What will be the greatest Invention of the 21st Century....
Sighx sighx sighx..... Life has been REAL busy..... Well, for one, I have been working for this essay titled above..... and I have finally ONLY completed it TODAY........ took almost 2 weeks just to think about what i can write about and gathering the facts..... Plus the fact that Quizzes and Term Test is coming up, it is daily revision and nothing else....... Ooops-y if I really made you peeps come to my site for nothing.... I really just haven got anytime for myself also......
Birthday is coming up..... That is why i am writing in, IN CASE i cant write on that day...... Heex..... Anyways, I will be posting up the FIRST draft of my essay~! Hopefully this will win me an 8GB Ipod Nano..... lolx.....
Here it is~! Mind the length, It is 993 words in total....... =)
Being in the 8th year of the 21st century, we have achieved plenty in terms of design and technology. Our daily lives and system have been very high-powered as well as efficient. With the invention of World Wide Web, we are able to access to all sorts of information at the tip of our fingers. We no longer need to put in as much efforts in doing thing as the olden days.
Yet, as our lives are getting efficient and comfortable with the technology, we tend to neglect the surroundings around us that we sometimes take for granted, nature. The fact that we can live, breathe and be alive, these totally depended on the nature. From the air we breathe in, to the food we consumed, these come from the natural components of the Earth and its Eco-system.
Take trees and plantations as well as forests. They not only beautify our surrounding, they provide oxygen air, as well as even filter the air for us from the air pollution we get from car exhaust. Clean and fresh oxygen gases are provided by them through the process of photosynthesis. Plantations like rubber trees provide the source of rubber for the production of tires, and fruit trees provide us with a source of food.
Global warming has been an on-going issue since the start of the century and thus far, as much as we are trying to improve and lessen the many issues on environmental problems, we have yet to be successful. The reason is simply the amount of pollution and negative effects we do to the Earth are much greater than the amount of work and efforts we try to do with the positive sides.
Tress are being cleared and cut down for more land-development and for other purposes. Energy is being consumed more than it is produced. Pollution is getting bad to worse. And Nature has her way of teaching us the very lesson we need to take note, and she is not lenient with us either. Whatever we took from her for granted, we will have to “pay” for it. The consequences may not be a great impact at first, but as we strive forward to the highly efficient of life, the more we are going to “borrow” from her and the harder it is for us to repay this highly interest loan.
Therefore it is necessary for us to be able to repay this loan back as quickly before all the natural resources totally runs out. This means to grow trees at a faster rate and allowing trees to be able to adapt to the different climate changes. Just as global warming changes our climates, we as humans are able to adapt to the changes. But not trees. As the weather gets hotter, or colder, they will wither and die out.
As genetic engineering advances throughout the years, we are able to invent ways to fasten, slower and even multiply the growth of living organisms. Genetic engineering uses the techniques of molecular cloning and transformation to alter the structure and characteristics of genes directly. Cloning was a hot topic then, the fact that we succeeded in cloning an animal, proved, that we are capable enough to create a greater invention with genetic engineering, speeding up the growth of trees. If trees are able to speed up in growth, rather than waiting for years till it becomes a fully grown tree, we are then able to speed up in the process of paying nature back what we have taken from her.
A microchip implant is an integrated circuit device or RFID tag encased in silicate glass and implanted into a body. Such implants can be used for information storage, including personal identification, medical history, and contact information. Simply said, with this microchip inserted into our bodies, our identity can be confirmed easily in times of emergency. If we are able to create a system for this microchip to also be able to detect the different slight changes that are occurring within a body, and send out warnings, it will be able to help our Earth and its living things in a great way
Thus, if we are able to use Genetic engineering with Microchip technology, and insert microchips into trees, and monitor its growth at different climate changes, we are then to be able to also guarantee and be sure that trees will grow steadily at a healthy level. At the slightest detection of abnormality, the microchip will send out warnings to the system so that our engineers are able to make the adjustments and accommodate to how the tree is being affected. It is then the engineers can understand what the trees are in need of and try to provide for the need so that the trees can continue its growth healthily. This is similar with our human body, where homeostasis works with the property of negative feedback, to regulate the internal environment of the body so as to maintain a stable, constant condition. Negative feedback will try to revert back these changes so that our body system is back to the initial set point; example is temperature of our body.
If trees are able to grow faster, and are able adapt to all the different types of environment, they can definitely be planted anywhere, fast. Even on the grounds of infertile soils where lands are usually abandoned, deserted. We can then keep the balance of technology improvement as well as the well-being of nature.
In conclusion, with the advancement of the different technology in today’s world, we can definitely be sure that many inventions can take place. Why not create an invention that can benefit the society in the longer run, and definitely benefit our future generations. With this, not only technology can continue to improve steadily to make our lives efficient and comfortable, but also nature can be kept at balance for our future generation to have both benefits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_%28human%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_homeostasis#Temperature
Alrite PeepS~! Will miss yea lots on my bday~! Esp U dear`!.... heex~! In the meantime, i will be continuing with the BUSY-NESS in my revisions and tutorials and tests~!
Take care and Loves....
DJ Out~!
