What’s New and what’s Next in terms of technology, how would you prepare for these changes? (at least 2,000 words)
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923
The above quote is true people always create machine to make the work easier and replace workers by machine. For me if the work is hazardous to the health of the man then it must be replaced by machine.
Technology helps a lot in us and especially in our society. Gadgets like iPod, cellular phones, flash drives and cameras. According to Gadgettastic.com here are some of the new and latest in the world of technology.
• Sandisk Ultra Backup USB Drives
o retractable USB connector feature on their Cruzer range of USB drives
o one touch backup button with will instantly backup files from your PC from the folders you have chosen.
o password protection and 256 bit AES hardware encryption
• Nextar Z10 LCOS Micro Projector
o projector and it is capable of displaying images of up to 20 inches in a 4:3 aspect ratio at a resolution of 640 x480.
• HP Firebird Voodo DNA Gaming PCs
• HP unveils Mini 2140 Netbook
• Headphonies Mini Speakers
• Lenovo announces IdeaCentre A600 All in one PC
• 3G iPhone Unlock now available - Yellowsn0w
• Papercraft Millennium Falcon
• PS3 XCM Dominator Joystick
• Samsung NC20 Netbook
• The Aquapict LED Jellyfish Aquarium
• The Antique Brass Cross USB Flash Drive
In future of technology these are some of the predictions according to the site futureforall.org
• Artificial Intelligence
o Intelligent machines
o Computers that predict the future
In the near future machines will answer all the questions that was asked by a person. And maybe computers can see the future and even can see the past life of a person.
• Biology/biotechnology/medicine
o Extended/eternal life
o Synthetic life
o Repairing/manipulating DNA
o Organ replacement / growing organs
o Designer babies / designer bodies
o Personalized drugs
o Gene therapy/manipulation
o Biostasis
o Human cloning
o Virtual/robot medicine
o Instant pain relief
o Bionic implants to allow for extreme strength
o Morphing of the human body
o Age reversal
o Creation of organisms
o Synthetic organs
o Enhanced senses
• Brain
o Download your memories/brain
o Complete digital record of your life
o Mind/emotion control devices
o Dream control devices
o Brain enhancement implants - memory, telepathy
o Transfer of information into the visual cortex or subconscious mind
• Chemistry
o Replication and/or transformation of one chemical element to another
o Super lubricant
• City
o Megacities/entire world is one city
o Moving/floating/underwater cities
o Large city-like hydroponic & aquaponic structures
o Underground cities
o Cities/houses could be one huge organism which can repair itself
• Communication
o Instant information
o Virtual presence
o Wireless everything
o One small mobile device does everything
o Virtual reality
o Internet-connection implant
o All media (movies, tv shows, etc.) on-demand
o Holographic messages
o Language translator implants
o Telepathy
o Phone implant
• Computer
o Computers equivalent to the human brain
o Nanoscale computers everywhere
o Optical computers
o DNA computers
o Quantum computers
o Global network
o Computers that animals can use
o Self editing software
o Faster than Light or Instant Data transfer
• Earth
o Weather control
o Abundant food and water supply from technology
o Eco-manipulation (deserts into forests)
• Electronics
o Printable/paintable/flexible/see-through electronics, screens, touch panels, solar panels
o Invisible video/sensor surveillance
o Holograms
o Holographic tv on your wrist
o Voice/brain command over computers and appliances
o Contact lens displays
o Nuclear powered devices
o Nano devices
• Energy
o Eco-friendly fuel
o Unlimited renewable energy
o Energy force fields
o Alternative nuclear energy (fusion, antimatter...)
• Home
o Printable/self constructing homes and buildings.
o Eternal beer fountain (Uncle Walt's prediction)
o Smart homes
o Self washing, drying, and folding clothes
o Intelligent/adaptable fabrics and clothing
o Personalized ergonomics
o Ultrasonic "showers"
• Nanotechnology
o Manipulate matter at the atomic scale
o Custom molecules
o Intelligent/adaptable materials
o Self replicating machines
o Desktop nano-factories build anything
• Physics
o Artificial black holes
o Artificial worm holes
o Traveling faster than light
o Invisibility cloaks
• Robotics
o Personal/care giving/cleaning robots
o Nanobots
o Robots perform majority of labor jobs
o Robot partners (wife/husband)
o Exoskeletons
o Sentient robots
o Robotic prosthetics
o Robots controlled remotely with mind link
• Society
o Digital money
o Language translators
o Anti-technology groups
o Transhumanism
o Identification/credit card implant
o Cashless society
o Paperless society
o Personalized advertising
o Compatibility testers
o Mental entertainment
o Bio-identification
• Space
o Translight transportation (starships)
o Orbital stations
o Planetary/terra formation
o Colonizing space
o Alien contact
o Space elevator
• Transportation
o Self-driving cars on smart-highways
o Flying cars - Anti-gravity devices
o Teleportation
o Time machine
o Inertia dampeners, anti acceleration or anti breaking devices
o Ion or electromagnetic propulsion
o Flying boots
o Underground highways
In the near future above mention maybe possible because of the power of mind of the scientist and especially by the students. Since students and especially in our generation formulate the best technology. A person always wants to make their life easier than they can. Even environment was sacrifice because of the advancement of technology. but now people realizes that environment plays a big role in the life of human beings. Now they invented most of technology as nature friendly and health friendly because they observed that the advancement of technology cost a lot of environment to be destruct and even the life of a certain person just to make their experiment perfect.
As for me the preparation I will make to face the changes are being knowledgeable, know how to use the technology, know what the good and bad effects of the technology are and lastly always know how to use the basic of the technology. Being knowledgeable in the latest of the technology. Know how to use the technology in order for me to use the technology properly. Know the good and bad effects of the technology, as we all know things are created with a purpose and thee innovator or the inventor usually think how the technology helps the human kind but in every good effects there were incorporated by the bad effects like the creation of computers, computers produce radiation which is bad in our health and even in the environment therefore we should think whether we use this technology or not.
Reference:
Whats Possible. Future For All, retrieved January 8, 2009 from http://www.futureforall.org/whatspossible.htm
Gadgets and technology from around the world. Gadgettasti, retrieved January 8, 2009 from http://www.gadgettastic.com/
Quotations about Technology, Quote Garden, Retrieved January 8, 2009 from http://www.quotegarden.com/technology.html
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