Session 11

We have started on the group presentation of the web reports this week.

Stealth technology:
This topic focuses mainly on improving the military capabilities by enabling planes a other weapons to avoid detection from their enemies. This includes lowering the noise levels produced b these machines, as well as concealing/reducing the heat produced by them , such that they cannot be tracked through their heat signatures. There was also a part about a material that makes things and people invisible, much like the Invisibility cloak in Harry Potter. While this technology is currently still able to avoid detection right now, I am sure that following this development, the technology used in detecting such machines will also be refined and improved such that machines that make use of stealth technology will not be able to remain hidden for long.

Greener Singapore:
This group had a lot of examples that showed how buildings in Singapore can be modified structurally to be more environmentally friendly, and they even provided case studies of some ideas that will not work well in Singapore. However, I felt that they focused too much on the physical structures of the buildings and too little on the actual technology, for example, if there were any research on green technology going on in Singapore right now that has the potential to really change the way we do things.

Cloud Computing:
This was my group's presentation, and we received a lot of feedback about the design of the webpage, so we decided to create a new page. We were also asked to add in case studies for the part about the challenges faced by cloud computing, since we had case studies in the section of current applications. 

Aesthetic Surgery:
The presentation was really captivating for me, because this group started off showing everyone how beauty bias exists even if we vehemently deny it, and call it 'superficial'. After showing us that beauty is, in fact, not skin deep, they went on to show us the current situation of aesthetic surgery, and their possible impacts on people, the economy and the society. One of the things that intrigued me was the part about how people who undergo aesthetic surgery might suffer from body dysmorphic disorder, where the patients feel (excessively) that their body is imperfect. It showed me that while technology can solve some of the current problems that we face, it can sometimes create new problems as well. We then move on to the future applications of aesthetic surgery, where the group told us more about how other technology, such as 3D printing and genetic engineering, can be integrated into aesthetic surgery.

Overall, it was an awesome experience, to be able to learn so much from others in a day. I look forward to the other presentations next week.

Rating: 9/10