Future+Technology+-+May+1

Requirements: Create a new page on your wikispace, and name it "Future Technology". Copy and past the information in blue to your wikispace and answer the questions:

Video 1: The UK’s Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel have teamed up for a groundbreaking documentary on air safety, ironically crashing a Boeing 727 in the middle of a Mexican desert in the name of the cause. List three pros about crashing the plane on purpose: It will teach them, they can find out more, it will improve safety of airplanes. List three cons about this idea: It might not have been necessary, it costed a lot of money, it would be hard to clean up. List one pro from another group: There was an explosion. List one con from another group: People might have died.

Link 2: When you picture fighting off pirates in the open sea, you most likely get a Pirates of the Caribbean vision of cannons and sword play, but as Popular Science points out, commercial ships do not carry weapons leaving themselves with little defense. Two Japanese companies have devised a system they’re calling the Anti-Piracy Curtain, which makes use of the most abundant resource commercial ships have while at sea: water. List three pros about the "super-soaker": Keeps pirates out, intimidating, it looks cool. List three cons: It wastes water, it might hurt, some pirates are fearless. List one pro from another group: It looks cool. List one con from another group: It could damage the boat.

Link 3: List three pros about this robot: It can go anywhere, it can jump, it has good balance List three cons about this robot: It is scary, it can trample you, it goes slow uphill. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one pro from another group: It can carry stuff. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one con from another group: It could break.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Video 4: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List three pros about future cell phones: They are useful, easily transported, they could be used in many different situations. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List three cons: expensive, far away in future, it can be a distraction. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one pro from another group: Not too far away. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one con from another group: it won't always be used for good.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Choose one video you want to write about: Cell phone <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Are you for the new technology or against it? I am so for it because it is so totally awesome! <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Write a TV public service announcement explaining why we should continue or discontinue with this technology. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Create the PSA on PhotoBooth. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Upload the PSA to your wikispace. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- I want this to be fun and I want you to think! . On Photo Booth