TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENCY

Emerging Technology in Your Trade

In 2020:

• Computer Technology - Automation, wireless
• Alternative Fuels - Renewable energy
• Medical - Advancements in tech
• Marine - Stronger materials, longetivity

In 2050:

• Space exploration
• Flying cars
• Instant teleportation / Time travel
• Robotic body parts
• Jet packs
• Self inducing cars
• Cures to illnesses

Technology in the future: Video
(Do you see a future for Gina,? Is it practical? Will it work?)

Pros - Lighter vehicle, smoother dynamics,

Cons - Expensive, safety, elasticity, aerodynamic behaviour

Top 10 Emerging Technologies (In groups discuss the potential societal impacts of this technology)

Pros - Utilization of a new source of energy, efficient energy source (34% of light contact is converted into electricity, cheaper electricity (estimated 8c per kW compared to the current rate 10c per kW), increased employment and economy.

Cons - Expensive materials, cost of manufacture, maintenance, only suitable for large scale projects, expensive startup costs.

CULTURES & TECHNOLOGY

In the Beginning (Māori Gods)

• Tāwhirimātea God of the wind and storms
• Tāne Māhuta God of the forest and all that dwell therein, especially the birds
• Papatūānuku Mother Earth
• Ranginui Father sky
• Tangaroa God of the sea, rivers, lakes and all that live within them
• Tūmatauenga God of war
• Rongo God of peace
• Rūaumoko God of earthquakes and volcanoes
• Rongo mā Tāne God of kumara and all cultivated foods
• Haumia-tiketike Guardian spirit of wild food
• Whiro God of evil

How long ago?

• 1000 + yrs??
• Lepta people 
• First inhabitants
• European contact
• Topography 
• Food shelter

Contemporary Maori Society and Pre Colonisation

• Hieratical in nature 
• Whanaungatanga-relationship, connectivity, co-dependant, belonging to, self-worth, responsible to all
• ‘Ehara taku toa I te toa takitahi, Ēngari ko taku toa ko te takikotahi’, My strength does not lie in working alone. Rather my strength lies in working with others
  
  

First European Contact

• Able Tasman 13 Dec 1642
• Whalers
• Cook 6 Oct 1769

Introduction of the "Pou"

• Maori wars
• UTU
• 1840 Te Treaty
• European Maori land wars land wars
• New diseases 
• A dying race
• New agriculture /fishing methods

Decline in Maori Economics and language

• Government policies
• Farming community hindrances
• Valed racism 
• Free vote
• Rebirth of language

The Two Wars

• Who Fought
• Colonisation Continues
• Urban Drift-factory labour
• Development of new towns
• Break down in Whanau values/structure 
• Rise of urban Marae

Health and Education

• Predominately trained for labour
• Material Values replaces traditional values
• Ease of modernity
• Cross cultural mariages

Adaptability

• Rebirth of Reo
• Higher education
• Treaty settlements
• Partnership/ownership

Maori Society Today

• Advanced and retrenched
• Individuality Verses Collectively
• Economic bases
• Treaty Settlements
• Education
• Two world Views
• Raising to the challenge
• Tug of War between two worlds

Types of Technology

• Stone
• Wood
• Bone
• Fishing
• Bird Hunting  
• Wheel-less
• Stone age people              

ETHICS, VALUES, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & SUSTAINABILITY

Introduction

Vocabulary of  Ethics:

• Ethics - a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
• Morality - Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
• Utilitarian ethics
• Deontological ethocs
• Situational ethics 
• Social responsibility
• Sustainabilty

SOCIETAL & CULTURAL TRENDS

Trends?
Workplace
Technological
Societal

What is a trend and what is its importance?

A general direction in which something is developing or changing. It is important as it will help shape the future.

What are some Technological Trends for 2012?

• e-learning
• New technologically advanced mobile phones and tablets i.e smart phones
• Payment methods
• Methods of teaching 
• Modern vehicles are smaller to enhance fuel economy
• Electric and electric vehicles are becoming more common
• Social Media
• Cloud computing
• Digital TV
• Online trading

The Top 5 Technology trends for 2012 - (CNN, 2011)

1. Touch computing
2. Social gestures- "frictionless sharing" relevant APP
3. Near field communication (NFC) and mobile payments- 
4. Flexible Screens- bendible interfaces
5. Voice Control- Send text messages, create reminders, search the web

Minaturisation- 

• Making things smaller

Technological Trends-

• System Integration- Combining many systems into one
• Automisation- Making things automatic

5 Workplace Trends

1. The Continuing Distribution of Organisations

Collaborative decisions wanted, utilize technology for communication , outsourcing, work distribution outsourced, work task distributed.

2. The Availability of Enabling Technologies and Social Collaboration Tools

Work collaboration tools i.e video and audio conferencing, data sharing, instant messaging,

Social media collaboration tools i.e internet forums, weblogs, blogs, wiki's, podcasts

3. The Coming Shortage of Skilled Workers

4. The Demand for More Work Flexibilty

5. Pressure for More Sustainable Organisations and Workstyles

What are some current Societal Trends?

• Legalisation of same sex marriage
• Globalisation
• English becoming the dominant language
• Kiwi's moving to Australia "brain-drain"

News Article Exercise: Economists fret as petrol price soars

Identify the trend: 

• Fuel prices increase to its highest prices ever

Social Impact of the trend: 

• Household spending
• Financial recovery
• Gull maintains fuel prices at 8c to 13c cheaper than other competitors, helps people
• Cost of living increases
• Lean towards saving fuel or fuel exploration
• General cost of everything will go up as fuel is a key commodity

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN SOCIETY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The biggest phase for industrial development was the industrial Revolution which took place from 1750-1850. What were the most significant developments of the industrial revolution?

Techological impacts of the industrial revolution:

The Machine Age
- The construction of large furnaces running on coke
- The production of Pin-Making machinery
- Iron Smelting made easier
- Factory productivity increased with the assistance of machinery
- Transport systems introduced to enhance trading opportunities

Social impacts of the industrial revolution:

- The invention of electricity
- Urbanisation
- Working class employed in factories
- Social stucture/classes were becoming more defined
- Child labour common due to being relatively cheap
- Unions were introduced to:

• Fight for rights
• Increase pay and wages
• Improve working conditions
• Improve living conditions

- Strikes were common as a result of labour unions
- Laws and constitutions introduced due to immoral employment practices
- Diseases were on a rise due to over crowding
- Organisation of labour in factories

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FIRST LECTURE

The lesson began with an introduction to the subject of "Societal Context", and the lecturer Rashika Sharma. She gained class attention by placing us into groups assigning each group an interactive activity. This worked as a great ice breaker as it woke us up and it got our brains thinking. We were given a scenario where we were charged as developers to perform a feasibility study on a proposed electric train setup in Auckland. As a group our task was to develop key points for consideration in a feasibility study. After gathering these points we went on to collaborate our ideas in order to produce viable solutions.The following is the result of our class discussion: 

Feasibility Study

1. Demand - Determine whether people need or want it
2. Determine the budget - i.e Government ,tax payer, people
3. Environment - Sustainable development
4. History - What has happened in the past
5. Labour - Workforce required for the job
6. Time constraints
7. Survey/research - Consider population of the area
8. Planning process - i.e Location
9. Legislation - i.e Resource consent
10. Research the social impact

Later we are given another task to get our train of thought thinking. Here we are asked to reform our groups and to decide on a technology for discussion. We were then presented with a chain of questions reflecting on the relationship between the technology and society. The following are the results of our group discussion.

Computers

Why was the technology developed?

Computers were made to do the very tedious computations of everyday life and business. The first calculators performed computations in seconds that would take someone minutes if not hours to do. For instance, calculations for NASA entry and exit trajectories would take days or even weeks to calculate by hand and the first mainframe computers would do the calculations in minutes.

What and who are the technology drivers?

Consumers (people) drive the demand for the technology and so they can be considered the main drivers. To be precise, it is the want or desire of people to have this technology is what helps the technology.

What have been its broad social, political, economic and environmental impact?

Computers have changed the way people relate to one another and their living environment, as well as how humans organize their work, their communities, and their time. Society, in turn, has influenced the development of computers through the needs people have for processing information.

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