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 Lecture
Monday August 10, 2009
- Human Genome Project: The mapping of the human genome offers
infinitely many opportunities for the human race in the 21st Century
including but not limited to:
- Cloning
- Eternal Life
- Ownership of the Blueprints of Life
Tuesday August 11, 2009
- Global Warming: The current climate crisis facing the world has
been propelled into the public spotlight due to films such as "The
Inconvenient Truth". This crisis offers a huge challenge to the next
generation of scientists and politicians in the 21st Century.
- Sustainable Living Practices
- Engineering the Future
Wednesday August 12, 2009
- Endangered Species: The current species crisis facing the world has
been propelled into the public spotlight due to the alarming rate of
extinction. Every life
system is in decline, the future looks bleak for some species. Illegal animal trade and
trafficking has only added this crisis. This crisis offers a huge challenge to the next
generation of scientists and politicians in the 21st Century.
- Sustainable Living Practices
- Maintaining Current Endangered Species
 Thursday August 13, 2009
- Space Exploration: The future for space exploration is bright! The
completion of the Mars Exploration Missions to uncover more information
about our mysterious red planet neighbor . The opportunity of living on
other planets (such as the moons of
Jupiter) offer new neighborhoods of
exploration. - Space Exploration in the 21st Century
- Mars 2045?
- Jupiter 2045?
Friday August 14, 2009
- Artificial Intelligence: The advancement from the desktop computer
to the invention of the internet only took 15 years. The creation of a
mobile media player which can play up to 20,000 songs while weighing less than a CD player. When will computers become smarter than their
makers? When will you not be able to tell the difference between
talking to your best friend or their robot?
- Robotics in the 21st Century
- Limitations to Robotic Engineering
- Challenges in the 21st Century
Saturday August 15, 2009
- Movie Night (Pick One or Two)
- Gattaca: (Biology; Genetics)- PG13
- I, Robot: (Engineering; Technology)- PG13
- Jurassic Park I: (Engineering: Environmental Science,Genetics)-PG13
- Jurassic Park II: The Lost World (Engineering: Environmental Science, Genetics)- PG13
- Who Killed the Electric Car?: Documentary- PG
- The Corporation: Documentary- PG
- Super Size Me: Documentary-PG
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