Choose one of the following topics (or one suggested by your instructor) and write a paper that discusses technological changes that have occurred in this area in the past 15 years. Include commentary on the social and environmental impact of the changes and on new problems that may have arisen because of the changes.
(a) passenger automobiles
(b) electric power-generating plants
(c) computer graphics
(d) heart surgery
(e) heating systems
(furnaces)
(f) microprocessors
(g) water treatment
(h) road paving
(both concrete and asphalt)
(i) composite materials
(j) robotics
(k) air-conditioning
This is a non-quantitative problem and requires that the student assess the problem and supply appropriate narrative that will differ from student to student, thus no solution is provided.
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