Hi I’m Mabu, your personal healthcare companion

The name Mabu is short for mabutaki, a Japanese word meaning to blink and mabudachi, or best friend. 

1) Why is the social aspect of technology important?

As technology becomes the the peak of society, many people are becoming less and less social we need to implement more social aspects to technology. Since we are not able to limit the rise of technology, social aspects must be within modern technology.

2) Describe the function and purpose of your robot. How is it trying to address a social problem?

Mabu is a personal healthcare companion robot who is designed to have conversations with patients, especially with chronic diseases, especially with managing medication. This is address the social problem of not have someone there to help you through the challenges of fighting these diseases, acting like a real human, the conversations are developed overtime according to responses and other data collected.

3) What is the cutting edge technology behind it?

The structure of these conversations are based on proven behavioral models of psychology to promote behavior change. Mabu has conversations with patients every day to manage their treatment and gather data about their progress. The Catalia Health platform is built on a HIPAA-compliant cloud-based back end system that allows them to provide patients with real-time data about each patient’s progress and challenges.

4) What technology do we rely on during Covid 19 pandemic?

Among everyday citizens we rely on the technology of laptops and phones daily during the COVIS 19 pandemic. From students to workers many of us are working from home using computers to do work and communicate with others. Other technology has been used in the healthcare department of this pandemic to track statistics and take care of patients.

5) Has technology connected us better socially or worse or a bit of both?

Technology has its pros and cons, however without the use of technology it would be extremely difficult to survive this pandemic and do simple tasks such as buying necessities and communicating with loved ones. Without technology right now we would have all stopped learning and be incredibly depressed staying at home.

As the COVID-19 crisis is becoming more of a problem. The government has released an app that will help detect contact with someone who has COVID 19.

Emerging technologies as any new technology or an improving technology that may make an impact on our lives and economy. Ethics is the right and wrong of actions.

The five guide lines needed for ethical consideration is

Informed Consent- Must tell the user everything that will happen. Telling the users who has access to information, the purpose of it etc.

Do no harm- Does it hurt or do any sort of harm to anything or anyone.

Voluntary participation- Participation can not be forced upon and is only voluntary.

Confidentiality- Information or usage is private between the user and the program.

Anonymity- Identity not known, only necessary information is tracked.

Let’s take look to see how the COVID Safe App meets these conditions:

Informed consent: Australians are informed how the app works, what information will be tracked and how it will be used.

Do no harm- The app’s purpose is to support us, not intending to do any harm.

Voluntary participation- Although it is encouraged to download the app, participation is voluntary.

Confidentiality- Data is only seen by the program and health officials, it is only used for your own safety.

Anonymity- “The information is encrypted and that encrypted identifier is stored securely on your phone. Not even you can access it” Your data is anonymous.

I believe that the app should be downloaded, especially if you are still working or travelling daily. Not only is downloading the app beneficial to you but more importantly other people. I think that high school students should download the app if school starts again soon but it is not too necessary for them. However people other 18 should definitely be encouraged to download this app.

Since the COVID 19 outbreak the world has had to respond with many new things never seen before. Schools are now online, churches are having practices through video… As the world is changing rapidly, engineers have been trying to find the best solutions to deal with this situation.

Engineers have used the internet to connect and inform us on the latest news and cases of COVID 19. 2 major companies Apple and Google have announced working together to create tools to help track the spread of coronavirus. They will use bluetooth technology with our phones so when we are near someone diagnosed with coronavirus there will be an alert. It is said that identities will all be private

We all know that protective gear as been urgently needed by nurses and doctors, so a team from NSW have put our 3D printing robots to work! A team of engineerings have set up a 3D printing farm at the University of Wollongong. They have set up 40 3D printers to make face shields for the frontline workers to help stop the spread of COVID 19. Currently they have been making hundreds a day, but with 100 more machines coming they are soon expecting the number of shields to rise up to 2000 per day. Their next plan of action is to print parts of ventilators.

In Spain an engineer has 3D printed emergency respiration device to support hospitals and intensive care units.

A team of engineers, anaesthetists and surgeons from the University of Oxford and King’s College London have been testing prototypes for rapidly deployable ventilators. They are trying to develop a prototype that will satisfy the requirements of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in order to respond to the high demand of ventilators.

Biodiversity is the variety of plants and animals in a particular area. Biodiversity is important to sustain all life forms by having a more healthy environment. This can be increased by providing a suitable environment for many species to live in.

At least 40 per cent of the world’s economy and 80 per cent of the needs of the poor are derived from biological resources. In addition, the richer the diversity of life, the greater the opportunity for medical discoveries, economic development, and adaptive responses to such new challenges as climate change

The Convention about Life on Earth, Convention on Biodiversity web site.

Humans should let nature exist without our interference as nature is

There are 4 requirements to classify something as a robot.

1. It is artificial
2. Programmed by a computer
3. Can sense its environment
4. Performs an action or movement

Is a remote controlled car a robot?

1. It is artificial?

Yes, A remote control car is manufactured and not natural

2.Programmed by a computer

Yes, the robot and the remote control was programmed by a computer.

3.Can sense its environment

Yes, the car responses to its surroundings and the remote responses to it was well.

4.Performs an action or movement

The car moves about as you wish it to.

Technology is changing the way we fight bushfires. One example for this is training firefighters to fight fires using virtual reality. Using virtual reality enables firefighters to get used to using the equipment without wasting many resources. Secondly technology is implemented in firetrucks to have features that support safety and survival. Next, drones are being used to monitor fires and locate property damages. Satellites and space cameras are used to monitor and map the fires in greater detail. The last revolutionary technology is using sound waves instead of water to put out fire. This uses mechanical pressure waves that produce vibrations that could potentially take the oxygen out from the fires

1. Describe
2. Explain
3. Predict

1st Photo

I see many people on a small rusty boat in the middle of the sea. There are people on the ground looking sad and stressed. There is land in the distance so I believe they have just left land. The sea is slightly rough, rocking the boat. The sky is misty and foggy. I think the people are sad to have to leave their home. I think they will travel to a safer place.

2nd Photo

I see a young girl with a mask on a boat . Behind her is a person rowing the boast From the redness of the sky, there has been lots of smoke and burning. She is looking distressed and miserable. They are rowing to escape the fires.

3rd Photo

This photo is a photo of graffiti on a shop wall. the graffiti is of our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison with fire behind him and a speech bubble saying “This is fine.” I believe this is trying to portray the idea of Morrison not caring or acting on the bushfires in Australia. After is photo Scott Morrison sent a team to take down is artwork.