This week
was the first of two weeks of group presentations.
The first
group presented their website on stealth technology. I thought it was a very
interesting topic. The group mainly focused on how stealth technology is used
in the army. The concept of stealth technology is basically to be able to evade
detection systems, thereby being undetected. The technologies that they
presented on were aimed at deception tactics rather than all out invisibility.
Although
such technology is widely used in the military and has wide applications in
this field, there is possibility of such technology eventually being used by
civilians as well.
This might
give rise to innumerable ethical concerns as the technology can be abused and
used for spying, stalking, and other questionable purposes. There may also be
legal implications in terms of whether information obtained through stealth can
be produced in a court of law.
Overall, I
thought their topic and web-report were interesting and well-designed.
The second
group’s website was based on environmental sustainability in Singapore. They
talked about many green efforts that are already being made in Singapore, in
order to make it a greener city. This was quite surprising to me as I hadn’t
heard of these movements and programs before. They used a lot of case studies
of green buildings from all over the world, which were interesting; however, I
would have liked to see more about relevant future considerations, other
possible technologies, and black-swan events/technologies in the field of
environmental sustainability in Singapore.
The next
group presented on cloud computing. Their website showed how different cloud
computing services are used in different organizations such as schools,
hospitals, and so on. The use of cloud technology makes it easy to access and
upload data, and provides benefits such as cost savings and efficiency. They
also highlighted how a shift to the cloud could promote sustainable development
by using less energy (Can it??).
They talked
about how cloud technology has the potential to solve the problem of inequality
to a certain extent, through the spreading of knowledge online. There are many
websites that offer courses from reputed Universities online, that enable
people who don’t have access to such knowledge to study these courses online
for free.
Although
cloud technology has many benefits, it also gives rise to privacy concerns and
other such issues, which highlight the importance of implementing necessary
safeguards to protect the privacy of people.
The last
group to present was my group; and the topic we chose was aesthetic surgery. In
our project, we talked about the advancements in aesthetic surgery. We went
over the reasons why we thought it brought about disruptive change, and also
looked into the future of this technology with respect to further advancements,
applications and possible wild card events.
Based on
the feedback that we received on our presentation, we could have talked more
about the legal and ethical implications of aesthetic surgery.
We are
currently working on improving our website, but you can access it for more
information on aesthetic surgery here: http://keming91.wix.com/beautyondemand
This
session was useful for us to learn interesting things about the topics that
were presented by the project groups.
I rate the
session an 8 out of 10.
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