Group Presentations

Which presentation was your favorite and why? Also, what were five interesting things that you learned from the presentations!

 My favorite presentation was the presentation on farming technology. My family has a background in farming, almost on each side. My wife's family is also primarily farmers and many of our friends and family still follow this trade. It is great to see technology have a use in an industry that has been around for so long and will frankly always have a need. Farming is an industry that the entire world needs and the advancement in technology to help improve crop yields and quality of product will help create more sustainable foods for everyone. Even though the process is becoming more automated, which may not be as appealing to some, helps because it reduces the amount of man hours required for a very intense and laborious job. The automated technology could greatly improve the quality of life for a farmer by giving them the ability to stand back more and give them less time they have to be in the field.

From all of the presentations five of the interesting things I learned would be the automated combine that drives and does the cutting itself, with just an operate behind the controls to ensure nothing goes wrong; the advancements in computer technology leading to wrist mounted devices and bendable screens; the history of the television dating back to the early 1940s; the fact that more people are turning to online dating as a way to meet people; and that with all of our advancements in technology and information people are still allowing themselves to be vulnerable to things like scams and Catfishing on the internet.