In a recent CNN special report on up and coming technology, it was observed that a lot of people seem interested in new technology where the use of their basic motor functions (i.e. using their own hands) instead of using a mouse. This is being exploited by hardware manufacturers by making touch screen everything (well, everything that can be made touch-screen at least). We’ve seen it done in mobile phones, now they’re incorporating the technology to the monitor of a computer. Similar to what was used during the election coverage of the recent presidential election by CNN.
Another similar aspect of putting more human connections in the development of technology is Windows 7. From what I know, they have made emoticons out of your own picture while using, say Yahoo! Messenger. While such development is not really necessary for a faster working PC or for a better performance over-all, it helps sell the product. In fact, that was probably the only aspect of the new Windows 7 that got stuck in my head, nothing whatsoever on the more important details of the new operating system.
We have to remember that technological development, while it may be going at a fast rate, still needs to manuever in a capitalist setting. If people (consumers) like to feel the technology with their own hands, the manufacturers (producers) will find a way to give exactly that (or even more) to them for a price. Personally, I do not see anything wrong with the system because, in my mind, it is basically the law of supply-and-demand at work.
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Rivera, Jan Michael A.
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