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1By: Paul Sluder
Ways that Technology has Changed the way we live
2 Organ TransplantsThere have been plenty of cases where someone
has need a heart transplant or a new kidney
because they shut down or worse. So the way
technology comes into play is how it keep the
person alive and even how it can suppress the
bodies immune system so it will be more likely to
accept the new foreign body part. To me this is a
really huge deal it can really be either life or death
with this kind of stuff so we are very luck to be
able to use technology so efficiently.
3 Robots and artificial intelligence
Robots and AI (artificial intelligence) have been
around for a while. They are a good thing to have
but in more small amounts. By this I mean that you
can’t give a lot of control to an AI. Just watch the
new Avengers Age of Ultron movie. It’s about an AI
that thinks the only way to fix humanity is it get rid
of it and start over again which isn’t the best
choice for us but in almost every movie with an AI
that is always the end result. Every. Single. Time.
4Electronic Funds TransferNow in modern society we can do so much over
the internet even pay our bills and transfer funds.
This is a really what I would say ‘neat’ feature. I
am not a huge fan because of the risk that is
involved with doing that. I don’t wanna take the
risk of having my money stolen or even my
identity which really would be worse but in the end
you just need a god anti virus software and you
will be just fine.
5 Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is a really good thing. It is a cleaner source of
power and is good for the Earth and all that. But it does come
with some bad sides. If a reactor was to have a melt down it
can make places uninhabitable for a long time for humans and
animals alike. SO the key is to be very careful with it but still
be able to use it to it’s fullest potential.
6Mobile Phones
Cell phones them selves have been around since the 1950’d but
its really more recent where they have really made their mark.
When you compare the phone form then to the phones now there
is a huge difference. Phones today are really more like computers
than really phones. You can play games, watch movies, listen to
music, send pictures, even send texts. They are truly a wonderful
device.
7 Space FlightEven though our generation has not done much space traveling and
we haven't gone the lengths that our earlier generation thought we
would. But that’s still not to say technology hasn’t done wonders.
We were able to send a man to the moon and plenty of robots and
probes to view the world and mars and hopefully one day we can
start exploring other planets more thoroughly.
8 Personal ComputersPC’s or personal computers have come a very long way. It used
to be you had a machine that had to be in a well conditioned
room. Even the phrase your computer has a bug came from that
because actual bugs would get into the hardware and mess up
the system. But with the developments in technology there is
now limitless potential for it to become the wonderful thing it
was meant to be.
9 Digital MediaThere was once a phrase that said “The camera doesn’t
lie” that has since died out thanks to Photoshop an
amateur can edit reality with nothing more than a
keyboard and a mouse. A model’s blemishes, or an
overcast sky in a movie scene can be fixed as easy 1, 2,
3. its really a scary thing being able to crate something like
that and send it around the world in a matter of seconds.
10 Genetic EngineeringBoyer and Cohen constructed the first organism with combined DNA from
different species. They inserted toad genes into a bacterium that then
replicated itself passing the toad’s genetic code down through
generations of bacteria. Thirty years later 70 percent of processed foods
contain ingredients form the first. This could lead to creating fixes for
birth defects and things of that nature but we have really no way to know
if that would make us more perfect or more deformed than we already
are.
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This may seem like an obvious choice but really it has come a long
way. It used to be all you could do is check your email and play solitaire.
But now there’s social media, meme’s, and tons of other stuff. It is truly a
wonder what you can do with it all.
The Internet
12 MusicProbably one of the ways advanced technology is used is with how
we listen to music. It used to be the only way we could get and
enjoy music was a Walkman or a record. Now we can listen to our
favorite songs almost anywhere we go thanks to the ipod and things
of that nature. It has given us a huge variety of music to choose
from and they have the biggest library out there.
13 TravelingIn todays world it has never been easier to travel anywhere
and everywhere. You can go to the ends of the Earth with a
GPS. The very definition of GPS is Global Positioning System.
This means that it can find your location anywhere and guide
you to any spot in the world. And with that we don’t have
much a need for maps and things like that, if you get a good
one it can even show traffic jams
14 MoviesJust look at the world around us with movies. There is no such thing as a drive
in movie theater. And even at the regular movie theaters there are not as
many people going as normal. This is all because of technology and the
internet. Why go out to the movies when you can stay home and pirate the
movie for free. That’s not the end of it either. With the utilities like Netflix and
hulu you can watch all kinds of movies and tv shows.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6186351/ns/technology_and_science/t/technological-revolution/#.VUOxUJOyDls
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/04/how-technology-has-changed_n_5045292.html
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