Topics for first contest

  1. Work at a distance
  2. Manufactured food and taste
  3. Technology and improving K12 education
  4. Progress toward driverless cars

 

 

Work at a distance

  1. You are to create your project using work at a distance tools, Skype and collaborative software.  You are to shoot a video for the presentation with only the cameraperson going round to the various residences.
  2. Give overview of tools of work at a distance: collaborative software and various types of communication for telecommuting and teleconferencing
  3. From you development of the project and your research what types of tasks are easy to do at a distance and what types are hard.
  4. To what extent are firms allowing or even promoting work at a distance.
  5. If job can be done at a distance is it being shifted overseas.  What types of jobs are and what types of jobs arenŐt.

 

Manufactured taste

  1. How do food firms manufacture the taste to create food you crave?
  2. Is such food good for your health?
  3. Is it a factor in US obesity?
  4. As a consumer what should you check before buying food?  Are there apps that help? 
  5. What is a good strategy for a healthy diet?

 

Education technology

  1. Where does US stand in K12 education in relationship to other countries in the world?
  2. Are there examples of successful schools in the US and what accounts for their success?
  3. Could technology be used to drastically improve education at a reasonably cost? 

 

Driverless cars

  1. What is the status of the technology for driverless cars?
  2. How does it work?
  3. Is is safe, most compare with teenager driving while texting?
  4. Are states moving to allow driverless cars?  When, if ever, are driverless cars likely to become the norm?