Artifact 4a & 4b

Artifact 4a

                When I first started watching this video, I wasn’t exactly sure what I was watching. I thought the girl was helping the man with some kind of experiment. As the camera got closer to her face, I found out that she is a robot. She looked very normal from a distance, it was almost frightening. Technology just keeps evolving day by day. Someday we won’t be able to tell the difference at all between a real person and a robot. It is hard to grasp the fact that something that isn’t alive could look like it was. Even though I had trouble hearing what the men were saying, I think she was following the orders of what they were telling her to do. She was able to bow her head up and down without hesitating. That is the part that looked the most realistic. The blinking was a bit off when you were able to look close up, but it was still incredible. I don’t agree with making robots as people mainly because they are not necessary. What would happen if robots that looked like people began taking over the few jobs that were left? They wouldn’t need to be paid therefore they would be easier to deal with. Unless there is an absolute need for them, such as an experiment too dangerous for real people, I do not think they are necessary to have. In movies, you sometimes see a robot is a maid or a butler. I am sure it would be a nice luxury item to have if it was possible to get them, but real alive people are more reliable that a machine. 

Artifact 4b

                My first thought when I saw this video was when this came out? Most people use mechanical pencils or pens these days if they even write, so why would a company come up with a pencil sharpener? It is common for people in class now to take notes on their computer. Most teachers have papers submitted electronically, or they want a hard copy that is typed. A pencil is usually used by math classes or to write rough drafts for a paper. It seems to me that this is a waste of a product because it won’t sell. However, it was very interesting to see that sharpener with two different spots. The first spot sharpened the pencil so that you could see the lead, and the second spot sharpened the lead therefore you definitely had a sharp end to your pencil.  When I was in elementary school, I used those pencils all the time and I know it was extremely frustrating to sharpen a pencil but it still wasn’t sharp enough! The creators of this pencil sharpener should know that this would have been nice years ago, but not now. Thank goodness for computers with the backspace button because pencils and erasers would be a lot more common if we didn’t have one. This just show how much technology has evolved. We used to use pencils that needed to be sharpened, but now we use computers that are easier and quicker. What will be next that will replace computers? It would be cool if we could just say words and they automatically became typed out for us. Who knows? It may happen someday. I just hope I am around to experience it!