Why Use Technology?

The rapid evolution was never expected by anyone even those who lived in the past. Although there are some expectations and prediction that technology will change the lifestyle of people, but not to the extent that everything seems to be just one click. In the past centuries since the beginning of the industrial revolution, inventions were made because of the curiosity of some great persons from the past. The benefits were later discovered after it has been developed and used.

Today, where almost all technologies from different fields were almost perfected, there are instances where the market couldn't cope up with the fast pace evolution of technology. New innovations were developed even when the technologies were on the peak of its success. But the questions are Is there a need to use these technologies? What are the reasons why we use these technologies.


Reasons why we use technology:

* make difficult things easy - technology can do things which are very difficult for humans to do such as in a construction or in a factory. Technologies were created such as computers were created to solve even the most complex problems faster than human can.


* make lives comfortable - comfortable not in the sense that we become lazy. Comfortable because of the speed, accuracy, accessibility, portability,economical and saves a lot of time and effort.


* fun and entertainment - users could experience of total entertainment through the technologies the market has to offer.



There are a lot of factors that influenced people to use technology today:

* History - the start of what the present looks like.


* Environment - the environment we are living is revolving around the latest technology. Now its up to us to go with the flow of our environment. But according to my sociology class, people will always be influenced by its environment.


* needs - lastly, we are influenced because of our needs. Needs that we need to satisfy.



Factors that leads to technology change:

* competition - the healthy competition in the market makes the technology continuously changing. Vendors keeps on thinking on the future features of technology.


* market demands - another factor that leads to technology change is the market demand. Because of the advantages that the technology gives to users, the demand for these technologies increases up to a certain moment that technology creates the demand.

I am a Knight of Columbus

Last Sunday, I was invited by my uncle to join to the one of the largest catholic organization all around the world, the Knights of Columbus. At first, I was hesitant to join because I am very busy with my academics. But I spent a night thinking if I will give it a try, and it resulted to a yes. When the day came, I was very ready and excited to join the organization. The first part of the membership was the orientation for all of the aspirants. The orientation was basically all about the basics of being a catholic. While listening to the orientation, I was really thinking and reflecting to myself; what makes me a catholic?.

This question seems to puzzle me a lot. There were a lot of things I learned from that orientation, things that schools can never provide me. This makes me feel that I think it's time to give myself back to God. Being busy is not the reason of putting God as an option. God will always be the top priority. This message has really makes me different person from that day. The orientation lasted for almost 2 hours. After the orientation was the initiation. We were given a break for a 30 mins. That was one of the longest 30 minutes of my life. I was really feeling nervous at that time, clueless of what will happen.

After a couple of hours, the membership was finished and I am now a First Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus redemptorist council. I can say to myself now that I am a true catholic not only by words but also by action. This will give me a lot of opportunities to serve God and my community.

I will never forget the day that I became a member of Knights of Columbus.

Future Technology: Is it the future for Technology?

Things happened unexpectedly. There are things just happened and you have nothing to do but to accept it. Unexpected event happened last Saturday in our Future Technology class.



The original schedule was moved from 9 a.m to 1 p.m due to some conflict with our instructor's schedule. The class for that day was scheduled as our presentation of the topics given to us to discuss in class. Being the first reporter, I was very happy since I have an ample time to master my report. It was really a sign of relief for me. But the ample time seemed to be the reason to turn a fine day into a disaster.



When the time for us to start our report came, none of us has had the initiative to compile all the presentation slides of all reporters. The copying of presentation slides to the computer took almost an hour before it was completed. No one expected that our professor at that time was just holding of its temper and waited for the right time for him to release his saved energy to every person inside the laboratory.



The noisy lab turns into a silent room when Dr. Randy Gamboa starts his sermon. He started his sermon with a relation to our subject which is Future Technology. "Is this a future technology subject?, why was that I take too long to set-up a simple presentation", I don't remember the exact words came fro him but I think it sounds the same. The sermon continues. Everybody were stunned and have nothing to do but to listen to every words that Dr. Gamboa speaks. He specifically refers to the attitudes of all the students inside that laboratory, attitudes that don't belong to a 4th year graduating student. All his points were true and it really hurts everyone inside that laboratory. The sermon lasted for almost an hour. The simple day of reporting turns into long hours of sermon and enlightenment. No one wants to start the report at that time due to fear and shock.



Being the 1st reporter of that day, all the pressure is on my shoulders. The expectation was very high on the report because of the ample time for us to prepare. When I started my report, He said in a loud voice again "DO NOT READ!". My soul at that time seems went out from my body. Thanks to God I delivered my report well enough to impress him.



But that was just the start of the trial. We all the members of the group finished reporting. We were called to stay in front of the class. Again, the class seemed to be in shock again. We don't have a clue on what will happen next after the group was already in front. I was thinking that he will embarrass us in front of the class because of our nonsense report. But thank God it never happened. We were questioned by our classmates with regards to our report. After our classmate's questions, it was Dr. Gamboa's time to raise his question. At time time, I am very nervous on what the question will be, but the question is a personal one but also related to our topic. "Where are you now in terms of preparation for graduation"?. All the reporters were given the chance to answer the question. When it was my turn, at first I don't have the exact answer for that very personal yet a question that makes a lot of sense. I answered him in a calm voice "I am not yet prepared for the graduation, but it is not too late for me to cope up with my mistakes, the sermons seems to be the wake-up call for us that we have work to be done as students. It is important to plan your work but it is very important to work your plan". I believed he will never buy my answer. Because this was the answers by most of us every time he asked that question. Finally that moment ended with words from Dr. Gamboa, "at least you all verified that you are not yet ready to graduate."



The same fate happened to the 2nd group. After delivering their report, they were called to stand on front for the class to asked questions. The class discussion was very healthy at that time which makes Dr. Gamboa happy a little bit. But when his turn came, the class was in a silent mode again, listening on the question in which Dr. Gamboa will be asking. The question was a again a personal one. "How did you get here"?. "Is your attitude at home is the same with your attitude in school"? If I'm the one to answer that question, my answer would be exactly the same. I am very lazy in our home most of the time and the effect was that I brought it here in school. I am very lazy here in school. I spent most of my time here by just talking nonsense stuff with my classmates. That time showed some eyes on tears.



Dr. Randy Gamboa didn't do that sermon not to just trash talk us because of our lapses. He did that with a reason. We want us to be the best person in the future as what he has been doing in the past. He reminded us that our attitude will always be the attitude that we will be bringing in the future. He was really concerned on our future. He wants us to do the right thing, to show our parents and to ourselves that we deserves to be given the opportunity to learn. He just wants us, as what he has been doing from the start, to have a well disciplined student. He wholeheartedly said to all of us that he can never change who we are, but he is willing to help us change our future. I just want to say sorry sir to all our lapses from the start.



The class evolved to a new dimension, it is not dealing now with what the future of technology looks like, but what will be our future looks like.



"I want this subject be remembered not because of technology such as iPhone or Ipod, but because iTouch". - RSG.



Makes sense isn't it?

Future Technology Proposal: Holographic Books

One of the subject offered in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science of the University of Southeastern Philippines is the Future Technology. This subject is a very interesting subject because it allows us to know what are the latest trend in technology and how these existing technologies emerged in the market. But one thing that makes this subject very interesting and exciting is that we were tasked to look for a technology in which we will proposed on what will be the future looks like for our selected technology. This will force us to extract our creative juices for us to think of a unique and high-tech proposal.

The first thing we did for this subject is to create a group that is composed of 3 members each. Honestly, grouping alone seems to be a very difficult part for us. We are 4 in the group which are my classmates since we are in our freshmen years. This is the first time that we will not be together as group mates. We have decided to divide our group into 2 members each and look for another person as the 3rd member. So, settling our group alone was such a very difficult task.

The next step is looking for a topic to proposed. Again looking for a topic seemed to be the most difficult task for this subject. There are a lot of technologies but the main problem is what will be the future looks like for this technologies?. There are instances in life that good thoughts come in an unexpected manner. One fine afternoon, while waiting for our class, some of my classmates were very busy reading pocket books. One of my groupmates John Lee interrupted them by reading the pocketbook aloud and trying to imagine the scene. With this, an idea came into my mind to have a holographic book in which when you open a book, a holographic image of the content will be displayed and there will be voices which will serve as the narration of the content.

We tried to proposed this topic to our instructor, which he approved. Thank God the first part of our agony has come to an end. The next for our group now is to plan on how are we going to design that holographic book.

I think nothing is impossible now as far as technology is concerned. With the proper discipline and dedications, I think there will be no problems in creating that what we so called the future of book technology.

e=mc2 proven to be correct after 103 years

Finally, after 103 years of thorough study and experimentation of the one of the most celebrated formula in the history, the formula which was formulated by German Scientist Albert Einstein was finally proven.

The formula has been proven thanks to the joint efforts and dedication of the German, French and Hungarian physicists.

Using the mightiest supercomputers available, have set down the calculations for estimating the mass of protons and neutrons, the particles at the nucleus of atoms.

According to the conventional model of particle physics, protons and neutrons comprise smaller particles known as quarks, which in turn are bound by gluons. Read full Article.

In other words, energy and mass are equivalent, as Einstein proposed in his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905.

When I was in my high school and in my early college years, I have always heared of this formula E=MC(2) which was created by one of the most popular man in science and in history Albert Einstein. But that time, the theory of relativity in which this formula which is also interpreted as the energy and mass are equivalent was not yet proven. It takes 103 years of experimentation, research and analysis in order for this formula to be validated. Also it takes the intelligence and power of the latest supercomputers in which Einstein has never witnessed.

This proves that Albert Einstein is a phenomenal man in the field of science. His ideas is amazing that it takes more than a century for it to become a part of the reality. There are still ideas in which Einstein has been working when he is alive.

Not only that Einstein was known because of his marvelous ideas and theories in the field of physics. Also he was also one of the favorite celebrity to be made as a cartoon character. This is also the other way of knowing who Albert Einstein is.

"In light of knowledge attained, the happy achievement seems almost a matter of course, and any intelligent student can grasp it without too much trouble. But the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alterations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light -- only those who have experienced it can understand it."

-Albert Einstein