https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0 Directions: Take a few minutes to use your creativity and your chromebook to brainstorm current topics (in the last two years) and questions of controversy that fall under the umbrella of science, technology, and ethics. One has been done for you. Put your full name, topic, and questions of controversy in the box. en-us 2017-09-13 02:42:31 UTC 2017-10-03 15:05:43 UTC hello@padlet.com susana_paiz https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187022390 Topic: Driverless Cars and Ethics in America

Stakeholders:
1. Car manufacturers
2. Drivers
3. Public Transportation Entities
4. Legislature
5. Police/municipal officers

Questions of Controversy That Arise:
1. Should America make a move towards manufacturing driver-less cars? 
2. What effects will driver-less cars have on the car manufacturing industry?
3. Should we not manufacture driver-less cars since we do not know enough  about the technology and the flaws?



]]> 2017-09-13 02:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187022390 aaron_justelien https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187207264 Topic: Cell phone radiation


Stakeholders: 
1. Cell phone manufactures
2. Cell phone stores

Questions of Controversy that arise:
1. Should we start now on the problem and begin reducing radiation from cell phones.
2. Should we take into consideration that not only your cell phone emits radiation, but everyone else around holding a cell phones does as well.
3. What effects can the radiation from your phone create overtime.  





]]> 2017-09-13 15:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187207264 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187208119 Topic: Autonomous Weapons

Stakeholders:
1. Military
2. terrorists 
3. Governments
4. Police
5. Civilians
6. Weapon manufactures

Questions of controversy that arise:
1: Should governments equip their government with autonomous weapons?
2: Should we let a autonomous weapon choose who lives and dies?
3: should we hold back on manufacturing these weapons till we know for a fact that we have good enough technology?
4: Can autonomous weapons be trusted to not attack the creator?

]]> 2017-09-13 15:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187208119 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187377794 Topic: Screen time guidelines need to be built on evidence, not hype

Stakeholders:
1.) Next generation
2.) children
3.) young adults
4.) electronic companies
5.) power companies

Questions of controversy that arise:
1.) Should we limit the screen time we spend as a population?
2.) Is there a scientific reason for concern with how long we spend with technology?
3.) Is technology consuming society?
4.) Is an over abundance of screen time harmful to a child's well-being and heath?]]> 2017-09-13 23:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187377794 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187784881 Topic: Non-lethal weapons

Stakeholders:
1. police officers
2. protesters
3. suspects
4. non-lethal weapon manufacturers
 Questions of Controversy:
1. Should we limit use of non-lethal weapons so that people don't get seriously injured?
2. Should police officers be trained to reach for non-lethal weapons more often than their guns?
3. Should we re-engineer non-lethal weapons so they can truly be non-lethal?]]> 2017-09-15 00:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187784881 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187796380 Topic: Artificial Wombs

Stakeholders:
1. scientist who are creating the wombs
2. women
3. Doctors
Questions Of Controversy:
1.Should allow scientists to create artificial wombs to raise a fetus outside of a women?
2.Should women be the only ones allowed to house a fetus?]]> 2017-09-15 01:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/187796380 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/188295365 Topic: Deforestation 

Stakeholders:
1. manufactures
2. citizens
3.WWF, GCP and other organizations trying to stop deforestation
4. Lumberjacks

Questions of Controversy:
1. Should manufactures watch what they put out into nature while their running machines?
2. Should stakeholders be more involved in making forest policies?
3. Should schools be teaching more about how to deforestation happens and how to prevent it]]> 2017-09-18 01:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/188295365 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/188953077 Period 2
Topic: Wearable Technology
Stakeholders:
1. Customers
2. Tech Security Companies
3. Manufacturers
Questions Of Controversy:
1. Should we keep on using wearbles even if personal information like our location can be used by stalkers?
2. Should manufactures find out a way to keep our information safe from criminals like identity thieves?
3. Should Tech Security Companies be blamed if a customers is affected by the device giving off personal info? ]]> 2017-09-19 15:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/188953077 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/189430491 Period 2
Topic: Personal Robots

Stakeholders:
1. Homeowners
2. Customers
3. Robotic Engineers.
4. Computer scientist

Questions of controversy:
1. how do scientist bridge the term "uncanny valley"?
2. Why haven't we gotten the robots we expected?
3. When are domestic robots going to take place?

]]> 2017-09-20 16:53:48 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/189430491 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190224213 Period 2
Topic: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing
Stakeholders:
1. People who are expecting children
2.Scientist involved with CRISPR
3.Genetic Scientist

Questions Of Controversy:
1. How will gene editing affect humans in the future?
2. Who will have access to gene editing?
3. How much will gene editing affect the child's traits?]]> 2017-09-22 17:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190224213 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190323400 Topic: Animal Testing

Stakeholders: 
1. Researchers 
2. Animal Activists 
3. Companies that rely on animal testing for their product

Questions of controversy:
1. Should animals be used for testing for medical research?
2. Is there an alternative way to do research that doesn't involve animals?
3. Do animal tests have accurate results?

]]> 2017-09-23 01:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190323400 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190588874 Period 2
Topic: Trumps war on science

Stakeholders:
1. Scientists 
2. American People
3. Members of the EPA

Questions of Controversy:
1. How will appointing unqualified people into scientific positions effect our environment?
2. Will having a president that discourages scientific research in the fields of global warming, rising sea levels, and other environmental issues change the amount of government research funding?
3. How will the recent surge of support for the declining coal mining industry by President Trump effect our environmental views on the practice as a whole?]]> 2017-09-24 17:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190588874 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190597494 Period 2
Topic: artificial wombs

Stakeholders:
1.women with health issues
2.trans women
3. Male same sex couples

Questionsof controversy: 
1. How will this change the ideas of parenthood? 
2. Will this resolve the abortion controversy? ]]> 2017-09-24 18:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190597494 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190614298 Period 2
Topic: Gene Editing 

Stake holders: 
1: People who cannot afford the cost 
2: Scientists 
3: Children 
4: Parents 
5: The public
6: Bioethicist 
 Questions of controversy:  
 1: Should we allow gene editing to take place even though the technology is risky? 
2: What affects will gene editing have if the experimentation is not successful on children? 
3: Should we believe that gene editing is necessary for altering genes?]]> 2017-09-24 20:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190614298 https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190855094 Period 2
Topic: Animal Research

Stakeholders:
1. Animals 
2. Scientists 
3. Buyers of the products that use 
     animal testing.

Questions of Controversy:
1. How much of animal research is actually for the the benefit of the human race? 
2. How much of the animal research is just out of curiosity?
3. Should animals be used for research even though it harms them?]]> 2017-09-25 14:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/susana_paiz/pmfwmczrq6y0/wish/190855094