Computing Innovation
Computing Innovations are innovations that include a computer or program which is its functionality. There are many types of computing innovations, but the kind this will talk about are beneficial and harmful computing Innovations.
Beneficial computing innovations are, like the name, innovations that are beneficial to people. These include Self-Driving Cars, Virtual Reality, DNA Testing and Sequencing, Bio Fuels, GPS Systems, and Media Mile Compression. These innovations are helpful, and make our lives a whole lot easier, so we can do other things. These innovations are not harmful, and can revolutionize the world as we know it.
Harmful computing innovations are not like beneficial innovations, they are bad. These include spying smart devices, AI Cloning, Facial Recognition, Ransomware, and Fake News Bots. These innovations are harmful to many, if not everyone around the world. They can harm physically or mentally people. The way to avoid this is using the technology we have for as long as possible, and buying things that are not harmful to you or the environment.
Computing Innovations are beneficial or harmful, but they can impact us in ways we never intended. The world wide web was meant only in the beginning as sharing information with the scientific community, but now it is a big piece of our lives. It is social media, games, and help for anything we need.
Digital Divide
"The gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the internet, and those who do not"
Gender Divide
In the lower-income places of the world, 90% of men are more likely to own cell phones. 1.2 billion women in these areas have no access to internet at all. This causes a gender digital divide. While most people in the US have access to internet, there is still a gender digital divide.
Social Divide
People create groups and circles in social media websites, like Instagram and Facebook. Doing this causes a divide from others that are not in these groups. this causes a social divide to occur and can tear people apart, becuase of what social groups they are in on websites.
Universal Access Divide
People around the world, no matter where they are, have physical or mental disabilities. These disabilities cause said people to not be able to use or access the Internet. People with poor education also cannot use the Internet because they cannot read or write. This causes a Universal Access divide.
Contribiting Factors
There are many contributing factors to the digital divide that we encounter. These include Poverty, Poor Planning, Income effect Rurality, and many other factors.
How to Reduce Digital Divide
Ways to reduce the digital divide globally and locally is through increasing affordability of the internet, empowering users when using the internet, improve relevance of online content, and reducing the gender gap in internet access. These ways can help reduce the digital divide, and make the World Wide Web accessable for everyone.
