Following last week’s lesson on energy and world change of the past present and future, we delved into the world of the future emerging technologies to a deeper extent this week. We explored future technologies in terms of how, what the ways technology can cause an adverse impact on life. It was an enlightening lesson of energy and world change because it shows us the wide array of technology which innovators have imagined and thought of in the past hence allowing its introduction into the market or in its developmental stage.
You see things; and you say why? I dream things that never were and I say why not?
–George Bernard Shaw
At the start of the lesson, this quote was quoted by prof and I think that it is true enough; there is a need for imagination and to dream of possible things that people can create. In the perspective of a normal person, I would say that in the past, I wouldn’t have thought that it was possible of such a thing as common now as the touch-screen and technology such as the iphone or motion-sensitive games such as Wii or Xbox 360 for example. But the truth is, technology will continue improving and will only advance to the fact that people might not understand how it can in the future but it is on shoulders of the few innovative people and entrepreneurs to surprise the world. And I do think that the above quote only shows us how what good it would be if people were to imagine and dream but realistically, such an instance would only be an optimal.
Other than that, another thing that I learnt in the lesson which I thought was very interesting was the video on catoms which are basic units of the claytonic atoms which can form structure of any size or structure. I think this is would be very useful to us as these claytonic atoms can alter things into something that we need, for example, we can change our smartphones into a laptop when we require it and change it back if there is a need to. I think this technology definitely would make life a more convenient and appropriate into the future especially. It technically revolutionises the view that I have of technology and the aspect into which technology is moving into. Furthermore, communication is also revolutionised when we have claytonic atoms because as seen in the video, we see how even when a human is not there in reality and with claytonic atoms, when you call the other party, he or she would be able to appear in front. This takes us into a whole new aspect of what it can do to communication because this makes communication over the world possible and convenient.
Subsequently, one other thing that I found was enriching was that of augmented reality. It is generally a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. Such a technology is amazing because it only needs wireless connection for the downloading of information, a smartphone and a camera to capture the information we need. In the case of the phones as illustrated in the video shown in class, I think such a technology would be beneficial to the elderly of the society or even tourists because it helps with the identification of roads, buildings and places. This makes life easier, convenient and smarter in fact. And I do believe that such a technology should be developed because it would be beneficial to people of all ages.
Also throughout the lesson in some readings, a technical, political and institutional map of emerging technologies in numerous areas such as nanotechnology, robotics, and artificial intelligence etc were elaborated as well as further emphasized in the presentations. Overall, I think the lesson was a mind-expanding and informative one because it shows us the many aspects of how technology can be developed and the areas that it might soon delve into. I’d rate it a 8 out of 10 :) In conclusion, like what prof said, the bottomline is that there is a need for imagination for new and emerging technologies for a radical transformation of mindsets and lives.
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