LECTURE L02A JOURNEY EXPLORINGTECHNOLOGY
LECTURE L02A JOURNEY EXPLORINGTECHNOLOGY
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Alternating Current Power Plant at World's Fair, Chicago, 1893.
TECHNOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Now explain to someone technology today
TECHNOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY
OUR VIEW ON TECHNOLOGY IS VERY CONTEMPORARY
WE BASE THE FUTURE ON WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE PAST
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
- Arthur C. Clark’s 3rd Law
CENTURY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Radio Messages
Airplanes
Ice lolly
Ford model T
Talking pictures
Zipper
Stainless steel
Tanks
Penicillin
FM Radio
Computers
Nuclear fission
Ballistic missile
Transistor
Atom bomb
Solar battery
PC
Integrated circuit
Video game consoles
GUIs
TV
ARPANET
Laser
Altair
CD-ROM
Mosaic
DVD
WWW
Internet
VCR
COMPLEXITY OF TECHNOLOGY
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
“He was the pre-eminent scientist in a century dominated by science. The
touchstones of the era — the Bomb, the Big Bang, quantum physics and
electronics — all bear his imprint.”
special theory of relativity
model of the atom
discovery of the electron
theory of continental drift
nuclear chain reaction
discovery of the positron, neutron
big bang theoryquantum theory
uncertainty principle
Assignment 1
How would you explain the term technology?
What is Technology?
Is this Technology?
All Technology was once new
All Technology was once newTechnology is very much about perception
All Technology was once new
Technology in the 15th century
Bartolomeo Cristofori 1655-1731
Nocturne Op. 9 No 2
Frédéric Chopin 1810-1849
Johann Sebastian Bach would only in 1747 approve the piano
TechnologyWe think it is something new
New technology is emotional
TechnologyTechne is greek for art or skill Logos is greek for word, speech
The word “technology” was used in 1801 by Johann Beckmann (1739-1811), a German scientific author
The Effects of Good Government, a fresco in the City Hall of Siena by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1338.
Kevin Kelly: What Technology Wants
Definition of Technology
Process by which an organisation transforms labor, capital, material, and information into products and services of greater values
Technology
The value you get out of a product for which you have paid some cost
Product Performance
31977 Apple II $1,298 4.000 bytes memory Motorola 6502 1MHz
2007 iMac 17-inch $1,199 1.000.000.000 bytes memory Intel 2.0GHz
2000 2010
iMac iPhoneiMac G3Mac OS 9.0.4 500 MHz PowerPC G3 CPU, 128MB MemoryScreen - 786K pixels Storage - 30GB Hard Drive
iPhone 4iOS 4.0 1 Ghz ARM A4 CPU, 512MB MemoryScreen - 614K pixels Storage - 32GB Flash Drive
THE SECOND HALF OF THE CHESSBOARD
Innovation
The change in the technology
EXPONENTIALGROWTH
http://www.bordalierinstitute.com/images/brainEvolution.jpg
Evolution of the human brain
Exponential World