Rreservation systems, luggage processing, navigation, scheduling and distribution, traffic simulation, smart roads and cars, fuel efficiency and traffic safety systems
Employment
Nota:
electronic employee monitoring, telecommuting, ergonomics and health, job obsolescence and retraining, online job search, employee surveillance
Ecommerce
Nota:
teleshopping, online marketing, data mining, spyware
Teleshopping
Online marketing
Data minging
Spyware
Banking and finance:
Nota:
EFT, ATMs, Internet banking and brokerage, electronic cash, insurance
eft
Electronic funds transfer (EFT) is the electronic transfer of
money from one bank account to another, either within a
single financial institution or across multiple institutions, via
computer-based systems, without the direct intervention of
bank staff.
ATM
Internet Banking and brokerage
Electronic cash
International commerce
Nota:
management of transnational corporations, business concentration
2. Education
Computer-aided
learning
Nota:
Science experiments
• Social studies • Modeling and simulation • Instructional tools and media I •Computer-aided instruction • Computer aided learning
Telelearning
Nota:
Isolated and remote areas • Use in hospitals Use in hospitals
• Prisons Prisons
• Retirement homes
Software in school administration
Nota:
Record keeping • Scheduling • Intranets Intranets
• Public information information
Training
Nota:
Tutorials Simulators
Social and Ethical Issues The balance in
responsibility between an individual and an
organization for training The need for IT
companies to consider global and cultural
diversity when preparing training and
tutorial software The requirement of
orgnaizations to provide training when
implementing change.
Tutorial Software training Software wizards and assistants help
menu and help features "Read Me" files
Modification of hardware and software f for special needs
Nota:
Voice recognition software
• Text-to-speech
• Special input and output devices • Internet resources
3. Health
Patient
data
Nota:
Privacy
Data analysis
Public health
Computer-related injuries
Diagnostic and therapeutic tools
Nota:
Robotic surgery • Prosthetic devices • Diagnostic software • Drug development and marketing
Telemedicine:
Nota:
• Service delivery to isolated and remote areas
4. Arts, Entertainment
and Leisure
Television
and cinema
Nota:
Digital simulations • Characters and animation
Digital effects • Choreography • Lighting • Marketing
Portable, downloadable music
Nota:
Electronic music • Interactive visual art • Desktop publishing
Computer games
Nota:
CD or online games C • Online gambling
Broadcast media:
Nota:
Digital radio and television electronic news
5. Science and Environment
Data
Nota:
Data search Collection Processing and analysis Forecasting Data logging
Computer recycling
Modelling and simulation:
Nota:
Digital experimentation • Demographic and environmental simulation
Social and Ethical Issues Reliability of predictions
based on computer models, for example, weather,
global warming economic effects of the use of
models to design and test new products security
issues involved in military simulations social
impact of reliance on simulations to examine
issues of public policy responsibility of the
designer for accuracy of assumptions underlying
the model ethical considertions involved in
deciding when to use models or simulation to
ensure human safety.
Key terms model simulation feedback loop
faulty or hidden assumptions extent and
effect of the simplification of reality extent to
which the phenomenon being modelled is
understood processing power needed to
create complex models visualization of
information correspndence of the model wth
reality
Forecasting
Visualization
Nota:
• Mapping
6. Politics and government
Politics process
Nota:
Voting and elections • Lobbying
State security
Government
administration
Nota:
Record keeping • Tax collection • Policy implementation
Rebel and terrorist
Police
Nota:
DNA data collection • Video surveillance
Surveillance
Military
Nota:
Cyberwarfare • Smart weapons development • Espionage