We continued our presentations for class this week. First, we started off with the oral history project presentations. Wayne presented first and turned out to be my favorite EP project so far. His EP was his mom, who has Native American roots, so he had made three dream catchers to represent her memories. They were made so beautifully that I am sure he could sell them on Etsy. It was so sweet to see how close Wayne was already with his mom and how this project brought them even closer. After the EP presentations, we presented on the current events articles. My group presented on an article talking about the possibility of robots being able to care for seniors. The robots are meant to give caretakers more time to do other tasks, not completely replace them. This could additionally reduce loneliness for the elderly. One aspect of the article that I appreciated was the effort to make sure that the robots were culturally competent. I feel that this is one feature that is often left out of technological developments. The robots are currently being tested in Japan and the UK, which are two culturally different countries that would serve as a great model. I doubt that any robot could be completely culturally competent, but this is one step towards the right direction. One aspect of the article that I questioned was the affordability of these robots. This kind of technology is most likely expensive, which means that only high-income seniors would be able to afford a robot. Thus, this would further the gap between low and high-income seniors. I feel that there are other better ways to relieve a care taker and reduce loneliness rather than this option.
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