Information and knowledge has become more substantially more accessible over the past decade. This is due to the influx in new technologies and the internet boom. The ability to just look-up information in the internet has become a standard for research for newer generations. Over the past couple years though, the accuracy of the mountains of ( Read more... )

By: Rob Piercy
Video gaming has become such a huge industry and is competing with the film industry on a level they never have been able to before. Our culture is progressing towards a more hybrid approach towards the two. With the popularity of gaming growing we are seeing an incline in the quality and cost of gaming. Developers work hard to create ( Read more... )

By: Rob Piercy

In this episode, they talked a lot about genetic information and the piracy revolving around that information. The guest they had on was trying to argue that Blockchain technologies used for cryptocurrency would be a good technology to help protect your data. Now, I do agree that Blockchain is going to be a world changing ( Read more... )

By: Rob Piercy

Listening to this Spark Episode was very insightful for me this time. This concept of a digital assistant is not something that is new, but the concept of a learning AI within the assistant is new. In this episode, they talked a lot of Mark II which is similar to Google Home and Alexa but instead of using the voice ( Read more... )

By: Rob Piercy       We live in a time where design is so important to the way we live our lives and how we interact with one another. This conversation of efficiency vs. usability is one that has been going on for a very long time. With the onset of new technologies this argument has come to the forefront of our societal discussions. It is so very ( Read more... )

This article is intellectually accessible to anyone, but is directed towards individuals who are more musically inclined or, people in the music industry. She uses words that only people in the industry would know. The quotes and references Leymarie uses creates a very seamless and unbiased article.

Leymarie falls into a tone of familiarity almost ( Read more... )

Taiaiake Alfred is an obviously educated person, with a different insight on such a complex topic. He was very passionate, emotional, yet very controlled in his writing. He directed this piece to a very large, maybe higher educated audience, as well as a smaller, primary audience; the North American First Nations Peoples.

With the topic of the piece ( Read more... )

Eighner’s audience is a very tough one to distinguish; since he makes many references to different demographics it is most likely to be all.  There is, though, a very strong emphasis on young adults and businesses. He describes what these two audiences throw out frequently.

Through out the pieces Eighner uses two different methods or styles of ( Read more... )

Do you think that there are any pseudo-science research going on today that needs to be dealt with in the same manner and magnitude that the holocaust went through? Like stem-cell research for example? I’m not saying that I agree or disagree with what research is being done now. But could it develop into something serious?