Extra+Credit

Extra Credit - Future Technology

You will receive 10 extra credit points for each number completed. 1. Check out this boat! (I know the video is in French - just watch it!) -What is different about this boat? -This boat can travel in both ground and water. -List three pros: -Can travel anywhere, fast, and saves time -List three cons: -Cost of this product, impractical, and fuel usage -Do you think people will buy this boat? Explain: -Yes, people will buy this boat because it will save people's time because it can travel both on ground and water. -Would you want to work for this company? Explain: -Yes, because this product is very creative, and many people would want it. I'd want to work for this company because other products of this company would be most likely to be creative like this product.

2. Check this app out:

 -What is this app for? -This app is for the pedestrians who talk on the phone while crossing the street. -List three pro: -Protects people, doesn't have to pay attention to the surrounding, and can help both drivers and pedestrians from dying or serious injury. -List three cons: -Malfunction, depending life on the machine may be dangerous, and interruption during phone call. -Do you think people will download this app? -Rather than buying (downloading) this app, people will pay more attention to the surrounding if they really care about the safety. -Would you want to work for this company? Explain: -I would find the better company, because rather than this company, there would be a lot more companies that which make more creative apps that are more useful.

3. This is cool: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-Would you try this? Explain: -No, it looks too dangerous; plus, it does not have any safety gear. <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-List three pros: -Can fly, can experience something that many others couldn't have experienced, leisure <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">- List three cons: -Dangerous, no safety gear (such as parachute), and hazard of malfunction <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-Would you want to work for this company? Explain: -If the company is willing to make this product more safe and more people likes it, then I would like to work for this company.

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">4. This is pretty darn cool too: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-Would you try this? <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-List three pros: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-List three cons <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;">-Would you work for this company? Explain:

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> [|Video] | [|News] | [|Weather] | [|Sports] Mon Sep 26 16:57:53 PDT 2011

How tough is Tony Romo’s protective vest?
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #555555; display: block; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will be fitted with a Kevlar vest to protect his broken rib from further injury. WFAA’s Joe Trahan gave that material the acid test with Robert Vito, president of the company that makes the vest, Unequal Technologies. [|view full article]