Technologies of the Future

As the theme of our Fun Friday is once again, "Technologies that may change the Future", it would be my job to tell it just like it is. Each day, new inventions are made, ideas are brought up, and the latest products are sold- for a price. This price could be cheap but it could probably rob some of us broke as well. As some of them can be extremely useful, even teaching our children new things, while entertaining, we have to decide if all of these technologies are a pro for our world, or a con. Weigh the pros and the cons and see which one outweighs the other.

If you think of these technologies, they are not only right in front of you, but also through the computer. Partly, their ruining our world. Social Media is no longer just a fad, it never has been actually. It keeps advancing, creating new social networks to go on. Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace are just a few social sites you can go on to publish, chat, share. If you think into this subject a little bit more, you'll understand there's a completely different world apart from the "real world". That world, is on the Internet.

An example of a new technology, I recently saw, while shopping in Staples, was the new Bamboo Pen & Touch. It comes with a pen as well, if you buy that set, and only costs about $150. Connecting it through a USB port to your laptop, or computer, it's touch. Sort of like a smart board. You can scroll up and down, edit pictures, as well as right click, double click, etc. Easy to use, and cheap cost. Seems like the new technology to have, which as any technology does, will change our future. This time, I believe it's for the good.  

In my opinion, I do believe that some technologies are great for us, although others could be just a waste. I've researched and watched videos of technologies, usually on Ted Talks, and I must say they are all fascinating. For our world to evolve as much as it has already, it can be kind of frightening to think of what we'll have in say, 10 years. Only time will be able to tell... unless we get in some fortune tellers to tell the future for us.