Finals Discussion Question

karrencasue wrote:we have to adopt the latest technology bec. it can help a lot to us.. i agreed with you men!

mcloyola wrote:think about technology is to think about the future. It is, unavoidably, to speculate and to predict, to imagine how our lives might be affected by new tools, new methods, and new powers. Most arguments about technology are therefore really arguments about the future. They give voice to different sorts of expectations about progress and change, and to different sorts of intuitions about the character of human life. The particular technology being debated is often secondary to these larger much-disputed themes, and the public debate is shaped by different ways of imagining the future at least as much as by the specific technical potential of a new device or technique.

This has certainly been the case in the most prominent set of arguments about technology in America today—arguments about human biotechnology. For at least three decades, but especially since the late 1990s, the future of these biotechnologies has been a hot political issue in this country. Novel prospects for manipulating nascent human life, enhancing physical or mental powers, reshaping the life cycle, or otherwise exercising unprecedented control over our biological selves have increasingly been fodder for public argument. Advocates and critics of these emerging powers tend to agree about one thing: biotechnology will play a critical role in shaping the future of humanity.

But how we conceive of that role has a great deal to do with how we think of the future more generally. At issue are not exactly different sets of predictions. At its extremes, each side in the biotechnology debates may indeed have some specific image of the future in mind, whether of a post-human techno-utopia or of some static nostalgic ideal. But for the most part neither side pretends to know exactly what is coming, and both recognize that the future will not yield any one permanent or stable state but a dynamic and constantly evolving experiment in human living—just like the past and the present. Rather than specific competing predictions of the future, at issue in these controversies are different ways of imagining the future in general, and different ways of thinking about some large and basic questions: What is the future? How do we get there? Who lives there? What matters most about it?

Toni Ross Masinsin wrote:

vyhel_apolito wrote:PHONE TOOTH
A prototype "phone tooth" that can be embedded in a molar and receive cell-phone calls. The signals are translated into vibrations that travel from the tooth to your skull to your inner ear—where only you can hear them. Great for giving instructions to spies and NFL quarterbacks. Not so great for the rest of us, because while our teeth may talk to us, we can¹t talk back to them.

In my opinion, this technology may be use in a wrong way and may not be very beneficial to the greater number of people. This will only be beneficial to as what have stated above: spies and athletes. To other kind of people it will lead through bad effects.For instance, his technology may be use by students for cheating in examinations or even simple recitations.

jimcasipit wrote:

maricris lim wrote:

andrearebadavia wrote:

gerald_sanchez wrote:[b] GOOGLE EARTH!!!

everybody knows about google earth!!!

but in the future it will be possible to track every persons movements in realtime with this satellites...
people would know of our every movements... our personal life would be known by everybody

in the future our freedom will be very limited,
we may not have privacy anymore...

gs2 b ntn ng gnun???

ayaw ko wag na uy!!!!


waaaaa!!!! ayaw,ayaw!
anu un prang PBB house ang buong earth, my camera all-over!!! waaaaaa!

I agree w/ you andrea.. mztah nman ung ganon?? we have our freedom and yet in the future
there's the possibility that our freedom will be limited.. wag naman...

alfantemitch wrote:

medo_domingo wrote:

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

Industrial robots are somewhat underrated in today's society, but the world owes much to the productivity and quality measures imparted by robotics. Their effect on future generations may well be the assistance they provide in manufacturing faster computers, more intelligent vehicles and better consumer and health products.

robots are already part of our world, it created a lot of things for the benefit of humans, butwe must take into consideration that robots are just machines and humans are still the major contributor in the world of technology.

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

ishie_barundia wrote:

alfantemitch wrote:

medo_domingo wrote:

jm_oracion wrote:

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

Artificial Intelligence is most prevalent in science fiction stories both in the US and Japan. But it is slowly entering our reality by using this technology as part of a weapon. There is a good side and bad side in this technology...the good side is that it will help us in achieving progress...the bad side is that it will turn back on us and make us its worst enemies (i.e. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines).

Yes, i agree with what u said... in addition, we don't know what artificial intelligence could bring us in the future... will they have the capability of dominating the earth?!

it depends on the humans if they will let the robots invade and dominate our world. humans shouls maximize its advantages and prevent its disadvantages to happen.

i agree with mitch...it depends on us humans on how we handle those innovations.

kris wrote:

jimcasipit wrote:

paulojolejole wrote:

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

like in the factories people will be change by industrial robots,more people will be unemployed and many people will be lazy because robots do thier jobs,this technologies will incapacitate the peoples working activities they will rely more on the robots.

Very well said!!!!

haha.. concern c kuya about employment. that would be a good point.

jimcasipit wrote:Development of new medical technology:

-Development of new treatments for previously untreatable terminal conditions, including long-term maintenance therapy for treatment of such diseases as diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and AIDS;
-Major advances in clinical ability to treat previously untreatable acute conditions, such as coronary artery bypass graft;
-Development of new procedures for discovering and treating secondary diseases within a disease, such as erythropoietin to treat anemia in dialysis patients;
-Expansion of the indications for a treatment over time, increasing the patient population to which the treatment is applied;
-On-going, incremental improvements in existing capabilities, which may improve quality;
-Clinical progress, through major advances or by the cumulative effect of incremental improvements, that extends the scope of medicine to conditions once regarded as beyond its boundaries, such as mental illness and substance abuse.

gerald_sanchez wrote:A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. So far only low earth orbit (LEO) stations are implemented, also known as orbital stations. A space station is distinguished from other manned spacecraft by its lack of major propulsion or landing facilities — instead, other vehicles are used as transport to and from the station. Space stations are designed for medium-term living in orbit, for periods of weeks, months, or even years. The only space station currently in use is the International Space Station. Previous ones are the Almaz, Salyut series, Skylab and Mir.


in the future, overpopulation will force people to look for alternative locations where life/people could exist...
it would be possible by then to build space stations that could imitate the same living conditions on earth...
imagine a new country in space!!!

magpareserve na ng house and lot sa buwan!!!

markadriandino wrote:

alfantemitch wrote:

medo_domingo wrote:

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

Industrial robots are somewhat underrated in today's society, but the world owes much to the productivity and quality measures imparted by robotics. Their effect on future generations may well be the assistance they provide in manufacturing faster computers, more intelligent vehicles and better consumer and health products.

robots are already part of our world, it created a lot of things for the benefit of humans, butwe must take into consideration that robots are just machines and humans are still the major contributor in the world of technology.

naks!...you're right!...i agree on that!..

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

harlymaylumagui wrote:

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

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For me this technologies will change us by making our human capabilities and talents unused and undiscovered.
It will make people lazier than ever. The more advance the world is, the less we use our own human capabilities.

medo_domingo wrote:

arlynne.awayan wrote:FUTURE SHOCK!

Research on technologies being developed today that can affect the way we live tomorrow (eg. robotics, nanotechnology, etc.). How will these technologies change us?

Industrial robots are somewhat underrated in today's society, but the world owes much to the productivity and quality measures imparted by robotics. Their effect on future generations may well be the assistance they provide in manufacturing faster computers, more intelligent vehicles and better consumer and health products.

vjr8 wrote:It will absolutely change our lifestyle.. We will be dependent on these technologies and we need to live with it. We need to know how to use these inventions in order to survive. These technologies will make our work easier, faster, more secure and efficient. One thing that i'm sure, it will make us lazy. Adios

jimcasipit wrote:Development of new medical technology:

-Development of new treatments for previously untreatable terminal conditions, including long-term maintenance therapy for treatment of such diseases as diabetes, end-stage renal disease, and AIDS;
-Major advances in clinical ability to treat previously untreatable acute conditions, such as coronary artery bypass graft;
-Development of new procedures for discovering and treating secondary diseases within a disease, such as erythropoietin to treat anemia in dialysis patients;
-Expansion of the indications for a treatment over time, increasing the patient population to which the treatment is applied;
-On-going, incremental improvements in existing capabilities, which may improve quality;
-Clinical progress, through major advances or by the cumulative effect of incremental improvements, that extends the scope of medicine to conditions once regarded as beyond its boundaries, such as mental illness and substance abuse.

alexander galinato wrote:we are very delighted by the things that science is bringing us today and we expect that it will be more than delightment in the future. as a marketing student i see it as a huge market opportunity to play with. thus, having knowledge to develop such innovation like robotics and nanotech is gift. to my personal opinion, these will change the existing market place and everybody must adapt to it. as a marketing prof in the near future i know that i must know how it will help me to be the best.

vjr8 wrote:I watched tv yesterday and i saw a new invention of a gasoline filling station (but i forgot the country) that was operated by a robot. It has a gasoline dispenser with a robotic arm that will dispense gasoline to a car's gas tank. It can also detect what product is suitable for a particular car. It is amazing there is already invention like this that might make our life better or worse. It might give advantages to businesses and people but it will certainly give disadvantages for humans. It can help businesses to be efficient and secured by having robots to operate business but think about it, if the day will come that only robots will operate the transactions in the world there will be no opportunities for people who are less fortunate. But these technologies will help us to make our life easier. Adios

john316 wrote:Technology has both advantage and disadvantage, and we all know that it makes our life easier for it's advantage. Like the life changing invention of cellphones and internet which made the communication tasks easier. But it technology and inventions also have disadvantages like the destruction of the natural resources, human's behavoir and values, which gave the film directors the idea to create movies that someday future human race will be living in a world of robotics, high-end technology equipments with a very scarce or no natural resources left, that water is much more precious than gold. Economic problems would increase like population growth, food scarcity, politics, fading natural resources and other problems that would lead to chaos, denial of religion, and war, before other natural disasters would affect the humanity. Human's dependence on fuel, electricity and other technologies that contributes in destroying the natural resources is a very difficult thing to avoid. We can even ask ourselves, "what if there is no TV? no electricity? or no cellphones?", others would even take a deep breath and say "how can I live without these things?". I also agree that people should be acting as early as possible in saving the world, but all I can do is agree which is easier to say than make an action.

derrick_delgado wrote:Robots, Computers To Help Phase Out Animal Testing
American scientists could use robots, cells, and computational modeling to test chemicals and phase out the use of lab animals, thanks to a multi-agency pact announced this week.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institutes of Health signed a memo of understanding to use new testing methods. The agencies announced the toxicity testing agreement Thursday. The details are published in the journal Science.

Two NIH institutes will work with the EPA to use the NIH Chemical Genomics Center's (NCGC) high-speed, automated screening robots to test compounds researchers suspect are toxic. The robots, created for the human genome project, could perform 10,000 cell screenings, using isolated molecular targets, each day.

NIH said the plan could generate data more relevant to humans; increase the number of chemicals tested; reduce time; and save money. Still, it could take years to validate the new testing methods.

"The experimental and computational expertise required to transform toxicology is an enormous undertaking and too great for any of our existing organizations to accomplish alone," National Toxicology Program Associate Director John R. Bucher said in a news announcement. "This collaborative approach allows us to draw on our individual strengths and establishes a long-term, multiple U.S. federal agency commitment."

NTP is expected to contribute thousands of compounds for testing and lend its animal toxicology expertise, as well as a large database of the chemicals' effects on animals. That will form a basis of comparison for the new cell-based data.

The EPA's involvement is part of its ToxCast program, launched last year use advances in computers, genomics, and cellular biology to improve efficiency of the agency's chemical toxicity evaluation procedures.

George M. Gray, Ph.D., assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development, urged other federal agencies and private sector companies to join the effort.

The memo of understanding provides a framework for long-range planning called for in a 2007 National Research Council report on modernizing toxicity testing. The report urges toxicologists to collaborate and rely less on animal studies and more on in-vitro tests on human cells and cellular components.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20080216/tc_cmp/206504440

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karrencasue wrote:yeah.. the good and bad benifits that we can get to the new technologies can chage ourlives totally..

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nicolasFE wrote:

xxkpatino wrote:

ynall_nosaj11 wrote:

glennalba wrote:

escarcha wrote:

nicolasFE wrote:

xxkpatino wrote:...and not only does it make doing things more convenient but it's also interesting...
I mean we learn more stuff every now and then. I just cant imagine life without the innovations that we have

pano na yung mga non techi people like the oldies???????
peace^^ mwah!

yup, panu na ung oldies like ni fe hahahahhahah

>>(asus! ginagamit pa ang forum sa pansariling pagpapacute ha alvin...) hehehe...
>>by the way, agree ako with fe lalo na dito sa philippineshindi pa masyado naeeducate ang tao sa technology like computers kasi kahit parents ko di din masyado marunog with internet. kung magsupport and gov't sa pagdala ng technology sten i think they are responsible with educating the oldies. hekhek...

oldies are not the same...some of them are fast adaptive to technologies, changes happening in the world. but most oldies are really finding hard time relating, understanding what tecnologies, advancement are contributing into this chaging world.

true, may older people can easily adapt.
if we're going to rely on the gov't for this eh wala na talagang mangyayari. heheh.. really.
the gov't can't even modernize their offices.

but on the other hand, since many private offices use modern technology to operate, older people learn to use this kind of stuff.

uu nga.. we have no assurance on what the government can do to assist the oldies to adopt to our future environment but look at biodiversity as an example. today the government has passed a law where the subject should be taught to students and be included in the curriculum. hehe!! im just thinking positive and actually hoping for the best. para naman kung susulong ang pilipinas sa makabagong teknolohiya, lahat susulong at walang maiiwan. hehe!!

nga pala sabi sa seminar.. we can help through our little deeds. dapat magsupport tayo in the future, kung magkakaron man, ng isang foundation to help those people who don't know how to use technology! wahahahahaha!!!

sa dami ng mga hindi pa natatpos (actually, pati nauumpisahan) ng government, mabibigyan pa kya nila ng time yan? Knowing how our government works eh mukhang malabong mngyari yan...hehe wish we could be of help someday...(sabi ni sen. chiz )

pagpasensyahan na kung ako'y magtatagalog.. ikaw ay tama, kailangan tayong maging tulong sa ating bansa para sa ikauunlad nito. tayo ang pag asa ng kinabukasan.. kya teknolohiya ay palaganapin sa sangkatauhan. teknolohiya ay magagamit sa tamang paraan, nparaan na kung saan ay makakatulong sa mga kababayan, ndi para tayo'y maging tamad tulad ni juan..magsikap prin at mabuhay ng tama (chiz' accent) hehe

pero wg nga lng sanang abusuhin ng mga ibang nilalang katulad ng mga ibang tao s gobyerno db.. pero ayon sa aking nakikita kahit nga ngaun e ang dameng tamad panu pa kya s future...hmmm...