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Reaction Paper Assignment

  • Paper to be no longer than 5 pages total, including the Title page and the Reference page (each on their own page), so the main body of the paper should not exceed 3 pages.
  • APA formatting (as best you can), Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double spaced
  • Section Titles need to be included in your paper: centered and bold, use the titles below
    • Greg Gage “How to control someone else’s arm with your brain”
    • David Eagleman “Can we create new senses for humans?”
    • Hugh Herr “The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance”
    • Caleb Harper “This computer will grow your food in the future”
    • Joseph DeSimone “What if 3D printing was 100x faster?”
    • Nina Tandon “Could tissue engineering mean personalized medicine?”
    • Martine Rothblatt “My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality”
    • Miguel Nicolelis “Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it”
    • Lucy McRae “How technology can transform the human body?”
    • Tal Danino “Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it)”

Visit this TED Talk link. Playlist (10 talks listed below): Talks that prove you already live in the future: https://www.ted.com/playlists/257/talks_that_prove_you_already_l

Step One– Select one of these videos/topics to research and write about.

Step Two– Research- use only credible resources (no Wikipedia or Wiki sources of any kind).

  • Research the technology topic (or choose one topic if there are multiples) in the video further- when was it developed, where was it developed, how was it developed, who developed it, why it was developed
  • Research the manufacture of the technology topic- what country/countries make the technology/parts of the technology, if it is not manufactured in the US, why not?
  • Research the consumer profile- what consumer is the technology targeted towards, whois the current consumer and who might be the future consumer
  • Research how the technology is used now and may be used in the future- by the consumer, by society as a whole
  • How is the technology marketed to consumers- what marketing tools are used to promote the technology to the consumer, and what might future marketing look like
  • Global application of the technology- what other countries use the technology, what countries could benefit from this technology in the future and why
  • Where do you see the future of this technology going- research to support your views
  • Do you see any threats or downsides to this technology? How can these be minimized?

Step Three– Create an essay that incudes these aspects of the topic

  • Overview: include topic choice and why you are writing about this topic
  • Technology History: when/where/how/who
  • Technology Manufacturing: where/why
  • Consumer Profile: who is the consumer/how do they use the product
  • Technology Marketing: how is the technology marketed to the consumer
  • Global Applications: of the technology/ what other countries use the technology and why
  • Conclusion- Future of Technology: your predictions of future innovations of this technology/ research to back up your predictions, discuss any threats of this technology here and share any of your thoughts for solutions to manage any threats
  • References: include references in your paper. Be sure to review proper APA referencing instructions.

Be sure to proof read your work for continuity, content, grammar, punctuation and spelling.