As promised in class today, if you are brainstorming topics for your Report from the Future, here are some innovations and current cultural issues you might want to project into a speculative future. Please note that the news articles listed here are not to be used as your scholarly sources, as they are not peer-reviewed research from the library's databases. Rather, these are just brainstorming topics to get you thinking in a certain direction.
Designer babies: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/08/designer-babies-ethical-horror-waiting-to-happen
Internet brain implant: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609232/the-surgeon-who-wants-to-connect-you-to-the-internet-with-a-brain-implant/
Nanotechology: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-11/7-amazing-ways-nanotechnology-changing-world
Drones: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2018-02-15/why-drones-are-still-future-war
Robot companions: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/japanese-companies-introduce-new-companion-robots/4240141.html
Transhumanism: http://whatistranshumanism.org/
Income inequality: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/12/us-states-with-the-highest-levels-of-income-inequality.html
Animal extinction: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140529-conservation-science-animals-species-endangered-extinction/
Sea level rise: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/feb/27/scientists-have-detected-an-acceleration-in-sea-level-rise
Automation/Jobs: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/26/jobs-future-automation-robots-skills-creative-health
Bringing back extinct animals: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/02/16/harvard-scientists-pledge-bring-back-woolly-mammoth-extinction/
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