, WA, VT<br /> Increasingly regional in approach<br /> Enforcement is ad hoc and public<br /> No judicial resolution=uncertain precedent<br /> Patchwork of rules and confusion<br /><br /><br />Europe RoHS Directive<br /> Exempt – Defense, Aerospace, Automotive, Medical and parts of<br />Communication.<br /> Most suppliers only want to run 1 production line and will<br />only make RoHS compliant versions.<br /> Suppliers that continue to support non-compliant product will<br />consider raising prices from 15% - 40%.<br /> About 70% of the suppliers are changing their part numbers.<br /> Only about 50% of the customers have converted to RoHS in North<br />America.<br /> Currently there is no consideration given to supporting a RoHS<br />initiative/directive here in the U.S. or North America.<br /><br /><br />Japan RoHS Directive<br /> The Law for the Promotion of Effective Utilization of resources seeks<br />to establish a sustainable society based on the 3R’s of reduce,<br />reuse and recycling. Industries are targeted and requirements are<br />instituted on an ad hoc basis, based upon technology that is<br />available to support 3R initiatives.<br /> Manufacturers and importers of computers, televisions, refrigerators,<br />washers & dryers, microwaves and air conditioners must label their<br />products to indicate presence of the six RoHS substances.<br /> Importers of computers, copiers, televisions, refrigerators, washers<br />& dryers, microwaves and air conditioners must now meet the<br />Design for Environment (DfE) criteria required of domestic<br />manufacturers.<br /><br /><br />China RoHS Directive<br /> Covered products include electronic radar products, electronic<br />communication products, broadcast TV products, electronic measurement<br />instruments, fixed manufacturing equipment, medical and diagnostic<br />equipment, and electronics in vehicles and aircraft.<br /> There are no exemptions.<br /> Packaging materials must be non-toxic, and they must be easily degradable<br />or recyclable.<br /> Manufacturers and importers must specify the time period during which<br />potentially toxic substances in a covered product will not leak or mutate.<br /> All covered products must be certified by China and testing by Chinese labs<br />will be required to become compliant. No “self declaration” that is allowed<br />per the EU Directive.<br /> Extensive labeling requirements required on all individual components.<br /><br /><br />Canada province & USA State WEEE laws<br /> California and Alberta make buyers of certain new electronic equipment<br />(including computers and TVs) pay a recycle fee. Contractor hired to<br />recycle e-waste.<br /> Cell phone take-back laws in CA & ME.<br /> ME, MD, WA, British Columbia &<br />Saskatchewan have enacted<br />rules requiring manufacturer<br />take-back of e-waste.<br /> State rules restricting mercury in<br />consumer products appearing in<br />CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ and NY.<br /> Pressure building for national<br />WEEE laws in Canada and USA.</strong></span>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-86077912893501570772008-11-30T13:48:00.000-08:002008-11-30T13:55:15.599-08:00RoHS<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><b>TEAM MEMBERS</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Eduardo Iragorri, Eva Paez, Gabriel Perez y Christopher Greaves.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Garamond;font-size:180%;" ><b>THE PROBLEM<br /><br /></b></span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><b><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Although there aren't many electronics products that are actually made in our country, the ones we buy from other countries</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">have no restrictions as to which materials and chemicals they possess, exposing our landfills to highly toxic and poisonous</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">heavy metals and hazardous materials which are soluble in water and that way transported to our water resources, then</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to our farms, and finally to the food we eat, causing poisoning, cancer and other serious pathologies which could even lead</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">to death.</span><br /><br /></span></b></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Garamond;font-size:180%;" ><b>OUR METHODOLOGY</b></span><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);font-size:130%;" ><b><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our project seeks to inform and educate the new generation of industrial and electronics engineers at URBE about how</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hazardous these materials can be, so they can appreciate the importance of the RoHS Directive that was born in Europe to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> protect themselves from these hazards, and even if not officially endorsed by our government, avoid the use of these</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">substances or ban products containing them on their laboral environment... That way we can make a difference, be it</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">big and public, or small and anonymous...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We have organized the information we want to propagate in three main stages:</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1- WHY LEAD FREE? and WHY NOT JUST RECYCLE?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Given there are 6 banned substances with very adverse effects to public health, we will focus our project's first objective to</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the understanding of these adverse effects and the difficulty there is to dispose these materials or recycle them...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2- WHAT ARE THESE SO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS USED FOR?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The second objective of our project is to let you know how come these materials are so used, why are they so broadly used</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and what for... Also we intend to show you there are earth-friendly alternatives to their use in electronics processes...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3- THE RoHS DIRECTIVE IN THE WORLD</span><br /></span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><b><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The third objective of our project is to inform our audience of what the RoHS Directive is, what was it made for, how it works</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and how other countries have been taking different approaches to solving the same problem... and how others just haven't</span><br /><br /></span></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Garamond;font-size:180%;" ><b>OUR ENGINEERING SOLUTION</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);font-size:130%;" ><b><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Given the characteristics of the RoHS Directive, we think something like it could be successfully applied in our country with</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the endorsement of our government. We think that because the Directive does not only ban the production of electronic</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">appliances using these materials, but also the commercialization of these products in the given geographic area. Also, the</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">fact that even something as little as the tin-coating used in the manufacture of a transistor used in an amplifying module,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">used inside a radio rx module of a sound system, could make the whole system unacceptable by the directive, could mean</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">that the manufacturers by themselves would filter their suppliers to make sure all of them are RoHS or Lead-Free Compliant,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and that way the non-compliant ones could end up becoming compliant to be able to compete in the market.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pushing to make this a standard in our country, just as many of other countries are doing, could speed up the</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">standardization of this as a worldwide policy protecting our soil from these pollutants and improving our health and</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">life quality.</span></span></b></span><br /></div></div><span style="color: rgb(106, 122, 58);"><b><br /></b></span>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-6760504765991977852008-11-03T16:07:00.000-08:002008-11-03T16:20:23.099-08:00Controls Engineer (dreamed job)link: http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=77166349&JobTitle=Controls+Engineer&occ=4.11782&rad=20&rad_units=miles&sid=92&brd=1&cy=us&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-11-03+09%3a08%3a00&pg=1&seq=11<br /><br />This looks like the kind of job that would be my dreamed job. Because I fill all the requirements,<span id="TrackingJobBody" name="TrackingJobBody"> qualifications... also I really like all the </span><span id="TrackingJobBody" name="TrackingJobBody">primary responsibilities. Besides, I like the location and most importantly the company </span><span id="TrackingJobBody" name="TrackingJobBody">Aerotek CE looks to be a great place to work for and to grow.<sup><br /></sup></span>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-50376830426206609582008-11-03T15:58:00.000-08:002008-11-03T16:06:52.422-08:00Electronics Lab Technician Job in Sugarland, Texas USlink: http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=77183620&JobTitle=Electronics+Lab+Technician&occ=4.11782&rad=20&rad_units=miles&sid=92&brd=1&cy=us&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-11-03+16%3a42%3a00&pg=1&seq=12<br /><br /><br />this job is for an entry level engineer, I picked this job because I fill all the requirements and looks to be an easy work and an opportunity to learn and have a nice experience ;D.Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-40537048682064297302008-11-03T15:13:00.000-08:002008-11-03T15:23:07.399-08:00Top 10 Online Job Search TipsBy reading the articleI found out that there are many things to do when searching online for jobs. The Internet is a great resource for job hunters, it only has to be used properly. I learned that I need to make a easy to navigate web site, check that there nothing wrong about me on a google internet search, that I have to be specific and go to the source of the job I want, that I should <strong style="font-weight: normal;">try online recruiters and make use of video resumes and finally get connected online.<br /></strong>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-92020007882758485812008-11-03T06:17:00.000-08:002008-11-03T14:54:35.434-08:00Nikola Tesla<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05HfHi8Ci2o7AGbMW9NaLYhk8JHKiS0An6-FX9IFg8avipcM8uCkAUV1SmyAZuVfDAYFdgU0FibFivV7E2HVAQ_rzI7tnggHOwwJxCeN37kpuzLr3RAfg0HCwHpzeDPJMvXDgbejZaHWD/s1600-h/N_Tesla.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264437083191744130" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05HfHi8Ci2o7AGbMW9NaLYhk8JHKiS0An6-FX9IFg8avipcM8uCkAUV1SmyAZuVfDAYFdgU0FibFivV7E2HVAQ_rzI7tnggHOwwJxCeN37kpuzLr3RAfg0HCwHpzeDPJMvXDgbejZaHWD/s320/N_Tesla.jpg" border="0" /></a>I decided to write about nikola testa because he was a great inventor and the father of electricity as we know it.. because he was the one that propoused alternate current.<br /><br /><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nikola Tesla (</span><a title="Serbian Cyrillic alphabet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Serbian Cyrillic</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">: Никола Тесла) (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was an </span><a title="Inventor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">inventor</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and a </span><a title="Mechanical engineer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_engineer"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">mechanical</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><a title="Electrical engineer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineer"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">electrical engineer</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Born in </span><a title="Smiljan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiljan"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Smiljan</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a title="Croatian Krajina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_Krajina"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Croatian Krajina</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a title="Austrian Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Austrian Empire</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, he was an ethnic </span><a title="Serbs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Serb</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> subject of the </span><a title="Austrian Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Austrian Empire</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and later became an </span><a title="American citizen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_citizen"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American citizen</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Tesla is often described as the most important </span><a title="Scientist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientist"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">scientist</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><a title="Inventor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventor"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">inventor</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> of the modern age, a man who "shed light over the face of Earth". He is best known for many revolutionary contributions in the field of </span><a title="Electricity and magnetism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_and_magnetism"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">electricity and magnetism</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. </span><a title="List of Tesla patents" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tesla_patents"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tesla's patents</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and theoretical work formed the basis of modern </span><a title="Alternating current" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating_current"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">alternating current</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a title="Electric power" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">electric power</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (AC) systems, including the </span><a title="Polyphase system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphase_system"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">polyphase</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a title="Power distribution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_distribution"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">power distribution</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> systems and the </span><a title="Electric motor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_motor#AC_motors"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">AC motor</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, with which he helped usher in the </span><a title="Second Industrial Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Industrial_Revolution"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Second Industrial Revolution</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Contemporary biographers of Tesla have regarded him as "The Father of Physics", "The man who invented the twentieth century" and "the </span><a title="Patron saint" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_saint"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">patron saint</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> of modern electricity."<br />After his demonstration of </span><a title="Wireless communication" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_communication"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">wireless communication</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (</span><a title="Radio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">radio</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">) in 1894 and after being the victor in the "</span><a title="War of Currents" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">War of Currents</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">", he was widely respected as one of the greatest electrical engineers who worked in America. Much of his early work pioneered modern electrical engineering and many of his discoveries were of groundbreaking importance. During this period, in the United States, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor or scientist in </span><a title="History" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">history</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or </span><a title="Popular culture" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_culture"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">popular culture</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, but due to his eccentric personality and his seemingly unbelievable and sometimes bizarre claims about possible scientific and technological developments, Tesla was ultimately ostracized and regarded as a mad scientist. Never having put much focus on his finances, Tesla died impoverished at the age of 86.<br />The </span><a title="SI" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SI</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> unit measuring </span><a title="Magnetic flux density" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_flux_density"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">magnetic flux density</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or </span><a title="Magnetic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">magnetic</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> induction (commonly known as the </span><a title="Magnetic field" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">magnetic field</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> B), the </span><a title="Tesla (unit)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_%28unit%29"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tesla</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, was named in his honour (at the Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures, </span><a title="Paris" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Paris</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, 1960), as well as the </span><a title="Wireless energy transfer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer#Electrical_conduction"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tesla effect</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> of </span><a title="Wireless energy transfer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">wireless energy transfer</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to wirelessly power electronic devices which Tesla demonstrated on a low scale (lightbulbs) as early as 1893 and aspired to use for the intercontinental transmission of industrial energy levels in his unfinished </span><a title="Wardenclyffe Tower" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Wardenclyffe Tower</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> project.<br />Aside from his work on </span><a title="Electromagnetism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">electromagnetism</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><a title="Electromechanical" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromechanical"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">electromechanical</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a title="Engineering" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">engineering</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, Tesla has contributed in varying degrees to the establishment of </span><a title="Robotics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotics"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">robotics</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a title="Remote control" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">remote control</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a title="Radar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">radar</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and computer science, and to the expansion of </span><a title="Ballistics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ballistics</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a title="Nuclear physics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_physics"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">nuclear physics</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and </span><a title="Theoretical physics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">theoretical physics</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. In 1943, the </span><a title="Supreme Court of the United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Supreme Court of the United States</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> credited him as being the </span><a title="Invention of radio" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_of_radio"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">inventor of the radio</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Many of his achievements have been used, with some controversy, to support various </span><a title="Pseudoscience" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">pseudosciences</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><a title="Unidentified flying object" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UFO theories</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, and early </span><a title="New Age" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">New Age</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><a title="Occult" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">occultism</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.<br />Tesla is honored in </span><a title="Serbia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Serbia</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> and </span><a title="Croatia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Croatia</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, as well as in the </span><a title="Czech Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Czech Republic</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. He was awarded the highest order of the </span><a title="Order of the White Lion" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Lion"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">White Lion</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> by </span><a title="Czechoslovakia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Czechoslovakia</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-1818929847680431312008-10-06T05:31:00.000-07:002008-10-06T05:34:15.157-07:00Interview: Eva Paez - T711<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id=":fc" class="ArwC7c ckChnd"><div dir="ltr"><strong><em>1. Could you please define Engineering in your own words?</em></strong> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><em>Industrial Engineering is a science that direct processes efficiently, reduce cost and time of production.</em><br /><em></em><br /><strong><em>2. What influenced you to pursue Electronics engineering, industrial engineering, computer science engineering or informatics engineering?</em></strong> </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><em>Well I believe is the most complete career and I like the things we can do. Also I have an uncle that is an industrial engineer and he explains me some areas were we can applied and I like the things he told me.</em><br /><br /><strong><em>3. Could you please describe the educational process required to become an Engineer?</em></strong> </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">First of all we need to be graduate of high school and the university<br /><br /></span></div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><em>4. What are the skills you need to be a good engineer?</em></strong> </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><strong><em></em></strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think the most important skill an engineer needed is be able to solve any kind of problems in a short time and have the ability to take the correct decisions when they are needed</span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><em>5. What job considerations were you looking for after you completed your education?</em></strong> </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><strong><em></em></strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well I would like to work in a transnational company.</span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><em>6. What's something of your school life that you enjoy the most?</em></strong> </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be able to share with my friends all days in the school.</span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. from your perspective, what is the most difficult part of being an engineering student?<br /><br /></span></em></strong></div> <div align="justify"><strong><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></em></strong></div> <div align="justify"><em><strong></strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think everything is possible so I do not think that is difficult to be an engineering student.<br /><br /></span></em></div> <div align="justify"><strong><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></em></strong></div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><em>8. What are your plans for the future?</em></strong> </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Work in a transnational oil company, buy my house and my car, travel around Europe, well many things. </span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strong><em>9. Point out your most personally gratifying moment in Engineering school.<br /><br /></em></strong></span></div> <div align="justify"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Obtain knowledge in areas unknown for me</span></div> <div align="justify"><br /><strong><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">10. Why would you recommend Engineering as a career?<br /><br /></span></em></strong></div> <div align="justify"><strong><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></em></strong></div> <div align="justify"><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">Because it is a very productive career and is important for the development of the communities</span></em></div></div> </div>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-24130462730365325072008-10-06T05:18:00.000-07:002008-10-06T05:42:41.190-07:00Behind-the-Screens InnovationNew backlighting tech helps LCD sets catch up to plasma’s color and contrast.<br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Although they are starting to outsell plasma panels, LCD TVs have failed to impress true videophiles, who prefer plasma’s richer colors and deeper contrast. But Sony’s new XBR8 LCDs may have finally closed the quality gap.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Instead of using fluorescent tubes, Sony illuminates the screen with LEDs tuned to produce deeper shades of the red, green and blue that TVs mix to form colors. This allows it to match and possibly exceed plasma in the range of hues it can reproduce, going beyond even the current color palette in high-def TV broadcasts and Blu-ray movies.</p><p>http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2008-09/behind-screens-innovation</p><p>Gabriel Perez - T711<br /></p>Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953606261200918307.post-89585939403717019592008-09-15T08:34:00.000-07:002008-09-15T08:51:43.944-07:00MyselfHi, my name is Gabriel Perez but everybody calls me Xipo. I’m from Maracaibo, Zulia. I live in Tierra Negra and I study electronic engineering. I like to read, watch TV, surf the web and share with my family and friends. I love to travel and to speak English. I hate getting up early and I don’t like to waste my time and money. My dream is to live in Canada or US and to work for a big oil company earning a lot of money. I think English is a very important language that people needs to learn how to speak and write very well.Gabriel Perezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525665794003333962noreply@blogger.com0