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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/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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/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