#presentation day

𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝖻𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾.

𝖫𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗃𝗈𝗄𝖾. 𝖡𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗍, 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋-𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍? 𝖳𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍.

“I remember, early on it was going to be called Danube or Euphrates, we’ve come a long way but I think Amazon is a great website and is going to be around for a long time.”

Week 12. It’s here! We are finally here! Presentation day! So many emotions were running through my mind and body. I couldn’t believe we were finally able to show our work. It was all great, until about 10-11 o’clock when I was supposed to meet with Tyson to paint his arm for level 2. After spending the whole previous evening watching videos and saving photos of bionic arms and paintings of them, I had to wake up to our group colleague telling us that he can’t attend. I was extremely disappointed and had to think of a way to replace his part. Unfortunately, he was the one who was supposed to bring all the special paint and brushes and I had no time to go get some and finish in time so we had to figure out something else. We knew it was not our fault but we really wanted to present something for our second level. Therefore, I asked one of my good friends who was also taking the module to act in a 30 seconds video and become the guy who decided to cut his arm and replace it with a bionic one. Good thing he was kind enough to spare a few minutes from his preparation for the presentation to help us out!

However, the show had to go on, as they say, so we mobilised, prepared our presentation space, which was one of the small houses found on the roof of the Harrow campus library and went through our main points again. A better description of our final storyline will be following now:

Level 1- 2018 (cultural level)

Touch Bionics is a family business, who have been working on creating bionic limbs since the company was created in 1990. In 2018 they can now proudly say they are the first ever company to create a fully functioning bionic hand. The founder of the company, Bob Johnson has been working towards this goal his whole life and wants to provide the less fortunate with new opportunities. With this goal in mind he decides to host a Touch Bionics Charity Ball to raise money for people in need of a bionic hand who cannot afford it. A-list celebrities from across the globe are invited to attend the event and raise money for this worthy cause.

Level 2- 2040 (commercial level)

22 years later, Touch Bionics have blown up as a company providing millions of people with bionic limbs across the globe. With bionics becoming so popular they have now morphed into the ‘latest trend’. People are now choosing to cut off their limbs to install the latest bionic arm. The bionic arm is more efficient than an average arm therefore people are willing to give up their normal human arm. Like iPhone’s were the latest trend in 2018, society has upgraded in the form of bionic limbs as they are now acting as the new IPhone’s.

Level 3- 2300 (social level)

Now in the year 2300 Touch Bionics have taken over and after Bob Johnson’s passing many years ago his newest grandson now rules the company. He has been given the position as the Minster of Health and is in charge of all hospitals and health centres across the world. The majority of the population now have fully bionic bodies being seen as ‘robots’. The government are working with Touch Bionics and are encouraging people to become ‘fully bionic’. The bionic bodies keep track of people and have sensors when people are trying to harm someone and restrain the person from doing so. The following question being raised is if you are not getting any bionic limb, are you a threat to society?

Level 4- 3300 (political level)

1000 years later, Touch Bionics have created a new form of contact lenses that give you immortality. The lenses have a memory chip that stores a person’s entire self that can be moved from body to body. Only the privileged people have access to them based on their wealth and social position. As not all people in society can afford them and people are starting to feel like they’ve lost touch with their original human side, there has been a rebellion group started against touch bionics. They feel it is unfair that only the wealthy people can access immortality and they have lost their original values of ‘helping people’.