Unexplained Mysteries of 2011 and Into 2012(DiscoveryNews)

Global Center for Advance Learning (GCAL)

Science & Technology 2012 Presentation

Presenter:David Kim McCreight, Eastern High School Physics Teacher

Agenda• Brief Bio• Unexplained Mysteries of 2011 and Into

2012 (DiscoveryNews, 2012)• Future Science Findings• Possible Future Technologies• Rumble Strips• Talking Tape Activity and Challenge (Time

Permitting)• FYE Video

Brief Bio• Eastern High School Physics Teacher

• Lansing Community College (LCC) Physics Instructor

• MSU Physics of Atomic Nuclei (PAN) staff

• MSU Visiting International Professional Program (VIPP) staff

Unexplained Mysteries of 2011 and Into 2012(DiscoveryNews)• “Unexplained” Mysteries Solved in 2011

– The Jerusalem UFO Video– The Mysterious Magnetic Boy– The Chupacabra?– The Russan ET

• Unexplained Mysteries Entering 2012– Mysterious Bee Deaths– Faster Than Light Experiments?– Extraterrestrial Life on Earth-Like Planets

“Unexplained” Mysteries Solved in 2011

• The Jerusalem UFO Video– On Jan. 28, a mysterious glowing light

hovered high above the Dome of the Rock, an ancient Islamic shrine in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem UFO Video: Case Closed, by Benjamin RadfordYouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fba0DvXdygo&feature=fvwrel


• The Mysterious Magnetic Boy– According to MSNBC and The Daily Mail,

household objects such as spoons, knives, and forks stuck to his skin with almost supernatural ease.

There's something attractive about Bogdan, the Serbian boy who claims to be 'magnetic’ by Daily Mail Reporter


El Chupacabra mystery origins traced to 1995 sci-fi film, ‘Species’

• The Chupacabra– Since the mid-1990s, people around the world

(and especially in Puerto Rico and Latin America) have reported a bizarre vampire beast which became known as the chupacabra (Spanish for "goat sucker," since it was said to drain blood out of small animals including goats).

– Some say the mystery startedbefore the 1990s and not solved..


Russian Dead Alien Video Surfaces, by Benjamin RadfordYouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7V6Wcqf35w

• The Russian ET– According to one story in The Daily Mail, "On

its side with its mouth slightly agape, the slender, badly damaged body lies half-buried in snow close to Irkutsk, Russia.

“Unexplained” Mysteries Entering in 2012

Bees on the Brink of Dying, Discovery News

• Mysterious Bee Deaths– Since 2006, between 20 percent and 40

percent of the bee colonies in the United States have suffered massive die-outs called "colony collapse."

“Unexplained” Mysteries Entering in 2012?

Google Images, 6/19/12

• Faster Than Light Experiments– In September 174 physicists at the CERN

laboratory announced that they had shot particles between Switzerland and Italy at really high speeds. After three years of experiments and analysis, the team concluded that the neutrinos they fired arrived in Italy at one 17-millionth of a second earlier than expected.

“Unexplained” Mysteries Entering in 2012?

Google Images, 6/19/12

• Faster Than Light Experiments– “…there are three potential sources of error in

the timing measurements: distance errors, time-of-flight errors, and errors in the timing of neutrino production.” — Physics News

– Leaders Of The 'Faster-Than-Light' Experiment Resign — Forbes


Alien Planet Could Host Life by Irene Klotz, 12/5/11

• Extraterrestrial Life on Earth-Like Planets– Then in December came the announcement

that a planet … had been found: "A planet about twice the size of Earth has been confirmed to exist right in the middle of the 'habitable zone' around its star, which is much like our own... this is the first time such a life-friendly alien planet has been confirmed.”

— Discovery News


2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End, NASA, 6/19/12YouTube Preview of the movie 2012:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXGrTng0gQ

• Will 2012 Bring Doomsday?– Some tie in the 2012 doomsday idea to the

end of the Mayan calendar, which seems to have no more or less significance than our Gregorian calendar "ending" on December 31.— Discovery News

– NASA refutes these claims.• http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

Future Science Findings

• NSCL (National Superconducting Laboratory) at MSU

• FRIB (Facility for Rare Isotope Beam) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBn8FyZlmXs

Future Science Findings• LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at

CERN– Search for the Higgs Particle, Etc.

Possible Future Technologies• Video on New Technology (Tech Support)

Possible Future Technologies• Video on Sixth Sense Technology on TED

Possible Future Technologies• New Songdo City, South Korea (2020)?

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2uzo-xzta0 (play video)

• Cell Phones

Possible Future Technologies

Flex iPhone; itechfuture.com/

Legal Size Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/

Samsung Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/

All Weather Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/


• Cell Phones

Solar Powered Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/

Coke Powered Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/

Curve Powered Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/

Projection Cell Phone; itechfuture.com/

iPhone 5; itechfuture.com/


• Camera, Black Berry, Glasses, & MP3 Player

Future BlackBerry; itechfuture.com/

Future MP3 Player; itechfuture.com/

Future Camera; itechfuture.com/

Google Glasses; gadgets.ndtv.com/


• Tablets, Desktop Computers, and Printer

Desktop Computers; itechfuture.com/

Pencil Printer; itechfuture.com/

Google Tablet; itechfuture.com/

Microsoft Surface Tablet; gadgets.ndtv.com/


• Traffic Light, Parking System, and Outdoor Lighting

Smart Parking System; itechfuture.com/

Smart Outdoor Lighting; itechfuture.com/

Traffic Light; itechfuture.com/


• Wrist Watches, TV Projection, and Night Vision Money

TV Projection; itechfuture.com/

Night Vision Money; itechfuture.com/

Wrist Watches; itechfuture.com/

Rumble Strips• Prevent road way departure collisions

– Applications: Centerline and Shoulder Rumble Strips

– Types: Milled, Rolled, Formed and Raised (first two to are most common)

• Anyang Highway, South Koreahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFlkWV45oYE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt5IxDMN-I8

Talking Tape Experiment• Work in groups of two or three• Determine the message, wavelength,

amplitude scale, and frequency of the talking tape. (if time permits, you can determine message of other talking tapes)

• Challenge:– Determine the order of the Boomwhackers to play

Mary Had A Little Lamb.

FYE Video• People are Awesome. You all are Awesome

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