Privacy policies, Apple watch and Sex what!!??

This is my first podcast review. At first I wasn't sure what podcast was really about, is it a tv show, radio show, a talk show or a combination of all. Then I found out it radio show, but with something to everyday or something different. I was also amaze that anyone and anybody can create their own podcasts on varies types of subjects that they like, for example they can talk about movies, sports, politics, education, cars, hunting, fishing etc. And I think the best part is, that you can podcast from anywhere also, in your car, bathroom, in line at the groceries or at a rock band concert. It's proven, you can do it from anywhere.

I didn't really have a podcast show in mind. Although, I do know about TedTalk, but I wanted to listen to a different show and that's when I found a famous podcast audio and show called Wired from the UK. Episode 235 is hosted by James Temperton, Katie Collins and Cara Mcgoogan. Each of these episodes are about 30-40 minutes long, but they cover a varieties of topics.

The first topic was about private policies, where security company like AVG, are able to view, collect data, search browser history and share it to third party members. I have AVG, and now I feel like I need to opt out and find something different. You would expect more from these security companies but while there are many free security packages, they need to make money in some way, so in a way. These third parties are there ticket. To, avoid this problem, all you have to do is, read and agree to the terms and policy before it's finalized, but who can honestly say that they've read all the terms and conditions? I know for sure I never do.

The Apple watch, although some people may think it's the coolest thing ever made, I'm starting to think it's not that great. Katie Collins says she uses it mostly for traveling purposes and locating local, hotels, restaurants, stores etc, but she hardly ever uses it on the daily. To me, if I can't use it on the daily, it's really not such a great tool in my opinion and it's expensive. Some cools things Katie mention was that it can navigate to your hotel, it give you the time and place of when your flight will be and your free of hands. I find it that I need to have my phone with me at all times, there are just some thing that my phone can do that a watch can't and I really need to see everything in full size and not in a 1 inch screen.

Lastly they talked about sex robots and how there's a campaign trying to ban sex robots. James stated that it increases objectification and dehumanizes women and children. I feel like it's un-humane like to go that far with a robot. When two individuals makes love, theirs usually a physical and emotional connection, but with a robot it's mainly more physical. However, in a sense, robots where made to perfect what humans really can't do. They mention that now you can create your own robot to have a personality and looks that you desire. Again, it's un-humane like to now be able to create your own robot, I feel like people will become to addictive in creating the perfect person and will destroy their personal life.

These topics make me think about the next generation and what they will acquired. I have a feeling that everything we do, everything we sign up online or offline will always be seen and that our freedom will always be taken from us. How we should love the gadgets we have and as long as it can do the simple task like calling and texting and that these new technology is just a way of status.

http://www.wired.co.uk/podcast/episode-235

Look!! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...flying drones.

This will be my first TedTalk report, which I’m pretty excited to do. I’ve seen other TedTalk videos before and I feel that a lot of them, are very interesting in their own ways.

I did a summary on paper of two videos, but I’ll just be writing a report about one of them. There where so many interesting topics to choose from. Luckily, I came across one that really struck me by Andreas Raptopoulos. He titled it, “No roads? There’s a drone for that.”

I chose this video because a week ago, I was watching a popular show called “Shark Tank”. Where 5 wealthy, self-made billionaire invest their money in a rising and possibly up-coming entrepreneurs. These young entrepreneurs job is to convince one of the shark to invest in their idea or invention. In one episode, two contestant presented to them flying drones, called XCraft. After their speech and presentation, they somehow convinced all 5 sharks to be a part of their company. I was blown away when they strike a deal with each shark for 300k for 5%. I knew then, that something great is going to happened in the near future and that’s why I chose to do this TedTalk video.

With that being said, I think Andreas have a really strong argument about having these drones in areas where there are no road and proper transportation for medicine or medical services. Just think about it, a ride or day too late can be a matter of life and death in some part of the world. What really impresses me is how durable these drones are in different weather climates of hot, cold and windy days.

Andreas had a great presentation with live and visual power point slide of the drone in action. He even had one fly to him on stage, which I thought looks very mobile and lightweight. There were several questions that he had mention but I think the one that stood out the most was, how much it would cost a person to use one, it isn’t too pricey but in developing countries, it’ll still be a financial issue to activate one.

Although there wasn’t any humor, this presentation was very well organized and focus driven. Yet, I believe lots of questions still remains as these drones are being tested each and every day. They’ll be put to the real test as billions are without transportation.