Week 3 - Tute Task

So this week for the Tutespark task we have a number of questions that we must answer without using Google or Wikipedia to help us answer them, they are:

 1. What is the weight of the world’s biggest machine? How much did it cost to build?

 A: (As found on search engine bing) The worlds largest machine is a trencher, also called a rotating shovel, and was made by company called Krupp.

• The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)
• Weight is 45,500 tons (that's equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)
• It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million
• Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute
• Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day

The details can be viewed on the following website: 

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm

 

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Ozzy Osborne?

 A: One way to try and contact Ozzy Osbourne is through his manager who's contact details can be found on the following website:

 http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Ozzy_Osbourne/Contact.asp

Otherwise, via his Twitter profile http://twitter.com/OfficialOzzy

3. When and what was the first example of global digital communication?

 A: The first true example of a global digital communications network was the internet. However it was not the first ever digital communication device invented -- the telegraph and the teletypwriter were; but the internet was the first to truly go global. The origins of the internet reach back to the 1960's however it was not until the early 1990's that it became an international network.

4. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Melbourne?

 A: The cheapest way to travel to Melbourne via the Gold Coast is by flying with Tiger Airways which costs $89. This flight can be booked and other airline prices can be also be compared at the following website: http://travel.webjet.com.au/webjettsa/

5. Who is Hatsune Miku? What company does she belong to? What is her birthday?

 A: Hatsune Miku is a voice synthesizer application created by a company called Crypton Future Media, her voice was created from a voice sample of Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita who was born on October 19th 1984.

 A basic Saki Fujita Biography can be found at the following website: http://www.last.fm/music/Fujita+Saki

6. Find a live webcam in Antarctica. Find a place to stay in Antarctica.

 A: Despite my best efforts I could not find a fully operational live web-cam as most sites had a 3min - 15 min delay which does not classify as live, while others stated that they were down over the winter period due to extreme weather conditions. However here are some links to some delayed and down Antarctica web-cams:

http://www.usap.gov/videoClipsAndMaps/spwebcam.cfm

http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=27

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/spo/livecamera.html

http://www.webcamgalore.com/EN/webcam/Antarctica/Scott-Base/341.html

Places to stay: There virtually are none unless you want to stay at a research station in which case there are a few, but I found one station that seems to accommodate guests and is rated at five stars. Its called the Polish Antarctic Station Arctowski and it is located on King George Island.

King George Island is the largest of the South Shetland Islands. Russia, China, Korea, Poland, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina have all built research stations here. You may have an opportunity to visit one of these stations, where researchers welcome you with descriptions of their projects and a firsthand look at life in the Antarctic.

There are numerous international research stations on this island including the Polish Arctowski Station and the Brazilian Ferraz Station Admiralty Bay. On the western side there are Russian, Chilean, Chinese, Korean, and Uruguayan stations. A visit to one or more stations is often possible with an opportunity to meet the researchers.

Here is the Link to the Polish Research Station: http://www.arctowski.pl/

7. What song was top of the Australian pop charts this week in 1980?

A: Lipps Inc "Funkytown" was the number one song in the Australian Kent Music Report on the 11th of August 1980. Here is the Link:

 http://funkytown.com/

8. How would you define the term 'nano technology'? In your own words, what does it really mean?

 A: Nanotechnology is the engineering of functional systems at the molecular scale. 

 Basically it means building machines the size of a molecule that are only a few nanometers wide, such as robot arms, motors, and even computers.

Here is the link:  http://www.crnano.org/whatis.htm

9. What type of camera is used to make ‘Google Street View’?

 The type of camera used is a Dodeca 2360 Camera System and was created and designed by a company called 'Immersive Media'.

Here is a link for more details and pictures of the camera:

http://www.immersivemedia.com/products/capture.html

10. Translate these questions into Klingon.

 Q1:  nuq 'oH [the] [weight] vo' [the] [world’s] [biggest] [machine] chay' 'ar ta'ta' 'oH [cost] Daq chen 

 Q2:  nuq 'oH [the] [best] [way] [quickest] HochHom [reliable] Daq [contact] [Ozzy] [Osborne]

 Q3:  ghorgh 'ej nuq ghaHta' [the] wa'DIch [example] vo' [global] [digital] [communication]

 Q4: nuq 'oH [the] [cheapest] [form] vo' [travel] vo' [the] SuD baS [Coast] Daq [Melbourne]

 Q5:  'Iv 'oH [Hatsune] [Miku] nuq [company] ta'taH ghaH [belong] Daq nuq 'oH Daj qoS

 Q6: tu' [a] yIn [webcam] Daq [Antarctica] tu' [a] Daq Daq [stay] Daq [Antarctica]

 Q7:  nuq bom ghaHta' [top] vo' [the] [Australian] [pop] [charts] vam [week] Daq

Q8:chay' [would] SoH [define] [the] [term] ['nano] [technology'] Daq lIj ghaj mu'mey nuq ta'taH 'oH [really] [mean]

Q9: nuq [type] vo' [camera] 'oH [used] Daq chenmoH [‘Google] [Street] [View’]

Q10: [Translate] Dochvammey [questions] Daq tlhIngan

Here's the link to the Klingon Translator:

http://www.mrklingon.org/

P.S All these answers were found on Bing and not Google or Wikipedia.