Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Sixth Scence Technology

When I first saw the new technology I was truly amazed. Then I thought that it was about time. We are always seeing movies and TV shows like Star Trek and Star Wars wondering if we are ever going to be that advanced. This is a small step to greater technology. I also really liked when he mentioned that it will help us be more active and not be sitting down in front of a screen all day. Maybe I wouldn't really like to have one right now because it is still too uncommon and a little out there but in a future were this type of gadgets are common count me in! I love how you have take pictures and do more stuff just by doing gestures. Who knows, maybe in a future will will live in a space colony several light years from Earth.

Technology in general has several advantages and disadvantages. Technology has helped us evolve as a species. In we did not have the ability to create technology we would probably be extinct by now. But what is sometimes good to one is harmful to others. Our technology is pollution the Earth and killing the other organisms around us. There are also this theories that we are starting to depend so much in machines that robots will take over the world. Technology is a positive thing as long as we know how to use it wisely.

An open source means that it is free to use, anyone can use it, and that people can modify it ti for fill their needs. There many pros and cons of sharing such a modern software like this one. First of all it is fantastic that anyone can access to it. Of course no one would get a profit from making it. Another good thing is that people could share whatever modifications they make with the rest of the world. One of the open sources I use is Moodle which is great because if I miss a day to school I can see everything they did in class.