1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds. If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale . Large scale risks must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race. Advances require vast industry and companies that are prepared to take resources, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that pure science is rivaling applied science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
2. Listening to the lectureComplete the presentation to the lecture Presentation (00:00 – 01:38)Venue: Waterloo Chamber of Winser CastleIn the honorable presence of : Royal highness duke of Edinburg, the senior fellow of the royal academy of engineeringLecturer: The president of the royal academy of engineeringFrom: the last lecture of the series of the president of the royal academy, entitled “the triumph of technology”, the Drowning of the new age.Invention chosen by ther public as number 1 in the last 200 years: The bicycle
Brings solution to: Traffic congestion, air pollution, diseases, poverty, global warming.Lecturer´s message today: Nothing will be possible unless all of us, are prepared to engage and require the political will to bring about the change.
Complete the first part of the lecture Part 1 (01:48 to 04:09)
Almost exactly 93 years ago tonight, on 15 April 1912, over two thousand terrified and bewildered people found themselves with little warning drifting or drowning in the ice-cold North Atlantic. Only 712 of them survived that night. They were, of course, the passengers, officers, and crew of the White Star steamship Titanic, and they were in a sense victims of 'failures' of technology.The Titanic disaster was in the main a result of over-reach, of a gap between the achievements of some technologies and the shortcomings of others; and of managerial failures on the part of those who used the available technology. Although Titanic had a radio communications system - and it was an important factor in directing rescue vessels to her - it was a system still in its infancy Although the technology of shipbuilding already embraced double skins and water-tight bulkheads, these fell far short of the completeness that we now expect. Those navigating this huge vessel were in some important respects no further advanced than the Vikings who had sailed these same seas ten centuries before: they could locate themselves only by means of stellar observation and dead reckoning, and they had only their eyes to see what lay ahead - and this was less than a hundred years ago.The managerial failures were perhaps worse. The ship's officers were warned of ice by radio messages, which they ignored. They hadn't carried out safety drills or trained the ship's company. The ship was speeding blindly into a known danger area in order to meet her scheduled arrival time in New York. Accidents, by definition, happen. But more diligent officers, properly-trained crew, and a sufficiency of lifeboats, could have saved the majority of those lost to the depths on that dreadful April night.
Tuesday 23 September 2008
technology and science
Evolution to technology
2. Write your profile, as JJ did, including your personal details, interests, etc
Name: Manuel Lantelme
I live in Buenos Aires Argentina
Country: Argentina
Interests and Hobbies: Gaming, Football, the current technology and electronics.
Movies and Shows: The Simpsons. A Clockwork orange, wild, wild, west and IT Crowd. Sometimes Seinfeld.
Music: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Books: Mirages of Richard Bach.
3. How many items did JJ cover in his presentation? Name the items/topics
He covered three topics:
-The Internet.
-The CD
-Bar-Code
4. Do you agree with his choice? Would you choose the same ones or others?
I agree directly with the first two, but I would prefer the wireless technology than the Bar-Code.
5. Think of two other topics you would include under "Great changes in the last 100 years".
Maybe I would choice:
-Telecommunications and the developments of technology in that area.
-Medical innovation.
6. Choose ONE of these topics of change and prepare a short presentation (3 slides aprox.) to illustrate your point.
Include your answers on our follow-up blog
Friday 19 September 2008
Evolution of technology
2.
Name: Alejandro Grushka
Info: I live in Versalles, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina (in a house), I go to secondary school(hell yes, I hate this is all about it)
Country: Argentina
Interests and hobbies: Music, Internet (games, forums and general knowledge investigation), Philosophy, and leisure.
Movies and Shows:
Music: Sumo, Pink Floyd, ELP, Yes, Charly Parker, etc. Progressive rock, jazz, etc.
Books: At the moment, “El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” from Miguel de Cervantes. Favorites:“El Mundo de Sofía”, Jostein Gaarder and “Rebelión en la granja”, George Orwell.
3.
-CDs
-Barcodes
-Internet and previous communication
4.
I mostly agree with the information that JJ showed in the video, but he is focused on communication and barcodes, I think barcodes are not such a big deal as relativity may be, or something like the atomic bomb, fisics,etc., or if the video would be more recent, the LHC.
5.
-Technical tools for science investigation.
-Transport.
Thursday 18 September 2008
the nature of technology
The nature of technology
El significado de la palabra “tecnología” esta inmediatamente relacionado con este tipo de cambios. En el siglo XIX, estaba referida simplemente a las artes prácticas como automovilismo, diseño do ropa, comunicaciones, etc., en cambio, a partir del siglo XX, se extendió para incluir a todo lo que se utiliza para lo material, lo que se utiliza para las necesidades y deseos del humano, y todo lo que tiene que ver con el estudio y creación de los productos tecnológicos
The Nature of technology
El significado de la palabra “tecnología” esta inmediatamente relacionado con este tipo de cambios. En el siglo XIX, se utilizaba nada mas para referirse a artes prácticas como automovilismo, diseño do ropa, comunicaciones, etc., en cambio, a partir del siglo XX, se extendió para incluir a todo lo que se utiliza para todo lo material, lo que se utiliza para las necesidades y caprichos del humano, y todo lo que tiene que ver con el estudio y creación de los productos tecnológicos.
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The Evolution of Technology in the last 100 years
2. Write your profile, as JJ did, including your personal details, interests, etc
Name: Lucas Tavolaro Ortiz
I live in Barracas,
Country:
Interests and Hobbies: Football (Playing and watching), swimming, TV, surfing the internet.
Movies and Shows: CQC, ESPN shows,
Music: 30 Seconds To Mars,
Books: At the moment “El Quijote de la Mancha” written by Cervantes.
3. How many items did JJ cover in his presentation? Name the items/topics
- The creation of the internet
- The CD-Rom
- Barcode
4. Do you agree with his choice? Would you choose the same ones or others?
I agree to a point. I would add the creation of the first fisical computer and the telecommunications.
5. Think of two other topics you would include under "Great changes in the last 100 years".
- The creation of the first computer
- The telecommunications.
6. Choose ONE of these topics of change and prepare a short presentation (3 slides aprox) to illustrate your point.
the technology and science
environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Abstract
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic industry but it is in transport, medicine, commucation and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds.If disease and poverty are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale. Large scale resources must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race.Advances require vast energy and companies that are prepared to take risks, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that pure science is rivaling aplied science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
gal y dani
the technology and science
environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Abstract
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic industry but it is in transport, medicine, commucation and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds.If disease and poverty are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale. Large scale resources must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race.Advances require vast energy and companies that are prepared to take risks, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that pure science is rivaling aplied science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
The evolution of technology in the last 100 years
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Name: Lucy Kova
I live in
Country:
Interest and Hobbies: Art, listening to music, writing, watching movies.
Movies and Shows: Memento, Haispray,
Music: Pink Floyd, Charly García, The Beatles, Genesis.
Books: Memorias del subsuelo, Cronicas del Angel Gris.
3)Histroy of technology: Internet, telephones, CD-S, DVD, the Barcode.
4)I agree with his choices, though I’d choose some others, such as : Radio waves, technology applied to science and telecommunications.
5) Color TV and transport.
Lucia & Kova
Evolution of Technology
2. Write your profile, as JJ did, including your personal details, interests, etc
3. How many items did JJ cover in his presentation? Name the items/topics
4. Do you agree with his choice? Would you choose the same ones or others?
5. Think of two other topics you would include under "Great changes in the last 100 years".
6. Choose ONE of these topics of change and prepare a short presentation (3 slides aprox) to illustrate your point.
2. Name: Ivan Tapiero.
Country: Argentina
Interests and hobbies: Football, Basketball, videogames like Call of Duty or Fifa.
Movies and Shows: Liar liar or Dumb and Dumber. I love Jim Carrey. Besides I like Dr. House
Music: Los altos cumbieros and nestor en bloke. I love Cumbia.
Books: At the moment, I 'm reading El Quijote de la Mancha. However, I hate reading.
3. Internet
CDs
barcode
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What is technology?
Define technology in ONE sentence.
2. Name some limiting factors engineers must take into account.
3. Name 2 synonyms used in the text for SCIENCE.
4. Name 3 important parts of technology.
1)Technology is all that stuff the human has developed to satisface their needs, and helps the works of the usual life.
2) The laws of nature, prices…
3) “A body of knowledge that has been accumulated over time", "a process that generates knowledge about the natural world"
4) The important parts of technology are: to understand the "Why", to understand the “how”, and seeks to shape the natural world to meet human needs and wants.
Jonathan Studnik
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Jonathan Studnik
Technology and Science(abstract)
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds. If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale. Large scale industry must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race. Advances require vast resources and companies that are prepared to take risks, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that applied science is rivaling pure science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
Technology and Innovation
1)Innovation requires not only creative people and organizations, but also the availability of technology and science and engineering talent. Technology and innovation are synergistic.
2) Is the final result of a set of this things. Is the addition of two things that help a system to be better.
3) The letters are synergistic. Having a lot of letters alone isn’t the same as having words or paragraphs, witch are compound of letters. - Having a motor, some wheels, sits, is less than having a car, which has all that things
Jonathan Studnik
Tecnology and Science
Complete the presentation to the lecture Presentation (00:00 – 01:38)
Venue: Waterloo Chamber of Winser Castle..
In the honorable presence of: .... Royal highness duke of Edinburg, the senior fellow of the royal academy of engineering..
Lecturer: ...… The president of the royal academy of engineering ..............
From: the last lecture of the series of the president of the royal academy, entitled “the triumph of technology”, the Drowning of the new age
..Invention chosen by ther public as #1 in the last 200 years: … The bicycle
Brings solution to: Traffic congestion, air pollution, diseases, poverty, global warming.....................
Lecturer´s message today: ....... Nothing will be possible unless all of us, are prepared to engage and require the political will to bring about the change........................
Technology and Science
Almost exactly 93 years ago tonight, on 15 April 1912, over two thousand terrified and bewildered people found themselves with little warning drifting or drowning in the ice-cold North Atlantic. Only 712 of them survived that night. They were, of course, the passengers, officers, and crew of the White Star steamship Titanic, and they were in a sense victims of 'failures' of technology. The Titanic disaster was in the main a result of over-reach, of a gap between the achievements of some technologies and the shortcomings of others; and of managerial failures on the part of those who used the available technology. Although Titanic had a radio communications system - and it was an important factor in directing rescue vessels to her - it was a system still in its infancy. Although the technology of shipbuilding already embraced double skins and water-tight bulkheads, these fell far short of the completeness that we now expect. Those navigating this huge vessel were in some important respects no further advanced than the Vikings who had sailed these same seas ten centuries before: they could locate themselves only by means of stellar observation and dead reckoning, and they had only their eyes to see what lay ahead - and this was less than a hundred years ago. The managerial failures were perhaps worse. The ship's officers were warned of ice by radio messages, which they ignored. They hadn't carried out safety drills or trained the ship's company. The ship was speeding blindly into a known danger area in order to meet her scheduled arrival time in New York. Accidents, by definition, happen. But more diligent officers, properly-trained crew, and a sufficiency of lifeboats, could have saved the majority of those lost to the depths on that dreadful April night.
Jonathan Studnik y Federico Gullo
Science and technology, part 1, abstract
1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Abstract
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionized the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds. If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale. Large scale industry must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race Advances require vast resources and companies that are prepared to take risks, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realize that applied science is rivaling pure science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
Evolution of Technology
2. Write your profile, as JJ did, including your personal details, interests, etc
3. How many items did JJ cover in his presentation? Name the items/topics
4. Do you agree with his choice? Would you choose the same ones or others?
5. Think of two other topics you would include under "Great changes in the last 100 years".
6. Choose ONE of these topics of change and prepare a short presentation (3 slides aprox) to illustrate your point.
2. Name: Javier SankowiczCountry: Argentina
Interests and hobbies: Football, go out with friends, and video games (Gta, COD 4, TARINGA)
Movies and Shows: The girl next door, Eurotrip. CQC, Zapping, Friends and Two and a Half Man.
Music: All kind of music, whatever I hear in the radio.
Books: At the moment... I dont know, I hardly ever read.
Name: Ivan Tapiero.
Country: Argentina
Interests and hobbies: Football, Basketball, videogames like Call of Duty or Fifa.
Movies and Shows: Liar liar or Dumb and Dumber. I love Jim Carrey. Besides I like Dr. House
Music: Los altos cumbieros and nestor en bloke. I love Cumbia.
Books: At the moment, I 'm reading El Quijote de la Mancha. However, I hate reading.
3. He talks about 3 things:
The invention of internet, CD's and DVD's, and the barcode.
4. I agree, but I would have included security sistems or weapons used around 100 years.
5. The evolution of weapons, or Medicine Changes.
(Javier San and Ivan Tap)
Technology and science - part 1
1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Abstract
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood.About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds.If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the enviorment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale. Large scale industry must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race. Advances require vast resources and companies that are prepared to take risks, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that applied science is rivaling pure science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Technology and science
1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Abstract
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the begin of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood.About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionised the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, industry and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds.If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale . Large scale industry must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race. Advances require vast resources and companies that are prepared to take risks and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that applied science is rivaling pure science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
2. Listening to the lecture
Venue: Waterloo Chamber
In the honorable presence of : Her Royal Highness
Lecturer: Senior Fellow Of The Royal Academy of Engineering
From: The Triumph Of Technology: The Dawning Of A New Age
Invention chosen by ther public as in the last 200 years: Bycicle
Brings solution to: Traffic congestion, air pollution, poverty, disease
Lecturer´s message today: Solutions won’t be possible unless human kind engages all as one and asks the political will to bring that change to light.
Almost exactly 93 years ago tonight, on 15 April 1912, over two thousand terrified and bewildered people found themselves with little warning drifting or drowning in the ice-cold North Atlantic. Only 712 of them survived that night. They were, of course, the passengers, officers, and crew of the White Star steamship Titanic, and they were in a sense victims of 'failures' of technology.
The Titanic disaster was in the main a result of over-reach, of a gap between the achievements of some technologies and the shortcomings of others; and of managerial failures on the part of those who used the available technology. Although Titanic had a radio communications system - and it was an important factor in directing rescue vessels to her - it was a system still in its infancy Although the technology of shipbuilding already embraced double skins and water-tight bulkheads, these fell far short of the completeness that we now expect. Those navigating this huge vessel were in some important respects no further advanced than the Vikings who had sailed these same seas ten centuries before: they could locate themselves only by means of stellar observation and dead reckoning, and they had only their eyes to see what lay ahead - and this was less than a hundred years ago.
The managerial failures were perhaps worse. The ship's officers were warned of ice by radio messages, which they ignored. They hadn't carried out safety drills or trained the ship's company. The ship was speeding blindly into a known danger area in order to meet her scheduled arrival time in New York. Accidents, by definition, happen. But more diligent officers, properly-trained crew, and a sufficiency of lifeboats, could have saved the majority of those lost to the depths on that dreadful April night.
Tuesday 16 September 2008
What is technology?
1. Technology is all that stuff the human has developed to satisface their needs, and help the works of the usual life.
2. The laws of nature, prices, but I think anything can be made...(?)
3. "A body of knowledge that has been accumulated over time", "a process that generates knowledge about the natural world"
4. The important parts of technology are: to understand the "Why", to understand the "how", and seeks to shape the natural world to meet human needs and wants.
Technology and Science
1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds.If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale . Large scale risks must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geografic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race Advances require vast industry and companies that are prepared to take resources, and if Britain is to continue to play a crucial role in technology then our establishment must realise that pure science is rivaling applied science both in importance and in intellectual interest.
2. Listening to the lecture
Complete the presentation to the lecture Presentation (00:00 – 01:38)
Venue: Waterloo Chamber of Winser Castle
In the honorable presence of : Royal highness duke of Edinburg, the senior fellow of the royal academy of engineering
Lecturer: The president of the royal academy of engineering
From: the last lecture of the series of the president of the royal academy, entitled “the triumph of technology”, the Drowning of the new age.
Invention chosen by ther public as #1 in the last 200 years: The bicycle
Brings solution to: Traffic congestion, air pollution, diseases, poverty, global warming.
Lecturer´s message today: Nothing will be possible unless all of us, are prepared to engage and require the political will to bring about the change.
Complete the first part of the lecture Part 1 (01:48 to 04:09)
Almost exactly 93 years ago tonight, on 15 April 1912 , over 2000 terrified and bewildered people found themselves with little warning drifting or drowning in the ice-cold north
The Titanic disaster was in the main a result of over-reach, of a gap between the achievements of some technologies and the shortcomings of others; and of man natural failures on the part of those who used the available technology. Although Titanic had a radio communication system - and it was an important factor in directing rescue vessels to her - it was a system still in its Infancy. Although the technology of shipbuilding already embraced double skins and water-tight bulkheads, these fell far short of the completeness that we now expect. Those navigating this huge vessel were in some important respects no further advanced than the Vikings who had sailed these same seas 10 centuries before: they could locate themselves only by means of stellar observation and dead reckoning, and they had only their eyes to see what lay ahead - and this was less than 100 years ago.
The managerial failures were perhaps worse. The ship’s officers were warned of ice by radio messages, which they ignored. They hadn't carried out safety drills or trained the ship's company. The ship was speeding blindly into a known danger area in order to meet her scheduled arrival time in
Technology and Science
1. Complete the abstract using these words: environment, energy, disease, applied, resources, pure, industry, poverty, computers, risks, communication, scale, geographic, human race.
Abstract
Man's way of life has depended on technology since the beginning of civilization - the flint stone, the control of fire, the wheel, the printing press. In the earliest times significant advances were rare and they were separated by long periods of time - but their benefits, and disadvantages, were easily understood. About two hundred years ago, however, the pace quickened and in recent decades a cascade of truly disruptive advances has revolutionized the way we live. The technologies behind the advances have become increasingly complex and few people understand how they work and fewer still where they are going. The social implications of the advances have also ceased to be obvious and it has become essential that we study their social consequences.
Modern technology tends to be thought of in terms of the advances brought about by computers and electronic communication but it is in transport, medicine, energy and weaponry that we have seen the greatest impact upon our lives. It is these areas that distinguish the first world from the second and third worlds. If poverty and disease are to be alleviated and the environment sustained, then technology must be harnessed on a vast and all inclusive scale. Large scale industry must be involved. Significant technology is not created by lone workers but by tens and hundreds of individuals working together across social and geographic boundaries. We must wake up to the fact that it is technologists that is determining the future of the human race. Advances require vast resources and companies that are prepared to take risks, and if
2. Listening to the lecture
Complete the presentation to the lecture Presentation (00:00 – 01:38)
Venue: Waterloo Chamber
In the honorable presence of : His Royal Highness
Lecturer: Senior Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
From: The Triumph of Technology, The dawning of a new age
Invention chosen by their public as #1 in the last 200 years: Bicycle
Brings solution to: traffic congestion, air pollution, global warming
Lecturers message today: Solutions won't be possible unless all of us, are prepared to engage together and require the political will to bring that change to light.
Almost exactly 93 years ago tonight, on 15 April 1912 over one thousand terrified and bewildered people found themselves with little warning drifting or drowning in the ice-cold
The Titanic disaster was in the main a result of over-reach, of a gap between the achievements of some technologies and the shortcomings of others; and of managerial failures on the part of those who used the available technology. Although Titanic had a radiocomunnication system - and it was an important factor in directing rescue vessels to her - it was a system still in its infancies. Although the technology of shipbuilding already embraced double skins and water-tight bulkheads, these fell far short of the completeness that we now expect. Those navigating this huge vessel were in some important respects no further advanced than the vickings who had sailed these same seas ten centuries before: they could locate themselves only by means of stellar observation and dead reckoning, and they had only their eyes to see what lay ahead - and this was less than 100 years ago.
The managerial failures were perhaps worse. The ship's officers were warned of ice by radio messages, which they ignored. They hadn't carried out safety drills or trained the ship's company. The ship was speeding blindly into a known danger area in order to meet her scheduled arrival time in
Technology and Innovation
“Innovation requires not only creative people and organizations, but also the availability of technology and science and engineering talent.” For example, the LHC couldn’t have been done in the past because we didn’t have the technology and the knowledge required. Also, without creative and intelligent persons that machine couldn’t have been done.
2. "Technology and innovation are synergistic." Could you explain this idea in your own words.
Synergistic means that the outcome is greater than the two things separately. In this case, the outcome of technology and innovation is greater that the technology and the innovation alone.
3. Give an example of two other concepts which you consider synergistic.
- The letters are synergistic. Having a lot of letters alone isn’t the same as having words or paragraphs, witch are compound of letters.
- The car is synergistic. Having a motor, some wheels, sits, is less than having a car, witch has all that things.
2. Compare your translation with the one given by Systran™ and be ready to account for your choice as regards advantages and disadvantages.
| | Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Your translation | Most Coherent of all. Conserves the original way of speech of the original text. Translates entire phrases | Have some errors. It’s slow. |
| AT (Systran™ ) | Fast Not many errors. | Did not conserve the original way of the text. Translates word-per-word. |
| CAT | Faster than human. Translate entire phrases and words. Minimum errors. Conserves the original way of the text. | Less errors and almost none incoherence |
Translating successfully
Your Translation
Advantajes: The resulting text is written with very natural words and expressions, it is more accurate than the AT (Systran) translation and it is better organized.
Disadvantages: It is very easy to make mistakes, you are not a perfect machine. Also, you have to spend lots of time.
AT
Advantajes: It is very fast, you can translate a very large texts in almost a few seconds.
Disadvantages:It does not use natural english phrases and makes some mistakes.
CAT
Advantajes:It is the better of boths, you can look up terms in the dictionary you do not know.
Disadvantages:Is not as fast as Systran.
The evolution of technology
2. Write your profile, as JJ did, including your personal details, interests, etc
Name: Gzaloprgm
I live in Caballito, Capital Federal, Argentina.
Interests and Hobbies: Gaming, Electronics, Programming games, Physics
Movies and Shows: Lost, Heroes, The Lord of the Ring saga, The Matrix.
Music: AC DC, Metallica, RFI, CMNN
Books: First certificate expert (?)
3. How many items did JJ cover in his presentation? Name the items/topics
He covered three items:- The Internet
- The Cd ROM
- The barcode
4. Do you agree with his choice? Would you choose the same ones or others?
Yes, I'd have included the invention of the IC (Integrated circuit) and all modern digital logic circuits that was created almost 50 years ago. I'd have included the computers that now are able to do thousands of millions of calculations per second.5. I'd include the following:
- Transport: From low speed cars to of high speed magnetic-levitating trains.
- TeleComunication: From the morse code lines to 1TB/S optic-fiber lines.
