Choose your technology from one of the following areas: environmental technology, medical technology, social technology, or economic/financial technology. In your exploration of your chosen technology, you will address ethical considerations, establish historical context, and consider cultural, social, and economic implications. Therefore, it is imperative that your technology be appropriate in scope and able to be researched.

• What is your chosen technology? Remember to choose a specific technology (e.g., surgical robotics) rather than just reflect an area of technology (e.g., technology in medicine).
• What is your purpose in writing about this technology? What do you want to learn?
• What impressions and assumptions do you have about your topic? What are the benefits and risks associated with the technology? What potential impacts can you identify?
• What is your research plan? Where will you go to find sources on your topic, and how will you determine the credibility of those sources?
• Finally, what are some of the most significant issues associated with your technology (e.g., the potential harm to wildlife from wind farms)?