“Technological convergence”

  1. What is “technological convergence” in the context of
    cybertechnology? (Minimum word count: 60)
  2. Why do some converging technologies raise special ethical
    and social issues? (Minimum word count: 60)
  3. Describe key aspects of pervasive (or ubiquitous)
    computing. How is it different from conventional or traditional computing? (Minimum
    word count: 60)
  4. What is bioinformatics, and how is it different from
    computational genomics? (Minimum word count: 60)
  5. Identify three kinds of ethical issues associated with
    bioinformatics. (Minimum word count: 60)
  6. How does the practice of storing personal genetic data in
    privately owned computer databases raise issues affecting information ownership
    and property-rights? (Minimum word count: 60)
  7. What is machine ethics? (Minimum word count: 60)
  8. What is nanotechnology? (Minimum word count: 60)
  9. What are nanocomputers? (Minimum word count: 60)
  10. What kinds of ethical challenges do research in
    nanotechnology and nanocomputing pose? (Minimum word count: 60)