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Emerging Technologies Part 2

The year 2012 brought several new technologies to the table, but what about 2013? It was a huge accomplishment to have laser printers, but now they are making 3-D bio printers too! Right along with 3-D printers, however, are self-healing materials.

            3-D Bio printers are going to be the next big thing in medical science. All bio printers, currently, are only experimental but eventually they will make it so we will no longer need organ donors when a sick person is in need. These printers construct human organs by layering living cells in a specific pattern to match a person’s heart, lung, liver, etc. In addition to layering cells, bio printers also use a dissolving gel to support and protect cells that are being printed.

            Along with being able to print organs for medical purposes, bio printers should eventually be able to be a part in cosmetic applications. People could, for example, have a 3-D image of their face as a teenager then at age 40 have that face re-applied to achieve a youthful look. If a person was not happy with how their face looked, they could also have another person’s face printed onto theirs. However, everything has a consequence. People have the opportunity to completely change how they look, so if a criminal had this done there wouldn’t be an easy way to catch the person. Also, if someone looked exactly like another person, they could frame the actual person. That would be the negative side of 3-D bio printing.

            Another emerging technology of 2013 are self-healing materials. This new technology should allow for machines in remote or inaccessible places to stay operative. The US firm Autonomic Materials has been working toward making self-healing coatings, sealants, and adhesives. These are based on microcapsule technologies which have been shown to allow electrical circuits to repair themselves. People are predicting that the first self-healing materials open to the public will be mostly for ships, boats, and docks to protect metal materials used. They are currently only going to be for marine use because the materials heal without the use of oxygen.

            New technology can be scary and exciting at the same time. The thought of being able to print off a working heart for a person without an organ donor is amazing! However, thinking of someone trying to exactly replicate your face onto their own is a very scary thing. Self-healing materials don’t have any major draw-backs, except the face that people could lose jobs. If machines are one-hundred percent self-sufficient then any person in the maintenance field won’t have to go fix things, and therefore unemployed. Upcoming technology will bring a whole new way of life but hopefully we, the human race, will be able to adapt to these drastic changes. 

Works Cited

Hume, Tim. "Heal thyself: The 'bio-inspired' materials that self-repair." CNN Tech. Progressive

Insurance, 22 Feb. 2013. Web. 22 Mar. 2013. <http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/22/tech/self-healing-materials>.

Barnatt, Christopher. "Bioprinting." Explaining The Future. N.p., 2013. Web. 22 Mar. 2013.

            <http://www.explainingthefuture.com/bioprinting.html>.

Emerging Technology Part 1

In March a company called Lytro released a new camera design, the largest step in photography since digital cameras. This camera allows you to adjust and focus the image after you have already taken the picture. This new camera has all the features of a regular camera, but it also records the angels of the light rays as they enter the lens. This is how the focus is adjustable after the picture is taken. Cameras similar to this one existed before, but not at an affordable price range. This camera stands at a reasonable price of $399 and up. It's so much cheaper because of its simple design, micro-lenses on plastic lenses. In the future, these cameras will be able to capture anything in sharp focus no matter how close or far it is from the object. 

        This is all very surprising considering the digital camera was just invented little over 30 years ago. Whats even more amazing is the fact that manufacturers are now able to make the camera at a price so it's available to the general public. 

       In 2009 the liquid battery was an 'Emerging Technology' similar to how this camera is. The battery is now part of everyday life because it can be used to power cities on solar power even at night. In three short years, an emerging technology has made it to every day life. So, maybe by 2015 these cameras will be used by everyone around the globe!

 

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1. What is cyberbullying, and what do you do if you see it happening? 2. Name two different netiquette rules. 3. What is an avatar, and what is its purpose? 4. How do you upload things onto Google docks? 5. What is a digital footprint? 6. Why should you try to keep your digital footprint to a minimal? 7. What is RSS feed? How is it useful? 8. What does creative commons mean? 9. What are the requirements for something to be in the category of creative commons? 10. If my file format extension is .jpg, what type of file is it?

Mae Jemison

Mae Carol Jemison Podcast Script

Mae Carol Jemison, the first African American female ever to go into space, started on her adventure with a dream. An Honors student with an interest in science and astronomy kept moving on until her life-long dream came true. Preparation from her childhood has perfectly set her up for the adventure of a lifetime.

Jemison was born October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama to Charlie, and Dorothy Jemison. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois when she was three for better educational opportunities. While growing up, Jemison read many books about astronomy, and science fiction because it was fascinating to her. In Chicago while attending Morgan Park High School Mae decided that she wanted to go after a career in biomedical engineering. She graduated high school in 1973 and then went to Stanford University on a National Achievement Scholarship. Jemison graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. Immediately after graduation at Stanford, she entered Cornell University Medical College to work toward a medical degree. Somehow while Mae was going to college she found time to visit and study in Cuba, Kenya, and a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand. After years of work, she finally obtained her medical degree in 1981. Jemison then became the Peace Corps officer for Sierra Leone, and Liberia where she taught and did medical research.

Mae re-entered the US from Africa in 1985 and remembered her life-long dream. She applied for admission for NASA’s astronaut training program. The applicant selection process was delayed by the Challenger disaster of January 1986. Completely non-discouraged, Mae re-applied again a year later. On June 7^th 1987 she was one of fifteen candidates chosen from about 2,000 other applicants. She had become the only female African American to ever be accepted into the program. September 12^th 1922 she flew into space in the Endeavour with six fellow astronauts. They spent eight days in outer-space and conducted research experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness on the crew and herself. They all spent a little over 190 hours in space, and landed back on earth September 20^th. Not only was she the first African American female ever to be granted a spot in the astronaut training program, but she had been the first to ever go into space.

As anyone might guess, there were quite a few new things waiting for Mae Jemison when she returned to earth. She received several awards including the 1988 Essence Science and Technology Award, Ebony Black Achievement Award in 1992, and the Montgomery Fellowship from Dartmouth College in 1993. She was also named Gamma Sigma Gamma Woman of the year in 1990. In 1922 a public school in Detroit, Michigan was named “The Mae C. Jemison Academy” after her. Mae left the astronaut corps in March of 1933 and accepted a teaching opportunity as a professor at Dartmouth University. Jemison also established the Jemison Group which researches, develops, and markets advanced technologies.

After all of her years spent in colleges, and universities, Mae Jemison completed her lifelong dream of becoming an astronaut. Not only did she become an astronaut, she was the first African American female to ever be accepted into the NASA training program and then into space. She is a role model to several people in numerous countries and remains active in the space exploration programs. Jemison has changed the world.

Works Cited

Mae Carol Jemison. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 11:46, Feb 05, 2013,

            from

http://www.biography.com/people/mae-c-jemison-9542378.

"MAE C. JEMISON (M.D.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)." NASA. N.p., Mar. 1933. Web. 5 Feb.

            2013.

<http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html>.

Jemison, Mae C. "Dr.Mae Jemison." Super Scientists. N.p., 2006. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

<http://energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/jemison.html>.

Advantages to having a Flickr account

There are many advantages to having a Flickr account. You have access to any photos that anyone has ever uploaded, and you can contact them and ask specific permission to use their photos without as much hassle. If you don't have time to ask permission for a copyrighted photo, then you can search "the commons" and that will have all photos where the copyright has worn off. You still have to cite your sources for photos from "the commons" but with today's technology, you can easily go to knightcite.com or citation machine.com.

RSS Questions and Answers

1. What does RSS stand for? Really Simple Syndication 2. How does it Work? Anything you subscribe to, you will automatically get what they post when you check all 3. What are 2 benefits to using one? You get updates of useful information all in one spot, and you get to pick what specific places your feed comes from 4. Compare and contrast “RSS Feeds”, “Feed Reader”, or “Aggregator”? 5. What Google product is an RSS Feed? Google Reader 6. What do you need in order to sign up for an RSS feed? Google Redaer 7. What does it cost? Free

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Reflections

In the past few weeks I have learned quite a few things about internet safety and ID theft, and this new information will change my current behavior. It sounds silly to say that a computers class can change the way you do things on the internet, but now that i am aware of the intentions of some people out there I now know that not every website or person is safe. A person that seems decent today could turn into your worst nightmare tomorrow. As sad of a thing it is to say, some websites are out to take your information so the predators behind it can spend and destroy your life savings. All these examples are reasons why i'm reflecting on my past decisions and now know how lucky i was to not have all of my information in someone else's hands. Similarly to identity theft, internet predators are on the internet's chat rooms twenty-four-seven to find the perfect victim. They will pretend to be someone your age and go through a process so they can find your location, and then take you.

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New Technology

Technology of 2013 summary

MIT has been working on a new electric car called the Hiroko that folds up when you park! The car was made by engineers to design a car that would be more useful to people that live in large, crowded cities. With these guidelines, they were capable of getting the car to fold up, and fit three of these cars per regular parking space. This urban vehicle is said to cost around $16,500 and travels up to 75 mph.  This new breakthrough will greatly increase transportation abilities in crowded places like New York City, or London, England.

Sources:

http://prezi.com/0nwyr3porfm6/hiroko-folding-car/

http://mattforte.hubpages.com/hub/Future-Technology-2013