Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Effects of using IT
- Use of microprocessor controlled devices in home
- Changes in lifestyle
Anmerkungen:
- -Increased leisure time/free time/
-more time to do other things
-Increase in social interaction
-Unhealthy diet - TV dinners
-Can go out whenever they want
- Better quality meals
-easier to prepare exotic dishes
-Part time workers can now work full time
-Humans won’t be exposed to contagious diseases
- Not effecting lifestyle
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- Advantages & Disadvantages
- positive effects
- Employment
Anmerkungen:
- - New jobs in teaching IT
- Improved banking, retail, clerical, telecom, advertising, design, teleworking
- Capabilities
Anmerkungen:
- -Can share vast amounts of data
-Can transfer data quickly &
easily
-Can carry out repetitive processes
-Can give instant feedback on data stored
-Can get useful info from
combined data
-Can communicate over long distances-Reduced cost of wage bill
-Computer readings are more accurate-Automatic warnings can be generated
-Graphs can be produced automatically-Readings can be taken more frequently/continuously
- Working Patterns
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job sharing
- Compressed Hours
- negative effects
- crime
- Spread of viruses
- Risk of hacking
- Illegal downloading/Software piracy
- Credit card fraud
- Identity fraud
- Spamming & blackmail
- Unemployment
- Manufacturing
Anmerkungen:
- - Robots & machines take over
-less typist needed
-staff will need retraining
- Fear of learning new technology
-Auto analysis of data
- Advantages & Disadvantages of Robots
- Word, spreadsheet, databases
- Limitations
- Processing depends on speed of processor
- Prone to hardware failure
- Limited in amount of disk space
- Software can become out of date
- Software can contain bugs
- Data transfer dependant on connection type
- Health problems