For my first blog post I decided to look a little more closely at “Computers and Cognitive Revolution”. I choose this topic that we discussed in class thus far because it is so prevalent and applies to basically everyone. Everyone today needs to use the computer either for personal needs or work means. Computers just like our brains work in similar ways and both are pretty remarkable. For instance the relationship between brains and computers both share these three processes. First we input/take in information, second we process it, and third it results in an output.
Since our brains work almost like computers I found an interesting news article from NBC that was published on 05/05/17 by Kate Baggaley. The article is called “These Brain-Boosting Devices Could Give Us Intelligence Superpowers.” The article is about a time that we can merge our minds with technology to do amazing things such as treat diseases and more. They go on to discuss that possibly creating a microchip that could eventually be inserted into our brains for more “superpower” like features such as “remembering every word during a meeting, finishing a crossword puzzle faster, driving better due to enhanced senses, or even picking up a new language.”
They go on to discuss the first steps into establishing the product. In order for them to create the product they need to understand and work on the connection between our brains and machines. They need to do that first because then they can figure out how our brains can eventually control machines like robots. According to “Kevin Warwick who is a emeritus cybernetics professor at Coventry University and Reading University in the United Kingdom suggest that technology will be able to use electrical signals crackling through our nervous system to help command computers.” The article has to do what we learned in class because researchers are realizing that we can become more advanced combing the brain with computers and technology.
Some benefits of merging the brain with computers and technology can advance people who suffer from certain conditions that limit their accessibility. For example, people who suffer from paralysis and can’t do certain tasks with this new product will be able to. A person who can’t move any of their body parts from the neck down now will now be able to control a computer curser with their brains impulses. Researchers are also doing other tests/studies to see if sending impulses to the brain or body can have positive effects and outcomes in our learning and memory.
In conclusion, Computers and Cognitive Revolution can be on the rise and be extremely beneficial. By learning more about it in class and relating it to another article really proves how mixing both brains and computers can be life changing and evolving. By combing both it can help people achieve things that they never could have and it can also help us maximize our natural abilities such as memory and learning. All in all, Computers and Cognitive Revolution can merge and create Brain-Boosting Devices Could Give Us Intelligence Superpowers.
Reference
- “These Brain-Boosting Devices Could Give Us Intelligence Superpowers.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 5 May 2017, www.nbcnews.com/mach/technology/these-brain-boosting-devices-could-give-us-intelligence-superpowers-n755006.