Question

Describe at least two significant technological advances you have witnessed over your lifetime. explain how they made your life easier or more difficult. the internet is rich with ideas for futuristic innovations in technology. some popular websites that share innovative ideas are futureforall.org (links to an external site.)links to an external site., futurism.com (links to an external site.)links to an external site., or itechfuture.com (links to an external site.)links to an external site.. from these or any other website(s) you choose to review, identify and describe (in your own words) two futuristic ideas that interest you. discuss one benefit and one potential drawback of each idea.

Answer 1

One technological advance I have experienced in detail was the conversion from Imperial to the metric system in Canada especially in the mines I worked at. The advantage was that now everything could be done in 10's like millimeters, centimeters, metres and kilometers for example. The drawback would be that I was accustomed to say with cars to use miles per gallon and I had a hard time to envisage kilometres per liter. Another innovation I experienced first hand was the development of the GPS. This made it easier to locate oneself in the field provided there was good satellite reception and at least for the handheld GPS the accuracy was only down to about +-5meters so was not exact. Only the more expensive GPS like the Trimble could zero one in with sub-centimetre accuracy.