WHEN

TECHNOLOGY
AND
HUMANITY
CROSS
Technological Devices:
 Television Sets
 Mobile Phones
 Computers / Laptops
 A. Television Sets
According to Kantar Media:
92 % of urban homes & 70 % of
rural homes own at least one
television set
 the current count of household
with TV Set already reached
15.135 million (Noda, 2012)
TELEVISION
A. Television Sets(People Behind)
 Paul Gottlieb Nipkow(1800s)
 a German student, was successful
in his attempt to send images
through wires with aid of a rotating
metal disk that had 18 lines of
resolution, called
“Electric Telescope”.
A. Television Sets(People Behind)
 Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton and
Boris Rosing (1907)
created a new system of TV
by using the cathode ray tube
in addition to the mechanical
scanner system.
Types of TV System:
a. Mechanical TV
b. Electronic TV
 A. Television Sets(People Behind)

Alan Archibald Boris Rosing

Campbell-Swinton
 B. Mobile Phones
 Global Research Agency Synovate
(2010)
67% product ownership in the
country
 Ipsos Media Atlas Philippines
Nationwide Urban 2011-2012
30% of the PH urban population
nationwide said that mobile phones
are necessities in life.
 Mobile Phones(People Behind)
 Martin Cooper
 on April 3, 1973,
 a senior engineer at Motorola
 made the world’s first mobile
phone call
 weighed 1.1 kg and measured 228.6 x
127 x 44.4 mm
 capable of 30 mins. talk and 10 hours
to charge
In 1983, Motorola made their 1st
commercial mobile phone available to
the public Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
Martin Cooper
 C. Computers / Laptops
 In 2010
 3.6 trillion was the total value
output of all manufacturing
establishments
5.4% of the total value output
came from computers and
peripheral equipment and
accessories (PSA, 2013)
C. Computers / Laptops
 Charles Babbage
•Designed the
Analytical Engine
which was used
as the basic
framework of
computers
C. Computers / Laptops
 Laptops
 the first portable computer
 released in April 1981

Osborne 1
Percentage of Household Owns at
least Four Devices:
 89% - mobile phones
 53% - smartphone
 14% - tablet
 39% - desktop
 37% - laptop / netbooks
 4% - smart TV
is mainly used as a platform for
advertisements and information
dissemination.
They are used for
communication like texting
and calling.
  Cell phones

 They use it for different purposes other than for

communication.
 More than half of the Filipinos own a cell phones.
The fact remains that there
are several dilemmas
faced by these
“necessities”
Ethical
Dilemma
These devices make
children lazy, unhealthy,
and develop sickness.
people fixated to technological
devices become unhealthy because they
sometimes skip meals and lack
exercise or any bodily movements.
Alienation
people become reclusive because of
these devices. They became dependent
on these and they no longer take time
to get out and mingle with others.
MOral Dilemma
children can easily search the web and go
to different websites without
restrictions which allows them to read,
see and hear things not suitable for
their age.
appropriate theory which can be
used on these dilemmas that
focuses on the positive rather
than negative.

WH AT IS RESPONSIBILTY?
It can be said that the agents using the
devices are the ones to be blamed for
the undesirable consequences.
 People in the scientific world nor the
children are to blameworthy because
children are not yet capable of rationally
deciding for themselves what is good and
what is bad.
ROBOTICS AND
HUMANITY
ROBOTICS
is the science and the
study of robots.
 A robot is an actuated mechanism
programmable in two or more axes with a
degree of autonomy, moving within its
environment, to perform intended task
 Autonomy in this context means the ability to
perform intended task based on current state
and sensing without human intervention
Full Autonomy
ROLES PLAYED BY
ROBOTICS
SERVICE ROBOT INDUSTRIAL ROBOT
Service robots
is a robot that
performs useful tasks
for humans or
equipment excluding
industrial automation
application.
A personal service robot or
a service robot for personal
use is a service robot used
for noncommercial task,
usually by laypersons.
A professional service robot or a service
robot for professional use- is a service
robot used for commercial task, usually
operated by a properly trained operator.
Examples:
 Cleaning robot for
public places
 delivery robot in
offices or hospitals
 fire fighting robot
 rehabilitation robot
 Surgery robot in
hospitals
 Germany was one of the first
countries to develop service robots. As
part of the German Federal Ministry
of Education and Research’s
“Service Robotics Innovation Lead
Initiative,” it sponsored a collaborative
project called DESIRE (Deutsche
Servicerobotik Initiative-Germany
Service Robotics Initiative) which
was launched on October 1, 2005.
 DESIRE’s Objectives:
 To achieve a technological edge toward attaining
key functions and components that are suited for
everyday use
 To create a reference architecture for mobile
manipulation
 To promote the convergence of technologies
through integration into a common technology
platform
 To conduct pre-competition research and
development activities for new products and
technology transfer in start-up enterprises in the
field of service robotics
 3000 B.C – earliest conception of robots
 Unimate – the earliest robots as people know
them were created in the early 1950s by
George Devol
 Unimate from the words
“Universal Automation”
 Roles played Laws formulated
by robotics by Isaac Asimov

Robots are Law one A robot may not injure a human

being
primarily used to Law two A robot must obey the orders
ease the workload except orders that would conflict law one

of mankind Law Three A robot must protect its own

existence as long as protection does
Robots are made not conflict with
law.
the first and second

for pleasure
They entertain
people
Roles Played by Robotics:
 Law one
A robot may not injure a human being
or, through inaction, allow a human
being to come to harm.
 Law Two
A robot must obey the orders
given it by human beings
except where such orders would
conflict with the First Law
 Law Three:
A robot must protect its own
existence as long as such
protection does not in
conflict with the First and
Second Law
 Ethical Dilemma/s Faced by
Robotics
- Safety. Who should be held
accountable if someone’s safety is
compromised by a robot?
- Emotional Component. What if robots become
sentient should they be granted robot rights?
Should they have their own set of rights to be
upheld, respected, and protected by humans?
Group Skit. Form groups with equal number of
members depending on the class size. Each group
should choose a unique topic and its perceived effects
and the dilemma it entails. Show your stand on a
technological dilemma through a skit. Do not forget to
show the role or roles played by the technological
advancement in the lives of the people. Suggested
topics:
a. Robots that are capable of having emotions
b. Google and stupidity
c. Filipinos’ addiction to different technologies
d. Waze application
e. etc.