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Hour of Code

Hour of Code: The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics.

As a class today, we attempted (and some) completed the Star Wars Hour of Code.  Hour of Code was a weird experience to understand as you leveled up because it got more complicated.  I don't play video games and have never really been the gamer type, so this type of coding is not something that really intrigued me.  Not saying it was not interesting, just saying I got bored with it fairly quickly.

Amazon Alexa

                                                     

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lujhxWZqk0Y

"New Media"

Media is a connection between people worldwide.  Via satellite, web, phones, iPad, messenger, and many more ways to connect, media gives us all something that makes our lives easier and "faster" that would not be possible without technology and constant evolution.  Everything we do daily is some form of connection and use of media with others around us.  Verbal communication, non-verbal communication, video gaming, surfing the web, talking on the phone, texting, and even singing along to songs is connecting us through our great use of different media outlets.  These things mentioned help and hurt the world because they all have unavoidable pros and cons.  YouTube and Google (probably the largest media swingers worldwide) play a major role in how people today view, perceive, accept, and go about living in society.  We live in a world where everything is recorded and replayed.  Replayed is recognition of everything not once but over again so watching what one says and does at all times is vital.

The Real Cyborgs and QR Codes

The London Telegraph - The Real Cyborgs

   After reading and discussing "The Real Cyborgs" (QR Code Above), a lot of detailed information about cyborgs, technology, and machinery pertaining to humans was revealed to me.  There are people out there who have chips in their hands that help control their lives, people with fake hearts and lungs, and people who have cameras in their eyes.  Me personally, I disagree with surgically turning ones-self into a cyborg because if this continues to progress, humans will eventually become a population of robots; similar to The Terminator or RoboCop.  In a way this can be scary because of the physical strengths and abilities one may be able to have.  Sports would no longer be natural human fun, along with a lot of other natural human activities that would be taken over the top.

Artifacts from the Future: Problems with Time Travel

In the book "a sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, a time-traveler accidentally stepped on a butterfly in the past.  That step on changed the food chain multiple times over billions of years, and when the traveler returned to the present, the entire world was changed drastically.  This was known as the Butterfly effect.  After watching the scientific film clip "Through the Wormhole" many pros and cons about time travel were brought up.  The question of is time travel even possible due to the laws of life was the biggest question that caught my attention.  I do not think it is possible AT ALL.  Although time traveling into the future or past would be cool, it is not possible and I predict that it will not ever be done.

"The Final Cut" Film Reflection

Looking back after watching the film "The Final Cut", one issue in the film that stood out to me was the fact that something like that could really be happening in today's world, and most of us in the human population would never know.  There could very well be a chip in someone's or all of our heads watching our lives every second.  I have always believed that if the government and whoever else needed information they could and do have access to it via our phones, televisions, social medias like snapchat, bank accounts, and other ways.  Just like the device "Alexis" can record daily conversations and has access to one's photos and information, ( without knowing) a device like Alexis can also be programmed to have a mini camera to spy or see anything that it wants to without us ever knowing.