For my one size fits all design, I chose the usb cable. With a socket that is becoming one of the more universal cable adaptors for technologies, the need for more cables is decreasing. The same cables can now be used to power computers, link computers to mp3 players, phones, printers, scanners, etc. Where many cables would be used otherwise, the USB cable can be used for all of these so individuals need less cables and less resources. 

For my eco-effective design i would use a solar water distiller. It is a cement structure which can fit along side a house which turns groundwater into distilled clean water using evaporation. For a small initial cost of building, it can supply anyone in a warm sun-lit climate with clean water without using any energy at all. It puts no dependency on anyone or resource except maybe rain.

In 1939, Luther George Simjian installed the first ATM(Automated Teller Machine). It was placed next to the City Bank of New York but removed after six months because of a lace of customer acceptance. 25 years later, De La Rue introduced the first electronic ATM in North London for the Barclays Bank. The machine originally used a single use voucher or token to get the money. 

In 1968, the ATM was networked in Dallas, Texas by Donald Wetzel, who was department head at Docutel. With easy access to money, being close to the bank that one belongs to no longer mattered and it made all money withdrawals quick and convenient. The banks were also less crowded and required fewer tellers as a result of people not needing other people to give them the money. 

Similar technology to the ATM was used to develop machines that distribute postage stamps, lottery tickets, train tickets, and concert tickets thus taking away jobs that people could be doing.

Timeline for Google

• 1995- Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet while Sergey is assigned to show Larry around Stanford.
• 1996- Larry and Sergey, collaborate on a search engine off of the university server called BackRub. A little after one year, BackRub used up too much bandwidth allowed from the university.
• 1997- Larry and Sergey come up with the name Google. A variation of the word “googol”, a math term for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
• 1998, August- Andy Bechtosheim, writes a check for $100,000 to Google Inc. which doesn’t exist yet.
• 1998 September- Google sets up work in Susan Wojcicki’s garage.
• 1999 Febuary- Google grows out of the garage and into an office in Palo Alto with 8 employees.
• 2000 May- Google sets up first version with 10 languages available.
• 2001 July-  Google launches Google Image, offering over 250 million images
• 2002 September- Google new launches with 4000 news sources.
• 2006 September- Google Earth is developed from the UN Environmental Program, Discovery Networks, the Jane Goodall Institute, and the National Park Service.

technoscience for the global state

The webcam has many features that attribute to global cities. A webcam is a camera that it connected to the internet that allows people to have an almost “face-to-face” conversation without having to go anywhere. Webcams have little to no delay time and can have many users at the same time so that many people can be involved in a conversation at once. In global cities, webcams can speed up any interpersonal transaction, which allows for more transactions to occur.

The webcam is a catalyst to the global state. It speeds up any meeting or conference by taking out all the time wasted on travel. In global cities, time is such a precious commodity that the littlest time wasted can mean lots of money. A webcam conversation is much more formal than a phone conversation because it means that all attention has to be paid to the conversation because both participants can see the other. It also allows for large conversations to occur which many people can be a part of. This is easier than with telephones because telephone conversations with many participants, it’s much more difficult to know who’s talking than with a webcam.

The webcam is also a corrosion to the global state. The webcam apart from decreasing the impersonal aspect of a telephone conversation, it on the other side is less personal than a business meeting. With no large amount of time required for a webcam conversation, the importance of the conversation gets brought into question where as a meeting requires both parties to allocate sufficient time. Webcams can also be used to deceive the opposite party because in webcams allow the user to allow the other party to only see what they want them to see. 

technoscience for the miltary

Napalm is one technoscience that supports the military. Napalm in lamest terms is a jelly form of gasoline, which can be sprayed on or bombed on enemy land. It is an extremely cheap and efficient weapon, which can be used in large doses. Napalm consumes and burns enemy crops and infantry with a high tolerance to water so it cannot be doused easily. Napalm was one of the main weapons used in World War II.

Napalm is a catalyst to the military because of its power and efficiency. It allows the user to neutralize any land that enemies inhabit allowing for easy destruction. Napalm could be shot from a plane allowing for minimal casualties from the side using it. In some cases during WWII, enemies would surrender upon seeing planes that use napalm where they usually would stand and fight allowing for quick and easy victory. Napalm is cheap, which means minimal costs for production.

Napalm is a corrosion to the military because of several reasons. It is a highly flammable substance that is easily ignited by accident. Napalm also is an extremely inhumane method of killing, which leaves terrible burns for any who survive its flame. Pictures of napalm victims seen by American citizens reduced support of such a hostile weapon. The use of napalm by opposing forces was a large killer and if it were shot at a base supplying napalm would set it off and would have catastrophic consequences. Also once napalm is ignited, it is difficult to stop the fire and spread of it. Because of Napalms inexpensive nature, it is easy to manufacture by anyone who pleases creating more threats to the military.

Technology of Choice: Stem cell research

1. What are the catalysts of the technology or science in support of the state?

 1. It allows for some dead tissue to be regenerated and work like normal again

 2. It opens up doors for new technological advancements in the field of medicine and human

 3. It puts America ahead of the curve for medical research. With The U.S. being able to regenerate human tissue, it changes many illnesses and ways of treating them.

 

 2. What are the corrosions of the technology or science that undermine the support of the state?

 

  1. It puts into question whether the fetus that the stem cells come from is a living person which taking the cells by aborting the fetus would be murder.

 2. It puts the research on a dangerous path in which cloning comes into question because it devalues human life.

 3. It divides the people up over a topic that people feel strongly about, which creates a split in the population.

 

How a technology is political

Since the beginning of humans, when a woman got pregnant she had no choice but to have the child. As of recent, advances in technology and science have developed processes in which women can have abortions where there is little risk for the mother. This touches on a very sensitive topic, which many are strongly opinionated about. This is a very political technology for many reasons. It gives every woman the right to decide after consumption if they want to have the baby and also if they feel that a fetus is a baby. In the case of abortion, the two main political parties have strong feelings on what they believe is right. The topic requires that certain social conditions be created for those who support the abortion. Many rallies have occurred over the topic, laws have tried to be passed, and court cases have been held (Roe vs. Wade). The topic also complicates political ties with people and parties because if someone is against abortion, they are assumed to be conservative and believe all conservative views. The forum for discussion and argument cannot be closed because with every baby that is consumed, the question can be asked; should I do what’s best for me or what’s best for the baby? This is a question with only opinion-based answers so no one can be right.