Wearable Technology will change your life

Pre discussion questions

Do you have some wearable technology? What technology would you wear?

How do you think wearable technology will change your life?

Dr. James Canton is the CEO of the San Francisco-based Institute for Global Futures and author of “Future Smart: Managing the Game-Changing Trends that will Transform Your World:”

He believes that Wearable mobile technology such as smart watches will blanket the world. By 2025, there will be a huge Internet of everyone and everything linking every nation, community, company and person. It will link all of the world’s knowledge. This will accelerate information that can be used for education, health care, jobs, entertainment and business.

Artificial intelligence  (AI) will become both as smart as and smarter than humans. AI will be embedded in cars, robots, homes and hospitals. These things and places will create the AI economy. Humans and robots will merge, digitally and physically, to help patients who may be around the world. Robo-surgeons will operate remotely on patients. RoboDocs will deliver babies and treat your sickness over the cellphone.

Predictive medicine will change health care. Technology will be able to find out what disease you have with medical devices that can smell your breath. Also DNA will be able to see what your future health will be like. Medical help will be for you personally. This will help to stop future disease. It will save lives and billions of dollars in lost work[1].

Try to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.

 The answers are below the table.

A=2, B=8, C=1, D=6, E=4, F=5, G=3, H=7

Some example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help you understand better.

1.      Smartphones have transformed our ability to connect to the internet.

2.      If we are not careful, then global warming will blanket the world with more storms and disasters.

3.      Bus 120 links with the subway station.

4.      Technology has been accelerating and we see changes in everything we do.

5.      If you click this button, then you can embed this video onto your web search browser.

6.      Technology and education are merging, for example we now have online universities. And you can study remotely.

7.      Bluetooth means you can listen to your music remotely.

8.      The fortune teller predicted that she would meet someone this year.

Some questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.

1.      What other ways do you think technology will transform the world in the future?

2.      How much do you agree (or disagree) that technology will blanket the world?

3.      How has technology been able to link you with friends?

4.      What technology do you think will accelerate in the next few years?

5.      Would you agree with having a computer chip embedded in your skin so a remote doctor can check your health?

6.      What things will merge with technology in the future? For example, things that don’t use much technology now.

7.      How do you feel about a remote professor or teacher teaching you?

8.      What are your predictions for the future?