Technology

After reading the two articles assigned, I continue to be blown away by the advances in technology. The ...And Bodies article touches on the extreme strides technology has helped overcome in the medical world and how we can change the body cell by cell, with The Matrix article seems far fetched, but seems more relate-able as time goes on. An idea that seems to connect to The Matrix is the idea of having one power house company when it comes to technology. As of now, I believe that this company could be Google. They have the ability to keep extensive records of online usage and continue to add applications to their websites to try and get all internet users to go through them as a search engine. One new introduction made by google is a facial recognition app. The website says that this application would allow a user to snap a picture of a person's face and have their personal information come up. Google has said that they are trying to be careful dealing with people's private information, and you would have to agree to let google release your information. One good thing about this seemingly dangerous app is that there is no release date set. With all the privacy concerns that this brings up, viewers have began to post comments on the article such as, "Oh, they'll let us opt out? How generous of google. Why is it every time a private company does creepy stuff like this for $, it is OUR responsibility to opt out rather than their obligation to convince us we should opt in?" -Nocode42