Week 10

Today’s lesson was pretty interesting, because it covered the topic of emerging and future technologies. As mentioned by Dr. Shahi, the “Why not?” mindset is essential in developing future technologies, because it broadens our perspectives. If we do not constantly question our capabilities to develop, it would be difficult for us to progress further than the current state of technology.

One of the other drivers brought up for the development of emerging and future technologies is the advances in science and technology. Because of these advances in technologies, we are forced to question how much further we can develop. In fact, there is no limit to the amount we can develop; it is a matter of how much we try; whether we put in the effort and are determined to achieve more than what we have currently achieved.
Dr. Shahi showed us a video on the Augmented Reality, and I was pretty awestruck by it, because it goes to show how far our technologies can go. The fact that these innovations have already been thought of, shows that there is a very great chance that it will be developed in the future.

Some interesting and new emerging technologies brought up by Dr. Shahi include biotechnologies, robotics, nanotechnologies, surveillance technologies and knowledge-management technologies.

Surveillance technology isn’t a new technology. In fact, it has been around for quite long. What is new is how it has developed. In the past, it used to be merely satellite surveillance technology, mainly used by governments. However, today, it has developed to be much more sophisticated. It can track so much information that our personal data are at risk. This can be seen by counter-surveillance technology that people are developing as well.

For the oral presentations, Dustin and Selene talked about the same topic, Brain Computer Interface. This was one of my biggest takeaways during this lesson. It touches on the concept of us interacting with objects using our minds. As stated by Selene, this could be revolutionary in terms of the help it would bring to the disabled. On the other hand, Dustin focused more on how this technology can be used in the gaming industry. One of the comments mentioned in class included how this technology would definitely profit in the gaming industry, and I agree with this viewpoint. I think that this technology would open up new horizons for gamers, and I look forward to seeing this technology being used in the industry.

In conclusion, I would rate this lesson 10/10, because I find that I really gained a lot of new ideas on the future possible technologies from this lesson.