by Omowunmi Oladokun
Information Communication Technology is gaining ground in the ever evolving world. It’s a new world that is full of learning, communication and opportunities. We must keep abreast with the dynamism in this new technologically driven world.
When we say it’s a Digital World, we are essentially communicating that the entire world is controlled and embedded in digital technology.
Young people of this generation (millennial generation) are known as the digital lovers due to their full dependence on the use of technology and internets.
However, its only few of them that have practically grasp / are versed with the digital age intelligence and can be able to maximize it for the good of the economy.
Technology has improved/ is improving our lives and will continue to improve our lives in tremendous ways.
Modern technology can help simplify all difficult tasks. Technology improves our information and communication system and such will ultimately make great impact in the global world.
Technology also helps us to grow our social networks with others who have similar interest with them.
AREAS COVERED BY TECHNOLOGY.
1.Robotics
2.Coding
3.App development
4.Drone technology
5.Artificial intelligence
6.Internet of Things.
ROBOTICS
MAN AND THE ROBOTICS
The technological devices that looks like man and was programmed to act like man.
ROBOTICS AND INVENTION
Design, control, innovation, sensory feedback, information processing
Robotics were created to make our life easier. To reduce the functions of men and the energy they put into there daily lives.
They were made to look exactly like men in movement, lifting, speech, cognition, or any other human activity..
Robots were also created to fill in the gaps between the digital world and the physical world.
Robotics is helping to survive competition and progression in large scale manufacturing industries. Without robotics, many of developed countries successful manufacturing industries involved in mass production would not be able to compete in any way.
In these, robotics are taking over employment, mans energy have been replaced with machine energy for effective and accurate production.
ROBOTICS AND INVENTION CONTINUED
Benefits of robotics to agriculture, transportation, medicine, security and defence
The development experienced in this area: agriculture, transportation, medicine, security and defence, manufacturing and production in some developed countries are based on the activities of robotics. The growth that will be experienced in decades to come will be amazing.
Below are some of the types and functions of robotics
TYPES OF ROBOTICS
Articulated, Cartesian, Cylindrical, Polar, Scara, Delta
Based on the finding of Robotworx, the types of industrial robot are:
ARTICULATED ROBOTS: robotic joints created basically for movement. They are joint components of arm is connected. Each joint is made for motion.
CARTESIAN ROBOTS: They have an attached wrist to allow for rotational movement
CYLINDRICAL ROBOTS: Cylindrical robots operate within a cylindrical-shaped work envelope.
POLAR ROBOTS: a combination of two rotary joints and one linear joint movement
SCARA ROBOTS: cylindrical in design and they have two parallel joints
DELTA ROBOTS: they look like spider, they are used in production and manufacturing companies.
Others are stationary robots, remote controlled robots etc
ROBOTICS: SECURITY / DEFENCE
The use of Robots during the war. They were used during World War II and Cold War.
Remote controlled robots are used by the military for defence and security to preserve and protect human lives. Some are used for bomb detection and missile transportation based on the requirement of the Geneva Conventions. Some are always used for search, rescue and attack too
Industrial robots are used for manufacturing and…
ROBOTS AND MANUFACTURING
They are used for wielding, painting, packaging, labelling, palletizing etc.
Industrial robots are used for manufacturing and production. They can be used for handling materials. According to the International Federation of Robotics, over 1.64 million robotics were introduced to the world in 2015.
ROBOTICS: MEDICINE & PHARMACEUTICAL
They are used for Rehabilitation, transportation, disinfectant, production and prescription.
Medical robots are used in medical sciences for surgery. They are used in relieving medical doctors from tedious acts. For Pharmaceuticals, Robots are used for drug production and transportation.
2.. Coding
The introduction of coding is to help learners develop critical thinking and problem-solving .
Examples of coding:
Computer Languages, Creating instruction
Javascript, Html,
Coding is a computer language that is used to develop apps and websites. They tell our computer what to do and how to get it done.
They are always in different languages for creating instructions. They are used in relation to our laptop and smart phones. They are used to create music, arts, gallery and other application on our devices
It is the combination of letters and pictures to create a unique abstract.
Learning coding involves Java script, Html and Css
Coding is similar to Programming and below are the differences and similarities
CODING AND PROGRAMMING
SourceCodes, Building, Designing, debugging and hacking
Programming also involve languages and are used for different functions. It is the act of using machine to perform a set of instruction
It is also the process of designing and building to accomplish a task. Coding forms the basis of cyberspace. It’s a 21st-century skill and the foundations of the fourth industrial revolution
The source code of a program is written in one or more languages that are intelligible to programmers, rather than machine code.
Sourcecode, hacking, software, engineer, machine code
The source code of a program is written in one or more languages that are intelligible to programmers, rather than machine code.
Programming helps to decode/ unravel codes. Codes rely on programming to get there true meaning.
Testing, debugging, source code maintenance, implementation of build systems, and management of derived artifacts and hacking are some of the act of programming
Both are mostly used by software engineers, Source Coding, Channel Coding, Cryptographic Coding and Line Coding
SOURCE CODING: The use of variable-length codes in order to reduce the number of symbols in a message to the minimum necessary to represent the information in the message.
CHANNEL CODING: Channel coding, also known as forward error control coding (FECC), is a process of detecting and correcting bit errors in digital communication systems. Channel coding is performed both at the transmitter and at the receiver. At the transmit side, channel coding is referred to as encoder, where extra bits (parity bits) are added with the raw data before modulation. At the receive side, channel coding is referred to as the decoder.
CRYPTOGRAPHIC CODING :cyryptography is the use of alphabet and numbers. Cryptography Coding theory includes the study of compression codes which enable us to send messages cheaply and error correcting codes which ensure that messages remain legible even in the presence of error.
LINE CODING: A line code (also called digital baseband modulation, also called digital baseband transmission method) is a code chosen for use within a communications system for baseband transmission purposes. Line coding is often used for digital data transport.
IMPORTANCE OF CODE WRITING
They are used in:
Communication
Creativity
Arithmetic
Logical thinking
Critical thinking and problem solving.
3.DRONE TECHNOLOGY
Drone technology is a new innovation and it is gradually evolving.
They are unmanned aircraft and software controlled flight. They work with GPS and Sensor.Drones are controlled by remote ground control systems (GSC). Its simply a flying robot
When it was first invented, it was used by the military for security and defenses
Drones are now also used in a wide range of civilian roles ranging from search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring and firefighting, to personal drones and business drone.
Types of Drone Technology
FIXED WING, MULTIROTOR, SINGLE ROTOR
FIXED WING: Fixed wing drones can fly higher than other drones. They are mostly used for surveillance, agriculture and inspection.
MULTI ROTOR DRONES: A multirotor is a drone with more than two rotors. They are used by surveyors and topographers.
SINGLE ROTOR: they are also called monocopter and they are with fixed pitch. They cant fly high like fixed wing
RELEVANCE OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY
They are used for inspecting infrastructures, towers and bridges.
They are used in saving lives by the military officers.
They are used in performing complex and tedious task
They are used in avoiding risk and harmful activities
Drones can help farmers to identify failing plants early and take inventory of crops, but the machines can also be used to map and study the farmland and its irrigation
Drones are also used in photography, building inspection, security surveillance, underwater inspection, construction etc.. (Nano Drones)
Nano drones.
Nano drones are now advancing and they require proper enlightenment.
They are very small and smarter for use. They can be used for both indoor and outdoor flight. They can size the finger and can be suitable for children use.
TYPES OF DRONE TECHNOLOGY
Multi-rotor drones (e.g., quadcopters, octocopters)
Single-rotor helicopter drones
Fixed-wing drones
Hybrid VTOL drones.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A DRONE AND A ROBOT.
A drone is an aircraft while a robot is a machine
Robot is a software, sensor control and they can perform many function while a drone are vehicles with capabilities.
A robot is more expensive than a drone.
Robot are similar to drones and they can perform similar functions
However, Some drones are a kind of robot.
4. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Artificial intelligence is making a robot or a computer think like human.
Robotics were created to act like human but they never had similarities with the human brain.
Artificial intelligence came to fill the gap by making machine think like a man. It is called machine intelligence.
It is the act of replacing human intelligence with machine intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence is a new invention created to simulates human intelligence through self-learning and adaptive algorithms.
The two types of Artificial Intelligence are:
ARTIFICIAL NARROW INTELLIGENCE:
It is the capacity of a computer device to perform a particular activity excellently. It is also referred to as weak artificial intelligence. Apples Digital Assistant Siri, Google Translator and Google Assistant are examples of Artificial Narrow intelligence.
ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE:
Artificial General Intelligence or “Strong” AI refers to machines that exhibit human intelligence. In other words, AGI can successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can.
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Some parts of the human senses that makes up a man Human intelligence were used in building machine intelligence.
Speech in man ——— Speech Recognition in Machine
Oral and Verbal Communication ——- Natural Language Processing. (NLP)
Eyes Sight & Vision ——– Computer Vision & Image processing
Environmental Response & Movement —– Robotics
Seeing patterns ——– Pattern Recognition
Brain full of neurones ———— Neurone at work
Brain Cognitive ———– Deep brain
Remembering the past …………………….reccuring Neurone Network
RELEVANCE OF AI TO THE ECONOMY
AI has impacted and it is still impacting the global economy. Research has shown that in 2030, 70 percent of companies might have adopted at least one type of AI technology but that less than half will have fully absorbed all
It is contributing to the growth and development of companies in the world.
In the years to come, there is probability that there would be substitution of labor with machines than there is in low-wage, developing countries.
RELEVANCE OF AI TO THE ECONOMY
AI has impacted and it is still impacting the global economy. Research has shown that in 2030, 70 percent of companies might have adopted at least one type of AI technology but that less than half will have fully absorbed all.
It is contributing to the growth and development of companies in the world.
In the years to come, there is probability that there would be substitution of labor with machines than there is in low-wage, developing countries.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Emotions and Reasoning, Speed and Accurate Result
Human have great memory capability while machines can only remember few and recent things.
Human intelligence is bigger because it is divine invention while machine intelligence is fictional and can be disrupted at a slightest error.
Human intelligence can be birth out of emotions while machine do not have emotions.
Human intelligence is better at multitasking than Artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence is faster and always accurate.
Artificial intelligence can never die while human intelligence will die
5. INTERNET OF THINGS
Commodity sensor, machine learning etc
Internet of things came up as a result of multiple technologies, real-time analytics, machine learning, commodity sensor.
Wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation all constitute internet of things.
Recent research has shown that IOT will increase to 45 billion devices in 2019
It is the connection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday object, enabling them to send and receive data.
It’s a concept that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work.
Kevin Ashton, co-founder of the Auto-ID Center at MIT, first mentioned the internet of things in a presentation he made to Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1999.
Organizations in a variety of industries are using IOT to operate more efficiently, better understand customers to deliver enhanced customer service, improve decision-making and increase the value of the business.
RELEVANCE OF IOT
IOT help some companies in manufacturing and production.
It saves cost, helps in production and distribution
It helps in energy sector, health sector etc.
It is very smart and helps automobiles and engines to operate without human supervision
Router, Modem and Smartphone
that helps various independent components and devices to get connected to the internet network and people can easily use their applications.
It helps decision-making to understand customer’s behaviour and generating more revenue.
IOT is set to generate a massive employment soon
It will also generate great use by all and sundry
Without IOT, handing technical things at the same time may become difficult.
6.MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
Gallery, Music, Wifi, Opera mini, Calculator, Camera etc
The process by which a mobile app is developed for mobile devices such as personal digital assistant, enterprise digital assistant or mobile phone.
The interfacing of devices is also essential in the creation of mobile app
There is vast demand for mobile apps development organization.
Its easier for business owners to connect to their client through the internet. Some business owners have apps to ease communication with there client. E.g Konga
RELEVANCE OF MOBILE APPS
Building a brand, Communication, Education
Its important to develop the business
It helps the to build a brand
It provides employment for the younger inventors
Its not just a necessity, it has become a need
Its important for e-learning
It eases communication at all times. Social Network is important for connecting and chat with other people. Social Media include Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Pinterest has their own apps in today’s life to get to closed to each other.
Some apps help us to develop critical thinking and become a problem solver.
In conclusion, The youth in technology will help to develop the global economy immensely.The advancement we need in our society is not far fetched. What else will make our lives and living easier than having technologies that bring ease. The development we have now in our businesses are majorly results of the product of the digital world.
Hence the need for the youth to embrace more of this technological invention and inculcate it into there daily lives. the need to get more inventions nd add more value to the digital world. Digital technology is one of the major backbone to a better global economy
