In this sessions, there were 4 group presentations: Epidemic management; Crowd sourcing; Green Urbanization; and Sports and Technology. The presentation styles were similar to the previous weeks, though the topics presented shed quite some light on various issues. The main two presentations that were most interesting to me was Sports and Technology, and Wild Green Urbanization.
Sports and Technology is a natural interest to me as i use to play squash competitively at school and club level. In this presentation, the thing that caught my attention most was the part on technology to accelerate recovery. The example given was Valencia from Manchester United who broke his leg, and within 10weeks, he was back on the pitch. Before such advanced technology, one a soccer player broke his leg, it was more or less over for his career. Applying this to all sports in general, other than precautions that a sportsman can take, the technology has given sportsmen confidence that they will be able to carry on with their careers. Simulation Training, with the aid of technology, has also been a great asset to sports. It allows people to have real like simulations of the actual game. This is especially useful for sports like Formula One. To add on further, it allows them to train even when there is no 'competitor' and it saves on costs. As far as my knowledge goes, the cost of the amount of fuel in a F1 race is substantially high. Simulations will reduce the costs, but more importantly, save fuel. Sports and technology is something to keep a constant look out for in the future!
Moving on to Green Urbanization, the concept of this is very appealing. Though government bodies have been constantly 'worried' about the environment, I have not seen much that had been done about the matter. Green concepts are not tough to come out with, but it takes tremendous commitment and resources to apply them. For example, the use of electric cars. The invention has been out for 10-15 years at least? But look at the amount of electric cars on the road currently. Only in the past few years, the Singapore government had provided subsidies for people who purchase hybrid cars. This acts as a good incentive for road users to use. Hopefully in the future, governments can use more of these policies to electric cars!
i had a good time during the TWC session. though it was the last lesson, i am thankful for the amount of insight that have been shared! (:
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