TWC session was about ICT
Yes, I decided to put in pictures after reading other people's blog.
ICT encompasses of many different aspect. I'm not going to list everything as it is too expansive. However, I'm going to list down some of the areas that fascinate me.
Gaming
The advancement of ICT has seen gaming industry taking over the music industry and is catching up with the film industry. Will it one day dominate the entertainment industry?
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is a system which every information are stored in one database. Technically, you can let people to gain access to such information and you can access it anytime you like as long as you have access to internet. Examples of Cloud computing would be like Gmail, iCloud and even our own SMU Elearn. However, cloud computing has it issues too such as security and privacy.
So the question is have we maximize our potential with ICT. The answer is not yet.
So why not?
Key observation
Despite the fact that ICT has helped streamline many processes in the industry, our productivity gain only multiplied by 5, whereas in the past, a revolution would see a productivity gain of at least 25 times.
One main reason that we have yet to fully maximize our potential is that we have not yet bridge the digital divide.
The divide is real and a copious amount of people, especially in the third-world country has no access to ICT. Even with access to ICT, the older generation may not be able to embrace it as easily as the younger generation like us.
Furthermore now it is still too early for us to fully tap on ICT. There are still fundamental issues that need to be addressed such as hacking and espionage. I would like to cite a recent case of Gmail password being leaked onto the internet. (Looks like a strong password does not matter now). Also there is the Playstation Network Outage on the year 2011 which Playstation Network users' credit card details were leaked online
Take-away point
How does ICT helps in addressing the issue of why some countries are so backward while some are so advance. With ICT, a whole new industry is being created and this provides opportunities. I would like to cite the gaming industry as well as how cloud computing has allowed small companies to have an equal standing with large companies. However, a system needs to be in place before the poor countries start to ride the wind or they will get swallowed by the waves.
ICT has its downside but most of it arise from human actions. Issues such as hacking and pornography are all cause by humans. The internet cannot hack and post derogatory remarks by itself. After all technology is just a tool. Education is very important to teach us about internet etiquette.
Some interesting fact here: Some studies have shown that pornography actually reduces the number of rape cases. Alright back to issue here.
There are a few people who shun away from social media as there is a risk for loss of privacy. However, in the 21st century, do we really still have privacy left? Our IP address are traceable, spying devices are ubiquitous and of course we always have friends that will secretly take picture of us and "tagged us".
Rating of session
I would give the session 8/10. I like the video about Project Natal. That was the first time I actually heard about the project. Kinect derives from Project Natal. However, there are some features that the Kinect do not have which Project Natal is capable of. I was thinking if Project Natal was real, I would just need to flash my examination question to the artificial intelligence and get it to do for us.
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