Session 13

Today, we had another 4 groups of presentations, which include technology and sports, effective epidemic prevention, crowd computing as well as the wild green urbanization project.

I think there is an improvement in the presentation style, as every group seems to be well prepared. The websites are really well designed in terms of layout as well as the contents.

For the first presentation, I think the website is really nice and interesting. The use of the video “SARSvivor” is funny and appropriate. The use of technology to prevent disasters such as epidemic is something that has already existed for sometime. The continual development of this technology will further improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the technology. However, currently there are a lot of obstacles facing in this field of technology and thus we hope that this technology can be perfected in the near future.

I think technology and sports is a very interesting topic probably because I am a sports fan and I love to exercise. I think the presentation is good as they are able to cover most of the areas that are related. The only area that needs improvement is the lack of video. I think plentiful of media resources can be found on youtube or other websites. I like the presentation because I can draw relevance to my own life. One of such is the invention of protein powder. I am quite into gyming and thus I know the importance of protein powder. Not only it allows individual to build up muscle at a faster rate, it also helps to speed up the muscle recovery rate. During the presentation, they also talked about the invention of this swimsuit, which allows swimmers to break various world records. I have something extra to add on regarding that point. I happened to watch this documentary sometimes ago and it talked about bicycle race. The design of the bicycle handles will actually make significant difference in the performance of the biker. Therefore, the authority implemented a rule that limit the use of certain design as it may cause unfairness.  

However, I think the presentation can be better if the group highlight some of the major development in the sports technology that revolutionalised the sport industry instead of just briefly tell us the history of development.

The project on crowd computing i feel is a very interesting concept.  At first I mistook it to be cloud computing until I see the words on the slides. Crowd computing could make business opportunities come at a much easier way. At the same time, it also helps the companies to bring in constructive ideas. With this technology in place, companies are able to cut cost in the area such as research and labour. As a result, profits of the companies can increase and at the same time, efficiency is improved as well.  I think just like the cloud computer, crowd computer can bring another revolutionary impact to the business.

This is the last lesson of TWC and I really appreciate the efforts by prof for the past few months. I indeed learnt many concepts that I think will be beneficial in my studies. Once again, thanks prof for making twc lesson such an enjoyable one every week.