Republic of the Philippines 2.

Improved Housing, Lifestyle,

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY Entertainment & Convenience in
Don Severino de las Alas Campus Education
Indang, Cavite ➔ Materials used to build
modern houses and other
facilities are far more
sophisticated than before.
Lecture 9: When Humanity and
You see, smart homes are
Technology Cross
on trend nowadays.
Appliances that employ voice
TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS DIFFERENT command are definitely
FIELDS convenient. Also, virtual
➔ Technology started as human reality concept (in gaming,
civilization developed tools mostly) has brought
necessary for their survival. entertainment to the next
level.
➔ Technology impacts different
fields that contribute to the ➔ Online classes are the new
development of a successful life: normal now because of the
transportation, industry, security, situation we are in. E-books
health, agriculture, education. and E-journals decrease the
burden of carrying heavy
➔ The technological changes that
books.
occur in our society today are a
result of our willingness to transform.

3. Convenience in Travelling &

Change in Health Industry
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN
➔ Thanks to modern vehicles,
TECHNOLOGY
time and convenience are
1. Improved Communication, Easy
now in our hands. We now
Access to Information, Social
have cars with roadside
Networking
assistance and maps in
➔ From just oral passing of
order to tell us which route
information from one
will take us faster to our
generation to the next which
destination. Be it by land, by
may place certainty of facts
air, by water, we can
on the line, today we can rely
definitely get into our next
on books and even online
destination with ease.
materials (such as this!) to
ensure accuracy of ➔ Another one is the
information. Not to mention, change in the health industry.
with the rise of social media We considered including
platforms such as Facebook, several modern medical
Twitter and Instagram, we technologies utilized today.
can have access to One is the Star Trek Style
information. Tricoder which has the
ability to analyze DNA in
order to detect and analyze
 diseases at a very fast pace. now online. The owners of
Another medical wonder is these businesses do not
the artificial retinas for have to worry about getting a
damaged eyes. place where they can sell
their products; they do not
have to employ people too,
4. Change in Health Industry which can reduce their
➔ The anti-aging drugs business cost.
available today are utilized
not only to reduce wrinkles
(botox and other beautifying DISADVANTAGES OF MODERN
surgeries) but also reduce TECHNOLOGY
the chances of acquiring 1. Some business lines choose to
diseases coupled with old invest in automated machines
age such as dementia. than in hiring people to handle the
jobs.
➔ Another highlight is the
robotic nurse assistant that ➔ While it is good for business,
functions to help nurses carry it is definitely not good news
patients and transfer them especially for people who
from one place to another. can only do certain tasks and
How innovative these were not fortunate enough to
equipment are! study and specialize in a
certain field.

5. Additional Advantages of Modern

Technology 2. World Destruction Weapons
➔ Modern technology also ➔ A weapon of mass
boosts efficiency and destruction is any weapon
productivity (not to (be it radiological, nuclear,
mention profit) through biological, or chemical) that
increased production and is fatal and/or bring
reduced labor cost. With the significant damage to
development of machines humans, man-made
that can perform tasks with structures, natural structures,
precision and at a reduced and the biosphere in general.
duration, mass production of Utilization of these kinds of
goods is done in no time. Of weapons has primarily an
course, reduced labor cost is ethical impact. Look at a
a result of employing more nuclear bomb, once it is
machines that can replace detonated it will not only
human labor. affect the target group.
➔ Modern technology provides
an avenue for a more
creative and innovative
approach. Let us take for 3. Physical Social Isolation
example businesses that are
 ➔ is the absence of interactive activities such as the protests
relationships between family in different areas, illegal
members and friends at an mining or deforestation.
individual level. While
➔ While the above mentioned
accessibility is an advantage
functions can be beneficial,
of social media interactions,
this technology can clearly
somehow, the experience is
violate the basic human right
incomplete. This may
to privacy as no one can be
eventually lead to increased
exempted from being looked
loneliness. The feeling of
upon by the lenses of these
physical inactivity makes
surveillance devices.
people lethargic.
2. Colonizing Mars: An Astronaut
➔ increased dependence on
Bioethics
modern tools and
➔ The goal of Mars One is to
technologies that create
establish a permanent
innovations and changes in
human settlement on Mars
the society may reduce
years from now.
human creativity and
intelligence. ➔ The problem lies in the fact
that this is a one-way ticket
to another planet. While it is
EMERGING TECHNOLOGICAL ETHICAL true that the people who
DILEMMAS would like to stay there have
We are all equally entitled to given their consent, there
our human rights without discrimination. may be unexpected
But who would want a technology who will occurrences that can put the
trample on our rights as humans, anyway? lives of these astronauts in
We are at a point where these danger – occurrences they
conversations around the societal impact of did not think through and
technology are gaining the attention of the never given consent of.
public. Technology is not neutral. There are
risks of misuse that may damage human
rights, promote misinformation or maybe 3. Wearable Technology
worsen international conflicts. ➔ Wearable technology is
created to suit human
1. Real-Time Surveillance Imagery
behavior and activities. It is
➔ Through this technology, the
beneficial in education and
public and the media will now
health but their capabilities to
be able to see high definition
expose the private details of
aerial views of anywhere on
our lives could be a problem.
Earth to observe events
real-time. This includes but
is not limited to natural
phenomena such as 4. State-Sponsored Hacktivism and
tsunamis, hurricanes, and Soft War
drought. Governments will ➔ Hacktivism is the the act of
also be able to monitor breaking or hacking into a
 computer system for origins of life by creating it
politically or socially instead of breaking its
motivated purposes. components.
Hacktivists can also exploit
➔ Creating these life forms is
their technological expertise
associated with playing god
to challenge the power of
and may also be used as
companies, states and
biological weapons.
religious groups whose
existence is primarily offline.

8. Brain-to-brain Interfaces
➔ This technology allows
5. Enhanced Pathogens
mediated direct
➔ Pathogens are bacteria, virus
communication between
or other microorganism that
two brains without the use
can cause diseases.
of speech. They consist of
➔ A gain of function research
two components: a
is one that aims to
brain-computer interface
understand the nature of
(BCI) that detects neural
human-pathogen interactions
signals from one brain and
by improving the ability of a
translates them to computer
pathogen to cause disease.
commands, and a
While this type of research
computer-brain interface
allows to assess the potential
(CBI) that delivers computer
of emerging infectious
commands to another brain.
diseases to be pandemics in
the future, the risks it poses ➔ BBIs come along with a
are extremely high. The risks number of currently
can generally fall into two: unresolved ethical issues
biosafety and biosecurity. including autonomy, privacy,
agency, accountability, and
identity (Hildt, 2019).
6. Robot Swarms
➔ The sender may send you
➔ Kilobots are group of robots
false information and in turn
capable of communicating
condition your brain to
with each other and perform
believe them. Also, according
simple tasks without human
to journal articles, through
intervention. While this is
BBIs, you can control ones
convenient, like any other
actions just by sending
machines these robots may
signals to the receiver’s
malfunction one way or
brain.
another and may eventually
cause harm and accidents.

7. Artificial Life Forms

➔ Artificial life allows
researchers to study the Prepared by:
RYAN V. JULIAN
GNED 06 Instructor