Event 2: Midterm Presentations

  On the 12th of May I attended an event showcasing some of the best midterm presentations. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about other peoples innovative idea's and really appreciated the time and thought process behind a lot of these concepts.

The first midterm presentation was by a student proposing the idea of an agent that from both the inside and outside slows down the ageing of the body. This is a really interesting topic to cover as a lot of people suffer from age related diseases particularly on the skin like cancer and skin damage etc. This student came up with idea's that allowed skin to be preserved and almost not change despite the body getting older. 

Skin aging happens to everyone but with an agent this could help to significantly reduce this problem

At the event another midterm presentation that stood out to me, was by a student who proposed the idea of fact checking glasses. In our world today there is so much media that provides news, statistics and information that is wrong or not even a stray from the truth. The idea behind these glasses is everything you read, see, and watch is able to be fact checked on multiple sources to give you a more accurate result. This is purely convenience based and saves you the trouble of having to compare results yourself. 

This idea could have the world of facts in front of you 

One of the most common things in our world is extending the truth to make people believe something they want. For example companies might use white lies to get you to buy their products. This idea is similar to google classes but is purely for fact checking and uses other sources on the internet to base these results from. I really loved the idea of connecting the information to an app on your phone - this is a great way to incorporate everyday technology and make it accessible to see how factual information is. 

Having this information connect to an app on your phone would make this more accessible

I understand this idea but also find the ethical concerns discussed in this event to be something to consider if it was to actually go ahead. For example it is going to be hard to determine the data base for this product and facts that are actually correct especially if an event is occurring in real time. One question I would ask myself is how can I know this fact is 100% correct even after checking on the glasses? Will there be anyway to know if it is 100% correct?

One final idea which I personally LOVED was a student who came up with the idea of emotional archives. The idea behind this was to allow people to experience other peoples emotions by almost placing them in their shoes. An earpiece is attached and records the persons brain waves which can be downloaded as quantitative data. It acts as a library of other peoples emotions where other people could plug in an earpiece with this data and begin to feel the same emotions. 

Everyone experiences situations differently and it is important to understand why

This idea is really cool as empathy is often something people can lack due to not understanding the exact way people are feeling despite going through something similar themselves. Everybody reacts to situations differently and it would be really cool to have something where you could place yourself in someone else's shoes and really experience exactly how they are feeling. 

The more I reflected on this idea I thought how cool this could be to help people with mental health issue and in the world of psychology. There would be a much further understanding towards exactly how people are feeling, making it easier to provide people with the help they need. This could be something really exciting for the future of the medical industry but also everyday life. 

Psychology wheel of emotion

This event for me was incredibly eye opening and I loved learning about what other people came up with. I think if some of these idea's were developed our world could be a very different place....

Photo Sources: 

Center, SHC: Sidney Health. “Healthy Aging Skin.” Sidney Health Center, 26 Sept. 2019, www.sidneyhealth.org/Blog/Healthy-Aging-Skin. 

Pickell, Devin. “10 Best Business Phone Apps in 2021.” Nextiva Blog, Nextiva Blog, 13 Nov. 2020, www.nextiva.com/blog/business-phone-apps.html. 

Pappas, Christopher. “The Future Of Google Glass In ELearning.” ELearning Industry, 12 May 2021, elearningindustry.com/google-glass-in-elearning. 

“Decomposing Emotions at the Brain Level Using a Novel and Interactive Emotion Elicitation Task.” BuscaEU, 21 Apr. 2020, www.brainlatam.com/blog/decomposing-emotions-at-the-brain-level-using-a-novel-and-interactive-emotion-elicitation-task-1443. 

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