Luke Aikins

Aikins is a professional skydiver, BASE jumper, pilot, and aerial photographer. He was the first person to dive from mid-tropospheric altitude and land safely without a parachute or a wingsuit and the second skydiver to land without using a parachute. Aikins has coached the U.S. Navy Seals and NASCAR’s Brian Vickers and has advised the military with some skydiving techniques. He’s also a aerial photographer and most of his photos have been published in major magazines and newspaper.

Reflection: i think that it takes a lot of practice and courage to jump so high up in the sky and land without a parachute.

Marvin Goldstein

Marvin’s background was about music he enjoyed and loved.Goldstein began musical training at age 9, and by 18 was awarded a music scholarship to Tel Aviv University School of Music.He completed his education with a Bachelor and master of music degrees at Florida state University in Tallahassee,Florida. Technology impacted his life by making CD’s for everyone to here him and people who liked hearing him could buy a CD with out technology people would have to pay money to go wherever he’s at to hear him live.

Reflection: i learn from this just by reading all his accomplishments and knowing that if he can do it, i could as well it's just the matter of doing good and set a goal to myself to follow.

Computer Science Innovations:

1. Online Shopping/ecommerce/auctions (e.g,Ebay)
2. Media File Compression (jpeg,mpeg,mp3)
3. Microfinance
4. Photovoltaic solar Energy
5. Internet, broadband, WWW (browser and html)
6. PC/laptop computer
7. Mobile Phones
8. Email
9. DNA testing and sequencing/human genome mapping
10. Microprocessors
11. Open sources software and services (e.g., Linux, Wikipedia)
12. GPS system
13. Social networking via the Internet
14. Digital photography/videography
15. ATMs

Self-Driving Cars:

So it's kind of a surprise that Uber is planning to roll out its first self-driving cars in the heart of Steel City. But that's evidently the plan, according to a recent report at Bloomberg.