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"PRO/CON: Cars that drive themselves could soon become the norm.

" Newsela |

PRO/CON: Cars that drive themselves could soon become the norm. N.p., n.d. Web. 5

Jan. 2017:

More than at any time in world history, technological advances are having a

major effect on the way people live their lives. Just 30 years ago, few would

have imagined it would be possible for every person to own their very own

pocket-sized supercomputer that would allow them to do virtually anything, from

finding a date to buying a house. Yet today's smartphone is a marvel. Now, the

driverless car is another society-shifting invention that has the potential to

become an everyday reality in the not-so-distant future.


Quora. "Wearable Technology Is Improving Cancer Treatment One Day At A Time."

Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 19 Oct. 2016. Web. 5 Jan. 2017:

Researchers at the University of Southern California demonstrated how using

wearable technology and smartphones can improve cancer treatment at a White

House event that was held on October 3. South by South Lawn: A White House

Festival of Ideas, Art and Action (SXSL) is a gathering inspired by South by

Southwest. It brings together creators, innovators and organizers who work to

improve the lives of their fellow Americans and people around the world. The

USC project was one of the participants in the Cancer Moonshot exhibit

championed by Vice President Joe Biden. Researchers aimed to provide doctors

with real-time patient data from wearable technology and patient-reported

experiences so that physicians can base their treatment decisions on objective

measures rather than just subjective and episodic observations. The project is

called Analytical Technologies to Objectively Measure Human Performance

(ATOM-HP).
"3-D printing joins the military in the changing face of defense technology." Newsela |

3-D printing joins the military in the changing face of defense technology. N.p., n.d.

Web. 5 Jan. 2017:

Imagine you are a soldier sent into hostile territory and you need an extra pair of

eyes to watch your back. Your best bet is an unmanned aircraft called a drone.

Perhaps you have one, but it is not quite right. Maybe there is nothing available

at all. Researchers at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland want to help, and

they think 3-D printing is the answer. They want to give soldiers kits of electronic

parts and equip bases with printers capable of manufacturing 3-D materials.

They see a future in which troops in the field could build their own drones in a

matter of hours.
"In Silicon Valley, tech startups use robots to revolutionize pizza business." Newsela | In

Silicon Valley, tech startups use robots to revolutionize pizza business. N.p., n.d. Web.

5 Jan. 2017:

The new company, which began delivery in April, is using robots to grab a slice

of the multibillion-dollar pizza delivery market. It is one of a growing number of

food technology companies using robots and software to change the restaurant

industry. The co-founder of Zume Pizza, Garden was a former manager for

Microsoft and president of mobile game maker Zynga Studios. Inside its

commercial kitchen, pizza dough travels down a conveyor belt where machines

add the sauce. Then they spread the sauce around before carefully sliding the

uncooked pies into an 800-degree oven.


Zachary, G. Pascal. "Software, the Invisible Technology." IEEE Spectrum: Technology,

Engineering, and Science News. N.p., 19 Oct. 2016. Web. 5 Jan. 2017:

Five years ago Marc Andreessen, the Web pioneer and celebrated tech investor,

predicted software would eat the world. He turned out to be right. Too right.

Software is eating the world, and also eating itself. The cannibalization of

software defies easy explanation. Software is the motor of the worlds digital

economy. Code is the ground of our computationally rich existence. Software

applications and platforms are the source of vast wealth for Apple, Google,

Facebook, Amazon, and many other tech titans. Yet even as software grows in

importance, code becomes less visible, less tangible, less understood,

andperhaps most paradoxicallyless valuable in monetary terms. How has

this great shift happened? Software originally coevolved with computers

themselves. The IBM System/360, the business computer of choice in the 1960s,

came bundled with code, and if customers needed more or different programs,

they asked IBM. In 1980, IBM chose to rely on outsiders, notably Microsoft, for

PC code, igniting a ferocious race to sell programs as distinct products.

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