work cited
"The future of medicine: Insert chip, cure disease?." June,24,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
A Chip being able cure disease?
Could you imagine being able to put a chip in your brain to cure a disease. To control people with seizures or even for someone who lost a limb be able to control an artificial arm. The University of Florida is right now researching on how to cause a small chip in the person brain to eventually cause a person that is complete paralyzed to use prosthetics. The research right now is being used on rats to try and control people with seizures that have epilepsy’s and paralysis. This would be really cool if they could come up with a chip to do this. It is still in the research as of right now. By Jen Hight
work cited
"The future of medicine: Insert chip, cure disease?." June,24,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009.
work cited
"The future of medicine: Insert chip, cure disease?." June,24,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009.
Being able to back up you immune system
Wouldn't it be cool to put a spare set of your immune system on ice. Well now a days people can for $800 to take the initial sample of white blood cells. Then you would have to pay $25.00 a month. This could help with people HIV and other autoimmune diseases. The Us Food and Drug Admission just gave permission to do it. But they are having problems with some of the white blood cells freeze. Some of them aren't working out. But in the future they plan on being able to back up you immune system. By Jen Hight
Work Cited
Coghlan, Andy . "Create a back-up copy of your immune system." June,22,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426094.400-create-a-backup-copy-of-your-immune-system.html.
Work Cited
Coghlan, Andy . "Create a back-up copy of your immune system." June,22,2007 Web.13 Aug 2009. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19426094.400-create-a-backup-copy-of-your-immune-system.html.
Stop the bleeding by Gel
The nanohealing is to hit the markets soon. It's a gel that is use to stop bleeding and a doctor name Floyed Loop says that when doing surgery on the brain and heart with removing tumors that their is a lot diffuse with bleeding around the site and because of that you have to spend a lot of time sponges and cautery. If the were able to use the nanohealing this will help with least time spend during the surgery and also help prevent the cause of more operations to happen. This could even help to reduce the risk of infection. This product they are open to get out soon for the first responders at accidents and even on the battlefield. It also has a long shelf date so it can be in the first aid kits. Loop does caution though that they need to do further test to make sure it works on non surgical applicants. So it's still being tested out which they are testing it on animals such as mice. They plan to soon have a clinical trial soon.
Work Cited
Bullis, Kevin. "Nanohealing Material Heads to Market." 5/12/2008 Web.13 Aug 2009. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/20755/page1/.
Parts of the project for the artifical Womb
In the first picture is what Liu and her team put were able to put together the artificial womb with a mouse. Then in the second picture it shows the Diary of the mouse. What is going on in the days like the fifth day and seventeenth day.
The Pictures
Reynolds, Gretchen . "Artificial Womb Picture Gallery." 2009 Web.13 Aug 2009.
The Artifical Womb
In the future scientist are experiment with a artificial womb. Where people who can not have babies can soon have one. Also that gay couples would be able to have a child. The "Scientist at Cornell University have grown mice embryos in manmade, bubble shaped wombs".(Future for all) Not only will this help people can't have babies it can also help premature babies to developed. The research on this has gone pretty in detail a lady named Hung-Ching Liu and her team from Cornell Univertsy were able to" successfully grown a sample of cells from the lining of a human uterus and had tissues engineering technologies to shape them like a womb".(Newson) The even put a human fertilized egg into this womb but the experiment was ceased after 6 days because of legal limits on the human embryo experiment. Also if you are pregnant and are having problems they would be able to transfer your baby to an artificial womb until it ready for birth. This I think could be pretty cool so that people who really want a child have one if this cannot. Plus if you have a problem carrying your baby then theirs an option to help keep it alive. But what about the bonding part you have with your baby when its in you? How will woman be able to bond with the child as it's growing inside? I know when I pregnant I had a bond with my son. By Jen HightWork Cited
"Artificial Womb." 2005-2008 Web.13 Aug 2009.
2.Newson, Ainsley. "From fetus to full term - without a mother's touch." 2009 Web.13 Aug 2009.
3 Photo is from
Reynolds, Gretchen . "Artificial Wombs ." 2005 Web.13 Aug 2009.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Captive Touch Technology
Use of Captive touch technology, also known as touch screen technology, is expected to grow within the next ten years.
Since an overwhelming majority of Americans use a touch screen device at least once a day, it’s not surprising to see the value in all that capacitive touch has to offer. From car navigation touch screens to aviation, the touch screen phenomenon is far from over. Even bars in Las Vegas have touch screen technology inside them where customers are able to write on the bar, draw and play with light. Soon, patrons will be able to set their check cards onto a touch screen table and instantly pay for their meal. The digital camera created a boom for digital pictures and all accessories that went with it. Touch screens of the future will allow users to play with their digital images using a virtual scrapbook tool, enabling photos to enlarge and shrink, flip and move.
Much much more touch technology is heading our way and perhaps new touch security will come with it. Instead of anyone being able to touch your capacitive touch screen, phone or car screen, a fingerprint lock will only allow the registered user to have access. In less than 10 years, we will not only continue to talk about capacitive touch technology, we will be listening with it, wearing it and standing on it.
~Angela
Adapted from http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/capacitive-touch-technology-of-the-future-390703.html
Since an overwhelming majority of Americans use a touch screen device at least once a day, it’s not surprising to see the value in all that capacitive touch has to offer. From car navigation touch screens to aviation, the touch screen phenomenon is far from over. Even bars in Las Vegas have touch screen technology inside them where customers are able to write on the bar, draw and play with light. Soon, patrons will be able to set their check cards onto a touch screen table and instantly pay for their meal. The digital camera created a boom for digital pictures and all accessories that went with it. Touch screens of the future will allow users to play with their digital images using a virtual scrapbook tool, enabling photos to enlarge and shrink, flip and move.
Much much more touch technology is heading our way and perhaps new touch security will come with it. Instead of anyone being able to touch your capacitive touch screen, phone or car screen, a fingerprint lock will only allow the registered user to have access. In less than 10 years, we will not only continue to talk about capacitive touch technology, we will be listening with it, wearing it and standing on it.
~Angela
Adapted from http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/capacitive-touch-technology-of-the-future-390703.html
Microsoft has done it again!
I this video montage by Microsoft one can see their plans for the future. At a conference in 2009, Stephen Elop, a member of the Senior Leadership Team at Microsoft showed a longer version of this video to show what Microsoft has in store for businesses, schools and society in the next ten years.
Stephen Elop ~ "So I'm going to show you a video, a video of 10 years from now, and what we are working toward. Everything in this video is based on research and technology explorations from across Microsoft, and throughout the industry. This is not science fiction, nor is it Hollywood imagineering. Every single thing here is something that could be real, and I'll spend more time on that after we go through the video. Watch carefully because in every frame there's something new and advancing in terms of how technology will enable the improvement of productivity for businesses and individuals."
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/SilverlightApps/videoplayer_3/standalone.aspx?xml=mms://msstudios.wmod.llnwd.net/a2294/o21/presspass/a_Glimpse_Ahead_MBR.wmv
~Angela
Stephen Elop ~ "So I'm going to show you a video, a video of 10 years from now, and what we are working toward. Everything in this video is based on research and technology explorations from across Microsoft, and throughout the industry. This is not science fiction, nor is it Hollywood imagineering. Every single thing here is something that could be real, and I'll spend more time on that after we go through the video. Watch carefully because in every frame there's something new and advancing in terms of how technology will enable the improvement of productivity for businesses and individuals."
http://www.microsoft.com/PressPass/SilverlightApps/videoplayer_3/standalone.aspx?xml=mms://msstudios.wmod.llnwd.net/a2294/o21/presspass/a_Glimpse_Ahead_MBR.wmv
~Angela
The Future of Business Technology
Check out this article on what BusinessKnowledgeSource.com believes what will happen in the future with business and technology. One field that they are predicting a lot of movement in is the field of network Coding, which Wikipedia defines as a field of information theory and coding theory and is a method of attaining maximum information flow in a network.It is expected that Network Coding will change the face of the industry in the near future.
~Angela
http://businessknowledgesource.com/technology/the_future_of_business_technology_026528.html
~Angela
http://businessknowledgesource.com/technology/the_future_of_business_technology_026528.html
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Big Brother is Watching....
RFID technology, also known as Radio Frequency Identification Technology, is a technology that was created in 1948, but has in just the past two decades become popular for use in many commercial and government applications and is expected to grow in the near future. RFID technology includes the use of an RFID tag that can be placed on or in an animal, person or object. This tag can be tracked using and RFID reader or scanner which uses radio waves to communicate between the tag and the reader. This tag can tell the reader all of the information that is saved on it including inventory numbers, file names, expiration dates, shipment dates, patient information, location – the possibilities are endless. The information can be read by a scanner or reader from just a few feet away, while there are some scanners that can read/scan tags much further away. Any information that one chooses can be stored on a RFID chip and transmitted. Because of the wide variety of uses and its flexibility, a number of industries have started using RFID technology.
Although the use of RFID technology can provide many benefits, a number of ethical issues regarding its use have come into question in all areas. The main ethical concerns of the use of RFID technology focus on privacy and security. Opponents argue that the government, retailers, and even criminals may be able to start using scanners to track ones movements, monitor their possessions, and maintain records about everything that one does. TheFreeDictionary.com (encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/rfid) lists the four main privacy concerns regarding RFID technology as:
-The purchaser of an item will not necessarily be aware of the presence of an RFID tag or be able to remove it;
-An RFID tag can be read at a distance without the knowledge of the individual;
-If a tagged item is paid for by credit card or in conjunction with use of a loyalty card, then it would be possible to tie the unique ID of that item to the identity of the purchaser; and
-RFID Tags create, or are proposed to create, globally unique serial numbers for all products, even though this creates privacy problems and is completely unnecessary for most applications.
The ethical question is not what information people may be able to obtain about you, but what they are able to do with it. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (epic.org), “The proposed uses of RFID tags pose exponentially greater risks to personal privacy. Many technology experts predict the development of a seamless network of millions of RFID receivers strategically placed around the globe in airports, seaports, highways, distribution centers, warehouses, retail stores, and consumers' homes, all of which are constantly reading, processing, and evaluating consumers’ behaviors and purchases. In addition to undermining a consumer's ability to enjoy a lifestyle in relative anonymity, critics of the technology counter that the information gathered by RFID readers could be obtained by the government for surveillance or monitoring the activities of citizens, or even misused by hackers and criminals. Even more, the ever-expanding use of RFID chips would leave no aspect of life safe from the prying eyes of retail and corporate giants. Chips integrated into commonplace products such as floor tiles, shelf paper, cabinets, appliance, exercise equipment, and grocery and packaged products would allow even our most intimate activities to be monitored”. Proponents for RFID technology believe that issues of privacy and security can be addressed and that the benefits of this technology outweigh the detriments.
What do you think? Do the benefits outweigh the detriments? Will this lead to a society where "big brother is watching?
~Angela
For more info check out http://epic.org/
Although the use of RFID technology can provide many benefits, a number of ethical issues regarding its use have come into question in all areas. The main ethical concerns of the use of RFID technology focus on privacy and security. Opponents argue that the government, retailers, and even criminals may be able to start using scanners to track ones movements, monitor their possessions, and maintain records about everything that one does. TheFreeDictionary.com (encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/rfid) lists the four main privacy concerns regarding RFID technology as:
-The purchaser of an item will not necessarily be aware of the presence of an RFID tag or be able to remove it;
-An RFID tag can be read at a distance without the knowledge of the individual;
-If a tagged item is paid for by credit card or in conjunction with use of a loyalty card, then it would be possible to tie the unique ID of that item to the identity of the purchaser; and
-RFID Tags create, or are proposed to create, globally unique serial numbers for all products, even though this creates privacy problems and is completely unnecessary for most applications.
The ethical question is not what information people may be able to obtain about you, but what they are able to do with it. According to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (epic.org), “The proposed uses of RFID tags pose exponentially greater risks to personal privacy. Many technology experts predict the development of a seamless network of millions of RFID receivers strategically placed around the globe in airports, seaports, highways, distribution centers, warehouses, retail stores, and consumers' homes, all of which are constantly reading, processing, and evaluating consumers’ behaviors and purchases. In addition to undermining a consumer's ability to enjoy a lifestyle in relative anonymity, critics of the technology counter that the information gathered by RFID readers could be obtained by the government for surveillance or monitoring the activities of citizens, or even misused by hackers and criminals. Even more, the ever-expanding use of RFID chips would leave no aspect of life safe from the prying eyes of retail and corporate giants. Chips integrated into commonplace products such as floor tiles, shelf paper, cabinets, appliance, exercise equipment, and grocery and packaged products would allow even our most intimate activities to be monitored”. Proponents for RFID technology believe that issues of privacy and security can be addressed and that the benefits of this technology outweigh the detriments.
What do you think? Do the benefits outweigh the detriments? Will this lead to a society where "big brother is watching?
~Angela
For more info check out http://epic.org/
Big brother in the sky.
Before the police would pull off the side of the road and wait for speeders. Now there are camera mounted on street lights above the busy intersections. In the near future we will have drones hovering above the streets. Not only will they be used for traffic control, they will assist in other important operations as well. In Miami they are testing a prototype to assist in traffic control and in England they are testing one as well. These are unmanned, remote controlled devices which can fly lower and maneuver better in smaller spaces than manned helicopters. They are planning to use these for multiple situations which police are faced with on a daily basis.
The future of non-lethal weapons.
We have tasers, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bags projectiles but will these non-lethal weapons still be effective in the future. These forms of non-lethal response to violent offenders are what is currently being used but technology is advancing and so are the weapons. Experiments are being done on new types of non-lethal riffles. These riffles emit radio or sonic waves which cause discomfort and/or pain. Law enforcement now has the available choice to subdue individuals with knives or blunt weapons but these new weapons will help increase the distance they have to be when dealing with violent offenders.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
The Future of Small Business Technology
In 2007 a report called the Intuit Future of Small Business Report: Technology Trends and Small Business was published predicting how technology would affect small businesses in the future.
The report identifies three emerging technology trends for small businesses:
1. "On my time, on my terms"--In a connected world, small business owners will have even more flexibility in running their businesses.
2. Global, local, virtual--The evolution of the web will fuel small business formation, operations and innovation, especially as technology becomes cheaper and social networking and virtual worlds become more popular.
3. From "push" to "pull"--The small business marketing approach will shift from "push" to "pull" as consumers begin seeking out product information rather than accepting what they're told by companies.
The study also predicts that the use of technology will revolutionize the nature of running a small business so it is important for small business owners to research and implement technology to stay or become successful
Check out the full text version of the report at:
http://http-download.intuit.com/http.intuit/CMO/intuit/futureofsmallbusiness/SR-1037B_intuit_tech_trends.pdf
~Angela
The report identifies three emerging technology trends for small businesses:
1. "On my time, on my terms"--In a connected world, small business owners will have even more flexibility in running their businesses.
2. Global, local, virtual--The evolution of the web will fuel small business formation, operations and innovation, especially as technology becomes cheaper and social networking and virtual worlds become more popular.
3. From "push" to "pull"--The small business marketing approach will shift from "push" to "pull" as consumers begin seeking out product information rather than accepting what they're told by companies.
The study also predicts that the use of technology will revolutionize the nature of running a small business so it is important for small business owners to research and implement technology to stay or become successful
Check out the full text version of the report at:
http://http-download.intuit.com/http.intuit/CMO/intuit/futureofsmallbusiness/SR-1037B_intuit_tech_trends.pdf
~Angela
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