Final Blog

Ah, so my final blog. Well I am not too sure how I felt about doing the poster presentation. While I was doing it, I almost felt like I was in a science fair. I felt a little bit lost but other wise I think things went really well. I was interested in my topic which was the artificial larynx. I did not know they were making a new one that was almost like a mouth piece. I was also very interested in learning about things some of the other people presented on. I felt like there was a lot of good information out there. I will say that I thought it was hard to find a technology to present on. There were a lot of things that have already been out but just modified a little bit or just are not well known becuase they are expensive. I ran into this problem a lot. All in all though, I feel like I learned a lot and really enjoyed being able to present what I had learned and created. It was good practice for if I ever have to do a presentation on an idea for a business. I realized what kind of information I need to put on the poster as well as what to emphaize the most. Well, I think that is all that I have to say, so farewell Com 435. It's been real.

Cyborgs/Children

After having to read the articles about cyborgs and having to write the paper, I really had a decided chance to think about it. I really think it is crazy interesting that they put electrodes in your brain and then you are able to move a cursor on the computer so you will be able to communicate with others effectively. For people whom are unable to speak or use their bodies effectively but their minds work perfectly fine, it must be completely frustrating not to be able to communicate, especially if they have been able to their whole life. I am even more amazed with the fact that with the electrodes they can even move a wheel chair that they are sitting in. I almost wonder if eventually they will be able to implant these kinds of things in children. I wish I would have thought about that to add into my paper. If there was a child that might benefit from these ideas I wonder if they would be able to use the electrodes on them. Something they would have to think about is the fact that the brain for a child is not fully developed so they would have to make sure they were not damaging any of the parts of their brain that still needed to grow fully for the child. But I do think eventually they would be able to make something to help children so they could start a little sooner to be able to function the way the rest of us can. It might even help them socially if they were able to communicate more effectively as well as participate in the same activities as others. I think that is really something that should be looked into.