Thursday, February 14, 2013

Respond to Vannevar Bush

The article was published in July 1945 and during that period of time, WWII was coming to an end. In this time, the birth of computer and many other technology happened. Some of the prediction is correct and become more advanced than he thought of.
For example, The Vocoder and stenotype. On our iPhone, this function appears because the car rule where hands free and can not text while driving create this program. Nowadays, people can just go to the text messaging screen, click the voice recorder button and say words that you want to text to your friend.
He also talked about the keyboard machine and punch card where our current technology known as computer, fax machine, and printer/scanner. Nonetheless, he never expected how internet access become so available that it brings a new issue of copyright.

So, the three predictions that I can come up with are:
1. I heard on the news that in another 7 years which is 2020, billionaire can afford to ride on the space rocket shuttle and explore the universe. From this information, in 60 years ahead, scientist will find that one of the other planet in the universe is very similar to earth or even trying to occupy the moon as a based. Nonetheless, the more advance the technology, the bigger issue human race needs to face.

2. Currently, we have a self checkout machine in our grocery shopping store and this cut off lots of employment opportunities. Furthermore, I read an article before where IBM is researching how to scan a barcode of items that shopper bought in one go. Meaning they will build a gate like the one in security airport and once people pass that gate, the automatic scanner could able to scan all of the items inside customer basket or cart. So, in 60 years, either cashier will be replaced by robots or machine program that allow people more flexibility.

3. Since there would be a space shuttle to the outside universe, in 60 years ahead, there would be even more crazy inventions as some of the people already started doing it. Underwater car (amphibious car) and flying car is one of the possibilities. So far, one of my classmates back in De Anza college, his uncle is doing a research about the underwater car. If their or some other person's invention become successful, that means our road will have less traffic even we have to build a new floating tubular bridge for the flying car.

No comments:

Post a Comment