Tag: Asia
A Japanese man was sent to prison for making guns with a 3d printer
by Augusto Llull (9th grade)
A 28 year old Japanese man was send to prison with a term of two years, for making two pistols at home with a three-dimensional printer.
After his arrest Yoshitomo Imura admitted the facts, and said he knew his actions were illegal.
Shortly before his arrest, Imura posted online a video showing the weapons he created with his 3D printer, which quickly alerted the police.
3D printers create objects made of plastic or other materials with data provided by a computer.
In Japan, models for the general public are sold from about $ 575.
Tim Cook meets with Chinese authorities after reports of attacks on iCloud
By Martin Araya (9th grade)
Apple’s chief executive visited China and was disturbed by the group of web information monitoring, Greatfire.org, who said the Chinese government was involved in sophisticated and extensive illegal access to Apple users’ data in the country.
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Why is Hong Kong so Controversial?
This great video from NBC explains the history of Hong Kong and why the people of Hong Kong have a different political situation, and different expectations, than people in the rest of China. Can you understand why ideas about government are especially controversial in this place?
Controversial (n): something that causes arguments and disagreement