The iPhone is an example of a current gadget that expertly illustrates the interaction of human senses with technology. The iPhone is a wildly popular device that many people use constantly in their lives for personal and professional reasons. The iPhone engages humans' sight, hearing, and touch with the gadget's visual displays, phone calls and music, and the buttons and touch screen. As technology grows, improves, and expands, society is able to experience it more and more in different ways. When a type of technology that builds on multiple principles of sensation (such as the iPhone does) is created, then we as consumers and users of the devices are more engaged and drawn to the technology, what it does, and what we can do with it.
This is a really interesting point to make. The iPhone was something that became popular very quickly because it's system was created distinctly for the compatibility with the human brain. Utilizing these three senses together, even at the same time, will create a cohesion between the device and the brain. Technology is getting closer and closer to bridging that gap.
Something that I have been able to utilize is the iPhone's "FaceTime." Since the iPhone is mobile, and it has it's own internet source, one could use this anywhere. For example, I could go to blockbuster wondering what movie my sister would like. Instead of listing a hundred movies in a test or on the phone, I could FaceTime her. From home, she would be able to scan the items quickly, as the eyes do, and select which movies she wants as if she is actually there. This is bridging the gap as well between reality and fiction. She was not actually in blockbuster, however she received the same sensation and convenience as if she was.
Lastly, my thoughts about how technology will progress is if the other two senses, smell and taste, will be involved as well. It sounds far fetched, however I believe that what is available to everybody now through the iPhone, in the past was something that would be unbelievable.
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I never though about how "everyday" tools like the iPhone relate to psychology. Point well made. Apple itself must incorporate many psychological tactics to create and sell their products, considering their success (they must be doing something right that's appealing). And the more we (society) understand about the way our minds work, the better they (Apple) will be able to sell to us!