The was very intrigued by how diverse, yet all involving new technology the topics on the website mashable.com were. The device I chose to write about it is the ipad. The first article was about how the ipad, among many other things, advances the way in which people can play games. The example they used was a game called "plants vs. zombies". They have created up to 11 contact points for the game. The article even mentions how it could be good for kids who just cant wait their turn to play; the kids can just play together. While I think the advances in gaming on the ipad are virtually harmless, it does raise some questions for me. The first is with new technologies such as this and the wii, how long is it before we are actually just sitting with a helmet on and are actually in the game itself. Professor Greenberg has mentioned they have already created these, but how long will it be before it is on every kids Christmas list? That also brings me to the question of, does that almost make games pointless? If they are designed to be so real, why cant you just go do them outside? An example of this like on the Wii, if people are having such a good time bowling with their friends, why don't they just go bowling? I have some answers for this such as cost, and its easily accessible...so I think where its as right now is okay, but as it progresses it could just be getting ridiculous.
The second article I read was about a man who purchased an ipad and later on was attacked outside of the mall. The thief removed so much of the mans skin from his pinkie finger that it had to be amputated. This I think is an example of things we have spoken about in class about how technology is taking over. I realize that theft has always been an issue because some people are just menaces to society, but with the higher cost and more intrigue in these kinds of products than anything else the rate at which they are being stolen is very high. I can remember back to when I was in high school when I got a new pair of headphones for my birthday to replace the classic white ipod headphones, because at the time a lot of ipod were just getting ripped out of pockets and jackets and the familiar headphones were a huge target to thieves. There is no doubt in my mind that the newer and more advanced products look, the more susceptible they are to being stolen.