World's First Cyborg

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Neil Harbisson is the world's first  cyborg. He had an antenna implanted into his skull which gives him the ability to perceive color.Harbisson was diagnosed with complete color-blindness as a child. Computer scientist Adam Montandon developed what they called the "eyeborg." The apparatus is an antenna attached to a five-kilogram computer and a pair of headphones. The webcam at the end of the antenna translated each color into 360 different sound waves that Harbisson can listen to through headphones. Harbisson's new condition is name: sonochromatopsia, an extra sense that connects colors with sound. Sonochromatopsia makes each color correspond to a specific sound. It took about five weeks to get over the headaches from the sounds of each new color and about five months to be able to decipher each frequency as a particular color he could now hear as a sound.

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 This year I am taking Forensics. The teacher for this course is Miss Larson. Miss Larsen is a new teacher this year and teachers Forensic and seventh grade Biology courses. She, like each teacher, has her own website highlighting the courses she teaches. I begin my day with Forensics because it is my first period class. The class consists of juniors and seniors. What I expected to learn was the basics about each topic found in forensics. Some of the topics I looked forward to learning about included toxicology, finger printing, and blood analysis. So far we have covered topics such as toxicology, finger printing, blood analysis, anthropology, DNA analysis, fiber analysis, impressions, ballistics, and document analysis.

     Miss Larson's grading policy is similar to every other teacher's. An assessment of some sort is given for a grade every week in addition to a classwork and homework grade. If homework is not done ore classwork is not fulfilled a zero is given to the student in the appropriate category. Labs are also conducted and graded in a separate category. The breakdown of grades is as follows: homework 20%, tests 30%, classwork 10%,  quiz 10%, and labs 20%.

     In interesting aspect of the Forensics course is a project, called a famous case, that each student must complete. Each student is assigned a different murder case throughout history and must create a presentation highlighting the case. This allows for extensive research about a part of history that related to the course as well as to share their knowledge with the class. My particular case was about the BTK killer. Technology is used in the presentations of the famous cases. A projector is connected to a laptop to display the presentation on the whiteboard and allow students to share their research and knowledge with their peers.