Do we need tehcnological development or technological implementation?

How is Mexico supposed to improve if we still have technological deficits?

If you look at the image below you will see that in Mexico we are being charged 20USD$ per megabit per second While in Japan they are charged 0.27USD$ per megabit per second. So if we make a comparison in maximum internet speeds, we could say that in Mexico you could have a maximum speed at 40USD while in japan you could have maximum speed with 16.47USD. But in Mexico $40 is the price for 2mb/s while in Japan $16.47 is for 61 mb/s.

This technological atrocity can be translated into, Mexico is not advancing and Carlos Slim(The rich guy that makes Mexico poorer). Maybe technology is advancing with big leaps but still there are countries like ours that can not compete internationally in terms of technology.}

What is the solution? You tell me...

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Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's Next Leader

YUKIO HATOYAMA

Yukio Hatoyama who is now 62 years old, is head of the Democratic Party of Japan, won August 31 won over the most predominant politic group Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which had governed the nation since 1955. This is a great impact in Japan's history due to the changes that the country is going to endure. They are promising to increase the economy and strengthen ties with Asian neighbors, signaling a potential weakening of the close military and economic relationship with USA. Hatoyama was born into a wealthy political dynasty which people refer to as the Japanese Kennedys having his grandfather as a Prime Minister, his father a Foreign Minister, his brother a Cabinet member, and for last but not least they are one of the founders of Bridgestone tires. He was born Feb. 11, 1947, in Tokyo. Heirs to the Bridgestone tire fortune, he and his younger brother Kunio Hatoyama are believed to be worth a combined $100 million or more. He is an engineer with a PHD. Left teaching in 1983 to work as his father's private secretary. Three years later, assumed his father's seat in parliament and was re-elected seven times. Ironically, Hatoyama's party seeks to end the tradition of inherited parliament posts.Helped found the Democratic Party of Japan and served as its head from 1999 to 2002. Took over again in May. He is a man interested in addressing climate change and nuclear disarmament as he said in a phone call with President Barack Obama. A good change is always good and I think that eliminating the parliamentary rights in the country will help it change the people mind and give more opportunities to other prepared people.

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Japan leading the way

Ok, after my last post about Japan iset myself a "goal". I wanted to research for some real technological advances that Japan is giving to our world. Now is not enough to say that you made a robot that can run or dance. I mean we do not need new athletes nor dancers, so what we really need?

I found an interesting link in CNN. It has almost no information but has a very COOL slideshow I'm sure you will enjoy. For example, nurses at hospitals take care of patients and their needs, but sometimes it takes from 2-4 nurses to change a patient from beds. What if someone made a robot that could be able to perform this task accurately? The inventor will become millionaire(and that's not it, he will be millionaire who gave something to society). You guys interested in making one don't even bother we japanese already got it.

Let's face it, Japan is leading the way in technological advances. But that is not a reason to step out of the game, if we put ourselves together I'm sure we can make something better.

Visit the CNN link: http://tinyurl.com/ycmzslq

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Japan, Focus and beat

While enjoying my weekend playing Wii, I realized that all my childhood i played an "American"game(Mario Bros.). But, is it an all-American videogame? Really the inventor is Shigeru Yamamoto, a Japanese video game designer. Why american, we often forget that really it is Japanese. Also I started thinking and I had a sort of epiphany; Nintendo is also Japanese. So that got me thinking, what is the limit for Japanese entrepreneurs? We see them in the news and in the movies as those businessman of high-class and intelligence? Is there a limit(for them)?

They have no limits because they know what they want and how to get it. Knowledge economy for them is very important. They know how to develop it and how to implement it.

Sony has gone beyond borders in technology management. Its BluRay disc beat HD-DVD. It got us new sound systems and new technologies. Without Sony we will not have an iPod right now, why not iPod’s ancestor is the walkman; and maybe we had forgotten it but walkman is a product produced by Japanese brand Sony.

Some other examples are Yamaha, Capcom, Fujifilm, Honda (link to a video of Honda's robots http://tinyurl.com/y9w3a45), and many others a complete list of brands can be find here: http://tinyurl.com/yc9u59u

BTW do not forget that tasty meal we get almost each weekend, Sushi. Maybe we eat the American modification but it would not exist if Japanese hadn't invent the traditional sushi.

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Excellent Resource - Hiroshima

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Dear Students,

It´s been 64 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. This link provides excellent high-quality photographs of the disaster, for you to appreciate just how destructive the bomb was, and why we really do need to think before we use nuclear weapons.

I will say that this website in general is excellent, but do be advised that some of the images are graphic in nature.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html

Have a good weekend,



Maestro.

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