Our Bodies, Our Technologies

Alfredo C. Del Junco

October 7, 2013

Mrs. McFadden

Unit 3 Assignment 1: Summary-Response Paper

Our Bodies, Our Technologies

On his essay ‘Our bodies, our technologies” Ray Kurzweil talks about a number of technologies, that in the future, will let us control our bodies in a biological position. He talks about: in the year 2020 is when technology will be able to us nanobots inside our bodies; the human intelligence will be beyond capacity with this new technology the fight against diseases will be easier to overcome.

Technology evolution it is taking a rapid process, as he appointed “Now computers are designed only in a few weeks” (4). Examples cell phones and pads, these devices are faster than a computer structured on the 90’s, now days with this electronics instruments we can do about everything (surf the web, emails, social networking etc.). Early in the next decade notebooks and PDA’s will disappear everything going to be virtual and integrated to our environment for example: nanobots will be into clothes, images will be written into glasses, our eye retinas and contact lenses.

“Another exponential process is miniaturization” (8) Technology will have impact on biology, nanorobotic white and red blood cells will be design to help on the cure of multiple diseases and help to reach locations on the human body never been reached before. Another nanobotic will be the neurons they will be helping to reproduce and replace the one destroyed by Parkinson’s disease.

Nanobots will be the future generation of the micro machines, will be able to sense and adapt to heat, light sounds and chemicals, make calculations, movements, communicate and work as a group. Nanobots are molecular assemblies that will repair and sense and adapt to heat, light, sounds, chemicals performs calculations, movements, communicate and work as a group. Nanobots are molecular assemblies that will repair to some extent replicate themselves, nanotechnologies already being used in clothes with stain-resistant also been used to deliver drugs to targeted tissue within the body. These technologies are underway in the areas of medical technologies, aerospace and auto computers, communication, energy saver, and lighting.

The next century will be very interesting with all new technology coming into effect. Cannot think about all the success might bring to society will make a lot of people happy, finally will be able to fight a lot of disease, will bring happiness to a lot people, families will be reunited cause of the healing of sickness. Just hope will not bring any controversy on the everyday way of life, god bless technology.