Emerging Technologies

Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 2
A ge of Te c hnology ........................................................................................... 4
E merge nc e of Te c hnology .............................................................................. 12
Context ........................................................................................................... 13
LO1: Understand Emerging Technol ogies ...................................................... 14
Ident ify emerging t ec hnologies (any t wo or t hree) and c urrent
development swit hin eac h of t hese four c hosen environments .............................. 14
4 new t ec hnologic al advanc ement s and t heirfields
t hat will beimplement ed in t he near fut ure ....................................................... 26
Provide an assess ment of t he dependenc y of suc h
environment s on fut ure enhanc ement s ............................................................. 28
LO2: Understand the impact of emerging technologies on society ............... 29
Societ al impact of nanot ec hnology ............................................................. 33
LO3: Conduct research into emerging technologies ..................................... 34
C onduc t researc h using eit her pri mary (if possible) or sec ondary
sourc es of dat a on t he c hallenging aspect of t he c hosen T ec hnology ..................... 34
Analyse dat a & present t he researc h findings in t he form of a researc h report ........ 35
Provide an evaluat ion of t he researc h proc ess e.g. use qualit at ive
researc h evaluat ion c r it eria if your researc h is qualit at ive in nat ure ..................... 44
LO4: Understand the ethical impl ications of emerging technologies ............ 46
References ...................................................................................................... 48