Optional Lab: Write Sci-Fi
Many of technologies being created today were once found only in movies and science fiction novels (self-driving cars, drones, 3-D printers). And, technology companies such as Facebook look to science fiction for ideas as a guide. For instance, new employee’s working on Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset, are given copies of the sci-fi book Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline. Here are some inventions and their possible fiction origins: http://www.theneweconomy.com/technology/10-inventions-that-began-life-as-science-fiction.
Use your imagination to come up with a new technology and describe how it would change the world? Why is it needed? Could it be abused? You do not need to provide implementation details. This should be at least two pages of text double spaced. Also, include at least one illustration (digital or scanned).