Saturday, January 30, 2016

Is technology a blessing or a curse?

Whether technology is a blessing or a curse

There are many different points of views to this topic, many people say that technology is a blessing and many people say that technology is a curse. First let’s look as to why technology is a blessing.
The first reason as to why technology is a blessing is due to the fact that, Technology has been around for 2.5 million years on our planet. Before the humans existed, the monkeys and other animals had their own technology. Technology is one of the most important things on our planet. Without technology we would be nowhere in the world. We would stand still and not move forward. With the technology that we have created we can now do the amazing things and develop amazing ideas. Because of technology we have been able to invent things like:
  • -       Biotechnology
  • -       Civil engineering
  • -       Communication
  • -       Computing
  • -       Consumer technology
  • -       Electrical engineering
  • -       Energy technology
  • -       Materials science
  • -       Measurement
  • -       Medicine
  • -       Military technology
  • -       Nuclear technology
  • -       Transport technology

The reason as to why technology is a blessing is due to the fact that it helps us humans on a daily basis, technology is everywhere and it is being consumed all the time. One of the main reasons as to why technology is a blessing is due to its impact of the healthcare industry. Around the whole medical industry technology is having a massive impact, and the vast majority of doctors are using technology to cure and aid their patients. One example of that is cancer patients are being treated with chemo therapy which is a form of technology and it is designed to aid and assist cancer patients.  Another form of how technology is a blessing is the fact that it has a significant impact on every work place and on every industry, Businesses use technology to work on their products which includes Designing, Development, Production, Marketing, Communication ect…  Technology also assists other developments and industries such as the hospitality industry which includes hotels, services etc.,

There are many different types of technology and there are many reasons as to why technology is a blessing and a curse, the first reason as to why technology is a curse is due to its addictions people may not realize this but technology meaning Mobile phones, Computers etc. are highly addictive according to the telegraph teenagers are on social media using technology more than 27 hours a week, that shows that technology is a curse and how it can affect people on a daily basis.

In conclusion I believe that technology is a blessing and not a curse due to the fact that the advantages of technology outweigh the disadvantages because it has such a big positive impact on our lives it can’t be a curse, research and development is still trying to perfect the use of technology, although it is addictive I believe that if it in the right hands technology is a blessing.


Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Criterion A - evaluating someones project


Nuclear Fusion Reactor — Thiago Olsen

    

I was looking at many different tech fair projects online and couldn't seem to find anything until I found this project. This is really creative and smart considering that it was made by a 15 year old boy. This boy really could make a change if he continued with coming up with good ideas.


This boy only had a budget of 3.500 dollars. This Michigan high school student Thiago Olsen managed to build a nuclear fusion reactor in the back of his garage when he was only 15 years old. it took him a lot of studying to be able to do this project. He read a lot of physics text books, he used vacuum pump manuals and searched the internet for the best deals he could find to buy parts that he could use in his project. His device is unfortunate not self - sustaining  and produces fusion but only on a small scale. This project, idea and device is pretty impressive for any kind of teenager.






Thirteen-year-olds Jamal Dudley and Tariq Sewell said they like technology.
“The part that excites me the most is you can use your imagination,” Jamal said about why the pair built a recycling robot—a robot that picks up recyclable materials and deposits them into appropriate bins.
“In our classrooms, people don’t use the recycling bins correctly,” Jamal said. “There would be…food in all of them and paper in the plastics [bin] and plastics in the paper bin. We can correct that.”
It took the two DeKalb Academy of Technology and Environment students two days to build and program the robot, made of pieces from the Lego NXT Mindstorm setup box. 
“We’re not lying; it took us two days,” Tariq said. “We use our time wisely.”
The recycling robot was one of 186 projects in the 2014 DeKalb County School District (DCSD)Technology Fair held Feb. 8 at Elizabeth Andrews High School in Stone Mountain.


http://thechampionnewspaper.com/news/local/dekalb-tech-fair-attracts-186-projects/
http://thechampionnewspaper.com/news/local/dekalb-tech-fair-attracts-186-projects/