Infographic

A good infographic should give people what they're looking for: information presented in an appealing and easy to digest format. For my infographic, I used a website called Piktochart. Their templates are simple and useful, but unless you are willing to pay money, limited in number. The most difficult part of putting this together  would be the lack of information on when certain memes were created. Thankfully, I found a couple of sites already formatted like a timeline that I could use, but that also resulted in limited information. I think that my infographic turned out pretty well, though a few more recent memes would probably enhance the effect, as wells as distinguish how different memes of the past are from memes of the present.

Prosthetics

Falling too Far From the Tree?

     You may have heard about the ongoing dispute between Apple and the FBI. The FBI has requested that Apple creates a backdoor so that the FBI could gain access to the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. The thing is, Apple is very apprehensive about doing so – and with good reason, “The FBI has a strong argument: if Apple helps it unlock the iPhone that was recovered, the information obtained could potentially help authorities prevent future attacks. Meanwhile, Apple is afraid that aiding in this case will set a dangerous precedent,” (The FBI’s war with Apple is about to go horribly wrong ). If Apple installs this software on iPhones, what’s to stop any other over eager hacker from being able to access literally any iPhone they wanted? With the skill, they would be able to get in to any phone they were interested in. And that’s just thinking of the independent party. The government itself can’t necessarily be trusted either. The FBI seems to have good intention, saying, “We don't want to break anyone's encryption or set a master key loose on the land," (FBI Fires Back at Apple: 'We Don't Want To Break Anyone's Encryption), but it has been proven time and again that they can’t really be trusted. They will do anything to get their way. We even just recently found out how much the NSA has been spying on us, who’s to say that this will be any different? Also, like the first quote said, what happens when the government wants to do this kind of thing again the next time? Or the next? Or the time after that? I’m not saying we shouldn’t try to get the phone open, but I am saying that we should be careful with how we proceed, and that the suggested fashion with which the government wants to do that isn’t a great idea.






http://bgr.com/2016/02/24/san-bernardino-iphone-apple-fbi-consequences/


http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/san-bernardino-shooting/we-don-t-want-break-anyone-s-encryption-fbi-fires-n523186


http://www.apple.com/customer-letter/


http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/02/16/heres-why-fbi-forcing-apple-break-into-iphone-big-deal/80481766/






How much authority over issues like this do you think the government should have?


How trustworthy do you think that the government is, especially taking in to consideration the amount of spying they have done in the past?

Driver-less Cars

How a Driver-less Car Sees the Road

Driver assisted cars aren't cutting it. With Driver-less cars, though, the problem of human error can be removed. Advanced sensors, clever programming, and amazing technology is making it possible to create cars that make transportation so much easier. It's still being tested, but it's looking promising so far.

I have two questions for you, though:

1. Would you be able to take the leap of faith required to put your life in the hands of a machine for something as basic as driving?
2. How much programming do you think it took to cover all possible bases from a standpoint of the random things that could happen on the road?