Elon Musk – Our Generation Einstein

I am sure most of you have heard of Albert Einstein. He was a genius and one of the smartest people ever. I will talk about the Einstein of our generation. Elon Musk. Elon Reeve Musk is an entrepreneur and business magnate. He is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer at SpaceX; early-stage investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. As a billionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world.

He was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. He is 49 years old. At age 10, Musk developed an interest in computing while using the Commodore VIC-20. He learned computer programming using a manual and, by age 12, sold the code of a BASIC-based video game he created called Blastar to PC and Office Technology magazine for approximately $500. Which is quite a lot for a kid to earn. An awkward and introverted child, Musk was bullied throughout his childhood and was once hospitalized after a group of boys threw him down a flight of stairs. He attended Waterkloof House Preparatory School and Bryanston High School before graduating from Pretoria Boys High School.

He has a net worth of 157.5 billion USD (2021). He briefly attended the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada aged 17 to attend Queen’s University. He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received bachelor’s degrees in economics and physics. He moved to California in 1995 to attend Stanford University but decided instead to pursue a business career, co-founding the web software company Zip2 with his brother Kimbal. The startup was acquired by Compaq for $307 million in 1999. Musk co-founded the online bank X.com that same year, which merged with Confinity in 2000 to form PayPal. The company was bought by eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer, and space transport services company, of which he is CEO and CTO. In 2001, Musk became involved with the nonprofit Mars Society. He was inspired by plans to place a growth chamber for plants on Mars and discussed funding the project himself.

In 2004, he joined electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (now Tesla, Inc.) as chairman and product architect, becoming its CEO in 2008. In 2006, he helped create SolarCity, a solar energy services company that was later acquired by Tesla and became Tesla Energy. In 2015, he co-founded OpenAI, a nonprofit research company that promotes friendly artificial intelligence. In 2016, he co-founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company focused on developing brain-computer interfaces and founded.

The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company. Musk has proposed the Hyperloop, a high-speed vactrain transportation system. In early 2017, they began discussions with regulatory bodies and initiated construction of a 30-foot (9.1 m) wide, 50-foot (15 m) long, and 15-foot (4.6 m) deep “test trench” on the premises of SpaceX’s offices as required no permits. A tunnel beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center was completed in early 2021. Local officials have approved further expansions of the tunnel system. All in all Elon Musk is an inspiring and amazing man who changed the world. He is truly the Einstein of our Generation.

Fencing

I will be telling you about fencing. Now you may be thinking what is fencing? Fencing is a sport it is essentially sword fighting. There are 3 disciplines foil, epee, and saber. They all have different blades and rules. Hopefully, by the end of this, you will understand the basics of fencing. The goal of fencing is to hit your opponent in the target area while trying to block your opponent’s attack. If you hit the target area then you get a point. The highest score at the end of time wins. Another thing that you should know is the right of way. If both fencers hit each other at the same time then whoever is in an attacking position first or fights more aggressively gets the point. Now I will talk about the three disciplines in fencing.

Foil is the most common and technical discipline in fencing. The foil sword is the lightest and smallest. For foil, the target area is the chest and back. You have to attack your opponent with the point of your blade when you hit with the side of the blade it does not count. In this right of way counts.

The saber is the fastest of the disciplines. The blade for this is slightly smaller than the foil and the handle is different. The right of way goes in this. For this, the target area is anywhere above the waist. It is the only discipline in which you can cut or slash with the side of your blade.

Next is the epee. In comparison to saber, the epee is slow it is the slowest of the disciplines. The epee blade is the biggest and heaviest blade. The target area is the entire body. Like foil, you must use the tip of your tip to attack. But unlike foil and saber epee does not have right of way. So, if the fencers touch each other at the same time they would both get the point.

In fencing, there are a couple of rules. You can not step off the piste which is the rectangle-shaped platform fencing is played on. You can also not turn your back on the opponent. This is because the back of the head is not covered and if a sword hits that area it would hurt. Next, you can not use your nonplaying hand because it would hurt if the blade hit your hand. A yellow card is a warning a red card means that the opponent is awarded a point a black card means you have been disqualified. On rare occasions, neither fencer attacks the referee will stop the game.

All in all, fencing is an amazing sport

Covid-19 Vaccine

As all of us are fighting the coronavirus pandemic hope is coming. A vaccine has been developed for this sickness but many questions remain about this vaccine. “Will it work?”Should we take” “Are other people going to take it?”. I will try to answer these questions but before I answer let me tell you what the coronavirus is.

First of all the coronavirus is an infectious disease.  COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illnesses.

 Protect yourself and others from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently and not touching your face. The COVID-19 virus spreads primarily through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes, so it’s important that you also practice respiratory etiquette (for example, by coughing into your elbow). 

Now let us go back to the topic of the coronavirus vaccine. Everyone is hoping this vaccine will save thousands of lives. Ever since the pandemic started people have been urging for a vaccine. Now many companies have delivered this. Some companies are AstraZeneca, Fizer, Moderna, Bion tech. Their success is a scientific feat with few parallels. No vaccine has ever been developed so quickly, never mind manufactured for the world.  

There a few types of vaccines but I wil only talk about two of the vaccines types. The are two types of vaccine traditional and mrna. The main goal of a vaccine for a particular infectious agent, such as the virus that causes COVID-19, is to teach the immune system what that virus looks like. Once educated, the immune system will vigorously attack the actual virus, if it ever enters the body. 

.The traditional method that delivers viral fragments — either the dead husk of a virus or its disembodied proteins. These viral fragments can’t replicate and cause infection, but they do trigger an immune response.

Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is at the heart of both leading vaccine candidates, one from Moderna and the other from Pfizer and partner BioNTech. The companies’ clinical trial data suggest these vaccines are about 95% effective. mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. 

To trigger an immune response, many vaccines put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Not mRNA vaccines. Instead, they teach our cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies. 

Both types of vaccines are okay to take. The traditional type of vaccine is slightly slower to produce and may require booster shots. But it’s a tried-and-tested approach. Although the mRNA vaccines can be designed quickly, people might develop immunity to the viral vector itself, limiting the ability to give multiple booster shots.  First, Frontline essential workers such as fire fighters, police officers will get the vaccine,then People aged 75 years and older, then, People aged 75 years and older, People aged 16—64 years with underlying medical conditions, finally Other essential workers, such as people who work in transportation and logistics, food service, housing construction and finance, information technology, communications, energy, law, media, public safety, and public health.

All COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States have been shown to be highly effective at preventing COVID-19 But ultimately all these decisions are up to you. Whether you want the vaccine or Which vaccine to take. This vaccine is a dose of hope that can light the way through these dark times.

Why Recycling should be Compulsory

Do YOU know that the average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every SINGLE day? Another fact is that tourism contributes to more than 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emission.

I believe Recycling should be compulsory for many reasons. It protects the environment, reduces landfills, and saves resources.

Recycling reduces landfills because if you recycle, those materials will not go into the landfill. Landfills are very bad to the overall environment, impacting other essential resources like air, water, and animals. Do you know that It takes 500 years for average-sized plastic water bottles to fully decompose? They can cause toxic chemical’s in our water supply and also causes pollutes the air with methane. Imagine drinking toxic chemicals because of the landfill. 

Recycling also protects the environment. Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying, and logging), refining, and processing raw materials all of which create substantial air and water pollution. Habitat destruction and global warming are some of the effects caused by deforestation. Recycling reduces the need for raw materials so that the rainforests can be preserved. Huge amounts of energy are used when making products from raw materials. It also saves energy. When you use raw materials you use a lot of energy.

Recycling requires much less energy and therefore helps to preserve natural resources. Do you know that a can of aluminum has a 20x benefit if made from recycled material versus using raw material? Recycling reduces the need to get new raw material resources like wood, metal. It also reduces water and air pollution because we pollute the air trying to get resources and recycling would hugely reduce this. Recycling saves resources like water, wood, coal, and many more.

To conclude, Recycling is a WIN-WIN for everyone. There are no doubts that it saves on resources while helping prevent pollution. We, humans need to evaluate each and every task that we do, with an emphasis on recycling whether you live in a place is or you are a tourist. As the human race is growing, the criticality of this is increasing by the day. !!!

About Me

 Hi, I am Neil I came to this planet in the Year 2009, making me 11 years old now.

 As a little kid, I was fascinated by dinosaurs. I researched them and my favorite is the t-rex. I still remember having a book in which it would show crazy ways the dinosaur could help you in real life. I also remember that when I was little, before sleeping, my grandma told me Indian mythological stories such as the Ramayan. 

As a kid,  I also liked going on vacation to resorts especially with big pools. I am not a big fan of beaches, as I don’t like sand on my skin.

I live in New Jersey in The USA with my parents, grandparents, and a 7-year-old sibling. 

I enjoy reading books, I can read books all day 🙂 Some of my favorite book series are Percy Jackson, 39 clues, and  Harry Potter. I also like to write fiction stories about monsters.

I like playing outside. I like most sports but my favorite is soccer.  I also like to bike around my neighborhood.  

 I also just started to play the violin. 

I like pizza, ice cream, and cake. My favorite fruit is mango because it is very sweet.

Last year was an interesting year as we moved to a new neighborhood and a new school. 

Like most of you, I also had to switch to online school because of the Coronavirus. 

Now about my Summer break. I have to go to online classes instead of going places some of my online classes are coding, Stem Ninja math, and speech. Recently I started playing Minecraft, which is very cool.

  The best part of the break was staying at my cousin’s place and playing games. Helped my cousin with his college application and build his  Rube Goldberg project. 

I have four best friends and we used to do sleepovers and have playdates now because of coronavirus we cannot. We played many games such as tag and laser tag.

After the summer break, I will have to start middle school online from Woodrow Wilson Middle school. This would be my first year of middle school and I am very excited about that.

I wish for the good old times to return soon. If there was no coronavirus I would not stay in my house 24 7 instead I could be playing with my friends or going on vacation. 

Speaking of vacation I like to go on vacation one of my favorite places to vacation in India. Most of my relatives live in India such as my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and lots and lots of cousins.