Achievements of Information Technologies and Their Influence on Human Beings
V. V. Korenkov
Joint institute for nuclear research, Dubna
Abstract
Modern information technologies (IT) develop quickly by involving in its orbit all the directions of human activity (politics, economy, science, education, medicine, business, mass-media, sphere of communications, entertainments, etc.). They play an essential role in the life of the society and persons However, it is difficult to estimate all the consequences and the influence of the factors of the IT development on the human being. The article gives a brief analysis of the most significant achievements of information technologies, namely: new Internet services, social networks, IP-telephony, IP-TV, Skype, supercomputing, Grid-technologies, cloud computing, etc., as well as their influence on the development of civilization and the mankind. The problems of the digital inequality between advanced and less developed countries, positive and negative factors of the IT influence on the person as well as some questions of their harmonious development are discussed, too.
Language: russian
Summary
V. V. Korenkov
Achievements of Information Technologies and Their Influence on Human Beings // Electronic periodical “Herald of the International Academy of Sciences. Russian Section”, 2012. #2