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How do developed cities use technology differently?

Jordan Serpentini Professor Malcolm Campbell English 1103 3/17/13

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Annotated Bibliography Geere, Duncan. Sukey apps help protesters avoid police kettles. Wired Magazine. 31 December. 2010. Web. 31 January. 2011. This source is an article that belongs to a monthly magazine operated out of the UK that can also be purchased in the form of a weekly newsletter or website access. This article talks about a new hybrid of phone app that encompasses GPS, uploading information and getting information all in one for the common goal of avoiding areas that cops have kettled, or blocked off, in order to not only aid protesters but also to aid the average civilian that does not have several hours to spare standing around in a blocked off area that they have been unfortunately grouped in with. The article talks about potentially releasing the source code to activists all over the world so that they can create their own version. The article is unbiased and simply informing the reader of a product, not at all comparing it to other apps or the new greatest developments in technology. The topics covered in this article are new technology and public safety. If someone asked me about this article I would say that it is about privatizing an application from the UK parliament in order to aid public safety from kettles, steering people around them, and allowing activists to continue their cause of protest elsewhere. This article was written by Duncan Geere. He is among many of the more common authors to write for the website Wired.co.uk. He describes himself as a Gothenburg-based journalist, specializing in environmental topics, digital music, and web culture. His article is very much unbiased for it is informing of a new technology used to citizens, not something they are required to have or must use. The information is very reliable due to the fact that it is published in a magazine and relays data about the application directly. This source can be qualified as being about technology, popular, news, and government. The purpose of the article is to inform readers about a new

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technology that aids the public instead of the government. The intended audience is all of London, but specifically activists trying to get their point across without much restriction. This article is exactly what I was looking for opposed to my other sources that only address developing technologies like this in a much less interesting broader sense. It will for sure be used in my paper. Norton, Leslie. Dawn of the smart cities Barrons Magazine. 1Oct. 2011 Web. 3 Oct. 2011 This is an article from a monthly magazine that talks about the next generation and the changes in technology they get to witness. It gives examples of new concept cities and already developing cities and the new connections they are bringing to the table. One example of innovation not surprisingly occurred in London, but it did surprisingly occurred much earlier than I thought in 2003. London decided to take control of its CO2 emissions by charging somewhat large entre fees to cars trying to enter the city during times of rush hour and congestion. It uses an automatic system that will bill a vehicle based solely on its license plate number which sounds highly effective. The article also mentions a cloud system that allows more computer capacity along social media that allows one to update a main water break or traffic jam. The article also makes mention of renewable energy, smart buildings and even talks of a smart phone application that helps you find the nearest empty parking space. The article is unbiased, and gives only one point of view which is informative. The author has written many other articles for Barrons magazine so it is credible in that sense and it was published in a technology magazine so that doesnt hurt its reliability either. Two great examples it gives is about the city built on a landfill in New Songdo City in South Korea and should be done relatively soon in 2015. Another is Masdar, which plans to ban private automobiles and eliminate all waste. Both of which fit my inquiry question quite well. This can be qualified as many

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different genres such as academic, popular, and technology. The article was written for the general public because it puts certain topics in lay-man terms in order for the article to be easily read by those foreign to the concepts of the new generation and smart cities in general. The second example actually backs up one of my other sources that also mentions the smart city of Masdar outside of Abu Dhabi. I can certainly use this source for its abundant examples of upcoming technologies in these smart cites and how they will impact those living in that specific area just like what my inquiry question implies. It assisted me to broaden my understanding of what a smart city entails while giving me more information on how London seems to be a superior town of thinking at the same time. Dawn of the Smart Cities really hasnt changed my view on my topic; it affirmed it along with adding to my general ideas for specific examples. I can guarantee the usage of this article in my paper. Siegele, Ludwig. Mining the urban data. The Economist. The World in 2013 print edition. Web. 21 Nov. 2012. Mining the Urban data is a single article from an extremely reputable magazine called the Economist. It encompasses the ideas of future cities changing but not in the ways we expect. The author talks about the failure of new and innovative future cities like the ones often seen in movies with all glass cities, floating streets, and hover crafts etc. He also talks a great deal about different developed cities now that are becoming more technologically tight and in tune such as Singapore, London, and Amsterdam. A specific example is in Singapore they are working on developing the amount of taxis allowed to be on duty relative to the weather. More taxis in the rain, and less taxis in the sun all directly linked up to real time technology that will help evaluate the situation every second. The authors name is Ludwig Siegele and he holds a strong position in the magazine at deputy international editor so the source has good grounds to begin with. The

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article is not biased, and is for technically anyone who would like to know where cities will go in the near future. In particular, this source proves to be my best source by far due to that fact that it does not give me one example of developing cities using technology differently but multiple. It also contributes two different ideas of a smart city which better defines the guidelines of what it takes to be classified as a developed city. This article is brilliant. It has both sides of my argument in one, it is from an extremely scholarly source, and it has a highly reputable author all while pertaining perfectly to my Inquiry question. It will definitely be in my final paper. Surowiecki, James. "Technology and Happiness." Technology Review 108.1 (2005): 7276. Academic Search Complete, Web. 19 March 2013. Here is the counter argument to my entire paper. The question that questions technology itself. Do we need it? Is it necessary? Are we truly happy with it? Technology and Happiness is just what I was looking for in a source, something new and something that would add a new dynamic to my paper. It is an article written in the form of an academic journal. It begins to talk about all that technology has done for us, such as advancements in science, living longer, improving the quality of life. It then goes on to ask the question weve all thought about once or twice in our lives. Is it possible that technology, instead of liberating us, is holding us back? This is the first piece of literature that I found myself energetically writing down quotes and metaphors. The article then goes on to describe successful societies that lack technology such as the Amish. They seem to find happiness in the simpler things because they dont have much else to truly upset or distract them. The text mentions that because of the Amishs strong ties in the community, upstanding religious views, and a morally sound family for support, the Amish have a great deal to be happy about. The argumentative paper then goes on to specify a good point. Why are we making so many decisions on technology off of almost no research that confirms

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that it truly makes us happiest? At this point we are just assuming that technological advances are in our best interest when really we may be digging ourselves into a non-active, motionless pit of blogs and weather forecasts. Finally, the article mentions the words hedonic adaption which means that no matter how ground breaking or spectacular a new device, discovery, or advancement soon all of its exhilaration will be exhausted. I cannot stress how excited I am to add this dynamic to my paper for it was extremely well written and had only agreeable views in my opinion. The author, James Surowiecki, is an American journalist who currently writes for The New Yorker. His credentials and past experience make this article an exceedingly dependable one at that. The article contains an exploratory view encompassing both views in one article. The audience is once again the general public in order to raise awareness of the potentially negative effects on technology. In comparison to my other sources I would say that this source is not at all like them, but it does add that third dimension that I have been looking for. I believe this source will round off my paper in the sense that it brings people back to views that remind them to not get too caught up in all this technology. In other words, I think it will help people to first see all of the advances coming our way and how different areas use technology differently then finally bring them back to a state of complete aestheticism. My view on my topic and my inquiry question has been one-hundred percent altered. You can absolutely count on this being in my paper.