...Technological Advances in Communication Alicia Camacho Vazquez XCOM/285 October 3, 2014 Glen Providence Technological Advances in Communication During my reading of “Superhero in the Cubicle” I found that there are advancements in technology that I was not even aware of. The mashup software used by Hansje Gold-Krueck has me interested on a few different levels. The idea of a software where everyone has access to information that has been filtered to fit their need is genius in its simplicity. As I was reading I did think to myself the only discomfort was the risk involved in so many having access. The same applies to most collaborative technology. The problem in my mind is the same as the solution or might I say the solution creates the same problem. The idea of so many people having access to so much information can be a little uneasy to any consumer. A pro that I see with mashup would be the ease of use. With the technology being completely “non-evasive” and not having a need to talk to the IT personnel is not only cost efficient but saves a lot of time. I know in my work we have technical issues all the time and there is nothing worse than having to take so much time out of the day to spend on the phone with an IT guy to help fix the problems. So while there seems too many hands in this collaboration for my taste I do like the simplicity of the product. I believe that this could be used in my workplace and would make communication between departments a little faster...
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...Almon Brown Strowger was an Inventor and Pioneer born Feb 11, 1839 in Penfield, New York. Even at an early age when given a task by his mother, Almon and his brothers would spend the majority of their time constructing a machine to carry out the task. Before Strowger invented the first automatic telephone system, he was a grade school teacher, Union Lieutenant in the 8th New York Calvary in the Civil War, and lastly an Undertaker for twenty years post Civil War("Almon brown strowger," ). In 1888 Strowger invented the automatic telephone exchange from a round collar box and some straight pins with a wiper attached to a pencil in the center of the contraption long enough to reach each pin("Almon brown strowger,"). With each subscriber having one of these switches and proper manipulation of the wiper and shaft could make a connection with any contact desired. Almon patented the first automatic telephone exchange in 1891 and the first automatic telephone exchange was installed in La Porte, Indiana in 1892("Almon brown strowger,"). So there it was, the Strowger Automatic Telephone Exchange that cut out the operators’ use and became standard equipment in the telephone systems worldwide until the touch-tone dialing in the late 1970’s. Claude Shannon was an American mathematician and electronic engineer born in Petoskey, Michigan in April of 1916 to a line of New Jersey settlers. Shannon’s grandfather was also an inventor and designed the first washing machine ("Claude shannon...
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...deal residual increase in health care costs comes from what he describes as, “the march of science and the increased capabilities of medicine” (Newhouse 1992). This would be one of the first studies to make notice of the importance of technological advancement as a determinant of health care spending and became vital to regressions. Dreger and Reimers (2005) also looked at technological advancement’s role in rising health care costs but used the term medical advancement. This study utilized a proxy for technology by examining life expectancy, mortality rates, and aging population. Although several studies point out the importance of this variable, very few studies attempted to study the direct relationship between technological progress and health care expenditure, due to the difficulty of finding data for increases in medical care technology and their effects on better health outcomes. Researchers have used a variety of different proxies ranging from R&D spending specific to health care, life expectancy, mortality rates, and the amount of elderly as a share of the population. Other papers have even proxied the effect of technical change by adding a time index, or time-specific intercepts (Baltagi & Moscone 2010). Such a proxy for technological advancement will also be included in this paper using life expectancy lagged to the previous year as our proxy to test the prior year’s life expectancy on the current year’s health care...
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...today, sports are a mainstay in cultures everywhere. Just as automobiles and computers evolve technologically over time, so do sports. The technological advances of recent decades have changed the way that some sports are played, and has made the overall competition much safer for amateurs and professionals alike. Early days of sports play needed fine-tuning of equipment and rules to become as popular a form of entertainment as they are today. Equally important to sports was the implementation of cutting-edge technology to make the game better for the people that play it. As technology is constantly being updated and outdone by newer, stronger, better, and faster products and materials, sports are no exception to utilizing these advances. From the implementation of new materials in lighter hockey sticks to the customization of wood selections in baseball bats, sports are evolving with technological advances every day. Not only are equipment and safety measures greatly impacted by technological advances, but treatment and therapy garner advances as well. Physicians and sports trainers are implementing new technologies into treatment routines and prehab to allow athletes faster recovery times and greater...
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...Technological Advances have Presented a Variety of Opportunities and Challenges for Globalization of the Manufacturing and Service Sectors Toletha Sylvester * * Technological advances domestically and globally have changed the way we live, conduct business, and view ourselves. Recent milestones and advances in our communication processes relative to information flow in digital form has spawned what has sometimes been referred to as an “IT revolution” (The Levin Institute). This technological revolution has done more than changed our everyday way of living at the micro-level, but has totally transformed and reshaped the various economies, markets, and business transactions of many countries and societies around the globe at the macro-level. * In particular technological advances have greatly increased a variety of opportunities as well as challenges for globalization of the manufacturing and service sectors. First, the United States has witnessed an enhanced and enriched global culture which has been facilitated by advanced technology (Alli, Winter, & May, 2007). As the United States continues to redefine what it means to change and modernize, so does the demand and interest in advanced educational attainment and product differentiation. Technology has by far had the greatest impact on the United States economy, education, transportation, information management, and knowledge transfer. * ...
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...The growing impact of ICT on globalisation There is no doubt that scientific advances and technological change have been, are and will remain in the coming years important drivers of the globalisation process. They have been conducive to the creation, distribution and exploitation (in a positive sense of the word) of knowledge in such a manner that they have served as a major source of competitive advantage, wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life. The growing impact of ICT (information and communications technologies) on globalisation can be evidenced by the fact that it has led to a rapid application of recent scientific advances in new products and processes, a high rate of innovation across various countries, as well as a shift to more knowledge-intensive industries and services, together with rising skill requirements. In this day and age there has been a growing realisation that science, technology and innovation have served as the key to improving a nation's economic performance as well as its citizens' social well-being. For this reason government - irrespective of its political ilk and orientation - must serve as a facilitator, enabling business and consumers to adapt to the demands and opportunities of the new economy. When talking of globalisation one must not only assess it as a phenomenon but stock must also be taken of its vital and important policy implications. The impact of policy changes in any one country or region can be translated via...
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...Technologies University of Phoenix CMGT/583 – IS Intergration Instructor: New IT Technologies Technology is constantly changing and evolving which makes it hard for users to keep up. As new developments in technology arise, old ones either stay behind or are incorporated to supplement new ones. This is called convergence. Technological convergence is defined as the combining of two or more different technologies or services to create a new product (). Nowadays, technology convergence has been very successful acting as a stepping stone. Convergence has allowed consumers to enjoy the convenience of incorporating the best features to enjoy a better product. The truth is that technology convergence offers convenience, efficiency and new opportunities to both the consumer and provider (). As consumers, we are constantly looking to buy the latest technological invention or upgrade to the newest technological discovery. It almost seems like a race or competition, consumers are so quick to jump into the newest advance or discovery and often do so without being informed or conducting research. Often, consumers rely on other opinions to help them decide what product they should buy. The Iphone 5 is an excellent example, it’s such a popular item, people are buying it without even testing it out. They don’t know if there are any glitches that need to be fixed. However, consumers are buying based on reviews...
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...multitude of changes in our everyday lives over the course of the last decade; arguably as a direct result of technology. We are constantly reminded of the technological advances when attempting to complete the simplest of everyday tasks, viewing entertainment, and all other various forms of entertainment. Nearly everything we do on a daily basis requires some form of technology; cell phones, emailing, vehicles, computers, even schools are all the result of technological advancements that would not have been possible without the significant strides that have been taken in both the business and scientific worlds’. Understanding that technology carries such significance in our lives, can we fathom even just one day without any form of technology? For any business, technology impacts internal and external users alike; companies should take heed to view any new technology they want to implement from all aspects. The company should conduct research to ensure any technological changes will ultimately benefit their customers, employees, and potential customers. One of the most important things to do as a business owner is to ensure that all updated technology is done so in such a way that is conducive to new and repeat business; by maintaining customer awareness, this will aid in the IT team developing the most beneficial technological advances while also discovering new ideas for improvement. * A business should introduce a new product to customers using technology. Technology gives...
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...Singularity: Scary or Scarce? American author Vernor Vinge once said, “If the technological singularity can happen, it will,” (Vinge 16). The fear of a singularity has been spread like wildfire over the past couple of decades due to the increased implementation of artificial intelligence into our everyday lives. From SIRI, to Cortana to now Alexa, artificial intelligence is starting to become a crucial part in many people’s lives. The question remains: when will it go too far? The definition for a technological singularity, according to WhatIs.com, “is the hypothesis that the invention of artificial super intelligence will abruptly trigger runaway technological growth, resulting in unfathomable changes to human civilization.” Many computer scientists believe that it is only a matter of time before a singularity forms and the fallout from it can be catastrophic in nature. But, what if you start to examine the other side of the coin? A singularity is a hypothetical, albeit terrifying, scenario but is it truly worth all of the worry? I believe that a singularity is...
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...produced to increase the speed at which we do things. The difference is that digital technology is increasing not only the speed of the new products, but the speed at which these new products are being produced. Either way it is safe to say that technology and the world revolve around speed. The main goal of every industry is to do things fast and efficiently. Accessing information and communication is already faster than one could have ever imagined. The quest now is to become even faster. Push technology to its limits. In fact, the quest now is to set new limits. Is it plausible to think that we could one day communicate faster than the speed of light? Olympic track athlete Usain Bolt is a good comparison to where we are today as a technological society. His record breaking 100 meters times have reached mythical proportions. It used to be that taller heavier athletes were at a disadvantage in the 100 meters. Their height and weight would work against them, allowing the smaller runner to jump out to a lead that could not be overcome. Bolt however has been blessed with extraordinary ability. He possess the best of both worlds. The speed and quickness of a smaller runner with the power and stride of a bigger one. Technology today possess those same remarkable abilities. The ever popular smart phone is small, fast, but just as powerful as the desktop computer. Current technology gives its user the ability to interact with...
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...assignment. Superintelligence A Superintelligence is “any intellect that vastly outperforms the best human brains in practically every field, including scientific creativity, general wisdom, and social skills”; however, this definition leaves open how the super intelligence is implemented – it could be in a digital computer, an ensemble of networked computers, cultured cortical tissue, or something else. The ethical issues surrounding the creation of these machines with general intellectual capabilities that far outstrip those of humans are very different and have far greater implications than current ethical dilemmas. Superintelligence would not be just another technological development; it would be the most important invention ever made, and would lead to explosive progress in all scientific and technological fields. The superintelligence would be able to conduct research with superhuman efficiency. It also could have the potential to surpass humans in the...
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...The technological convergence of communication and computing for mobile technology is in the outburst forefront compare other convergence technologies such as nanotechnology, etc. This evolutionary path of these technologies brings interoperability and benefitted from each other’s services and functions including other industries. This has placed smartphones in the leading technology trend of playing the role of universal mobile unit. Smartphone is a mobile phone with advance features and functionality that provides integrated services from communication, computing and mobile areas which also includes voice communication, messaging, applications to management personal information and wireless communication features (Zheng, P. et al, 2006). In addition to the above mentioned capabilities, smartphones are also equipped with features to take, edit and display photos, play games on the devices or over the network, play videos, navigation and audio and video playback and recording, send and receive emails, social networking applications functionalities and surf the web and wireless internet, etc. As a result of all these features and functions, consumers has made smartphones now their common choice of gadgets in their day to day life’s along with the use in business as it was initially perceived due to its cost and application. However, today we are in a chaotic smartphone society flooded with smartphones from vendors all over the world offering a wide range of advance...
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...Ashton Javier, Director for Facilities and Safety, is in a dilemma on what to do to turn around the company’s warehouse and storage system. III. Objective The primary aim of this analysis is to determine whether demand and inventory are in balance or not in the company and what course of action is to be undertaken to resolve the existing problem on storage and delivery of products. IV. Areas of Consideration 1. Panasonic Philippines, a branded name electronics manufacturer in Pasig, has been one of the leading electronic firms in the country. 2. Their products could not be shipped out of door because of poor storage and delivery system. V. Alternative Courses of Action Advantages | Disadvantages | 1. Technological changes will benefit the company because of its rich and deep stock of content. * Layout Master IV Simulation Software can implement new distribution design * Panasonic was able to increase the customers’ orders daily from 250 to 570 * The Technology eliminates order...
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...Tanya Leadmon English 111 11/04/13 Singularity When Raymond Kurzweil wrote “The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology” in 2005, he predicted that Singularity would occur in the year 2045. Singularity is defined as when computers become smarter than humans. Kurzweil truly believes that this will happen in the year 2045. While reading my critique of Kurzweil’s theory, decide for yourself if you believe Singularity will occur in 2045, or ever. Kurzweil describes his law of accelerating returns as exponential increase in technologies like computers, genetics, nanotechnology and robotics, and artificial intelligence. Kurzweil also predicts that once Singularity has been reached, machine intelligence will be a quintillion times more powerful than all human intelligence combined. Before Singularity can occur, Kurzweil states that there will be exponential growth in evolutionary progress, computational capacity, how the brain works, and revolutions in genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics. Kurzweil believes computational capacity will continue to grow exponentially. He feels that a new paradigm will debut to carry on this growth. According to him, this new paradigm will be nanotubes. He goes on to say that the best way to build machine intelligence is to first understand human intelligence. The first step is to peer inside the brain. Kurzweil predicts that during the 2020’s greater details of the brain will surface because...
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...NOTE: This PDF document has a handy set of “bookmarks” for it, which are accessible by pressing the Bookmarks tab on the left side of this window. ***************************************************** We are the last. The last generation to be unaugmented. The last generation to be intellectually alone. The last generation to be limited by our bodies. We are the first. The first generation to be augmented. The first generation to be intellectually together. The first generation to be limited only by our imaginations. We stand both before and after, balancing on the razor edge of the Event Horizon of the Singularity. That this sublime juxtapositional tautology has gone unnoticed until now is itself remarkable. We're so exquisitely privileged to be living in this time, to be born right on the precipice of the greatest paradigm shift in human history, the only thing that approaches the importance of that reality is finding like minds that realize the same, and being able to make some connection with them. If these books have influenced you the same way that they have us, we invite your contact at the email addresses listed below. Enjoy, Michael Beight, piman_314@yahoo.com Steven Reddell, cronyx@gmail.com Here are some new links that we’ve found interesting: KurzweilAI.net News articles, essays, and discussion on the latest topics in technology and accelerating intelligence. SingInst.org The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: think tank devoted to increasing...
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