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VOCABULARY :
- C this takes twice as long - an article
"Abbreviated "text speak" may save time, but takes twice as long to read than normal language, a study shows."
(stuff.co.nz)
- Technology
(Wikipedia)
"Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species'
usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species'
ability to control and adapt to its environment. In human society, it
is a consequence of science and engineering..."
1 Definition and usage
2 Science, engineering and technology
3 History
4 Technology and society
5 Technology and philosophy 5.1 Technicism 5.2 Optimism 5.3
Pessimism 5.4 Appropriate technology
6 Other species
7 See also 7.1 Theories and concepts in technology 7.2 Economics
of technology...
FACTS : 
- TAP YOUR SKIN TO DIAL YOUR PHONE
"Researchers have developed a way for people to use their own skin as a keypad or pull down menu to control MP3 devices, make phone calls or play games. It's called Skinput "
(news.discovery.com)
See Lesson plans
- Fujitsu Automation unveils HOAP-3 robot
"Short in stature at 60cm and weighing in at 8.8kg...
A camera, microphone, speaker, expression LED, audio recognition function, voice synthesis function, and image recognition function have been added."
(ubergizmo.com)
- What Apple's iPad can do
"Apple has launched a touchscreen tablet called the iPad, which can be used to watch films, play games and browse the web."
(BBC)
In pictures : Apple's iPad device
(BBC)
- Microsoft and HP show off 'slate' PC - with a VIDEO
"The firms unveiled the Windows 7 powered touchscreen machine, also known as a tablet, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
The aim of the device is to bridge the gap between laptops and smartphones."
(BBC)
- The driverless taxi of the future at Heathrow Airport.
"The driverless taxi, or personal rapid transit, drives itself around a network of guideways using a combination of systems including laser sensors
and computer controls.
The electric vehicles look a bit like the futuristic transport pods used in James Bond movies."
(BBC)
- Driving a car using your phone
"Researchers in Germany have developed software that allows you to drive a car - with a mobile phone.
It is part of project aimed at creating a fully automated vehicle.
The BBC's Berlin correspondent Steve Rosenberg tried it out."
(BBC)
- Futuristic gadgets out of Japan
- "a phone that transfers data through people's bodies,
a music player controlled by eye movement
and a flexible organic light-emitting diode screen (OLED)."
(BBC)
- ROBOTS :
Sites recommended by Larry Ferlazzo :
- ROBOTS :
"Collected here are a handful of images of our recent robotic past, and perhaps a glimpse into the near future." (32 photos total)
(boston.com)
- MORE ROBOTS
"Collected here are a handful of recent photographs of robotics in use around the world. (36 photos total)
(boston.com)
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- 'Naked' scanner in airport trial
"A scanner which produces "naked" images of passengers has started a trial at Manchester Airport.
The authorities say it will speed up security checks by quickly revealing any concealed weapons or explosives."
+ VIDEO
(BBC)
Airport stops scans on children
"Security staff at Manchester Airport have been banned from using new "see-through" security scanners on passengers aged under 18."
(BBC)
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Children draw own visions of 2020
"Children asked to come up with ideas for life in 2020 have designed labour-saving devices, magic pencils to do their homework and, of course, robots."
+ PICTURES
(BBC)
Tagging technology to track trash
"The ebb and flow of thousands of pieces of household rubbish are to be tracked using sophisticated mobile tags...
It is hoped that making people confront the final journey of their waste will make them reduce what they throw away...
In order to monitor how the pieces of rubbish move around the cities and beyond, the MIT team has developed a small mobile sensor that can be attached to individual pieces of waste. ..
Everything will be traceable. "
- with a VIDEO
(BBC)
- Web children 'living in prisons'
"Many children are living in a "prison-like environment" surrounded by technology, the chairman of the Independent Schools Association warns...
Recent research suggests five to 16-year-olds are spending up to six hours a day online or watching television."
A "survey suggested the children were spending 2.7 hours a day on average watching television, 1.5 hours on the internet and 1.3 hours on games consoles."
(BBC)
- "In the exhibition Design and the elastic mind in New York Nokia demonstrates the prototype of Morph,
a mobile phone built with nanotechnology."
Read about the "Morph Concept".
(nokia.com)
+ VIDEO
- Anti-smoking shot could curb addiction
"Vaccine robs smokers of nicotine buzz...
A shot that robs smokers of the nicotine buzz from cigarettes showed promise in midstage testing and may someday offer a radically new way
to kick a dangerous habit."
(msnbc.msn.com)
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Georgia Tech Sees Promise for NanoGenerators in Clothing
"Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Ga. are developing a ‘power shirt’ made of nanowire-affixed
textiles to let soldiers generate power from clothing via physical motion.
Georgia tech researchers showed how textiles fibers covered with zinc oxide nanowires can create sufficient power for small portable devices."
(nanoscienceworks.org)
- 3D TV
ex : "The Alioscopy technology ... ideal for use in a variety of industries, including media and entertainment (film, video, casino gaming and advertising/digital signage), scientific, medical, architectural, and design visualization."
(spike.com)
- Brain chip reads man's thoughts
"A paralysed man in the US has become the first person to benefit from a brain chip that reads his mind...
The brain chip reads his mind and sends the thoughts to a computer to decipher...
He can think his TV on and off, change channels and alter the volume thanks to the technology and software linked to devices in his home."
(BBC)
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Is
tech good for kids? - an article - LIEN
MODIFIE
PARENTS FRET OVER WHEN A CHILD SHOULD HAVE A LAPTOP OR CELL PHONE
(siliconvalley.com)
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Microchip
implant (human)
"A human Microchip Implant is an integrated circuit device
or RFID tag encased in silicate glass and implanted into a human's
body.
Such implants can be used for information storage, including personal
identification, medical history, medications, allergies, and contact
information."
(Wikipedia)
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Personal
identification
(Wikipedia)
- Electronic
voting
"Electronic voting technology can include punch cards, optical
scan voting systems and specialized voting kiosks (including self-contained
Direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting systems). It can also involve
transmission of ballots and votes via telephones, private computer networks,
or the Internet.
Electronic voting technology can speed the counting of ballots and can
provide improved accessibility for disabled voters. However, there has
been
controversy, especially in the United States, that electronic voting,
especially DRE voting, can facilitate electoral
fraud..."
(Wikipedia)
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Issue
tracking system
"An issue tracking system (also called trouble ticket system
or incident ticket system) is a computer software package that manages
and maintains lists
of issues, as needed by an organization...
An issue tracking system often also contains a knowledge base containing
information on each customer..."
(Wikipedia)
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Report
on dangers and opportunities posed by large search engines, particularly
Google 
(iicm.tu-graz.ac.at)
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Google
hacking
"is a term that refers to the art of creating complex search
engine queries in order to filter through large amounts of search
results for information
related to computer security..."
(Wikipedia)
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Dangers
of World Internet Governance
"Internet communications spill over national borders, connecting
and uniting people everywhere.
Other countries fear that cultural fragmentation and the violation
of national sovereignty will result from increased interconnection."
(techliberation.com)
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BIOMETRICS :
- Biometrics
(content.answers.com)
 Lien de l'image modifié
- Examples
of Biometric Systems (biometrics.org)
Face - Multimodal - Fingerprint / Palm Print Retinal -
Hand and Finger Geometry - Vein - Handwriting - Various/Others
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Iris - Voice/Speaker
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Satellite
phone
"A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a
mobile phone, but unlike conventional cellular phones, which use cell
sites, it uses orbiting satellites..."
(Wikipedia)
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Driverless
car
"The driverless car concept embraces an emerging family of
highly automated cognitive and control technologies,
ultimately aimed at a full "taxi-like"
experience for car users, but without a human driver..."
(Wikipedia)
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Self-Driving
Car
"The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is
an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense that's responsible for
the development
of new technology for use by the military. Their latest project is
to encourage the development of vehicles that will drive themselves"
(videos.howstuffworks.com)
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GPS :
- Global
Positioning System (GPS)
"Utilizing a constellation of at least 24 Medium Earth Orbit
satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, the system enables
a GPS receiver
to determine its location, speed, direction,
and time..."
(Wikipedia)
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Radio-frequency
identification (RFID)
"is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and
remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders.
An RFID tag is an object that can be applied
to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the
purpose of identification using radiowaves.
Some tags can be read from several meters away and beyond the line
of sight of the reader..."
(Wikipedia)
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Personal
Space Invaders
The top science-and-tech privacy threats of 2007.
"It's been another big year for scientific and technological
encroachments on individual privacy.
For good or ill, governments and businesses are finding new ways to
enter what used to be considered personal space.
Here are this year's top 10 highlights."
1. Surveillance cameras. 2. The war
on smoking. 3. The war on junk food. 4. The war on salt.
5. Pedestrian cell-phone use. 6. Naked body scanners. 7. Phone-surveillance
ads. 8. Human chip implants.
9. Mind-reading. 10. Manipulating sexual orientation.
(slate.com)
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Technologies
on the rise in 2008
"A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2007, from
Facebook and the iPhone to the Nintendo Wii...
Here the BBC News website gives its predictions for five technologies
that could become big in 2008.
1. The web to go 2. Ultra mobile PCs 3. IPTV 4. Wimax 5. Mobile VoIP"
(BBC)
LESSON PLANS :
WEBQUESTS :
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SAFE
or TRAPPED ? - a webquest
(about Biological Identification, Technological Devices and Surveillance)
Niveau : 4ème - 3ème
(Ac. Nancy-Metz)
Après la webquest
:
Imprimer les
images sur un transparent afin
de faire parler les élèves,
l'objectif étant
de retrouver les connaissances acquises lors de la
webquest.
INTERACTIVE GAMES :
SONGS :
- Technologic
by Daft Punk :
"Lock it, fill it, call it, find it,
View it, code it, jam - unlock it,
Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, melt - upgrade it,
Charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it,
Snap it, work it, quick - erase it,
Write it, cut it, paste it, save it,
Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it..."
(sing365.com)
- with the VIDEO
(YouTube)
CARTOONS :
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