【Technology English-17】What Will Technology Look Like In 100 Years? (100 年後的科技新貌 )

Scroll down to view the Simplified Chinese version (向下滚动查看简体中文版本) What Will Technology Look Like In 100 Years? Hey there!Welcome to Life Noggin! This video was made possible thanks to WIX Code! If you're looking to create a website, check out the link in the description. Think back 100 years. Electricity had pretty much just been invented. Movies had no sound, and even carrier pigeons were even still being used! Things have come a long way since then, which has us wondering, what will technology look like in the next 100 years. There are some pretty life-changing inventions predicted to come about in the next century.
Flying cars, once thought to be a thing of just science fiction, are actually progressing at lightning speed. A lot of the technology already exists, and yeah, it's gonna go through a lot of changes, but some experts believe that flying cars will be available to the public in just ten to fifteen years! Regulations are still in the works, but it sounds like you'll be whizzing around in your flying car well before 2120.
Another future tech is Brain-linked VR.
Brain-implanted chips have the potential to eliminate the barriers between the mind and virtual reality, offering an unparalleled level of immersion. It doesn't exist just yet, but it's thought that this could run directly through your brain, bypassing biological sensory systems, and creating artificial experiences of touch, smell, and maybe even taste. It could construct an alternate reality so realistic that you mix up what's real and what's not.
The homes that you live in will be pretty different too. People are expecting that we'll be 3D printing incredible homes and even making them foldable and transportable! The hope is that 3D printing in general will allow us to print literally anything we need. New hammer? No problem! Need a car part? You got it! New organ? No, not that organ. Yeah, that kind of organ! Yeah, even that's being developed. And improvements to health care don't stop with artificial body parts.
Some researchers are hoping that by 2120, we'll all have little nanobots and nanorobotics circulating through our bodies that constantly search for threats like illness and disease, and then fix the problem from the inside out!
With the tech of the future, you may be able to one day have an extra set of robot arms and realize your dreams of becoming a human spider! You've probably already heard of the powered exoskeletons being developed, but one of the more promising advancements in the field is having a mechanical "third arm" to help you out with tasks. Currently being developed for the military, this third arm is lightweight, doesn't need batteries, and can even distribute the load of a heavy weapon. A small pilot study in 2017 showed that it could reduce some arm fatigue and muscle activation, as well as improve marksmanship for some soldiers. It's already on its way to beating Triangle Bob in an arm-wrestling match!
And his arm fell off. That is unfortunate!
Of course, in order to create these kinds of tech, scientists, researchers, and corporations will need a lot of help from good old trusty computers. Today's computers have become a lot more powerful over the last 50 years, but advancements have started to slow down recently. Moore's Law stated that the number of transistors per silicon computing chip would double every two years, which it did… until recently. Which sounds bad for speed and efficiency, but some experts aren't too worried. Instead, they're taking other steps to work around this, like reassessing the outdated structure of computers. Many CPUs still have features that date back to the 1940s! and until just a few years ago, tons of computers were still using code from the 1980s! Despite all the work that needs to be done, coding is still advancing and powering every aspect of our digital world, including me! It allows humans to give computers and programs step-by-step instructions to do all kinds of things. Like track Triangle, Bob's step count! Really? 5 steps? What did you walk to the fridge and collapse? What Tech would you wanna see in the next 100 years?
Simplified Chinese version 100 年后科技会是什么样子？ 嘿，欢迎来到 Life Noggin！ 该视频的制作得益于 WIX 代码！ 如果您想创建一个网站，请查看说明中的链接。 回想 100 年前。 电几乎刚刚被发明。 电影没有声音，连信鸽都还在用！ 从那时起，事情已经取得了长足的进步，这让我们想知道，未来 100 年技术会是什么样子。 预计下个世纪将会出现一些改变生活的发明。 曾经被认为只是科幻小说的飞行汽车实际上正在以闪电般的速度发展。 很多技术已经存在，是的，它会经历很多变化，但一些专家相信飞行汽车将在短短十到十五年内向公众开放！ 相关法规仍在制定中，但听起来你早在 2120 年就可以驾驶飞行汽车飞驰了。 另一种未来技术？ 脑联VR。 目前它还不存在，但人们认为它可以直接通过你的大脑，绕过生物感觉系统，创造触觉、嗅觉甚至味觉的人工体验。 它可以构建一个非常现实的替代现实，以至于你混淆了真实和非真实的事物。 你住的房子也会有很大不同。 人们期待我们能够 3D 打印令人难以置信的房屋，甚至使它们可折叠和可运输！ 希望 3D 打印能够让我们打印出几乎任何我们需要的东西。 新锤子？ 没问题！ 需要汽车零件吗？ 你说对了！ 新器官？ 不，不是那个器官。 是的，就是那种器官！ 是的，甚至正在开发中。 医疗保健的改善并不仅仅限于人造身体部件。 一些研究人员希望，到 2120 年，我们的身体中都会出现小型纳米机器人，它们不断地寻找疾病等威胁，然后从内到外解决问题！ 借助未来的科技，有一天你也许可以拥有一套额外的机械臂，实现成为人类蜘蛛的梦想！ 您可能已经听说过正在开发的动力外骨骼，但该领域最有前途的进步之一是拥有机械“第三只手臂”来帮助您完成任务。 目前正在为军队开发，第三只手臂重量轻，不需要电池，甚至可以分配重型武器的负载。 2017 年的一项小型试点研究表明，它可以减轻一些手臂疲劳和肌肉激活，并提高一些士兵的枪法。 它已经准备好在扳手腕比赛中击败三角鲍勃了！ 他的手臂也掉了下来。 那是不幸的！ 当然，为了创造此类技术，科学家、研究人员和企业将需要来自可靠的老式计算机的大量帮助。 在过去的 50 年里，今天的计算机变得更加强大，但进步最近开始放缓。 摩尔定律规定，每个硅计算芯片的晶体管数量每两年就会增加一倍，直到最近，它确实做到了这一点。 这听起来对速度和效率不利，但一些专家并不太担心。 相反，他们正在采取其他措施来解决这个问题，例如重新评估过时的计算机结构。 许多 CPU 仍然具有 20 世纪 40 年代的功能！ 直到几年前，大量计算机仍在使用 20 世纪 80 年代的代码！ 尽管需要完成所有工作，编码仍在不断进步并为我们数字世界的各个方面提供动力，包括我！ 它允许人类向计算机和程序发出一步一步的指令来完成各种事情。 就像轨道三角一样，鲍勃的步数计数！ 真的吗？ 5步？ 你走到冰箱前然后崩溃的原因是什么？ 未来 100 年你希望看到什么技术？ 有什么问题需要解决吗？ 请在下面的评论部分告诉我。 如果您想开始下一个 100 年，我们在 WIX 的朋友赞助了该视频，他们将在这里为您提供 WIX 代码方面的帮助。 Wix Code 是一个令人惊叹的平台，它超越了基本的网站创建，让您能够通过无忧编码轻松构建 Web 应用程序和强大的网站。 建造的力量现在就在你的手中。 数据库、API 及其附带的高级功能不再是遥不可及的。 WIX 是让您的网站脱颖而出并成为真正的您的下一步。 使用 WIX 代码将您的网站提升到一个新的水平并进行无限制的创作。 要立即创建令人惊叹的网站并支持 Life Noggin，请单击说明中的第一个链接！ 一如既往，我的名字是 Blocko，这就是 Life Noggin，别忘了继续思考！ References (optional) What is the Turing Test? The Turing Test is a method of inquiry in artificial intelligence (AI) for determining whether or not a computer is capable of thinking like a human being. The test is named after Alan Turing, the founder of the Turing Test and an English computer scientist, cryptanalyst, mathematician, and theoretical biologist. Alan Turing
History of the Turing Test The test is named after Alan Turing, who pioneered machine learning during the 1940s and 1950s. Turing introduced the test in his 1950 paper called "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" while at the University of Manchester. Other technologies in development are:
AI (AI Art)
Robots
Vertical Farming
Holograms
Can you name some others? 【Business English -40】Will robots take our jobs? What would happen if we rely on machines to do almost everything?
Can machines learn empathy? Discussion Questions (The Future) (1) How often do you think about the future? (2) What do you hope for your own future? (3) What comes to mind when you think about your future? (4) What fears do you have for the future? (5) Where do you see yourself in ten, twenty, and fifty years from now? (6) What futuristic things from science fiction movies do you want to happen in real life? (7) Barack Obama said, “The best is yet to come”. Do you agree? (8) What will the world's biggest problem be in the future? (9) Do you believe politicians who promise a great future? Why (not)? (10) What does the past teach us about the future? (11) How would you like to influence the future? (12) Does the expression “the good old days” mean that the future will probably be worse? (13) Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future? Why? (14) What do you think about the future of where you live? (15) What are your plans for the immediate, near and far future? (16) What would you plan for your children’s future? (17) When you were younger, what did you think about your future? (18) What technology will we be using in the future? (19) What are some major changes the world will see in the future? (20) Would you like to live 100 years in the future or the past? Why? Discussion Questions (Technology) (1) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘technology’? (2) Is technology a good or a bad thing? (3) What new technology could you not live without? (4) Do you like reading about technology? (5) Do you like using technology to learn? (6) What do you think very old people think of modern technology? (7) How has technology changed society? (8) Has technology made us more impatient? (9) Max Frisch said: "Technology is the knack of arranging the world so that we don't have to experience it." Do you agree with him? (10) Mark Kennedy said: "All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - say little about his intelligence, but speak volumes about his laziness." Do you agree? (11) What do you think of today’s technology? (12) What do you think of tomorrow’s technology? (13) Do you think we’ve become obsessed with technology? (14) Do you always trust technology? (15) Does technology ever let you down? (16) What things would you never let technology replace? (17) Has technology made our lives better than our grandparents’ lives? (18) What technology is dangerous? (19) Frank Lloyd Wright said: "If it [technology] keeps up, man will waste away all his limbs but the push-button finger." What does this mean? Do you like this quote? (20) Alan M. Eddison said: "Modern technology... Owes ecology... An apology." What does this mean? Do you agree?