Slide show about technologies which will benefit the average human's physical and mental abilities

1. An in-depth look at modern technology and its effects
on our physical and mental health.

2. Technology and health
 Technology’s main purpose is to implement our
scientific knowledge to increase abilities and
performance
 This has led to technology continually taking leaps
forward to help us medically and educationally
 These leaps currently give us the biggest advantage in
history to be healthier and smarter.

3. The Internet
 Biggest technological innovation to date, allowing
anyone to connect to an infinite source of knowledge
 The digital revolution has made the internet a
household staple in many world cultures.
 Benefits from popularity, allowing people to
communicate and filter current knowledge.

4. The Internet (cont)
 The internet benefits both our mind and bodies by
simply supplying a knowledge resource.
 People used to depend on libraries / books to learn
something they were curious about, which now takes
minutes.
 As nutritional and exercise science
advance, knowledge and guides on the internet can
give definitive knowledge to increase health

5. The Internet (cont)
 The internet is open for anyone and is mostly opinion
based
 With anyone uploading anything they want, there is
nothing filtering information for accuracy.
 This makes it the responsibility of the user to find
sources they can trust in order to learn quality
information.

6. Bioprinting
 3d printing was founded by Charles Hull in 1984 with
his company 3D Systems 1
 While they become cheaper to produce, their
popularity is at an all time high and looking to become
a mainstream device2
 Decades of advancement has led to the next major step
forward in medical technology: printing organs into a
human being

7. Bioprinting (cont)
 In 2009 Oraganovo developed a “Bioprinter” which
uses all of the current 3d printing technology to print
organs using human tissue3
 The end goal is the ability to print organs needed for
transplants, with smaller surgeries printing the
required tissue directly into the patient
 Currently the organs are being used by pharmaceutical
companies to test their products on humans without
risking the safety of living people4

8. Bioprinting (cont)
 These artificially created organs, if implemented
correctly, will save millions of lives from overcrowded
transplant waiting lists
 The main ethical concern is allowing anyone to design
their own organs, and accepting modified organs as
“natural”
 Can eventually replace high level surgeons with
machines to perform complex surgery faster and more
accurately

9. Project Glass
 Developed by Google, first displayed to the public in
Febuary 2012
 Also reffered to as “Augmented Reality Glasses”, the
glasses display digital information such as reminders
and weather updates5
 The glasses have the potential to calculate
distances, measurements, and solve problems
instantly

10. Project Glass (cont)
 Could be used help visually impaired people make out
important things in front of them, as well as guide and
teach the mentally challenged.
 They could as be implemented
professionally, helping surgeons and engineers dotheir
jobs faster and with improved accuracy

11. External Links:
 TED Talk: Bioprinting a human kidney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMx31GnNXY
 Google’s futuristic view of project glass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4

12. References
 1 P Reynolds, (2012, May 8). The History of 3D Printing
http://www.squidoo.com/3d-printing-jewellery
 2 C Davies, (2011, December 22). 3D printing: Another dimension to the design
process. Retrieved from:
http://www.manufacturingdigital.com/people_skills/3d-printing-another-
dimension-to-the-design-process
 3 A Saenz, (2009, December 3). Organovo has its first commercial 3D
Bioprinter. Retrieved from: http://singularityhub.com/2009/12/03/organovo-
has-its-first-commercial-3d-bioprinter/
 4 R King, (2012, January 09). Bioprinting: the 3D future of organ transplants.
Retrieved from: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/bioprinting-the-
3d-future-of-organ-transplants-01092012.html
 5 J Rivington, (2012, july 26). Project Glass: What you need to know. Retrieved
from: http://www.techradar.com/news/video/project-glass-what-you-need-to-
know-1078114