Top 10 Disappearing Futures By Cynthia Wagner

Technology are being increased all over the world, the threats posed against it also tend to increase.

I will also present the promise of these developments as well as the potential threat that these bring into reality as well. The format will be first introduce the technology through a brief description of uses it is purported to handle. Then I will follow the ideas of how said device will benefit humankind followed by the potential threats that this technology will introduce to humankind in general and to the user of said device specifically.

In 2017 we are in a time where new technologies seem to be coming out every couple of months. The American consumers are buying and investing in these new technologies which are used in our everyday lives whether they be vehicles, cellphones, household appliances, tools, computers, and artificial intelligence. Nigel Thrift points this out in his article “Closer to the Machine? Intelligent environments, new forms of possession and the rise of the supertoy” he says “Commodities, because of recent developments in information technology, will increasingly be designed with powers to interact and adapt to space, powers that will allow them to take on a much more active role in the world.” (389). Of these the most concerning new technology would be

Yet another prototype of the world changing for the better is the 21st centuries modern era of technology. Throughout history the world has been improving its technology in the industrial revolution, through transatlantic trade and so on. However, recently the world has rapidly increased in high tech devices. The innovations that Steve Jobs created have bettered children's education, research in all fields of studies, our accessibility to information, and has increasingly and still is to this day improving the world for the

As we witness the dawn of a new millenium it is difficult not to think about the ways in which the world is changing. Twenty years ago, few people had even seen a computer, let alone owned one. Now they are on most childrens' christmas wish lists. Ten years ago, satelite television was a new and wondrous thing - sixteen channels on one ariel, no less! Today, if you cannon receive the hundreds of digital channels being

In Intini’s article about the future of technology from a standpoint of the past, he illustrates key characteristics that were being researched at the time, and were to be implemented in the future. Not only were his predictions about the use of these technologies accurate, but moreover he emphasizes how important the new technology is in our everyday lives. He clearly states, “So attention now turns to those bright ideas and prototypes springing from the research and development labs with the potential to reshape your home, your commute, your office, and your downtime. Consider this a preview of the not-too-distant future” (Intini, 2007, para. 2). It is from this statement that not only will we see that the author’s predications are accurate

With technology advancing day by day, it’s hard to say that there are no pros to it ─ but the cons are no less.

Technology is always changing. Is one change enough? Will there be the need to change in the future? Technology is unpredictable thus the ‘predicted’ result cannot be entirely relied upon.

Since the 1950’s technology advancements have exceeded the expectations of everyone but have also failed those of some. Most people believed that in the 21st century we would have very interesting technology, such as we can see in the film Back To the Future, they pictured us having flying cars, flying skateboards, and technology that is very intricate. The way that people really imagined technology going kept pushing it, but at some point in time the advancement has stopped slightly and technology has mainly focused on things that we do daily. We can see how the differences in technology can be drastic. This is also a reason why the technology that my grandparents and my parents has differed on the way that they do things on a daily routine.

Technology has changed greatly in the last 100 years. To help me understand how technology has changed, I interviewed my grandmother about the changes in her lifetime. Throughout her life, she has witnessed many technological changes around the world. One change that has occurred in her lifetime is the color TV. When she was born, color TVs existed, however, none of the channels broadcasted in color. It was until she was in her 20s when stations began to transition into color television. She also told me that when she was younger, they would find out the news through newspapers a day or two after the event occurred. However, today we can hit a button on our phones and we’ll receive notifications moments after an event has occurred. Lastly, she told me about the first cell phones. She said that the first cell phones were called “Brick Phones” because they were the size of brick. However, cell phones today are much smaller, and can fit into your pocket.

The speed at which the new technology is increasing and the boundaries of innovation are crossing every limit , makes us expect our life to get easier by the time. But the speed of growth of new technology and expansion of innovation has made the anticipation of social and environmental implications very difficult.(meel and saat,2002;WBGU,1998). The speed of growth of science and arrival of new technologies in the world has succeeded the time we have to anticipate the changes caused by these innovations of technologies.

Disruptive and transformational technologies typically appeal to segments of the market that are undeserved, and not to the main stream of the market (Shane, 2009). These technologies have the ability to make traditional tools and processes obsolete virtually overnight.

After reading these articles, I am surprised by how quickly technology has advanced in the past few years. When I was at a younger age, even the idea of an affordable smartphones seemed far fetched, and that was less than a decade before now. Reading about new advancements such as these opens my mind to the possibilities of things that I would have believed impossible. I think that the world is changing more quickly than we know, and that the future is sooner than we believe. The prospect of batteries being printed onto clothes would sound as if it were from a sci-fi novel, but in reality it is only a few more tests and fixes away. In addition, if such simple

In this day-and-age, technology seems to grow so exponentially fast that the creators (those being ourselves) are having a hard time keeping up. With the coming of robots, we humans are concerned with its own growth and ability to think on its own. Yet, technology is growing all around us; tv's, phones, houses, cars, in school, computers, stereos, etc. The list may essentially go on forever by each passing day as we convert old inept objects and tools to technologically advanced items. But there is one facet of technology that also seems to be growing reasonably fast. Many will argue that this genre of technology has actually has no benefit to the user beyond bare satisfaction and the added benefit of wasting time. Though many millennials

The trend of technology is continuing to rise as the economy continues to change. “Some aspects of society and our individual lives are also influenced by technology in many direct and indirect ways, including governance,entertainment, human relationships, and our views on morality, mind, matter and our own human nature” (Patil, 2017). All of the aspects listed play a huge role in the trend of technology changing as society does.