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Monday, May 23, 2011
Biotechnology Questions
1) What kind of technology is being discussed?
Biotechnology - The technology that involves with the human body and how it functions. In this video, they are talking about the use of prosthetic hand.
2) What are the benefits of this technology?
The prosthetic hand can replace a disable/not functional hand, it can be controlled by the muscles above our elbow (like picking up a pen, grabbing glass, etc.), it can also prevent itself from grabbing to firm. This hand is very useful for people without a hand, they can have a mechanical hand which can functions just like their original hand.
3) What are the dangers?
Prosthetic hand can cause a riot in the future, when people might see the more advanced, more futuristic use of technology. People might cut off their own hands to just replace them with this bio-hand, which in the future might have more features and will make more people want to replace their own hands with.
4) Are there any ethical problems with this technology?
There might be a lot more problems than it had planned out to be. Unless people use these biotechnology for their disable limbs on their body, it will be a problem if they cut off original limbs to replace prosthetic limbs. It might mess up with the biology, what if a family that is crazy about biotechnology and decided to raise their child with all their limbs cut off and have them replaced with prosthetic limbs? It might not end up well for the family and the choices their children will make in further future.
Biotechnology - The technology that involves with the human body and how it functions. In this video, they are talking about the use of prosthetic hand.
2) What are the benefits of this technology?
The prosthetic hand can replace a disable/not functional hand, it can be controlled by the muscles above our elbow (like picking up a pen, grabbing glass, etc.), it can also prevent itself from grabbing to firm. This hand is very useful for people without a hand, they can have a mechanical hand which can functions just like their original hand.
3) What are the dangers?
Prosthetic hand can cause a riot in the future, when people might see the more advanced, more futuristic use of technology. People might cut off their own hands to just replace them with this bio-hand, which in the future might have more features and will make more people want to replace their own hands with.
4) Are there any ethical problems with this technology?
There might be a lot more problems than it had planned out to be. Unless people use these biotechnology for their disable limbs on their body, it will be a problem if they cut off original limbs to replace prosthetic limbs. It might mess up with the biology, what if a family that is crazy about biotechnology and decided to raise their child with all their limbs cut off and have them replaced with prosthetic limbs? It might not end up well for the family and the choices their children will make in further future.
Friday, May 20, 2011
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