Computers In Society
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- continue to shrink and be faster, more powerful, and more user-friendly
- PCs of the future
- creating computer components, machines, and other structures that are less than 100 nanometers in size
- nanotechnology
- the number of transistors on a chip now doubles about every 18 months
- Moore's Law
- utilize atoms or nuclei working together as quantum bits or qubits
- quantum computers
- uses light, such as from laser beams or infrared beams, to perform computations
- optical computers
- contain both optical and electronic components
- opto-electronic computers
- improvements to Wi-Fi
- Wimax
- for short range connections
- UltraWideBand (UWB)
- uses the existing power pole infrastructure and a building's regular power lines to provide access to the Internet
- Broadband over Power lines
- the science and engineering of making intelligent machines
- Artificial Intelligence
- a test of artificial intelligence developed in 1950s
- Turing Test
- programs that perform specific tasks to help make a user's work environment more efficient or entertaining
- intelligent agents
- software programs that perform tasks that would otherwise be performed by a human expert
- expert systems
- contains facts and rules provided by a human expert
- knowledge base
- applies the rules to the data stored in the knowledge base to reach decisions
- inference engine
- artificial intelligence systems that attempt to imitate the way a human brain works
- neural networks
- the field devoted to the study of robots
- robotics
- devices, controlled by a human operator or a computer, that can move and react to sensory input
- robots
- ASIMO, AIBO, Roomba, Patrolbot
- Examples of robots
- the use of a computer to create environments that look the way they do in the real world
- virtual reality
- refers to the replacement or enhancement of body parts by mechanical versions
- bionics
- transfer vital signs, blood-sugar readings, or other medical data directly to your attending physician
- electronic monitoring devices
- a chip that is implanted under a person's skin to be used for identification purposes
- VeriChip
- when a robot controlled by a physician operates on a patient
- robot-assisted surgery
- when not all surgeons are in the operating room
- telesurgery
- the use of communications technology to provide medical information and services
- telemedicine
- a wearable robotic system designed to give soldiers additional physical capabilities and protection
- exoskeleton suit
- robots used to assess the safety of trails, buildings, caves, and other structures before soldiers enter them
- battlefield robots