Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Robots can only do what the humans commands (programs) them to do. They cannot make their own decisions. Even though Robots make less mistakes, they do not have feelings or emotions, so I do not believe that robots can do everything that humans can do.
Using Robotic cars would make lives easier, but at the same time I believe that it would make people depend too much on the technology and instead of driving a car you would just have to get in the vehicle and it will take you wherever you want to go. In the article, "Driverless Cars Get California License" the author mentions that robotic cars have a faster reaction speed than humans and using robotic cars would cause less accidents. However, in my opinion, I would rather drive a car myself than just getting into a robotic car.
Both robots and humans make mistakes. But robots make less mistakes since scientists have well programmed them to do a certain task without making any errors. The article "Should we put robots on trial?" questions who to blame if a robotic car runs over someone. To put robotic cars on trial, I believe that proper laws should be made first.

Creativity and Social Media

I started using Second Life today. It is my first time using a virtual world game and I'm starting to like it. This is an avatar of myself in Second Life.

Social Media

The social networks I use are Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube. I like using Facebook a lot more because most of my friends use it and it is very easy to use. I could always check my Facebook using my smartphone from anywhere I want. One thing I really like about Facebook is that it gives you much more privacy than other social networks out there.

Virtual worlds are where you can create a fictional character to interact with other people on the internet. In the article, " When Writing Digitally, Nobody Knows You're a Duck," the author states, "With the computer screen and virtual environment as a mediator, users can portray themselves however they wish. For people with social or physical disabilities, this masquerade allows an extra degree of equality." I believe that it is really a good opportunity for the people with disabilities or for people from different ethnic backgrounds to come as one and work together. The chance of being discriminated would be less since you wouldn't be able to really see the physical appearance of the real person. According to the article " iReport: 'Naughty Auties' battle autism with virtual interaction", David Savill, who is diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, mentions that how convenient it is to connect to the world from your computer in your own room. He further mentions how important that is for the people with autistic people. Virtual world is a really interesting concept and I would like to see people using more virtual world tools in the future.

World Wide Web

The future of the World Wide Web will be much more personalized. Google's director of engineering, Ray Kurzwell states that he wants to build a genuine artificial brain, that can understand the ideas and concepts. For now, what Google search does is, pick out the key words in webpages. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to "semantic search", which will improve the accuracy by understanding the searchers intentions and contexts' meaning.
According to the article "'The cloud' challenges amazon" people have become more connected to the web, that people are now opening gifts of Netflix capable devices on Christmas. Amazon's cloud computing services provide storage for Netflix. "The cloud" is to store your information not in your device but in the cyber space. You will be able access your information anytime or from anywhere you want.  This will definitely change the way people store their information in the future and I believe it will be much more convenient.

How do you feel a course can effectively integrate blogs?

I'm Haridu Senadeera and I am a computer science major at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. I think a course can effectively intergrade blogs, especially for the course CS100. It is a great place to publish your work/ questions and your classmates/instructor would be able to comment on your work and have discussions about a certain topic. I'm hoping to see more university courses integrated with blogs in the future.

Why Androids are better than iPhones

Why Androids are better

Apple may have mollified the masses by adding significantly better specs to its smartphone offering, but when it comes to innovation, the iPhone 5 just can't compete with the latest Android handsets. Sure a larger screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions to the world's No. 1 phone, but Apple is a year late and $199 short, because Android has provided all these features and more for some time now. 

In fact, even after Apple's johnny-come-lately improvements, Android phones at least 10 advantages over the iPhone 5.

- Avram Piltch, Laptopmag.com