The Future of Technology - Comm 352

     I believe that although we have made many advances in the realm of technology, the idea of any type of device being integrated into our bodies will not be happening anytime soon.  If anything our technology will continue to become more lightweight, streamlined, and include less buttons overall to have a more simple and modern look to it.  The idea of having watches built into our arms or mp3 players behind our eyes is just silly when looked at from a medical perspective.
     For starters, the body rejects most metal placed into it in general.  Ask anyone who has had what is known as a surface piercing where the piercing is placed in the body like a hook.  The body quickly rejects even this small piece of metal, and the surrounding area can easily become inflamed, swollen, and infected.  If our bodies reject such a small abrasion to the dermis of the skin, how do we expect to have an entire section of our arm converted into a form of machinery?  Not to mention how much skin would have to be removed for some type of operation like this to be successful.  And that is the most important word: operation.  Having any form of technological device placed within our bodies would be a matter of having medical surgery at a hospital.  Would you pay your bill for the new device at the front desk?  Will Sprint and Verizon have kiosks inside of every hospital?  All of these ludicrous ideas may be insightful and even possible someday, but as of right now this would be an insanely unsafe and costly process that we aren't eve ready as a country to test let alone look forward to mass producing.
     The other problem with any type of device being embedded into our bodies is the lack of testing time.  Even if this were to be a successful surgery with no immediate complications, we would have to monitor the first individuals to have this procedure done their entire life before mass producing something like this.  What if thirty years down the line your skin starts to decay and simply won't hold together any longer?  We cannot move to quickly with this idea of technology since such a major health risk is being taken.  Honestly the same could be said for the 3D craze that we are currently experiencing.  What if years from now we came to find that 3D televisions and effects were incredibly stressful to the eyes?  Our country's hastiness for bigger and better could eventually be our downfall if we are just blindly moving forward.  We need to think practical and affordable, not "cool" and "innovative" when it comes to the future of our technology.