In no particular order...
- 3-D printing (replacing stores; body parts; food; NASA mission to Mars)
- Media Addiction (smartphones, gaming, etc)
- How technology affects brain development
- Information Overload/Online marketing
- AI – Artificial Intelligence
- Anti-trust lawsuits
- How the mp3 changed the music industry
- Big Data (sharing/selling customer info)
- Internet Filters/ Censoring content
- Copyright and Creative Commons licenses
- Encryption
- Cyber Security
- Cyber Terrorism
- Cyber Warfare
- eBooks
- Online Gaming
- Digital Footprint
- Digital Forensics
- eCommerce
- Wiki Leaks (Julian Assange)
- Ergonomic Design
- Distracted Driving
- Freeware/shareware
- Network Security
- Google
- Identity Theft
- Privacy (drones, webcams to track eye movement, EULAs)
- NSA data collection and privacy rights (Edward Snowden)
- GPS
- Hacking or Hack for America (Civic Hacking)
- https:// - how secure is it?
- Imitation Game – Alan Turing (problem of cracking code, but not able to save people)
- Internet Activism
- Maker Spaces
- Malware
- On-line learning (e.g. Virtual High School, MOOCs)
- Digital Piracy
- Computer Generated Images (CGI)
- Pixar
- Net Neutrality (access to data, Wi-Fi, internet speed)
- Social media – benefits and pitfalls (e.g. the Arab Spring)
- Environmental concerns: eWaste, Use of mercury/lead toxins in products, Use of Paper (increased or decreased?), Use of silicon/gold/copper
- Using the Cloud to process and/or store data