Culture

HCI has an impact on more than just society, it has an impact on cultures within our society and the way different cultures perceive new technology is different depending on the culture itself. Electronic devices are gradually becoming a bigger part of our lives and taking over our free time and becoming things of habit. There is a law known as Moore's law which states that computer power doubles every two years. This is implying that over time the amount of tasks electronic devices can perform is increasing and this has a direct effect on the way we can use them in our every day lives.

Smart phones are a key example of how technology is progressing all the time, the things that are smart phones are capable of these days would once have seemed beyond imagination, however as the Moore's Law states, if technology is advancing at such a rapid rate then who knows what will be around another 2 years. Smart phones are capable of allowing people to run there lives from their phone. Things such as shopping on-line and browsing emails to managing your finances. Phones also come with multi-core processors which is used also in some desktop and many notebook computers. As i mentioned in the society post text-to-speech, voice recognition and touch screen are all being experimented with all the time to see how it can be moved forward. Using social media sites is an example of how smartphones can have a big effect on culture, by being provided mobile internet people can access Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites. This goes for entertainment too, there are many games that can be obtained from app stores which opens up a whole new area for people to create applications and games, as well as using apps such as Netflix.

When everything is taken into account, there are many pros's as well some cons for how HCI has a direct effect on culture's. It has opened up doors for the community to get involved and create their own apps to be displayed and interacted with on electronic devices. It can help different cultures to understand how other cultures live and are portrayed but to also give their own views and opinions which can often lead to conflict but also positive outcomes.