Month: November 2018

Hello everyone! Today I would like to talk to you about a new invention, something created by the nation that brought us Nutella. I believe that most people love Nutella specially on toast. But imagine if we could transform a drink to make it spreadable, crazy right? Well this is what two Italian chefs had in mind when they decided to create spreadable beer. Everyone can buy it! It only costs 8£ and you can get it  at a farmacy or a supermarket. This new invention is great because you can spread it on toast, on pies or even use it as stuffing. I related this to the notion idea of progress because it is original and it demonstrates how far science has come. However, we still don’t know if consuming it is very healthy and what the percentage of alcohol resides inside it. But to think that in the future  all of our favorite foods will be sold in many different ways is thrilling. Now I would like to ask you : would you try it ?

Last class I presented as the teacher, an article about some research made in the University of San Diego which proves that people working in green buildings are more productive. It’s a building painted in green but which also pays attention to the impact on the environment. Furthermore having green plants in an office decreases stress levels. There are German researchers who have proved that just looking at a green rectangle increases your creativity by 20%. The colour green is linked with nature, so bringing plants inside makes people be more relaxed. If you want more productive people at work “go green!”.

I linked this article to the notion idea of progress, because it’s a really good way to be more productive at work. Plus, making environment caring building helps a lot with the situation of the planet Earth.

On Thursday 15 November, I presented an article about a restaurant that was opened in Bollate prison, Milan, Italy. This restaurant is called Ingallera and I heard that there is indeed food worth going to this prison. During the preparation of the presentation, I learnt about a reinsertion program established in order to adapt convicts into the world, which I feel is a really noble cause since you are giving people a second chance in life. This program is based on teaching felons work habits, values, skills they did not have and showing them ways to contribute to society. While presenting this article I mainly talked about the cause and its purpose but I should have added the fact that this gives people the chance to see another face of the convicts so they don’t stick with the usual stereotype shown mainly by T.V shows. 

Today I wanted to present you with an amazing article entitled “Build your own phone” published in October 17^th, 2013. In this article we learn about a brilliant idea that a Dutch designer called Dave Hakken had. He understood that digital waste is becoming nowadays a real problem for society since we always want the new phone and we throw away our old ones even if they are still working. So, to stop this problem, he created the Phoneblocks which is a mobile phone made up of little blocks that can be replaced in case they stop working or if we broke them. This means that we can keep our phones forever and just replace the broken parts, also we can create our ideal phone based on our personal needs or our liking.

I linked this article with the notion idea of progress because I think that with his idea, we can start saving the environment by recycling our phone and keeping it forever. Plus, in that way we save money too and use it for essential needs. To finish, I just wanted to say that I really believe in his invention and I invite you all to look up Phoneblocks on the Internet and to give it a chance, because it can really save the planet.

Hello class ! I will present you a article named « Tweet after you die » published on 1st March 2013.

It’s about a new service of twitter named Liveson and a service of Facebook named Ifidie. With this service you can write a message, record an audio or a video for your family and friends which will be published after your death. With this invention you can say goodbye and all you want to say to your family before your death. It could be interesting if it’s an accidental death for example. Indeed, we can think that it’s a little morbid but you are not forced to do it.
I linked this article with the notion the idea of progress because I think that the fact you can speak to your family and friends after your death and to say farewell is a form of progress. In addition, It can be really helpful for the family if  the victim couldn’t say goodbye before dying.

I didn’t know that this service existed. To me, it is reassuring because I feel very afraid to die without saying goodbye to my family but I have to admit that it would be very weird to watch a video of my grandmother for example after her death. It could be traumatizing.