During the semester in our Capstone Seminar class we were asked to
find a trend that relates to digital cultures and communications. We
posted these trends on our "Digital Culture and Social Media" page on
Facebook. In this weeks blogs, I will talk about those trends, and try
to get a deeper understanding and reason in why it is important to not
only know about these trends but to realize that this is where our
society is heading. My trends for the semester is "New technology, and
how it is keeping us connected", and at first i thought i knew everything about "New Technologies" that were being invented, but i was very wrong.
Before i go deeper into this blog post i think it is important to
understand not only do these technologies exist, but they are rapidly
changing how we interact, and connect with each other. How these
technologies are affecting the youth, is one point that after looking at
all of the articles I posted on Facebook i really wanted to address.
One article that I found was about P.E. classes going "High-Tech".
Over 1,250 schools are using new software that tracks heart rate, and
physical fitness in class. This not changes how the class is run but it
changes how the kids participate in class.With technology so apart of everyday life for children, and teenagers it is not surprising that their has been an invention that disables your phone while driving. The Scosche Cellcontrol does just that and it allows parents to have control over their kids use of their cell phones while driving. It is really amazing to me that we have come to a point that we have the need to be connected so badly that people have to create devices like the Scosche Cellcontrol.
As a society we have come to a point where we even have apps that integrate with our cars. Sony and the company RealVNC have come together to bring android apps to the dashboards of cars, this will allow you to stay connected without having to dig into your pocket and retrieve your phone. Now no matter even if your at a traffic light you can stay updated with your circles of online digital cultures and be able to even update status's without even touching your phone, which for millions of Americans is becoming the most used device for social networking and web-browsing. Here is a short video of Jaguar's new blackberry integration technology.
NFC being used for a payment
These new technologies are not only changing the way we interact online socially, but it is also changing the way we live our everyday lives. One of the biggest Technologies (at least for me) is the use of Near Field Communications to make payments. In Ryan Kim's March 8, 2012 article on Juniper: NFC to reach $74 billion in transactions by 2015 he says "The use of NFC for payments is part of a larger surge in overall mobile
payment alternatives to credit cards and paper tickets, which is one of
the fastest growing segments of the mobile commerce market". The thought that all you have to do now is scan your phone across across a scanner at a store and never have to open your wallet is not only extremely effective but also groundbreaking.
When i began with these trends at the beginning of the semester, one question that I wanted to try to answer was why has all this new technology been growing so rapidly, and why is it being integrated with everyday items we already use? Personally i think the answer to these questions are right in front of ours eyes, and google's new Andriod-based glasses provides these answers. It is because no matter where we are, no matter what we may be doing we still want to be connected and updating on the digital cultures that even though you may want to deny, almost every person in the United States is apart of. These new glasses not only allow you to interact with people in your circles it gives you a real-time up to date location of your friends, so not only can you be connected digitally but in the real world as well.
Cybertecture Mirror
Many of the New technologies that i have talked about in this blog are ones that are used outside the home. Here is one that not only changes any room in your home to not only the most expensive, but the most efficient room in your house. The Cybertecture Mirror may change the way we use the bathroom or any other room you decide to put it in your house. With its digital display and fog-resistant glass you can go from your Facebook account to monitoring your heart rate.
In my 23 years on this earth I've seen glasses that help you see clearly, change to glasses that can let you know that your best friend is 500 ft away from where you are, from mirrors you cant see because of fog, to fog-resistant mirrors that let you update your Facebook status. I'm not only amazed at the at what has already been created to keep us connected, but what the next 23 years will hold for us regarding even "Newer" technology, and how it will keep us even further connected in the future.
Before i go deeper into this blog post i think it is important to
understand not only do these technologies exist, but they are rapidly
changing how we interact, and connect with each other. How these
technologies are affecting the youth, is one point that after looking at
all of the articles I posted on Facebook i really wanted to address.
One article that I found was about P.E. classes going "High-Tech".
Over 1,250 schools are using new software that tracks heart rate, and
physical fitness in class. This not changes how the class is run but it
changes how the kids participate in class.With technology so apart of everyday life for children, and teenagers it is not surprising that their has been an invention that disables your phone while driving. The Scosche Cellcontrol does just that and it allows parents to have control over their kids use of their cell phones while driving. It is really amazing to me that we have come to a point that we have the need to be connected so badly that people have to create devices like the Scosche Cellcontrol.
When i began with these trends at the beginning of the semester, one question that I wanted to try to answer was why has all this new technology been growing so rapidly, and why is it being integrated with everyday items we already use? Personally i think the answer to these questions are right in front of ours eyes, and google's new Andriod-based glasses provides these answers. It is because no matter where we are, no matter what we may be doing we still want to be connected and updating on the digital cultures that even though you may want to deny, almost every person in the United States is apart of. These new glasses not only allow you to interact with people in your circles it gives you a real-time up to date location of your friends, so not only can you be connected digitally but in the real world as well.
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