jueves, 16 de octubre de 2014

Enjoy the little things.

Enjoy the little things. 

Technology has changed our way of living. It has brought us a comfortable life and mechanized systems, which make the day to day easier.  But, that is not always an advantage. Transferring the above to daily life, the focus of every single person in their phones and devices has made them lose the beautiful details of life. Most of us check our Facebook page and twitter account, instead of look around and appreciate the precious moments and good people, persons that actually love us, and are there for us.

Also, we cannot keep our good memories to ourselves. In these days it seems like everyone needs to share their vacations, engagement proposals and the beautiful sunsets. It looks that it is impossible to just remember the moment as a mental picture; it has to be shared with the world and become part of the web. Like Gary Turk says in his video: "We are generation of idiots, smartphones and dumb people". We need to stop seeing the "web potential" in every event, avoid the thoughts about the likes that our status could reach and stop making group conversations in WhatsApp instead of organize a reunion on a Friday night.

It is time to return to phone calls, letters and social interaction. Maybe we need to get back to the old visits, where the guests brought a delicious pie and the hosts used to prepare a succulent meal. We cannot stand with the silence of the parks, it is moment to take out the children, forget the iPads and tablets, and get dirty in the trees and the ground. Now is the time to give love, laugh and shut down and devices. Let´s enjoy our lives.

martes, 7 de octubre de 2014

Chemical engineering.

Technology for Chemical Engineering 

I’m studying chemical engineering. Chemical engineers could work in many areas and a lot of companies. When the students are learning, the professors ask for different homework and projects, and often to download different apps for a deeper analysis. 
The tools and apps that are very common are wolfram alpha, which is used to solve different mathematical models. Also, Modellus, a program to represent equations, could be used for the observation of variable movements. On the other hand, there are some platforms linked with ITESM like Mi Tec, which allows visiting the web pages of other services like the digital library or CASA.
Talking about the technology used in the engineering, there are different equipments working in the industry, some examples are drier trays, ball mills, liquid measuring devices, etc. These apparatus make the industrial process more efficient and productive, lower margin of error. These apps are very useful, but I’m still learning about the tools that the students like me could employ.