Social Studies :Technology & Communication tools

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 Virtual reality - Vitual reality (VR) has been a major draw for many video games. Smartphones are even adopting augmented reality (VR), where they can see a digital object in the real world using their camera. Alternate forms of reality are great way to integrate technology into your life by experiencing video games on another level or seeing if the furniture will fit in your space. VR isn't just for games anymore, either. Investing in green energy is investing in the future, giving homeowners something to care about. Since it's a newer form of Technology, VR and AR will evolve over time - and in the future, it might surprise you to see how far they have come from their original gaming purpose.  VR applications immerse the user Ina computer - generational environment that stimulates reality through the use of interactive devices, which speed and receive information and are worn as goggles, headsets, gloves or body suits. In a typical VR format, a user wearing a helmet with a ...

 Biotech and health care -The early 2000s also saw the communication of biotech that had started in the mid - 1990s. Many firms focused on advancing biotechnologies through enhanced tech research.  An early Technology Pioneer, Actelion Pharmaceuticals was one these companies. Actelions tech researched the single layer of cells separating every blood vessel from the blood stream. Like many other biotech firms at the time, their focus was on precise disease and treatment research.  While many tech firms today still focus on disease and treatment research, many others have been focusing on Healthcare delivery. Telehealth has been on the rise in recent years, with many young tech expanding virtual Healthcare options. New technologies such as virtual visits, chat bot are being used to delivery healthcare to individuals, especially during covid-19.  Many companies are also forcing their Healthcare tech on patients, rather than doctors. For example Ada a symptom cancer chec...

 Climate change and green technology  -Many scientists today are looking to technology to lead us towards a carbon-neutral world. Through renewed attention is being given to climate change today, these efforts to find a solution through technology is not new. In 2001,green tech offered a new investment opportunity for tech investors after the crash, leading to a boom of investing in renewable energy start-ups including Bloom Energy, a Technology pioneers in 2010. In the part two decades, tech start-ups have only expand their climate focus. Many today are focuses on initiatives far beyond beyond clean energy to slow the impact of climate change.  Different start-ups, including Carbon Engineering and  Climeworks from this years Technology pioneers, have started to roll out CO2 from air directly, enabling scientists to alleviate some of the the damage form fossil fuels which have arleady been burned.  Another expanding area for young tech firms today is food system...

Media and consumption -The past 20 years have greatly shaped how and where we consume media. In the early 2000s,many tech films were still focused on spanding communication for work through advanced bad width for video streaming and other media consumption that is common today. Other followed the path of expanding media options beyond traditional outlets. Early Tech pioneers such as PlanetOut did this by providing on outlet and alternative media source of LGBTQIA communities as more people got online.  Following on from these first new media options, new community and alternative media came the massive growth of social media. In 2004, fewer than 1 million people were on MySpace, Facebook had not even launched. While these new online communities and communications channels have offered great spaces for alternative voices, their increased use has also brought issues of increased disinformation and polarization.  Today, many tech start-up are focused on persevering these online m...

 Digital communication -Since the dot com bubble burst back on 2000 technology has radically transformed our societies and our daily lives, from smartphones to social media and health care, here's a brief history of the 21st century's technological revolution.  Just over 20 years ago, the dotcom bubble burst, causing the stocks of many technology firms to tumble. Some companies like Amazon, quickly recovered their value-but many others were left in ruins. In the two decades since their crash, technology has advanced in many years ago.  Many more people are online today than they were at the start of the millennium. Looking at broadband access in 2000,just hlf of Americans had broadband access at home. Today, that number sits at more than 90%. This broadband expansion was certainly not just an American phenomenon. Similar growth can been on a global scale : while less than 7% of the world was online in 2000, today over half the global population has access to the internet....