This week, we looked more deeply into the 4 themes; urban, suburban, regional and virtual. To begin the process of forming a 'sceanrio', we must identify basic needs of living. The interesting idea about needs is that they come with a set of values; primary and secondary. Primary values involve needs such as shelther, health, sustenance, education. Whereas, secondary values are formed from materialistic views such as wealth and beauty.
I am interested to investigate whether the result of our advancing technology will alter the model of 'basic values'. Will the value of social interaction depreciate due to social media. Will we begin to lose the abilities to think, work, play? It is also interesting to look at the virtual world and how it can soon become a vital part of our lives:
[link] TED Talk [Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology]
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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology |
This video fascinated me as Mistry speaks about the 'SixthSense' being the ability to bring the virtual into the reality. Instead of restricting our technology to a device such as an iphone or laptop, 'SixthSense' technlogy enables a collaboration with the two. The interesting concept behind this is that fact that we are still able to live our lives as we normally would. The fear I have about the advancements in technology is that we may lose our abilities to think, live and play as we would in a balanced world. 'SixthSense' incoporates human gestures to positively manipulate the world we live in. In such as way, it will become a guide and is considered a 'jaw-dropping' concept as it has the ability to assist the disabled.
I never explored the fact that technology is generally restricted to a device in which we control with a touch of a button or swipe of a screen. This form of technology can bring those two worlds together, whilst keeping the importance of human/social interaction.
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Future Visions and Scenarios
Today, we formed groups to commence working on Project 1. I was allocated to Theme Group - Urban, which investigated the idea of enforcing a 'no car' policy, similar to London's - "London Cogestion Charge". This policy aims to tackle the increasing issue of congestion in London due to its growing population and limited land to support its capacity.
I chose this theme as my first preference as I could easily relate to the urban environment as I work in Brisbane City. I regularly use public transport into the city as I find it efficient in terms of getting to the city quicker. Brisbane City Council has updated its road networks to cater for buses which is proving more efficient as we try to reduce the use of private car transport. By investigating the use of 'no car' policies around the world, we can be inspired to adopt similar policies to cater for our growing population. In particular, parking in the city is costly as well as restrictive which is a successful tool in eliminating private car use.
Discussing this with fellow group members as well as tutors opened my imagination into what the world could look like in 50 years. Furthermore, the advancement of technology is slowly becoming a major trend in offices. I wish to further investigate how technology has evolved over the last 10 years and how it has rapidly altered our lifestyle. Technology can easily been seen as a threat to our economic future as it begins to replace our jobs. This is evident in my current workplace where it is likely that a computer will be soon taking over my position. Technology is advanced enough to alter our regular processes to which can be frightening in terms of our economic future. What will workplaces look like in 20-50 years? Will there only be office spaces occupied by computer and database systems? Where our most confidential information is stored inside hardware? I sense that our ability to think will deteriorate due to our advancing technology.
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