TOP 5 Most Interesting articles from your homework research - Read them! :)

1) google-glass-autism-clinical-trial

I have chosen an article related to Google Glasses. I tried to find an article where Google Glasses were presented as a beneficial resource.

Catalin Voss, who is a German student at Stanford University, created an app for Google Glass, in order to identify emotions. Furthermore, this creation was so effective that they sold it to a famous Japanese company, called GAIA System Solutions. 

However, Catalin Voss and his co-inventors, are now working on a new project. The glasses are being tested to try and help kids with autism, which I think is a very helpful way of using this new technology

2) Video: No-internet for a week documentary

The video is an experiment which is carried out on 5 different people who are used to using the internet every day and for a week they are not allowed to use it anymore.  They first start talking about how they think they are going to feel (freer and also a bit lost or even stressed). The second day, the impression we are presented is really good, the contestant explain how good and full of energy they are feeling. On day 3 we are able to see how one of the contestant writes her first letter ever, she explains she is not used to it because she usually writes though whatsapp and she is used to immediate replying.  Also another participant explains to us how weird she is feeling because she hasn´t been able to communicate to anyone by using internet. As the video goes on we are able to see how the participants are really addicted to the internet for example a girl explains how when she posts on instagram if she doesn’t get all the likes she wants she feels bad and she revises how many people are giving her likes or comments. Regardless of this, the participants seem really happy about this experience and changed their opinion on instagram but their families are even happier.

3) Phone addiction explained

The article I read describes how our addiction to cell phones has a scientifically explanation: We never know what we may find, read or see when we enter our social networks or just spend a while searching on the internet. This uncertainty makes us segregate dopamine which makes us feel excited about looking our smartphones. Therefore this is like a drug to us. 

4) In Defense of Technology

The author of this article is trying to explain, through his own experiences, how technology has made our lives better. At the start of this article, he simulates a conversation with his daughter, in which he portrays his daughter as a naïve child who has been spoiled with technology and doesn’t know much about the real world. However, he then makes clear that he is on technology’s side as he criticises people who say technology has ruined everything as it used to be. His opinion on today’s technology is summarised in this quote: “Has something gone out of my experience of life by ordering all the shopping on Ocado rather than by pushing a cart around the aisles of a supermarket for an hour and a half? Yes: A pain in my backside has been relieved.”

5) Is-it-possible-to-transfer-your-mind-into-a-computer?

In this article the author talks about the possibility of, once you die, transplanting your consciousness in to a robot. It talks a little bit about Artificial Intelligence itself and how, in some years’ time about how it may be able to develop and become a super strong AI. It talks about when we speak of consciousness and when we believe something is conscious. It reflects the thoughts of various scientists about this topic and ends up concluding that, in his opinion, we cannot be transferred onto a robot. It would be a perfect copy of us, but could not be entirely us, due to the fact that we would need to be able to reproduce and understand perfectly the brain and, even if we try our best, it is quite impossible scientists can be able to reproduce a conscious.