CHANGE – READY OR NOT!

ObjectiveObjective Recognize the Recognize the

responsibility of responsibility of individuals to individuals to

evaluate current evaluate current and emerging and emerging

technologies in technologies in relation to relation to

individual, family individual, family and societal goals. and societal goals.

2. Explain that technology creates new economic opportunities and social benefits and, at the same time, produces new social problems. (MDTECHVSC Page 27)

CHANGE – READY OR NOT!CHANGE – READY OR NOT!

EMERGING TECHNOLOGYEMERGING TECHNOLOGY

We don’t always know what technology is coming, but often we have clues that allow

us to form reasonable predictions.

Emerging Technology is technology that is so new that few people have

access to it at this time.

WE HAVE REASON TO WE HAVE REASON TO PREDICT. . .PREDICT. . .

Emerging TechnologiesEmerging Technologies

Nonembryonic adaptable stem cells to repair damaged tissue

Genetically engineered “light switch” to turn on and off selected areas of the brain

Functional clothing Liquid to stop bleeding SPOT – Smart Personal Object Technology (watch) Homing particles to deliver chemotherapy to exact

cancer cells Nanodevices that can listen

NanotechnologyNanotechnology

Creation of technology that is extremely small

Nano:Nano:Antibacterial Utensils

Our Antibacterial tableware which with nano silver coating could kill the attached bacteria and microbial in ten minutes and the effect can last for a long time even permanently and keep the surface always clean. Thus, our antibacterial tableware and kitchen tools can prevent people from the following diseases: duodenitis caused by spirillums, virosis hepatitis, dysentery caused by salmonella and food poisoning

caused by golden staphylococcus

Nano: No Smell SocksNano: No Smell Socks

The university of CA is doing a 25 million dollar National Science Foundation study to examine the impact of nanomaterials. “As a society, we should be doing research on these effects ideally before products to to market, not after.” Alexandra Navrotsky, U of CA

NanoNanoExtendedExtended

Visit

http://www.nanotechproject.org/inventories/consumer/browse/categories/

No Touch TechnologyNo Touch Technology

http://www.touchlesstrashcan.com/share/cgi-bin/site.cgi?site_id=touchlesstrashcan&page_id=home

Objects to Replace Objects to Replace RelationshipsRelationships

Toy makers are considering dolls to represent parents, due to the large number of latchkey kids.

Super FoodsSuper Foods

If people are unable to learn to eat healthy foods, we will create “super foods,” such as broccoli Jell-O

In Vitro Health CareIn Vitro Health Care

With the completion of the Human Genome Project, it could be possible to identify and cure disease before birth

LapwareLapware

Less person to person contact for learning to read, and more computer technology from infancy

Virtual Mental HealthVirtual Mental Health

Virtual Reality simulators and brain scans to be used in mental health therapy.

The patient can practice anger management in a mock situation.

ARTIFICIAL BLOODARTIFICIAL BLOOD

DUE TO THE PROBLEMS WITH VIRAL TRANSMISSION IN BLOOD PRODUCTS, RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING ON CREATING BLOOD.

CLONINGCLONING

CLONING HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICINE AND FOR RESTORING EXTINCT SPECIES.

Project idea

United SteamingUnited Steaming

Daily Planet: Sweet and Sonic – Ouchless Needles

http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/medicine/needle-and-tube-in-forearm-1-AJHD.jpg

BIO SCIENCE - MEDICALBIO SCIENCE - MEDICAL“I THINK THAT MEDICALSCIENCE IS THE NEXTTECHNOLOGY AREA IN THE 21ST CENTURY,THE KIND OF IMPACT THAT ELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTORS HAVEHAD IN THE 2OTH CENTURY.” MICHAEL L. HACKWORTHPRES & CEO CIRRUS LOGIC INC

United StreamingUnited Streaming

Power of Genes, The – Gene Therapy: Transforming the Human Body

through Genetic Drugs (07:28)

Power of Genes, The – Achievements in Biotechnology Part 2 (20:05)

In Japan, Robots Aid the ElderlyIn Japan, Robots Aid the Elderly

If you grow old in Japan, expect to be served food by a robot, ride a voice-recognition wheelchair or even possibly hire a nurse in a robotic suit — all examples of cutting-edge technology to care for the country's rapidly graying population.

How How willwill Emerging Tech affect Emerging Tech affect FamiliesFamilies

Positives– More choices– Better Health

Negatives– New decisions

may be hard to make

– Personal research time

– Cost

WHAT WILL THE FUTURE WHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD?HOLD?

WILL WE ALL SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE SOMEDAY?

“New communications technology has drawn citizens of all societies into closer proximity with each other. Through satellite and cable technology, many of us are regularly in contact with people in countries other than our own.”

source

SourceSource

Joan Burstyn, ed. 1996. Educating Tommorrow’s Valuable Citizen. New York: SUNY Press p195

WILL DIFFERENCES WILL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CULTURES BETWEEN CULTURES

DIMINISH OR WILL THEY DIMINISH OR WILL THEY BECOME MORE BECOME MORE

COMPLEX?COMPLEX?

WILL WE INTERACT WITH WILL WE INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER ONE ANOTHER

MORE. . .OR LESS?MORE. . .OR LESS?

source

SourceSource

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society

www.tecsoc.org/culture/whatsculture.htm7/15/02

ALL PEOPLE PLAY A ROLE ALL PEOPLE PLAY A ROLE WITH REGARD TOWITH REGARD TO

TECHNOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE.CHANGE.

PEOPLE CAN BE CHANGE AGENTS, CHANGE RECIPIENTS, OR BOTH.

CHANGE AGENT OR CHANGE AGENT OR CHANGE RECIPIENT?CHANGE RECIPIENT?

CHANGE AGENTS MAKE CHANGE AGENTS MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.CHANGE HAPPEN.

THEY MUST BE AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHANGES AND BE WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM.

A CHANGE AGENT MUST A CHANGE AGENT MUST ASK:ASK:

1. WHO WILL THE CHANGE HELP?2. WHO WILL THE CHANGE HURT?3. CAN ANY NEGATIVE EFFECTS BE

OVERCOME?4. WILL THE CHANGE DO MORE

HARM THAN GOOD?

EXAMPLES OF CHANGE EXAMPLES OF CHANGE AGENTSAGENTS

RESEARCHERINVENTOR

MANUFACTURER

DISTRIBUTOR

CONSUMER

GOVERNMENT

A CHANGE RECIPIENT IS A CHANGE RECIPIENT IS ONE WHO IS ONE WHO IS AFFECTED BY AFFECTED BY

TECHNOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE.CHANGE.

A CHANGE RECIPIENT IS A CHANGE RECIPIENT IS ONE AFFECTED BY THE ONE AFFECTED BY THE

CHANGE.CHANGE. CHANGE AGENTS

NEED TO ANTICIPATE THE EFFECTS ON THE CHANGE RECIPIENTS

THOSE WHO BENEFIT NEED TO BE WILLING TO HELP THOSE WHO WERE HURT BY THE CHANGE.

CHANGE RECIPIENTS NEED CHANGE RECIPIENTS NEED TO BE OBJECTIVE AND TO BE OBJECTIVE AND OPEN MINDED WHEN OPEN MINDED WHEN FACED WITH CHANGE.FACED WITH CHANGE.

THE INTERNETTHE INTERNETTHE INTERNET IS WASHING

THROUGH SOCIETY AT A RATE THAT DWARFS THE SPREAD OF ANY PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGY

AMOUNT OF TIME FOR TECH TO REACH 1/3 OF AMERICAN HOMES:

ELECTRICITY 50 YRS

TELEPHONE 40 YRS

TELEVISION 17 YRS

THE NET 7 YRS

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SourceSource

Slambrouch, Paul Van, Internet becomes the new family hearth. October 2000. www.csmonitor.com

UCLA Center for Communications Policy, Jeffrey Cole is author of a study on the impact of the impact of the Internet on American Society.

Pew Internet & American Life Project, director Lee Rainie

WHO WOULD HAVE WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT. . .THOUGHT. . .

““Technology is embedded so Technology is embedded so deeply into our lifestyle that deeply into our lifestyle that we often are not aware of its we often are not aware of its presence, importance, or its presence, importance, or its

impact on our lives.”impact on our lives.”

CHECK SOURCE

SourceSource

John D. Hickey, Technology Teacher’s Resource Guide,1994 Delmar Publishers Inc. Albany, New York

A CAREER FOR YOU IN A CAREER FOR YOU IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY?EMERGING TECHNOLOGY?

BIOTECH CAREERS

“IN BIOTECH, YOU’RE MANIPULATING LIFE. YOU CAN MAKE MISTAKES AND ALTERTHE PLANET. TO ME, THOSE ARE REALLYSCARY THINGS.”MICHAEL L. HACKWORTH

“Students faced with a future in an unpredictable world will need to gain the skills that will give them the greatest control over their lives and learning, and for this they will need to think critically and creatively at the highest possible levels, and to develop an awareness of global issues and problems.”

source

SourceSource

Robert Fisher, Teaching Thinking: Philosophical Enquiry in the Classroom (London: Cassell, 1998) p9

SO WHAT ABOUT THIS SO WHAT ABOUT THIS FAMILY STUFF?FAMILY STUFF?

STRONG FAMILY

= HEALTHY

FAMILY

SO WHAT ABOUT THIS SO WHAT ABOUT THIS FAMILY STUFF?FAMILY STUFF?

HEALTHY FAMILIES FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THEIR MEMBERS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

STRONG FAMILIESSTRONG FAMILIES WHEN PROBLEMS

ARISE THEY LOOK FOR WAYS TO COPE AND TRY TO FIND SOLUTIONS -- EVEN IF THIS MEANS GETTING HELP FROM OUTSIDE.

SOCIETY NEEDS STRONG SOCIETY NEEDS STRONG FAMILIESFAMILIES

WHEN FAMILIES ARE FUNCTIONING WELL THEY ARE A BUFFER AGAINST MANY OF LIFE’S PROBLEMS.

THEIR STRENGTH COMBINES WITH THAT OF OTHER FAMILIES TO MAKE SOCIETY STRONG.

“By understanding the interconnectedness of technological impacts on the environment, individually we can become part of the solution.”

Check source

WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND?

SourceSource

John D. Hickey, Technology Teacher’s Resource Guide,1994 Delmar Publishers Inc. Albany, New York