APPLICATIONS

• HOW COMPUTERS IMPACT APPLICATIONS
• GOVERNMENT USE OF COMPUTERS
• COMMUNICATIONS
• HEALTH SERVICES AND HANDICAPPED CONCERNS
• EDUCATION

IMPACT OF APPLICATIONS

Three Stages of Impact (and Concern)

1. DIRECT REPLACEMENT OF CURRENT ACTIVITY

• NO CHANGE IN PRODUCTIVITY
• MAY REPLACE PEOPLE ONE BY ONE

2. ENHANCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

• INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
• PEOPLE REPLACEMENT
• IMPACT OF APPLICATION

3. ABILITY TO PERFORM NEW FUNCTIONALITY

• NO PEOPLE REPLACEMENT
• NEW PRODUCTS

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONCERNS

• PRODUCTIVITY VERSUS PEOPLE REPLACEMENT
• ERGONOMIC EFFECTS
• ABILITY TO DO GOOD VERSUS CAPABILITY OF EVIL
• HUMAN PROTECTION VERSUS HUMAN ENDANGERMENT
• HAVE'S AND HAVE NOT'S - IMPACT ON SOCIETY
• GOVERNMENT USE OF COMPUTERS

GOVERNMENT USE OF COMPUTERS

• FEAR OF BIG BROTHER
• GOVERNMENT REGULATION
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• LAW ENFORCEMENT

• TAXATION
• SUPERHIGHWAY
• SOCIAL SERVICES
• PRIVACY CONCERNS

COMMUNICATIONS

Telephone Systems

• Switching
• Bandwidth Expansion
• Interleaving
• Additional Services

• COMPUTER NETWORKING
• CABLE SYSTEMS
• INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS
• FACSIMILE
• CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS

HEALTH SERVICES AND HANDICAP CONCERNS

• CAN WE REPLACE PROFESSIONALS?
• ARE EXPERT SYSTEMS SAFE?
• CAN WE DO THINGS WITH COMPUTER AID THAT COULD NOT BE DONE PREVIOUSLY?
• CAN WE DEVELOP ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HANDICAPPED?

IMPACT ON HEALTH

• GENERAL ERGONOMICS
• ERGONOMIC CONCERNS
• EXPOSURE TO VDT EMANATIONS
• EYESTRAIN
• CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

EDUCATION

• COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION
• PRESENTATION SYSTEMS
• TEACHERLESS LEARNING
• EXPLORATION
• SIMULATED LABORATORIES