I found the first artifact to be completely shocking. The robot thing looked exactly like a human and even made human like movements such as blinking its eyes or moving their eyes from side to side. Although some of the movement was still a little stiff, the droid would still make me think it was a human at first glance. This makes me wonder that we might have robots that completely run on their own soon. I am afraid that our world might turn into a sci-fi movie where the robots turn against us.
The second artifact is something that i wish i had during school. I could not hand sharpen a pencil to save my life and this would make it so much easier. It may not be the most current piece of technology but it is still a piece of technology. Pencil sharpeners have been around for ever and have evolved from a knife, to hand crank mounted on the wall, to a little hand held bugger, and then to the best electric ones that did it right just about every time. This artifact shows that technology is just about everywhere you are.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
artifact 3
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Social-Sciences/Psychology/What-the-Internet-Is-Doing-to-Our-Brains/38140?utm_source=FROTD&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Free+Resource+of+the+Day
One interesting thing that Nicholas Carr said is that "Our basic instinct is to multi task." I found that he said this to be interesting because all the time I hear about how people cannot multi-task, or the stereotype that men can't multi-task. I don't necessarily agree with the statement that our basic instinct is to multi-task because there really are people who can't multi-task at all, they have to focus on just one thing and that thing. The internet makes it hard not to multi-task though with different windows, tabs and things going on everywhere.
Another interesting thing that he said was that office workers would glance at their email inbox 30-40 times in an hour. I found this interesting because whenever I'm on a computer the first thing I do is check my facebook, then i'll check my e-mail to see whether I got an email or not. I can't even imagine how often people check their e-mail now that we have blackberry's and smart phones that can check email just about anywhere you get a phone signal.
One interesting thing that Nicholas Carr said is that "Our basic instinct is to multi task." I found that he said this to be interesting because all the time I hear about how people cannot multi-task, or the stereotype that men can't multi-task. I don't necessarily agree with the statement that our basic instinct is to multi-task because there really are people who can't multi-task at all, they have to focus on just one thing and that thing. The internet makes it hard not to multi-task though with different windows, tabs and things going on everywhere.
Another interesting thing that he said was that office workers would glance at their email inbox 30-40 times in an hour. I found this interesting because whenever I'm on a computer the first thing I do is check my facebook, then i'll check my e-mail to see whether I got an email or not. I can't even imagine how often people check their e-mail now that we have blackberry's and smart phones that can check email just about anywhere you get a phone signal.
Friday, February 11, 2011
artifact 2: Hamlet's Blackberry
Restless energy of the hunted mind
Listening to William Powers talk about his book made me very interested in his book, Hamlet's Blackberry. I found what he talked about to be very interesting and the way he used philosophers from other times dealing with their own new technologies to explain his point. He did a great job talking about this book and he talked about several topics in his book, especially how we've become dependent on the internet and that some things that used to be routine for us, now are almost completely unfamiliar.
My favorite section of his talking was when he talked about his family and how they all tried to ignore technology for awhile. The part where they were talking about finding movie times in the newspaper made me laugh because many times, me and my friends have sat there and just looked up movie times on our phones. Technology has progressed so far and life has gotten easier. I can also connect with what he says about family time and the internet and such getting in the way. Everyone in my computer has a computer of some sort and after dinner we all often go our own way and do our own thing, whether it be my parents sitting down on the couch with their laptops, or it be my brother and I going out to hang out with friends. We rarely ever just sit down and talk.
I liked the quote the "Restless energy of the Hunted Mind". This quote just struck me because often I just sit on the internet and hop around restlessly. Without realizing it, I often spend hours on the internet just looking at various random websites and hopping around from one place to another or just talking to someone on Facebook. One thing that I thought of was that if his book is available on a Kindle, wouldn't it be ironic that part of his book is about paper always being there?
Listening to William Powers talk about his book made me very interested in his book, Hamlet's Blackberry. I found what he talked about to be very interesting and the way he used philosophers from other times dealing with their own new technologies to explain his point. He did a great job talking about this book and he talked about several topics in his book, especially how we've become dependent on the internet and that some things that used to be routine for us, now are almost completely unfamiliar.
My favorite section of his talking was when he talked about his family and how they all tried to ignore technology for awhile. The part where they were talking about finding movie times in the newspaper made me laugh because many times, me and my friends have sat there and just looked up movie times on our phones. Technology has progressed so far and life has gotten easier. I can also connect with what he says about family time and the internet and such getting in the way. Everyone in my computer has a computer of some sort and after dinner we all often go our own way and do our own thing, whether it be my parents sitting down on the couch with their laptops, or it be my brother and I going out to hang out with friends. We rarely ever just sit down and talk.
I liked the quote the "Restless energy of the Hunted Mind". This quote just struck me because often I just sit on the internet and hop around restlessly. Without realizing it, I often spend hours on the internet just looking at various random websites and hopping around from one place to another or just talking to someone on Facebook. One thing that I thought of was that if his book is available on a Kindle, wouldn't it be ironic that part of his book is about paper always being there?
Friday, February 4, 2011
Artifact One
I am not surprised that the Internet has become the leading source for news for the age group 18-29. These people are the people who are also on Facebook or Twitter where they can now connect with just about anyone or anything on one page. Most companies have their own Facebook page where they can post what's new with their company, many sports teams also have Facebook pages where they keep you updated on the happenings of that team. It's getting to the point where most people only need to check their Facebook or Twitter to know when something important happened in the world because someone will have said something about it on their Facebook or Twitter. When Landon Donovan scored against Algeria in the World Cup this past summer, Twitter crashed, this shows that people go to their social media sites when something happens.
I am also not surprised by the growth in internet usage by the older generations. Many of the older generations are embracing technology more and are using the internet because you don't have to wait to get the news, you can go to one site such as cnn.com and get just about all the news from around the world. Also older people are starting to use Facebook and using it for several purposes. I know my parents use the internet to find their news, even though they used to be television news watchers. Every night at 10 our house would grind to halt and my parents would sit down and watch the news. That has changed ever since they started using the internet a lot, now they only watch the news when they aren't already doing something or sleeping. This shows how the internet is overtaking television as the leading news source for good.
I am also not surprised by the growth in internet usage by the older generations. Many of the older generations are embracing technology more and are using the internet because you don't have to wait to get the news, you can go to one site such as cnn.com and get just about all the news from around the world. Also older people are starting to use Facebook and using it for several purposes. I know my parents use the internet to find their news, even though they used to be television news watchers. Every night at 10 our house would grind to halt and my parents would sit down and watch the news. That has changed ever since they started using the internet a lot, now they only watch the news when they aren't already doing something or sleeping. This shows how the internet is overtaking television as the leading news source for good.
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