This week's blog is a little different.
For this week's blog, you need to go and find a news article that is related in someway to technological ethics. In other words, a news article that has to deal with technology's influence over our everyday lives, whether for good or bad.
In order to receive credit for this blog, you must copy and paste the URL link to your news article and give a paragraph-long summary of what your article discusses.
Kat Phillips
ReplyDeletehttp://tnark.org/2012/08/29/how-technology-has-affected-our-everyday-lives/
In this article it explains how much technology truly affects our everyday life. It explains how business life has prospered because of the faster pace and accessible resources of their work. this has also made promoting businesses more effective and less costly. this also tells how technology has made it more of a connivance to withdraw money and access their bank account information. Lastly this article shows how much technology has improved our everyday life.
Grace Singley
ReplyDeletehttp://www.studymode.com/essays/Ways-Technology-Affects-Our-Everyday-Lives-680328.html
Technology has impacted our lives in many positive ways. It has sped up a lot of our everyday activities or chores. For example, technology has made washing dishes into a twenty minute process instead of about an hour all because of a dishwasher. Also, it makes projects and researching ten times faster because you can just look it up on Google and don't have to search through encyclopedias and libraries. Lastly, technology has increased transportation abilities into much better and faster ways to travel. These are many reasons why technology has impacted our lives in positive ways.
Makenzie Taylor
ReplyDeletehttp://tnark.org/2012/08/29/how-technology-has-affected-our-everyday-lives/
This article discusses how technology has helped and improved our society in a variety of ways. The article mentions ways technology is useful to anyone and everyone. Technology has improved industry, communication, education, and other services. These advances in technology have provided us with many opportunities that those before us did not have. We are also able to do and complete things with less of an effort than having to do them manually. Being able to do things a lot quicker and efficient makes us more willing to do them more. All in all, technology makes our lives simpler.
Emily Keller
ReplyDeletehttp://thehill.com/policy/technology/231560-uber-to-start-work-on-driverless-technology
Uber, a app based taxi cab service, is partnering with the Carnegie Mellon University to create driver-less car technology and advanced mapping. They are creating Uber Advanced Technology Center near the campus' National Robotics Engineering Center, so they can work together. They will focus on mapping, autonomy technology,and vehicle safety. Uber is now competing with Google, who has been working on automated driving for years. In the past Google has been a massive backer of Uber, investing $250 million dollars in the company. Apparently there is no real rivalry, as Google stated they thought Uber and "Lyft" could work well together seeing as they used them both all of the time (Lyft is another taxi service based on an app).
Shalyn Dale
ReplyDeletehttp://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/05/24/5-unique-uses-of-twitter-in-the-classroom?int=96e908
In this article, the reporter talks about how twitter is making its debut in college classrooms. Professors aren't really using twitter for means of schoolwork, but mainly just for reminders.Some professors are using twitter for "classroom logistics" but its also being used as a learning opportunity. Professors are also using Twitter in innovative and effective ways that benefit students. Professors are creating personal brands, learning to be brief and comprehensive, representing characters, teaching executives about social media, and bringing clients to class. Maybe one day we'll see twitter in high school classes as well.
Lorenzo B. Winston:
ReplyDelete[http://www.popsci.com/eero-wants]
A new device entitled Eero wants to solve the most common Wi-Fi network issues that folks run into these days: dead spots, not enough range, complicated setup, and so on. Wi-Fi routers are a dime a dozen these days, but Eero's actually trying to make networks smarter and easier to use. For example, you can set up your initial Eero router via an app on your smartphone that communicates with the router via Bluetooth, and the app makes it easy to send login information to your guests via text message. Eero gets around many of the central problems with range extenders--such as the fact that they use the same single radio to receive data from your main router and send traffic on to your devices--by incorporating two radios, one for receiving and one for transmitting. The Eero system will even suggest places to put your additional router in order to get the best coverage, and it can support up to 10 separate units, letting you daisy-chain successive devices to give you the best coverage possible.
Josie Parham
ReplyDeletehttp://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/09/26/plugged-in-and-tuned-out-how-to-handle-teenage-virtual-addiction/
The above article is about the serious problem of teen addiction to the internet and other technology. The author gives examples of teens who have had serious internet addiction problems and states that too much screening time can lead to higher levels of ADHD. He even says that if your child has a real problem there are therapy sessions and treatments you can do. The author also gives symptoms so you know if your child is addicted to the internet/technology or not. Overall he says that it is basically not a good thing and can lead to other serious problems and teen addiction to technology is one of the biggest problems in teens.
Ke-Anna' Rich: http://www.teenink.com/opinion/social_issues_civics/article/166619/How-Technology-Affects-Us/
ReplyDeleteMy article was about how technology negatively affects us. In the article the writer discusses how technology makes us forget reality and lessens our ability to communicate. Technology has given us, some kind of false hope, that we can receive "instant gratification" when we really can't. While technology is a good way to forget real world problems and release stress, it has become easier to forget reality in general.
James Smelley
ReplyDeletehttp://skift.com/2015/02/02/2015-trends-mobile-pay-and-wearable-tech-move-from-concept-to-real-world-disruptor/
This article discusses the changes bring brought about by wearable technology and how it will affect travel. It mostly talks about the various companies' smart watches, but briefly mentions Facebook coming soon in the wearable technology market.
Lynsey Simpson:
ReplyDeleteURL: http://www.businessinsider.com/teenager-in-china-cut-hand-off-over-internet-addiction-2015-2
Summary: In this article a teenage Chinese boy cuts his hand off because of an internet addiction, because he thinks doing so will stop him from using the internet so much. This is a more severe case because obviously we aren't going to be amputating body parts anytime soon because we as Americans are a little more controlled with our addictions. Asia is one of the continents that is full of people who are doing drastic things because of their addictions and there are actually rehabilitation's and boot camps you can go to in Asia to 'cure' your addiction. We need to go back to a time where we had to communicate with others to tell them things instead of texting people, we need to acquire more communication in our every day lives.
Emily Perry:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/23/father-of-alleged-snapchat-bullies-loses-his-job/
- Two boys used racial comments toward a young girl on Snapchat. The father of the girl was irate and played a voicemail from one of the boys' fathers where he used racial slurs. Knudson (father of girl) adopted their african american daughter 11 years before and on New Years Eve she was on snapchat at a friends house and began recieving abusive messages. After a few messages they sent the converstaion to the girl's father who was astounded at what he saw. After trying to reach the boys' parents, they didn't answer so he immediately contacted the police to report the incident. The police talked to the boys and they denied (and so did their father) that they had done something wrong. They are still investigating the case.
MacKenzie Jones
ReplyDeleteHigh Tech Fashion Redefines Meaning of Revealing Clothing
Billie Whitehouse noticed these days the excessive amount of people walking around face to face with their phone rather than watching where they're going and what's going on around them in the world. Mr. Whitehouse has designed a pair of blazers (and other clothing items) that explores how digital technology is being embedded in clothing, it is called "cloud couture". Like the Navigate Jacket she also made, is made to help you get places almost like a GPS, certain gestures it does means certain things like turn right or left and what not. One possible benefit would be remote monitoring of people with chronic medical conditions, but clothes that disclose may speak not just to the cloud, but to the people around us.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/nyregion/high-tech-fashion-redefines-meaning-of-revealing-clothing.html?ref=technology
Sydney Emmons
ReplyDeletehttp://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/daniel-willingham/is-technology-changing-our-bra.html
This article talks about technology today and how it affects people; especially the youth. This article talks about some of the negative affects it may have. The author of this article mentions that teens are more likely to be distracted for longer periods of time now with technology rather than how it was 20 years ago. Also, we are more likely to skim on our work rather than reflect on it and think. Some teachers are thinking about tweaking some ways they teach to get a better approach to kids nowadays. Even though technology is improving, it does not mean it can always have positive effects.
Carter Billings 3rd Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertvamosi/2015/02/05/farm-bred-iot-technology-goes-industrial/
ReplyDeleteTechnology can be very helpful in todays world. For example, Edward Desalle, CEO of Net Irrigate, has manufactured a product called the Wireless Agriculture Irrigation Monitoring (WAIM) that can help with many things in framers irrigation system. The Wire Rat, which is a Net Irrigate product, can alert you thief's are stealing copper wire through changes in electrical state. Another Net Irrigate product, the xProxy, is built for pumping systems, signaling devices, and motor control. With Net Irrigates products farmers every were are being helped in many areas were help was hard to get before these technological advances.
Alex Turner 3rd period
ReplyDeletehttps://sjr-ict9.wikispaces.com/The+impact+of+technology+on+everyday+life
The article I chose has two main points that allows the reader to make the conclusion on whether it is a positive or negative affect. (Taking from what I got from the article I say both.) A positive being TV it provides many sources of information for us to watch and learn more about. A negative being cars. And how yes they give us what we need transportation but pollute the air we need to survive.
Kayla Fincher
ReplyDeletehttp://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2011/07/14/study-emerging-technology-has-positive-impact-in-classroom
In this article an AP calculus teacher shares how she used technology to excel her teaching and earn more time for her students to learn things in class. She began uploading video lectures to iTunes and letting her students listen to the lectures at home for homework and work out problems and help the students better understand in class the next day. Also headmaster of Cushing academy brags about putting technology in schools and points out that she put a digital library for students to have access to recourses even when they are off campus. this article proves that technology in schools has really done wonders in education.
Olivia LeComte
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theguardian.com/law/guardian-law-blog/2015/jan/12/police-ethics-digital-internet-technology
Police in Gloucestershire and all over the world are facing the problem of deciding when is it ethical to use cellphone tracers or hacking into other modes of technology when legal issues are concerned. These records can be used to help people, but they are also being used in unethical manors for police officers personal gain. Police need to decide how big the crime needs to be to warrant this type of investigation. Assistant Chief Constable, Berry, says that a set of rules needs to be established. This would keep all of the online investigations consistent. He says that they need a team to sit down and decide what is and isn't ethical. They also need to determine how much power the police are allowed to have.
Abbye Blocker
ReplyDeletehttp://tnark.org/2012/08/29/how-technology-has-affected-our-everyday-lives/
Technology has positively affected our everyday lives by making work and tasks more convenient and easier to do. In business or work, you can access bank accounts or have conferences and meetings online with someone that is far away from you. Schools now have projectors and computers to complete schoolwork on and making it easier to give presentations and lectures. Social media is one of the biggest impacts of everyday life by influencing what people wear, where they shop, and all other aspects of what they do.
Troy Banks
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/23/reading-before-bed_n_6372828.html
This article discusses a recent study that shows using light-emitting technology before bed disrupts your circadian centers, not only making you less tired, but taking a toll on the quality of your sleep as well; hence, its killing us!
Zahrah Abdulrauf
ReplyDeletehttp://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/technology-can-have-positive-and-negative-impact-on-social-interactions
Rather than adding to our knowledge, this article argues that computers and smartphones represent "deskilling devices"; they make us dumber. We're immersed in a system that now requires the use of a cell phone just to get around, just to function and so the logic of that cell phone has been imposed on us. The computer is a mechanism for acceleration, it accelerates economic activity and this is eating up the world. It's eating up resources, it's processing, it's manufacturing, it's distributing, it's consuming. That's what the computer's real work does and it does that 24/7, 365 days a year, non-stop just to satisfy our own narrow needs. With every passing advancement, our society is becoming more dependent on technology that now takes the place of many basic skills, like talking to somebody face to face or being able to maintain healthy relationships with the people around. This article concludes that no matter which side of the debate you find yourself on, there is no denying the hold that technology has over our rapidly changing society.
I- Below is an mediocre article article regarding technological ethics specifically in video games.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/video-game-panel.html
II- Video games can be very entertaining (and dare I say educational?) to the consumer, but it is ultimately up to them to decide whether or not they influence their motives "irl". Of course anything can endorse or induce the use of misogynistic thoughts, acts of violence, stray morals, or whatever lies between; but if they [the consumers] don't become too attached to them [the consoles], video games are completely ethical and useful.