a gift of fire - ch #1

8/9/2019 A Gift of Fire - CH #1

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A Gift of FireChapter 1: Unwrapping the

GiftCreated by Derek Schmitt & Kyle Franklin


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Unwrapping the GiftRapid Pace of Change

New Deelopment! and Dramatic "mpact!

"!!#e! and $heme!%thic!


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Rapid Pace of Change1940s: Fir!t comp#ter i! b#ilt Si'e of a room

1956: "() create! *r!t hard di!c drie +eight ,ton- !i'e .)( /appro0 one . min !ong1

1991: Space !h#ttle ha! , megahert' comp#teronboard

2000s: "pod2! and other portable deice! can holdm#ltiple K( of data

2006: 3#0#ry a#tomobile! hae ,44 megahert'comp#ter

2006: Georgia $ech and "() create .44 megahert'chip


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Rapid Pace of Change

/cont1Discussion uestions

+hat deice! do yo# #!e on a daily ba!i! that

are comp#teri'ed5


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New Deelopment!!"ogs)ade #p word combining web and log

(egan !hortly before 6444 a! o#tlet! for amate#r!looking to e0pre!! idea!

Pre!ent per!onal iew!- f#nny and creatie- pre!entnon7main!tream per!pectie! on c#rrent eent!

Now alternatie! to main!tream media %08 Pere'

9ilton)o!t pop#lar blog! hae between ,44 and .44tho#!and hit! daily


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New Deelopment!

/cont1#i$eo %haring:o#$#be fo#nded in 644. 3ed to a ri!e in

amate#r ideo po!ting

)o!t iewed ideo on :o#$#be- oer;;


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New Deelopment!

/cont1Ce"" &hones

(eginning of the 6,!tcent#ry few people

had cell phone!Now oer . billion cell phone !#b!cription!

globally

"ntegrated with GPS- camera- internet-

application!"ncrea!ed problem! with cell phone #!e

while driing

Camera! in phone lead to priacy i!!#e!


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New Deelopment!

/cont1%ocia" 'etwor(ing9ow many people hae Facebook5

Fir!t online !ocial networking !ite wa!cla!!mate!com in ,==.

)y!pace fo#nded in 644

6.4 million people #!ing Facebook- and morethan =44 million ob?ect page! /gro#p!- page!-people1

9ow do !ocial networking !ite! a@ect peopleand relation!hip!5


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New Deelopment!

/cont1+,co--erce.Free %tu/Cyber )onday mega !ale! for online !hopper!

Free web!ite!- game!- book!- new!paper!Ama'oncom !tarted in ,==; ,4 year! later

ann#al !ale! topped E. billion

$ !how! aailable on web ia 9#l#com and!tation web!ite!

)ay lead to identity theft- !ec#rity i!!#e!


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New Deelopment!

/cont1A o*otics an$ 3otionA"7 arti*cial intelligence (ranch of comp#ter !cience that deelop! theorie!

and techniH#e! for making comp#ter! perform ta!k!we normally think of a! reH#iring h#manintelligence %08 playing che!!- lang#age tran!lation-diagno!ing di!ea!e!- #nder!anding !peech

Sync !y!tem in Ford car!- #!e! oice command!

Robotic!7 mechanical deice! to do h#manta!k!

)otion !en!ing deice! #!ed in airbag!-laptop!- "pod- ideo game!- etc


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New Deelopment!

/cont1$ool! for people with di!abilitie!Comp#ter ba!ed deice! help re!tore abilitie!-

prod#ctiity- and independence for people withdi!abilitie!

Speech !ynthe!i'er! on comp#ter! for the blind

$e0t7me!!aging deice! pop#lar with the deaf

Pro!thetic deice! improe from d#mb heaydeice!- to lightweight material! with analogmotor!- to now highly !en!itie and Ie0ibledigitally controlled deice! that allow #!er! toplay !port! and Iy airplane!


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New Deelopment!

/cont1Discussion uestion+hat do yo# think i! ne0t for technology-

!peci*ally in the area of ideo !haring- cellphone!- A"- robotic!- and motion !en!ing5

9ow will the!e change! improe H#ality of life5


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"!!#e! and $heme!ssuesUnemployement5 A$)2!- robotic plant!- etc

taking people o#t of work5

Alienation and c#!tomer !erice5 3ack of faceto face time5

3o!! of priacy5 )ore record! and opport#nityfor theft

%rror!5 )ore error!5


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"!!#e! and $heme!

/cont1Bld problem! in a new conte0t8 crime-

pornography- iolent *ction

Adapting to new technology- thinking in a newway

aried !o#rce! of !ol#tion! to problem! i!nat#ral part of change in life

Global reach of the +eb- increa!e!comm#nication

$rado@!8 increa!ed !ec#rity mean! red#cingconience


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%thic!St#dy of what it mean! to do the right thing

A!!#me! people are rational and make free

choice!

R#le! to follow in o#r interaction! and o#r

action! that a@ect other!


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%thic! /cont1+thica" iewsDeonto"ogica"7 empha!i'e d#ty and ab!ol#te

r#le! %08 Do not lie

Uti"itarianis-, people try to increa!e #tility to!ati!fy the per!on2! need! and al#e!

'atura" ights7 %eryone ha! right to life-liberty- property

%thic! ha! no !imple an!wer! to any !it#ation


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%thic! /cont1Discussion uestionsCan yo# think of e0ample! of negatie right!

and po!itie right! that are in oppo!ition toeach other5

+hat i! a !it#ation where ethic! and the lawmight conIict5

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