I had a wonderful TWC session today, with great presentations by classmates, of which I suppose, the champion of TWC individual presentation has emerged, with an outstanding full 10marks from 30 students! (Y)
Anyway, back to the main topic. I guess this is the session with the most number of videos played, not counting those during presentations. From being able to shape a disintegrating 3D model (in the case of the video, would be the car), to nanotechnology, 3D printing, holograms and such.. Interesting videos, i would say. If only I could print my BMW car... ahhhhhh!
Oh well! Prof inserted several quotes by famous people and I thought they were nice. The very first one was:
"You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" "
-Geroge Bernard Shaw-
And another,
" Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."
-Albert Einstein-
Beautiful quotes. And what they are trying to say is that, we need to think out of the box and beyond the universe, beyond our horizon. It is through our wild imagination (then translating these ideas into reality) that technology can advance till the current stage we are at now. The major driver plays a crucial role in the future of technology. In order for that to happen, we have to solve a problem which people have yet to find a solution for. One might not even know that he/she needs it until the point where the person sees the thing.
Another quote by Prof's favourite icon stated in the slides:
" There is a space between man's imagination and man's attainment that may only be traversed by his longing."
-Kahlil Gibran-
Though simple, but it gets the message across well to readers that there is a gap between a man's dreams and visions as compared to what we actually have today. And it is the desire, passion and dedication that narrows this gap.
Overall, a short session indeed with 5 readings of which I've read one article from Reading 3. It was titled" Vibrating glove gives wearer superhuman touch powers.
Basically, it talked about people who wears the vibrating gloves could help to stimulate better sense of touch. And now that it has been successful, inventors are currently seeking to work on other parts of the body, besides the fingers. I feel that this glove isn't really much of a HUGE technology, given that such stuff is quite common nowadays, with all the massaging equipment, or some vibrating devices which could pass on little electricity into the body to stimulate blood circulation. And this glove seems to function the same way - meant for blood circulation. This could well be applicable to elderly who needs more circulation to prevent old age problems or problems which reduces their sense of touch. - Dexterity.
Now, moving on to the presentations, someone started off which introduction of transhumanism. It involves replacing our very own attached limbs with prosthetic/robotic ones. WHICH MEANS. you have to go through amputation! The first thing which came to my mind when this classmate posted the question for discussion on whether anyone would be willing to do this was: NO WAY. While it is true that the pictures look really cool and I think it would excellent to have it, but having to replace my own arm for that machine is madness. He raised the point regarding companies making it a requirement to have such robotic limbs in order to be hired. But I guess I would rather find another job. Imagine being born with well working limbs and such, but I destroyed myself by amputating them for fake arms which MAY be stronger (ignoring the fact that it might cause inconvenience / side effects).. Okay I guess you know what I'm trying to say, but no way am I going to do that.
And another presentation which I could remember was the future of Airbus. It shows how much one could imagine. If I have the money, I would like to gain the experience of being a passenger inside, enjoying every single minute of the flight. It would be nice to look to the side / ground and find that the materials of the plane is not opaque because you get to see through, with clouds just right beside you etc. But then again, I wonder if I could take the shock as I have extremely serious fear for heights. (Imagine how I would react if I say I don't even dare to look down from the 2nd floor of a shopping centre. That's how bad my fear is. But I do take roller coasters though. No idea what's wrong with me hahaha.)
It would be really costly to implement such a huge project and while many people think that such planes will exist in 2050, I feel that it would take a longer time. True that anything can happen over the next 39 years and I should remain optimistic about it, but most probably by 2050, only smaller scales technology might be implemented.
So much for my thoughts. I'll rate this session a 9 out of 10. Short yet interesting session which allows my mind to run wild and imagining the impossibilities happening. Cool indeed :)
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