Category Archives: Fall 2018 Archive (201)

Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Seth Muck

For my reading of Soonish by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, I chose to read chapter 2, which to me was the most interesting subject. Chapter 2 deals with the cost of going to space, and how one of space travels biggest hurdles … Continue reading

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Past, Present, And Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Brianna Esqueda

For this assignment I chose to focus on the chapter about bio 3D printing. The idea is simple, being able to print artificial organs for those in need. Is concept could radically change the lives of thousands of people. It … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Melissa Urueta

1) Reflects on how the future technology described in “Soonish” relates to notions of oral history as you understand them from the StoryCorps project The way  that Kelly Weinersmith, the author of the book Soonish, describes the future of technology is … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Melody Huerta

A big part of oral history in my opinion is the thoughtful answers that someone can get about a specific experience. Regardless of if that experience felt the same to everyone is what is important when it comes to oral … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Emmalina Krist

A chapter of the book, Soonish, that I found interesting focuses on possible future advancements in “Bioprinting,” or the ability to create human organs available for transplant in a lab, as opposed to transplanting them from donors, thus eliminating the need for … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Emily Bruckner

I chose chapter 11, which discusses the concept of future brain computer interfacing, as it relates almost directly to the progression of oral history. In this chapter, the writers relate that we all collectively have the sense that we would … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Andy Snow

For this assignment, I read a chapter in Soonish that discusses the Synthetic Biology which encompasses making medicine and industrial inputs of technology. In this chapter, biology and DNA of food has been altered using technology so scientists can control … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Kaleb Parrish

In the book Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, section 6 was titled Robotic Construction and discussed how in the future technology should develop robots that help work construction. This section builds … Continue reading

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Past, Present, & Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Jaclyn Erickson

I focused on section six in the novel, about Robot Construction and how in the future they believe that robots could work in the construction business. This was a very interesting section to me because my father was in the … Continue reading

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Past, Present, and Future Technology: Interview Ideas: Zachary Larson

Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weiner illustrate the potential of the new technologies and where they might lead us in their book, “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.” As more agencies, such as Space X, begin to emerge, … Continue reading

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