Ananica Jeune

Prof. Dragan R.

 

                                         Assignment #8  Critical Thinking Blog Post

Throughout the semester, I enjoyed this class very much because I learned a lot of things about science and technology.  I have gained knowledge about the use and development science is important and the process of technology. I’ve also gained knowledge about the different patterns of science and technology. I learned about the advancement of technology, the peril of robots and cloning and many more. I learned about the impact that robots have in our society and the different things that they are capable of doing. As the semester has come to an end, I could say that I am both a science and a humanities person since because I believe that both science and technology need each other in other to progress. In this class, I’ve learned about different perspectives in life when it comes to science and technology has opened my mind better when it comes to new ideas. The readings from the course pack have helped me thinking differently about the use of science and technology. As we finish the semester, I believe that I’m more optimistic about science and technology because I learned about different theories and perspectives of the modern society.

 

 

Ananica Jeune
Prof. Dragan R.


                                                    Assignment #7 Blog Post

My post is going to be about Rosalind Franklin. Franklin was a British biophysicist and x-ray crystallographer. She was the one who found the molecular anatomy of DNA, viruses, RNA. Her DNA was found to be the best one and the most successful one. Other scientists found her DNA very helpful to human genetics and this information was passing from parents to children until today.

I think Franklin is an inspired scientist because she was very intelligent; she has gone through a lot to become what we all know about her today. Even though, she didn't achieve the whole journey that she probably has had in mind because she died at a young age but she achieved something that the whole world knows about. During her time, people probably didn't appreciate the hard work that she did, she probably didn't receive any award for doing such an incredible work but I can say is that her hard work was a success because she left something that is very useful for the whole world. It is heartbroken because she is not here today to be honored for the hard work that she has done. Her excellence intelligence has led to a high significant discovery that the world is grateful of.

Ananica Jeune
LIB 200
Prof. Dragan R.


                                                  Blog Post  Assignment #2

I don't think that popular science threaten us, however I think that it has both a positive and a negative effects on us.  Today science has created a lot of possibilities for a lot of people and many people have been fascinated by it. People base their ideas on today science in order to create their own things.

Technology continues to develop every day and every day that passes by we are being exposed to new things. Things that we used to have 10 years ago, we no longer have them because they're no longer in use. Back in the 1980s, we used to have polaroid cameras and there were some cameras where we had to put our eyes through the lens in order to take pictures but now society goes from an undeveloped camera to advanced and classic cameras, now are we are able to use a camera in our phone to talk to people in other places from all over the world via FaceTime, etc.

I believe that science and technology will expand even more in the future to bring out new things to the society that we're living. I don't think that science threaten us, although I believe that is inspiring us because of the advancement that it's making every day and I believe that the reality that we are living will be even better in the future.

Ananica Jeune

LIB 200

Prof. Dragan R.

                                                        Blog Post Assignment # 6 

My topic for my research paper is "the peril of robots", in my paper I talk about the history of robots, the different tasks that they are able to do and the different fields they work in. Most of my sources come from Academic Search Complete, I used this site because I believe that it's helpful for a successful paper. Academic Search Complete has a diversity of different subjects for all different kinds of papers and the information are clear and understandable to the readers.  For my paper, I use different sources from Academic Search Complete and also the "I, Robot" movie which is speficically about my topic.

One of my sources is "How medical Robots are going to affect our lives". This article basically talks about robots that work in the medical field. It states that medical robots help surgeons perform surgeries with maximum precision, minimal incision, and deep invasions inside a human body. These robots are controlled by a remote, even where the surgeon or his fingers cannot be physically present.  According to the author, " medical robots are bringing about the biggest paradigm shift in ways in which human beings are treated  and human lives are saved. I chose this article because it backs up my argument about how robots have developed throughout the years especially surgical robots.

My other source is the movie "I, Robot", this movie is one of the strongest sources of my paper because I visualize every thing that a robot is capable of doing and it gives me a lot to talk about. I was able to compare my own ideas with what I saw in the movie. With the help of that movie I was able to see how technology has developed and also the power that robots have on society and that power might increase even more in the future due to the different things that a robot is capable of doing.