Technologised Bodies

"Technology is no longer strange to human body.Because of the invention of machine,human body have been strengthened.Because of the invention of computers,we can create more possibilities." Stelarc's words are totally described the situation of the current society.People rely on the advanced technology and machine nowadays in their daily lives.It brings us convenience,a new vision and even a big step of human development that it would be impossible to live without that.The third hand,cyberbody,inter skin suits,ear on arm,to name but a few,are pushing the civilization in creating different parts of human body.

                                          The Third Hand

A mechanical human-like hand that is attached to the right arm as an additional hand.It is made to the dimensions of the real right hand.It can pinch-release,grasp-release,rotating the arm and a tactile feedback system for a sense of touch.The third hand has come to stand for a body of work that explored intimate interface of technology and prosthetic argumentation-not as a replacement but rather as an addition to the body.

It could help the people who have disability and improve their quality of living

Inter Dis-communication Machine

Equipment which exchange views between two persons. You can only see through the other person's eyes when you wear these machines, which forcibly put you in the other's place. These were made to obscure the border between identities of two persons.

These invention may seems funny and meaningless but it was a brand-new idea to see through other people eyes.It can trigger off more new thoughts to create things to make people deal with the problems in totally different ways and angles.

Indeed,technology bring us countless benefits.However, Did you think about the technology makes individual to be too individual?

Touchy is a human camera, who is blinded constantly until someone's touch enables the opening of the automated shutters. While a continuous physical contact is maintained between Touchy and a user, the camera shoots a photo every 10 seconds.

In the video,there had a caption that "Touch is a way of giving.".It means contrary to invite us to touch more technology products,we should more care about the people,the things other than  technology products.Technology could shorten the distance to other people but also can alienate from others depends on the way how we use it.It could never be possible that the technology could replace human totally ,so people should avoid being too dependent on technology.

Reference

Sterlarc's external website, http://stelarc.org/?catID=20242

Touchy,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78IogjeRvzs

Inter Dis-communication Machine,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOzVzcmK0VU

Presentation: Ethics of video games

The Sims

In my childhood, there were no lack of video games, included Donkey Kong, Mario, Contra, to name but a few. However, i had never thought about what the message and effect beneath those game as every children and teenagers else did. Indeed, many of them can provide excitement as entertainment, release stress, learn more about guns or wars or other knowledge and the sense of danger. But more provide wrong message and cause bad effects to teenagers--people who have less critical thinking and could easily be affected.

The Sims is a life simulation video game, developed by EA Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is one of the most successful video games series of all time. As of September 2013, it has sold more than 175 million copies worldwide.

In the Sims, Players control everything from their Sims’ career choices to their eating habits. It is similar to the real situation that players should control the physical and spiritual needs. What special this game is characters would not grow and be older except accident of fire, drowning or starvation, in which players can murder other people, otherwise they will not have natural death.

Pro (individual) :

1.    Improve the Social Awareness:

Forming friendships, practicing social engagement, exploring other character’s reactions to various interactions, repairing damaged relationships, just like what players did in the game

2.    Improve creativity:

Decorate and design the house, garden, furniture and characters’ look

Decide the actions of the characters

3.    Responsibility

In order to keep the character alive, player should take care of them, feeding them, cleaning them or find a job for them. Also, it trained the planning and problem solving skill because something always be broken in the game (e.g. Tap, oven, tv.), so the player should solve the problem on their own.

4.    Entertainment

Pro (society):

Due to the Sims players’ behavior is similar to the real life behavior, so the Sims has been used by school-age children with cognitive impairments to create narratives of their characters’ lives and to address issues such as anger management, socialization, and pattern discovery in low-income youth.

Cons (individual & society):

The game is violent that players can kill someone on purpose, the way to murder people is far crueler than shot someone in the shooting games or war games. Also, players can burn their neighbor, starve them and drown them to death. It provided a wrong value to players that you can destroy someone’s life easily because of bore or for fun with no blame.

To conclude, the Sims, unlike other pet or human simulation games such as pet society and Tamagotchi, should be played under parents’ supervision. If government did not strict the supervision of video games, parents should play a major role to correct children’s wrong value learn from those games and choose the games for their children carefully.

Video games - just playing?

Video games - just playing?

In my childhood, there were no lack of video games include Donkey Kong, Mario, Contra, to name but a few. However, i had never thought about what the message and effect beneath those game as every children and teenagers else did. Indeed, many of them can provide excitement as entertainment, release stress, learn more about guns or wars or other knowledge and the sense of danger. But more provide wrong message and cause bad effects to teenagers--people who have less critical thinking and could easily be affected.
America's Army and Under Siege are the kind of shooting game and war video game which i think are the worst type of games to teenagers. The reason why the first one is the worst is that it related to the real world situation and the war of USA. The federal government in order to assist the US Army recruiting troops and issued America's Army , its main purpose is to attract more young people to volunteer for the US Army and it is about American soldiers killing Arab.The latter one is about building experience by fighting battles and each army can consist of multiple races.A study shows that this kind of game would make impact to human brains to be more aggressive,it is harmful to the real society and teenagers beyond dispute.

America's Army

Doom is a science fiction horror-themed first person shooter video game,players need to kill the monster came from hell. Postal is a game with no plot at all,players could kill whoever they want with no reason.These bloody and violent scenes may affect player's emotion and give out a wrong message that if there is a obstacle,we can rely on violence to deal with it.However,the plot is not like American's Army that is related to the countries or society,so there are less effect to the real life. 

Remission is the beat type of video game.Although player still need to kill something to win the game,all they kill is some bad cell,not people or animals.It also have a good and meaningful purpose to help the patient.It is not spreading the message on violence and bloody but still can provide excitement and entertain players.

Postal

Remission

One of my group member like playing Minecraft. Player can create their own world by building homes,digging coal or mineral and making farms or village.What make it attractive is that it is like taking an unpredictable and exciting adventure that player will die if we did some stupid things. It is special that everything in the game is square,even the trees,animals and cloud.It is a funny game that can train player's creativity and the knowledge of mining. Therefore,i would recommend this game to who have leisure time and wanted to play a game to relax.