1. The Veldt: Paragraph describing your idea for story 1.
In the Veldt the problem of not being able to monitor your children ends up getting the parents killed. I propose a micro baby monitor that not only follows your kids from a distance but also sends you feedback anytime it senses something wrong (ex: a loud noise). I also think there should be an additional manual control that the parents can use to control the monitor themselves if they feel the need to keep tabs on their children 20/47. This technology of giving feedback is very similar to how Ring Doorbells notify their owner of movement outside their house. Though there are baby monitors that are similar to Ring doorbells (notifies moment and records) There are no monitors that physically follow the child around the house. I think that the only problem this invention might face is the fact that the child might find it and either figure out a way around it or break it on purpose. To prevent this, I think that the monitor should be encased with a material that’s hard to break.
2. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas: Paragraph describing your idea for story 2.
The second story introduces a town that seems like the perfect utopia. In reality, the town is only happy as long as there is one person suffering. Though morally this invention might be wrong, I propose a robot that torments the kid. Like the game “Quizzie” a game where you have to answer a question right in order to not get squirted in the face with water, this robot would constantly squirt water at the kid using motion sensors. Additionally, it would vacuum up the dirty ground to throw it back at the kid and play loud songs in the middle of the night. Though this would be very unethical, this device would be interactive because wherever the kid moves the robot would follow and respond to the reactions the kid gave. I know whoever is reading this is probably raising an eyebrow but sometimes you gotta play devil’s advocate. I know that in real life this device would fall under the category of “cruel and unusual punishment” but in this world, I think that this robot would be welcome with open arms. To be honest I think that the only problem would be if the robot tried to kill the child which would mean that they would have to replace him with a new one which might be an inconvenience to the town. So I would make sure that the tormenting is limited to things that can physically harm the boy too much.
3. THE PLAGUE: Paragraph describing your idea for story 3.
In the third story, the highlighted problem was the plague. If you so much as breathed the air, you would catch it and turn into a stone-like zombie. I propose a robot that is controlled through an exoskeleton worn by the “crows”. This artifact is interactive because when the exoskeleton moves, so does the robot. The exoskeleton is attached to a person along with a VR headset and the robot can be controlled from miles away. With this technology, “crows” can move bodies without the risk of getting infected. The robot would be able to pick up the bodies and move them onto a truck that would then take them to a warehouse. Since the robot now diminishes the fear of catching the plague, the government won’t feel as inclined to kill the infected people and they can die in peace. There are mini versions of the robot I am proposing like Auxivo’s EduExo Exoskeleton that can be controlled by someone else through a different exoskeleton. But since the Auxivo’s creation was made only as an aid for someone’s arm not working. I imagine combining Boston Dynamic’s robot ATLAS (which is a human-like robot that was created to perform agile stunts) with Auxivo’s technology of exoskeleton control. Personally, I see no problems with this because even if someone wanted to overtake a robot and seek to create a galactic empire, the robot could be easily stopped given that there is only so much the person could do in an exoskeleton suit with no weapons.
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