WK13 What’s Next – Future Tech Review Blog Post

1.Explain the tech; what is it, how does it work, what hardware, software, and network does it need? Is it currently available to the public?

The tech I choose is medical biotechnology, it is “…a branch of medicine that uses living cells and cell materials to research, and then produce pharmaceutical and diagnosing products.” It is not available to the public because it is still very new and dangers.

 

https://www.wgu.edu/blog/medical-biotechnology-advancements-ethics1811.html#:~:text=Medical%20biotechnology%20is%20a%20branch,produce%20pharmaceutical%20and%20diagnosing%20products.&text=From%20the%20Ebola%20vaccine%20to,and%20helping%20millions%20of%20people.

2.Who (or what) invented or pioneered the technology?

“In 1973, the medical age of biotechnology was started by Herb Boyer and Stanley Cohen…”. The method they used for it was later used to synthesize human insulin.

 

http://www.brainkart.com/article/History-of-Medical-Biotechnology_14666/#:~:text=In%201870s%2C%20he%20discovered%20that,ofintroducing%20DNA%20into%20an%20E.

3.What “problem” does it solve for its users?

This technology can cure diseases, reduce hunger, minimize or eliminate waste, and advancement our medical technology.

 

https://vittana.org/11-biotechnology-pros-and-cons

4.Are there any potential drawbacks or dangers of using the tech?

First, there are some issues with it regarding ethics, with enough testing scientist kind eventually create/clone a human from medical biotechnology. Many people do not agree with it and say it is morally incorrect. Second, the experiments and trials are very dangers and some people have been seriously hurt and have even died.

 

https://vittana.org/11-biotechnology-pros-and-cons

https://www.wgu.edu/blog/medical-biotechnology-advancements-ethics1811.html#:~:text=Medical%20biotechnology%20is%20a%20branch,produce%20pharmaceutical%20and%20diagnosing%20products.&text=From%20the%20Ebola%20vaccine%20to,and%20helping%20millions%20of%20people.

5.Offer one example of how widespread adoption of this technology might impact society.

Once it has been fully tested in every aspect medical biotechnology can save billions of lives. We could potentially stop starvation and cure all diseases. The only problem with this is if it is not fully tested and not moderated, even after all the testing, it can be very dangers. Being able to create/grow a human is a huge responsibility and not every person could handle that or be allowed to handle that.