Cts final project

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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