MM 3123 - Sydney Wader

The Ever-changing World of Technology  For my wild card project I didn't want to limit myself on what I could talk about so I decided to cover some the major technological advances around the world. Whether they deal with the world of medicine, sports, daily living, etc. We started the year off right by looking into the CES electronics show where I discussed a home security camera system that resembled owls called ULO . Looking into the world of things created at this years Consumer Electronics show opened my eyes to a whole new world of electronics and how hard we are working to better our every day lives.  Our world of medicine has made some serious improvements over time where surgery used to be a very dangerous task, surgery now is so precise that it can be performed on a grape. This year the CES show I mention previously was centered around health more than ever before as blood pressure watches, tiny pacemakers, and sleep technology headlined the showings this y...

Forecasting the Future  The internet is already a huge factor in our daily lives and continues to advance every day. Used for medical, educational, and every day life purposes. If anybody else like me grew up watching cartoons and the infamous Jetsons which follows along a family in an advanced technology reliant world. Growing up I had the silly assumption that was how technology would be when I was older.  Three students in grade twelve in Delhi have created an app that will help people with disabilities like  deafness, blindness, and muteness be able to communicate with ease. The app is called Practikality and has already helped a seven year old partially mute and deaf boy be able to be more social in his every day life. The students got the idea after they realized Braille and sign language helped these people with disabilities but didn't really give them the chance to fully express themselves. The application hasn't been fully released but is in the final ...