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How do developed cities use technology differently?

Jordan Serpentini

Professor Malcolm Campbell

English 1103

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Geere, Duncan. Sukey apps help protesters avoid police kettles.Wired Magazine. 31December. 2010. Web. 31 January. 2011.

This source is an article that belongs to a monthly magazine operated out of the UK that

can also be purchased in the form of a weekly newsletter or website access. This article talks

about a new hybrid of phone app that encompasses GPS, uploading information and getting

information all in one for the common goal of avoiding areas that cops have kettled, or

blocked off, in order to not only aid protesters but also to aid the average civilian that does not

have several hours to spare standing around in a blocked off area that they have been

unfortunately grouped in with. The article talks about potentially releasing the source code to

activists all over the world so that they can create their own version. The article is unbiased and

simply informing the reader of a product, not at all comparing it to other apps or the new greatest

developments in technology. The topics covered in this article are new technology and public

safety. If someone asked me about this article I would say that it is about privatizing an

application from the UK parliament in order to aid public safety from kettles, steering people

around them, and allowing activists to continue their cause of protest elsewhere. This article was

written by Duncan Geere. He is among many of the more common authors to write for the

website Wired.co.uk. He describes himself as a Gothenburg-based journalist, specializing in

environmental topics, digital music, and web culture. His article is very much unbiased for it is

informing of a new technology used to citizens, not something they are required to have or must

use. The information is very reliable due to the fact that it is published in a magazine and relays

data about the application directly. This source can be qualified as being about technology,

popular, news, and government. The purpose of the article is to inform readers about a new

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technology that aids the public instead of the government. The intended audience is all of

London, but specifically activists trying to get their point across without much restriction. This

article is exactly what I was looking for opposed to my other sources that only address

developing technologies like this in a much less interesting broader sense. It will for sure be used

in my paper.

Norton, Leslie. Dawn of the smart citiesBarrons Magazine. 1Oct. 2011 Web. 3 Oct. 2011

This is an article from a monthly magazine that talks about the next generation and the

changes in technology they get to witness. It gives examples of new concept cities and already

developing cities and the new connections they are bringing to the table. One example of

innovation not surprisingly occurred in London, but it did surprisingly occurred much earlier

than I thought in 2003. London decided to take control of its CO2 emissions by charging

somewhat large entre fees to cars trying to enter the city during times of rush hour and

congestion. It uses an automatic system that will bill a vehicle based solely on its license plate

number which sounds highly effective. The article also mentions a cloud system that allows

more computer capacity along social media that allows one to update a main water break or

traffic jam. The article also makes mention of renewable energy, smart buildings and even talks

of a smart phone application that helps you find the nearest empty parking space. The article is

unbiased, and gives only one point of view which is informative. The author has written many

other articles for Barrons magazine so it is credible in that sense and it was published in a

technology magazine so that doesnt hurt its reliability either. Two great examples it gives is

about the city built on a landfill in New Songdo City in South Korea and should be done

relatively soon in 2015. Another is Masdar, which plans to ban private automobiles and eliminate

all waste. Both of which fit my inquiry question quite well. This can be qualified as many

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different genres such as academic, popular, and technology. The article was written for the

general public because it puts certain topics in lay-man terms in order for the article to be easily

read by those foreign to the concepts of the new generation and smart cities in general. The

second example actually backs up one of my other sources that also mentions the smart city of

Masdar outside of Abu Dhabi. I can certainly use this source for its abundant examples of

upcoming technologies in these smart cites and how they will impact those living in that specific

area just like what my inquiry question implies. It assisted me to broaden my understanding of

what a smart city entails while giving me more information on how London seems to be a

superior town of thinking at the same time. Dawn of the Smart Cities really hasnt changed my

view on my topic; it affirmed it along with adding to my general ideas for specific examples. I

can guarantee the usage of this article in my paper.

Siegele, Ludwig. Mining the urban data. The Economist. The World in 2013 print edition.

Web. 21 Nov. 2012.

Mining the Urban data is a single article from an extremely reputable magazine called the

Economist. It encompasses the ideas of future cities changing but not in the ways we expect. The

author talks about the failure of new and innovative future cities like the ones often seen in

movies with all glass cities, floating streets, and hover crafts etc. He also talks a great deal about

different developed cities now that are becoming more technologically tight and in tune such as

Singapore, London, and Amsterdam. A specific example is in Singapore they are working on

developing the amount of taxis allowed to be on duty relative to the weather. More taxis in the

rain, and less taxis in the sun all directly linked up to real time technology that will help evaluate

the situation every second. The authors name is Ludwig Siegele and he holds a strong position

in the magazine at deputy international editor so the source has good grounds to begin with. The

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article is not biased, and is for technically anyone who would like to know where cities will go in

the near future. In particular, this source proves to be my best source by far due to that fact that it

does not give me one example of developing cities using technology differently but multiple. It

also contributes two different ideas of a smart city which better defines the guidelines of what

it takes to be classified as a developed city. This article is brilliant. It has both sides of my

argument in one, it is from an extremely scholarly source, and it has a highly reputable author all

while pertaining perfectly to my Inquiry question. It will definitely be in my final paper.

Surowiecki, James. "Technology and Happiness." Technology Review 108.1 (2005): 72-

76.Academic Search Complete, Web. 19 March 2013.

Here is the counter argument to my entire paper. The question that questions technology

itself. Do we need it? Is it necessary? Are we truly happy with it? Technology and Happiness

is just what I was looking for in a source, something new and something that would add a new

dynamic to my paper. It is an article written in the form of an academic journal. It begins to talk

about all that technology has done for us, such as advancements in science, living longer,

improving the quality of life. It then goes on to ask the question weve all thought about once or

twice in our lives. Is it possible that technology, instead of liberating us, is holding us back?

This is the first piece of literature that I found myself energetically writing down quotes and

metaphors. The article then goes on to describe successful societies that lack technology such as

the Amish. They seem to find happiness in the simpler things because they dont have much else

to truly upset or distract them. The text mentions that because of the Amishs strong ties in the

community, upstanding religious views, and a morally sound family for support, the Amish have

a great deal to be happy about. The argumentative paper then goes on to specify a good point.

Why are we making so many decisions on technology off of almost no research that confirms

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that it truly makes us happiest? At this point we are just assuming that technological advances

are in our best interest when really we may be digging ourselves into a non-active, motionless pit

of blogs and weather forecasts. Finally, the article mentions the words hedonic adaption which

means that no matter how ground breaking or spectacular a new device, discovery, or

advancement soon all of its exhilaration will be exhausted. I cannot stress how excited I am to

add this dynamic to my paper for it was extremely well written and had only agreeable views in

my opinion. The author, James Surowiecki, is an American journalist who currently writes for

The New Yorker. His credentials and past experience make this article an exceedingly

dependable one at that. The article contains an exploratory view encompassing both views in one

article. The audience is once again the general public in order to raise awareness of the

potentially negative effects on technology. In comparison to my other sources I would say that

this source is not at all like them, but it does add that third dimension that I have been looking

for. I believe this source will round off my paper in the sense that it brings people back to views

that remind them to not get too caught up in all this technology. In other words, I think it will

help people to first see all of the advances coming our way and how different areas use

technology differently then finally bring them back to a state of complete aestheticism. My view

on my topic and my inquiry question has been one-hundred percent altered. You can absolutely

count on this being in my paper.