All around us!

Digital technologies are all around us without us even knowing they are there. This module helped open my eyes to my daily rituals that have become habitual, showing the impact of digital technologies in my lifestyle. For example:

I woke up to my alarm.

We then made porridge for breakfast using my thermomix with preset heat settings, mixing and timing that beeped when it was ready.

My children and I listened to music from a digital radio station whilst we ate our breakfast.

When I arrived at my son’s kindy we used a digital keypad to enter through the gate.

I then checked my shopping list on my phone at the shops, before going through the self service to pay for my items using a pre-programmed computer system.

Before finally checking my emails after returning home.

This was probably a short snippet of the digital technologies I came in contact with, but it gives you the idea!

So the big question is how are these digital technologies designed so that they benefit my life this way? What is the bigger picture such as how can they help people with disabilities, providing solutions for developing countries?

Obviously this eye opening task opens your mind a lot further to WHAT already exists and WHERE it can now be taken.