In class we were asked to think of some features that would improve our laptops and we thought of a lot of things. I realized that everyone was mentioning all the things that would keep them from exerting any energy. I know because I said that the computer should have a voice recognition component in it that would allow the user to retreive any file or application on their computer without actually physically searching for it (Very similar to the "memex" computer). I did take few ideas from my android phone by saying that it should have a "find me" application that would allow the user to find his or her computer if it was lost in the house. Also, the computer should have a projector to avoid the whole connecting the computer to a projector and the wires. Also, the computer would have a printer and paper shredder attached to it that recycles the paper to be used again. I believe that there are ups and downs about computers because they are very resourceful but they are causing people to be very lazy. Just like the website that I retrieved the picture from above. It said that this contraption is built for the "sick and the lazy". As I was going through the site, there were similar ideas displayed on the page as the perfect computer concept discussed in class. http://therawfeed.com/ All of these ideas are always look at as ingenius and wonderful. I would say that those indivduals are only half true. I sometimes think about when an older person says that we are "spoiled" because of all the "gadgets" we have. The same thing or idea goes for when someone of their early twenties say that they are working hard and another person twice his or her age say that whatever labor he or he does in working hard. I think there is an arguement that can't be won in deciding whether something is a product of someone's creativity or another way for one to be lazy. Because we have grown so accustomed to technology making our lives so much easier. Moreover, computers have become an attachment to our bodies and more so our lives in general.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Computers
In class we were asked to think of some features that would improve our laptops and we thought of a lot of things. I realized that everyone was mentioning all the things that would keep them from exerting any energy. I know because I said that the computer should have a voice recognition component in it that would allow the user to retreive any file or application on their computer without actually physically searching for it (Very similar to the "memex" computer). I did take few ideas from my android phone by saying that it should have a "find me" application that would allow the user to find his or her computer if it was lost in the house. Also, the computer should have a projector to avoid the whole connecting the computer to a projector and the wires. Also, the computer would have a printer and paper shredder attached to it that recycles the paper to be used again. I believe that there are ups and downs about computers because they are very resourceful but they are causing people to be very lazy. Just like the website that I retrieved the picture from above. It said that this contraption is built for the "sick and the lazy". As I was going through the site, there were similar ideas displayed on the page as the perfect computer concept discussed in class. http://therawfeed.com/ All of these ideas are always look at as ingenius and wonderful. I would say that those indivduals are only half true. I sometimes think about when an older person says that we are "spoiled" because of all the "gadgets" we have. The same thing or idea goes for when someone of their early twenties say that they are working hard and another person twice his or her age say that whatever labor he or he does in working hard. I think there is an arguement that can't be won in deciding whether something is a product of someone's creativity or another way for one to be lazy. Because we have grown so accustomed to technology making our lives so much easier. Moreover, computers have become an attachment to our bodies and more so our lives in general.
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