Human Beings and Computers Perfect Together? Every day you come in contact with numerous computers. Some interactions are intentional and others happen without you realizing it. Computers have made life easier. Over 72% of households have internet connections. (Administration, 2013) Students from an early age are surfing the net, playing games and completing homework assignments. Advanced medical imaging and treatment devices are now controlled by computers. Assembly-line production in manufacturing has increased productivity. The outlook is for increasing interactions between human beings and computers. (Harper, 2008) Like many issues there are two sides to the story. Computer use in the US is on the rise. Many people are using more than one device like a smart phone and computer and various applications like email and social media on a daily basis. Computer usage cuts across all ages from pre-school through retirees. You even see toddlers playing with their parent’s smart phones and tablets. It is easy to see the benefits of computer usage in many areas of society. Medical applications include the use of computers in medical imaging that increases the accuracy of tests. The collection of medical records electronically provides storage of all the patient’s files in one place. This allows for the transfer of digital files between primary physician and specialists for remote consultation for diagnosis and treatment. Robotics has been used to provide therapy for patients recovering from spinal cord injuries. (Sledziewski, 2012) Education is another area where the benefits are easy to see. Preschoolers learn basic computer skills through game play. Laptops and digital white boards are used by teachers as well a... ... middle of paper ... ...om, P. (2013, 1 17). WIred Innovation Highlights. Retrieved 10 11, 2013, from http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/01coming-soon-computers-will-use-the-five-senses-to-enhance-our-lives Harper, R. (2008). Being Human-Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020. Cambridge, England: Microsoft Research Ltd. Rahman, M. F. (2011, 8 4). Speech development of autistic children by interactive computer games. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, pp. 208-223. Sledziewski, L. S. (2012). Use of Robotics in Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 66(1) 51-8. Strass, V. (2012, 9 13). Is Technology Sapping Children's Creativity? Retrieved 10 11, 2013, from The Washington Post Online: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/is-technology-sapping-childrens-creatvity/2012/09/12/10c63c7e-fced-11e1-a31e804fccb658f9_blog.html
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...ases strain and likelihood of error which results in an increase in the time taken to perform the procedure. Computer assisted surgery uses computers for guiding and performing surgical intrusions in addition to pre-surgical planning. Robotic surgery or robotically assisted surgery overcomes the limitations of traditional Human-Machine Interfaces and enhance the abilities of surgeons during open surgeries. Moreover, there are numerous training simulators available to surgeons for practice and learning purposes.
For instance, hospital information systems, which consist of two types (administrative information systems and clinical information system), play a major role in the operations of such organizations. In the case of clinical information systems, they have allowed hospitals the automatization of their clinical data management, while increasing the quality of care, and at the same time, enhancing and reducing cost and expenses. Two examples of patient care technologies that have improved patient care in the clinical setting are the electronic health record system and robotic
The advancement of technology has been evolving for over decades. The use of technology in the medical field is very beneficial to the healthcare workers. In the medical field technology is being used in a number of different ways to help improve patient safety. Evolving technology has a direct effect on the medical field. Technology is used in the medical field by barcode scanning, robots, and smart infusion pumps to ensure that nurses, surgeons, and even physicians are making fewer mistakes, and to help them be more accurate when performing a procedure on a patient.
In the article by Chris Preston and Lee Mowbray (2008) a kindergarten classroom was the choice of installation of the interactive hardware. The justification for using this technology with Kindergarten children was their short attention span and the ability of the interactive whiteboard to keep them actively involved promoting learning (Preston and Mowbray 2...
“Computers play a key role in almost every sphere of life” (Berry, Terrie). Without them, everything would be different. People all around the world own or used a computer. Whether you are a professional in technology or just an average person, computers are still very important in your everyday life. “No other technology has accessed the world like computers and the use of the Internet have” (Maddox, Amanda). Without computers, consumers would not be able to do half the things as quickly as we can. Advances in computer design have increased its use for different industries, especially in the medical field.
Robotic surgery has recently become the most popular surgical procedure around. It is used by many surgeons around the world for surgeries such as, “hysterectomies, cervical cancer, and endometriosis” (Robotics Surgeries on the Rise). Robotic surgery is a form of surgery where a robotic device is used to assist a physician in the physical presence of the patient. In the NBC news report, Robotic Surgeries on the Rise,
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The field of medical robotics is a relatively new area. The first known documented utilization of robotics in the medical field occurred in the year 1985. A robot aided in placing a needle in the correct position for a biopsy of a patient's brain. Although there is still much to explore and discover in the area of medical robotics, the advances steadily increase at a fast pace. Historically, robots have often been first introduced to automate or ameliorate discrete processes, such as painting a car or placing test probes on electronic circuits, but their greatest economic influence has often come indirectly as essential enablers of computer-integration of entire production or accommodation processes.
Technology is changing how we think and act at younger ages. The term “technology” doesn’t only mean manufacturing processes and equipment necessary for production, it also defines a social space and could be a social problem which makes a real impact on social reality. Different types of social software affect a variety of aspects and have both positive and negative impacts. It's important to be aware of how a digitally-driven life is changing our education, sense of self, relationships, social interaction, consumerism, and ways of doing business around the world.
This article addresses how the internet and use of computers is in all aspects of our life directly or indirectly. The many ways technology can be used can help enhance the creativity in our children’s lives. As children participate more and more on technology, which now includes
The computer evolution has been an amazing one. There have been astonishing achievements in the computer industry, which dates back almost 2000 years. The earliest existence of the computer dates back to the first century, but the electronic computer has only been around for over a half-century. Throughout the last 40 years computers have changed drastically. They have greatly impacted the American lifestyle. A computer can be found in nearly every business and one out of every two households (Hall, 156). Our Society relies critically on computers for almost all of their daily operations and processes. Only once in a lifetime will a new invention like the computer come about.
The biggest and easiest seen change that computers have had on today’s society can be seen in the workplace. Before computers became an office tool and were made available to the average employee, paperwork and sharing information in an office setting was done by many different individuals constantly filing and looking up figures. Now a computer can store large amounts of information that is readily available to virtually anyone with the click of a mouse button. One person can complete a job that in a time before computers would take many. Computers have made file cabinets and libraries almost obsolete. Businesses can share information nation or even world wide in a matter of seconds. For example, a word document file can be sent from an office in New York to an office in Los Angeles in under a minute, in the past this same information would have taken a week to be sent through the mail. Computers have changed the way that factories are run too. On an assembly line, before computers every job, no matter how easy or difficult, had to be done by an employee. Now, however, computers run machines and do most of these tasks.
aspect of our lives, we are faced with computers. They are in our classrooms, cars, and even used
From classroom activities to space flight and everything in between, computers are a vital part of daily life. Everything we do and every aspect of our life is affected by modern technology, like the computers. Computers let us dissect any sort of data. Computers make us reflect, hence we develop. Because of computers and the Internet, we can talk with individuals from diverse nations, and even see them via webcams.