Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Self-Driving Cars

Andres, , September 14, 2020, Fall 2020, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, 1

In the article “Are we ready for driverless cars?” I received a lot of interesting information from both points...

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Car Accidents

Ashley, , September 14, 2020, Fall 2020, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, 0

In the article “Car Accidents,” I learned that more people need to be educated on why people should take...

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Open Letter To People Who Enjoy First Person Shooters

Juan, , March 5, 2020, Gaming, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0

Dear Gamers, If you like first-person shooters you should definitely check out Tom Clancy’s rainbow six sieges. You should...

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Technological Alternatives to Testing on Animals

Megan, , February 14, 2020, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Life on Land, Showcase, Spring 2020, 0

Recently, I have been researching alternatives to medical and cosmetic testing on animals using technological methods. In particular, a...

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Tech Companies: And Americans distrust on them

Cesar, , January 30, 2020, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Technology, 0

As we all know, we are getting closer to have some advances of technology. In which we get amazed...

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Bicycling in the East Bay Can Be Unsafe

Victor, , January 23, 2020, Environment, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Sports, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Transportation, 4

INTRO With rising populations in the East Bay riding a bike these days is much more dangerous than it...

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Tablets or Textbooks for School?

Matt, , January 22, 2020, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Quality Education, Showcase, Technology, 0

Textbooks have been a classroom necessity for a long time, but now it seems that tablets, and laptops have...

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To what extent are electric vehicles a solution to global pollution?

Keily, , December 19, 2019, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, Transportation, 1

Let’s start by stating that global warming is basically temperature rising of the earth’s atmosphere caused by high level...

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Will You Vote Now?

Emily, , November 22, 2019, American Dream, Call to Action, Constitution, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Surveys, Technology, This is America, Voting, Youth Activism, 0

A huge debate within the last couple of years is how can we get everyone to use their privilege...

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Journalist Bio

Oriandy, , November 19, 2019, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Media and Message, Peer Interview, Photography, Pitching, Showcase, Social Media, Spark Inquiry with Questions, Street Interviews, Summer 2019, Technology, Wonder, Writing & Communication, 0

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Gene Editing

Luke, , November 4, 2019, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Technology, 2

Gene editing is highly controversial, this process would take place in babies and would remove all unwanted genes from...

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5 Things To Consider Before Choosing Antivirus Software

marko, , September 30, 2019, Art, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Privacy, Showcase, Technology, 2

Antivirus software is an anti-malware computer program designed to detect, prevent, and remove malware from the computer. Viruses create...

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Everything about TOR – Should you use it?

Phill, , August 22, 2019, Art, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Privacy, Showcase, Summer 2019, Technology, 1

Our desire to seek privacy online has often led to the discovery of new tools. Walking on the path...

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Print Is Dying, And No One Can Heal It.

Johnathan, , August 5, 2019, Art, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Summer 2019, Technology, 6

Since 1882, The Panolian Newspaper (located in Batesville, Mississippi) has been delivering news all across Panola County. It...

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Lack of Awareness Resulting in Data Theft among Baby Boomers

Phill, , August 2, 2019, Art, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Summer 2019, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, 0

Are you far away from your grandchildren and often want to hit them up on social networking sites? Do...

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Free CTA Pass for Chicago Students

Janely, , June 5, 2019, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Quality Education, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Transportation, 41

Many Chicago Students walk it to school every day. For various reasons, some of the students come in late...

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U pass For Students in Chicago

Noe, , May 30, 2019, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Transportation, 4

In Chicago, a lot of students use public transportation like the CTA. Even with the student discount, it is...

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Fight For Victims: The Results

Lamiah, , May 25, 2019, Call to Action, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media and Message, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Stress, Student-Centered, Summer 2019, Technology, 0

Our project was about the dangers of sexual harassment and our overall goal was to inform people about sexual...

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Deforestation in NY Reflection

Karen, , May 25, 2019, Climate Action, Community, Environment, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Nature, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Technology, 2

My name is Karen, the authour of the blog “Deforestation In NY”. This blog is a high-school project where...

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A Community Garden Project Reflection

Karina, , May 24, 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2019, Technology, 0

For my digital activism project, from February to May, I chose a goal that I would need to promote...

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Bettering the MTA

Ayman, , May 23, 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0

The motivation behind our project was to help improve the disputes that exist in the MTA. As a student...

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Creating an Improved MTA

James, , May 23, 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0

The overall drive for completing this project was that the MTA has been suffering. I have worked with three...

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The Better MTA

Pritam, , May 23, 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0

The purpose of this project was to help improve the contentions that lie within the MTA that affect people...

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Fighting Drunk Driving- Project Reflection

Sama, , May 23, 2019, Drugs, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2019, Technology, 0

The goal of our project was to educate and notify people about the lurking danger that is present in...

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The Metropolitan Trash Authority

Ayman, , May 16, 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 1

Greetings, My name is Ayman Rahman, and I am advocating for better conditions of the MTA. The video I...

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Improving Services for the MTA

Pritam, , May 16, 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Transportation, 0

The services for the MTA can be improved as it is inconsistent traditionally. Here is a video explaining the...

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Electric cars, Are they safe?

Oswaldo, , January 9, 2019, Fall 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2019, Technology, 4

Electric Cars, Are They Safe? Electric cars are evolving and most of them are self drivable, but there’s a...

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Technology: Friend, Enemy, or “Frienemy”

Gwendolyn, , December 22, 2018, Fall 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships for the Goals, Psychology, Science, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, 0

George Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, seems near prophetic when looking back on the work today. Orwell predicts the increase...

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Will the omnipresence of media and the constant bombardment of notifications today lead to a damaged future?

Amani, , December 20, 2018, Fall 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Media and Message, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, 0

Nowadays it would be hard to argue against the claim that technology is very prevalent in...

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Is it Right for People to have the Ability to Select their Child’s Traits to live up to a Societal Standard?

Ruby, , December 20, 2018, Decision Making, Environment & World, Fall 2018, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships for the Goals, Science, Showcase, Technology, 0

Cohabitating in an ever-changing society can be a challenge to all people, some more than others. Within our changing...

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Solution to Today’s Technology Problems

Miriam, , December 20, 2018, Call to Action, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Privacy, Technology, 0

1984 by George Orwell predicted many things about today’s world. One thing in particular was the impact of technology...

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Right to Privacy and Technology

Amy, , December 20, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships for the Goals, Privacy, Rights, Technology, 0

There is an increasingly more complicated problem of privacy as technology becomes more prevalent in society. In a New...

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George Orwell’s Prediction about Privacy

Alexandra, , December 19, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Privacy, Technology, 1

In his novel, 1984, author George Orwell, writes about a futuristic society where the government reigns absolute. In this...

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Why does everybody go crazy when they see the Lamborghini Aventador?

Wilson, , November 14, 2018, Design & Style, Fall 2018, Getting Started, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Science & Math, Showcase, Transportation, 4

The Lamborghini Aventador is a beautiful and fast Italian car. The Aventador is named after a fighting bull. This...

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Do violent video games contribute to increasing youth violence?

Amani, , October 22, 2018, Decision Making, Fall 2018, Gaming, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Psychology, Showcase, Technology, Violence, 5

https://nowcomment.com/documents/116606#.W88xDUtKjD4 When looking at the evidence and scientific studies, it is hard to deny that there is some correlation...

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Social Media, Good or Bad?

Johnny, , September 21, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, Technology & Computer Science, 1

Question: Is social media good for our society? Social media is a convoluted subject about whether it has an...

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Are You Using Your Phone or Is Your Phone Using You？

Li, , August 19, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Summer 2018, Technology, 3

Over the past few decades, we have had a huge change in our lives. Smart phones have made our...

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The Impact of Technology

Jai, , July 23, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Summer 2018, Technology, 0

Today we got lots of development in our technology. We can only imagine 50 years ago that we can’t...

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Working Hours In The Future

Megan, , July 18, 2018, Getting Started, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 0

In the future how many years will the people work in the future? Why would they be so busy?...

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Robotic World

Daniela, , June 4, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

Dear readers, Technology has advanced very rapidly over the years. To some, the idea of technology is scary, however...

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Our Robotic Future

Bryan, , June 3, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

Hello, my name is Bryan Flores and I am from Oakland Unity High School and I think that in...

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Robots: Threat to Humans

Elia, , June 3, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 1

Dear readers of YouthVoices.live, I believe that robots will in fact become dangerous at some point and could potentially...

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Our Robotic Future

Valeria, , June 2, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

My name is Valeria Fornes and I am a 10th grader at Oakland Unity High School. I believe that...

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Robots, Beneficial or Life Threatening?

Maryrose, , June 1, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Point of View, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

Hello, My name is Maryrose and I’m a sophomore at Unity High School. We have a unit where we...

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“The Boy Who Drew Cats”

Elizabeth P., , May 16, 2018, Books or Plays, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Technology, 0

Introduction To My Animation: I am posting my scratch animation which is about the story “The Boy Who Drew...

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Mercury and the Woodman: Sophie

Sophie Z., , May 15, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Technology, 0

Introduction: Recently, I made a fairy tale project in scratch and I would like to share it with you....

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M train to return to its normal routine after a year of Myrtle Viaduct reconstruction

Booker, , April 26, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Transportation, 3

Image via Booker A: M shuttle train at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues during Phase 2 of the Myrtle Viaduct reconstruction. The...

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R32 subway cars, oldest and most rickety at 54 years old

Booker, , April 26, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Transportation, 3

The R32 subway cars are the oldest and most rickety subway cars in the subway system at 54 years...

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Animation Project: Scratch It!

Jade T., , April 20, 2018, Friendship, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Quality Education, Scratch, Showcase, Spring 2018, Stories, Student-Centered, Technology, 0

Project Submission and Self-Evaluation Hi! My story is called “ Me and the Flawless Blind Boy.” The story is...

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Female Harassment in the Gaming Industry

Erica, , April 3, 2018, Gaming, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2018, Technology, The Fifth Column, 2

Sexism is still present in today’s society, especially in video games. I have had encounters in which my teammates...

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What Effect does Screentime have on Children?

Patryk, , April 2, 2018, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

Screen time and its relationship to children is an issue I feel passionately about because it is something that...

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Can social media affect teens?

Jovana, , March 14, 2018, Bullying, Drugs, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 2

Hello everyone, I’m a senior high school student at Life Academy High School, and I’m currently working on my...

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Five Levels of Self-Driving Cars

Thomas, , March 1, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Science, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

One technological advance that has the potential to completely change the world is the development of self-driving cars. The...

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Preventing Skynet

Raymond, , February 26, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 1

“Google Tackles AI, Robotics Safety to Prevent Future Toasters from Killing Us in Our Sleep”, by Joel Hruska, is...

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Particle Frenzy

Rachel, , February 26, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Nuclear Energy, Quality Education, Science, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, Wonder, 0

The Large Hadron Collider In 1998 the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) started the construction of the Large...

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The Ethics, Morals, and Complications of the Future

Raymond, , February 26, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 0

I stumbled upon the article “Posthuman enough?”. While this article did not pertain directly to my question, it nonetheless...

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The Advent of AI Technology will not Devalue Human Life

Raymond, , February 20, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 1

Most of us know of Terminator, IRobot, and countless other films depicting a dystopia of our own creation. The...

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Technology limits Creativity

Christopher, , February 16, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, The Fifth Column, 5

It’s Saturday afternoon, you text your friends your going to hangout with them in the evening. As soon as...

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New Models For Predicting Hurricanes

Sofia, , February 16, 2018, Climate Action, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 1

According to an article, “Hurricanes and Global Warming,”the authors express great concern about the effect that climate change is having...

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Jobs and Self-Driving Technology

Thomas, , February 14, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Science, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 1

There are many major developments and advances in technology that are expected to occur in the future. However, one...

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Genetic Engineering of Human Organisms is Good for Society

Angelica, , February 12, 2018, Argument, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Goals, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Nature, Science, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, Wonder, 0

In recent years the government has banned funding for genetically modifying humans, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from pursuing...

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Self-driving cars and fuel consumption

Thomas, , February 9, 2018, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 2

Among other major advances, self-driving cars are expected to become commonplace in the future. American car manufacturers say that...

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Blogging a Research Paper!

Eric, , February 6, 2018, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Psychology, Research Help, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, Thesis Feedback, 1

For this essay, I am choosing to recycle and dig deeper into one of my past posts, on freedom...

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Self-Driving Technology

Thomas, , February 6, 2018, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Spring 2018, Technology, Transportation, 1

When people think about self-driving technology, it’s usually thought of as only a good thing. No one really ever...

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Why memorization doesn’t work

PJ, , February 6, 2018, Books or Plays, Call to Action, Fall 2017, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Language, Media, Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, Technology, 8

US curriculum is one of the worst ways of “grading” one’s intellect. We use these ideas of memory and...

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Trumps shift from Mars to the Moon

Charlie, , January 12, 2018, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Science, Showcase, Space, Technology, 3

Recently the our president Donald Trump has declared that he plans to shift NASA’s direct focus from Mars back...

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Smog Lake City

Hailey, , January 10, 2018, Argument, Climate Action, Environment, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Transportation, 1

As I drive into the “fog” of the valley from the mountains, the temperature drops and I feel like...

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Is technology making us lazier?

Parker, , December 20, 2017, Gaming, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 5

With the advancement of technology have we as a society become more lazy from the impacts of the internet...

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How Does Cell Phone Use Affect Our Health?

Beth, , December 19, 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Psychology, Technology, 1

Handheld technology certainly has its pros and cons. The pros include easy communication, access to news, a platform for...

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Do we trust the internet too much?

Angelica, , December 17, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, 3

There is some news on the internet that seems too good to be true. The unfortunate thing about social...

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What has the Future Become?

Reagan, , December 15, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 3

After reading ‘Brave New World’ and ‘1984’, it was easy to come to the decision that Huxley’s ‘Brave New...

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Does us think lesser because internet?

Eric, , December 15, 2017, Argument, Books or Plays, Community, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Inquiry, Language, Quality Education, Showcase, Technology, 1

Every second, the internet transfers over 51 thousand gigabytes of data, and each day Google processes over 3.5 billion...

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Human Connections through Technology

Caleigh, , December 15, 2017, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, 0

Technology is playing a very big role in our society today, and is prevalent in almost everything we do....

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Is Technology Advancing Us Towards Mental Inertia?

Maxwell, , December 14, 2017, American Dream, Creative Writing, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Psychology, Showcase, Technology, 1

The bustling flood of technology that has poured into our world has brought a whole new menagerie of...

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How has the internet changed us as a society?

Billy, , December 14, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Point of View, Showcase, Technology, 1

There is no doubt that the internet has become a big influence in today’s world, as not only does...

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Is Technology Affecting Our Relationships With Others?

Sophie, , December 13, 2017, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, Psychology, Showcase, Social Media, Technology, 4

Technology is at the forefront of today’s society and is pervasive in everyday life. However, there are many negative...

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Is Technology Making us Less Intelligent?

Zach, , December 13, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 1

New technology comes out every day, and whenever it does everyone in America scrambles to get it. We lavish...

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Genetic Engineering and Aldous Huxley

Keaton, , December 13, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Nature, Rights, Science, Showcase, Social Class, Technology, 2

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, or better known as CRISPR, is the latest and greatest DNA editing tool...

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Is there a dark side to technology?

Thomas, , December 12, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Science, Showcase, Technology, 0

As our world makes repeated advances in technology, we often hear about future benefits. For example, we often hear...

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Intended Obsolescence

PJ, , December 12, 2017, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Technology, 3

How is intended obsolescence contributing to the increased laziness and lack of individual thought in today’s society? An will...

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How is the internet changing our brains?

Anna, , December 11, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 4

The internet is changing our brains. It’s a system of distraction. We get the rewards of having unlimited information...

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Is Technology Decreasing our Critical Thinking?

Tanner, , December 7, 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 1

Has technology decreased our ability to critically think and analyze? Are we becoming lazier each time we use technology?...

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Reflective Essay for Research Project

Eric, , December 2, 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Research Help, Showcase, Technology, 1

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been researching about the topic of self-driving cars and their...

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What technology will be in this world in 100 years?

Charlie, , November 14, 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 2

One hundred years ago our world was extremely different. There was limited technology if any and the stuff we...

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Digital Child

Raymond, , November 12, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 0

Tokyo, Japan has, undoubtably, one of the most unique residents within its city limits. Shibuya Mirai is a seven...

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Information Technology

Onyu Pak, , November 9, 2017, Fall 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Showcase, Technology, 6

According to Merriam-Webster, Information technology is the technology involving the development, maintenance, and the use of computer systems, software...