Destruction
Silicon Valley may be known for gadgets like iPhones and internet companies like Google, but the Defense Industry quietly brings in billions of dollars to create technologies for the battlefield. Reporter Karen Weise talked with a Silicon Valley engineer who creates virtual simulations of combat. It’s part physics, part video games… all with the goal of making vehicles stronger, lighter, and safer against battlefield destruction. Download link: Here Here at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, we're constantly thinking about the future of journalism. Newspapers have shed more than eight thousand jobs so far in 2009, according to the Web site Paper Cuts. And the prospects for magazines, radio, and TV are not rosy either, as advertising revenue dries up. One bright spot in the news business these days is online media. Blogs and news Web sites have been adding positions or, at least, holding on to their current employees. What does today’s journalist look like? Northgate Radio’s Noah Buhayar finds out about the life of a tech blogger in San Francisco. Download link: Here Click here to read Anthony Ha's work at VentureBeat. A conversation with Dr. Raphael Kudela about a study he conducted in the Monterey Bay. Download link: Here To learn more about the Monterey Bay red tide study, visit their webpage,
>here. This year, the city of Oakland faces an $83 million budget deficit. City officials are holding town hall meetings across the city to ask citizens what they want to cut. Download link: Here Take the Oakland Budget Challenge! Create your own city budget, and see what kinds of issues Oakland faces, here. Most religions form their own beliefs about destruction. Nicholas Kusnetz speaks with an Adventist pastor about destruction and the day of atonement. Download link: Here For more information, visit the Adventist Church site, here. And the Wikipedia page on Adventism, here. RoboGames is the world’s largest robot competition, and Wired has called it one of the best North American geek fests. In mid-June, the annual event will draw hundreds of contestants and thousands of spectators to San Francisco’s Fort Mason. At RoboGames, Combat is the biggest attraction. Reporter Angela Kilduff visited producers David Calkins and Simone Davalos at their Marin County home to find out more. Download link: Here RoboGames 2009 takes place June 12-14. To find out more, visit their website, here. For more hot bot on bot action, go to Simone Davalos' blog, Suicide Bots, here.
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Engineering Destruction
Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer Christopher Johnson stands at the control station in the 3D dome.
BAE's 3D dome.
Renderings of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the 3D dome.
BAE's 2D dome has a crew station simulator to enable the experience of driving combat vehicles.
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The Red Tide
This is the organism that strips away the waterproof material on the birds' feathers, causing them to freeze to death. (Courtesy of Raphael Kudela).
Oakland Budget Showdown
Belief in Destruction
Robots!
David Calkins and Simone Davalos watch a humanoid robot try to fly at Maker Faire. Courtesy of Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
Simone. Courtesy of Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
David. Courtesy of Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
Cuteness. Courtesy of Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
Courtesy of Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
Courtesy of Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
