Summary of discussion

    Today's discussion covered topic of altering DNA genotype modification. We were divided into two groups, one was for DNA modification, other was against that idea. Together we had sat on opposite sides of the classrom and began conversation.
    The ideas were coming rather slowly, however the discussion had also its emotional and very interesing moments, especially when it came to hybrids and embryo peril. We were discussing extending lifespan. Worth mentioning was that two students, one for each group, were looking at our discussion. Their task was to write down who was active during the lesson and who was not. We were to halt few minutes before end of class. We achieved consensus on basic aspects of that topic (namely about states of high risk) however many of us stuck to their opinion and remained in
disparity . The teacher said the group that believed that modifications are right won the so-called "battle".
    That was very educating morning and we all learned something new from that discussion. I hope we will repeat that kind of activity in the nearest future.

Tim Harford:

How messy problems can inspire creativity

Glossary:
auditorium - An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. 

soothing- affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn". comfortable, comfy - providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief

zesty: having a strong, pleasant, and somewhat spicy flavor

ambient- Relating to or being instrumental or electronic music that has melody, gentle rhythm, and limited harmonic development

Discussion on designing a baby

I:
http://agbiosafety.unl.edu/basic_genetics.shtml

Illustration taken from website

transgenic organism genetically engineered
traditional breeding- traditional way of creating a new organism. stays in opposition with...
genetic engineering- also called transformation, works by physically removing a gene from one organism and inserting it into another,

 II:

http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotechnology/glenn.html

crossing species- mixing species of two different kinds
endangered species- species of animal that are about to extint

Kelly McGonigal:

How to make stress your friend

http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend/

Glossary
cardiovascular disease- is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels

heart pounding- activity of hear during its normall process

oxytocin- a neuro-hormone

inevitable- unavoidable

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Paul Piff:

Does money make you mean?

ran a study- to perform a study
consummatory behavior- a behavior pattern that occurs in response to a stimulus and that achieves the satisfaction of a specific drive, as the eating of captured prey by a hungry predator
 likely to showcase- wanting to show
we've been finding acros- we were using

Vijay Kumar: The future of flying robots

Vijay Kumar: The future of flying robots

 Vijay presented highly interesting speech concerning drons- first he showed robot that can help in creating hi-res maps by flying all around the place and "scanning" environment. Data is sent to pc that makes 3d model of the location. It's also prefect for boss to see his employers. But it has disadvantages:

-it's big= heavy= power-consuming

-it contains hi- end devices onboard, so it's expensive

What is the resolution? Vijay used smartphone- and app- to have similar results. He also showed his laboratory when he and his team constructed eagle-like drons that can catch "prey", in the similar manner as eagle catches a fish. 

The team also discovered that smaller is better- the bigger thing can be damaged more easily- while in nature, bees can have hundreds of collisions and they are still fine.

What is the wider reason for all these things? Drons can help in "Precision Farming" which is help in developing apple orchard and other food farms- for example in examining whether trees need water or not, or counting number of fruits, or how healthy the tree is by counting number of leafs. 

shape they need execute= perform

split-second= very fast

three-dimensional reconstruction= "3d" presentation 

collision-free manner- way that does not lead to crash

http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_the_future_of_flying_robots/

Sheena Iyengar:
How to make choosing easier

 choice overload problem
 very consequential decisions
 extraneous redundant options
http://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_choosing_what_to_choose