Future Emerging Technology

1. In the next 10 years we will see implant under the skin that will hold medical information, personal passports and possible personal information (Limiting credit-ethical and legal intervention)

To look for a future innovated idea we have to look at what has already been worked on. I said from my first post that medical implants that hold personal information of people. It will also be a passport depending on the organizations reading machine. These will need security as people need to secure their own information that is readily available. To discuss what we see for the future we have to look at the past to help refine what has already been accomplished. I have ran across technology that is recent but has been in development for years. It is the artificial heart which has saved lives and keeping people alive until they can be healed. On instance it the Bionic Woman (not the TV show) that is kept alive by a battery powered heart. This heart pumps blood on one side of her heart where it has quit. She is working on a new transplant as this artificial heart keeps her alive.

2. In the next 20 years we will be able to have full skin suits which allows us to interact with the technology around us even on the screens of computers, TV's, radios, etc..

This technology can happen in the next 20 years due to articles that I have read. The article is called Virtual Immortality for Virtual Eternity by Patrick Tucker. He describes how people will be able to live in a virtual environment when their memory has been down loaded to a machine. He describes the availability that can be accessible to everyone so they can remember and interact but in a 3 D world. The article also states that these types of virtual environments already exist where people are able to be in a virtual environment and do what they would like. He specifically mentions Second Life in the article as a comparison against the possibilities of living virtual for real. It opens up new doors for research and advancements in this technology.

Horizon 2010 Report

The Horizon Report 2010 was a very interesting read. They focus on the education and the way people are learning or will learn in the future is interesting. We are now in this age and it has exploded with other universities moving to the online version of classes. The online classes gives the students and educators the ability to learn and teach at their school of choice. Reading through this report takes me back to my Masters and professors that taught my classes. We had different diversities and from many regions of the world; from our military service members serving over seas to  people that live all over the United States and all over the world.

Things come to mind on the trends that the horizon report discusses. The way people learn while working in a demanding environment. People want to keep up to date on new technology or methodology being implemented. Learning in this type of environment it has come to the reports attention that the "faster approach is the most perceived approach". I would have to disagree with faster is better, due that if you have more of a formal approach a student is able to comprehend the educators teachings. This gives the students a solid base to comprehend after they leave the classroom. Foundation is the key and the challenge is to ensure productive response and learning in a real world setting classroom.

The challenges are in mobile computing and open content for schools. Everything is becoming digital and the digital age is growing as we move to smart phones, wireless lap pads(i Pad) and nook (Book Reading). Utilizing and integrating these technologies into our educational systems will help students learn while in a demanding environment of work, home and schooling. The utilization of smart phones to access school sites for educators and students like checking or grading assignments will be big asset to schools. The challenge that comes to this area is developing universal web apps that devices are able to access on the go.

Open content is another way for educators to develop a universal learning environment. They can develop against existing code that can enhance the way students learn. One example of this is the Moodle software for online learning schools. This is a web portal where educators and students can access information and collaborate on studies virtually. They can upload and down load content on demand. Using this on a computer is easy but for it to accessed through a mobile device the administrator will need to install the plug-in for use for mobile devices. This was a brief research effort and needs to be looked into further for compatibility and functionality. The site for this Moodle plug-in can be found MLE-Moodle (Moodle for mobile phones) for further research.