Future+tech

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's good to test safety, they know if it will kill anyone, and a test flight is always helpful. List three cons about this idea: It's expensive, it might be hard to get another one, it might make people nervous. List one pro from another group: They could improve safety systems List one con from another group: The pilot could die

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": It keeps pirates away, it doesn't damage ships, it can operate up to two weeks List three cons: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">It uses a lot of water, it's a prototype, pirates may find a way to get around it. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one pro from another group: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">It could be improved <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one con from another group: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">It might break

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Link 3: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List three pros about this robot: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">It can carry a lot of weight, It can go uphill, it can go through all terrain <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List three cons about this robot: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">It's noisy, it can be easily spotted, It's slow going uphill and through snow <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one pro from another group: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">You could put a gun on it <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one con from another group: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">It looks creepy

<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: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">They all have new features, they have an increase in technology, they can all do different things <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List three cons: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Some seem unrealistic, some seem pointless, they all aren't yet existant. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one pro from another group: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">They're all cool <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">List one con from another group: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Some may never be invented

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Choose one video you want to write about: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">Future Cell phones <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">- Are you for the new technology or against it? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">For it <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: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">New Phones in 2040! Do we want the technology? Yes! Do we need the technology? Maybe not! It looks cool and useful, and I endorse this product! Or I will when it comes out in 28 years! <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!media type="file" key="Movie on 2012-05-03 at 08.37.mov"