| 1. | Which countries are the biggest users of the Internet? Social media? Mobile? | |
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a. Students will need to look outside the text for this, as it changes all the time. There are also different ways of measurement: number of users, % of population, most active users, etc. Some good sites to use are Internet World Stats, Kissmetrics, and the World Bank. |
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| 2. | Which country had the largest Internet growth (in %) between 2008 and 2012? | |
| a. Iran, at 205% | ||
| 3. | How will most people connect to the Internet in the future? | |
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a. via mobile devices |
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| 4. | What are two different applications of wearable technologies? | |
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a. There are many answers to this question; two examples are Google Glass and JawboneUP. |
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| 5. | What are two different applications of collaborative technologies? | |
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a. There are many answers to this; two examples are software that routes us to our destination in the shortest amount of time, and websites that review different companies. |
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| 6. | What capabilities do printable technologies have? | |
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a. Using 3-D printers, designers can quickly test prototypes or build something as a proof of concept. Printable technologies also make it possible to bring manufacturing to the desktop computer. |
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| 7. | How will advances in wireless technologies and sensors make objects “findable”? | |
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a. Advances in wireless technologies and sensors will allow physical objects to send and receive data about themselves. |
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| 8. | What is enhanced situational awareness? | |
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a. Data from large numbers of sensors can give decision makers a heightened awareness of real-time events, particularly when the sensors are used with advanced display or visualization technologies. |
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| 9. | What is a nanobot? | |
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a. A nanobot is a robot whose components are on the scale of about a nanometer. |
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| 10. | What is a UAV? | |
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a. An unmanned aerial vehicle – a small airplane or helicopter that can fly without a pilot. UAVs are run by computer or remote control. |
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