technological innovations

Offers techniques for sifting through the vast amount of information that exists in the twenty-first century, and determining which sources are reliable and who should be trusted.

Discusses the application of practical and mechanical sciences to sports in areas such as equipment, sports arenas, television coverage, and performance-enhancing drugs.

Provides varying viewpoints on the debate over the use of electronic voting in the United States, discussing the reliability, security, accuracy, and accessibility of voting machines.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce environmentally-friendly modes of transportation, explaining global warming and fossil fuels, and describing hybrid, electric, solar, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, as well as green and electric bicycles, scooters, mopeds, and Segway PTs.

Describes new technologies that are helping make fossil fuels, biofuels, water, wind and solar energy more efficient.

Describes a number of inventions and medical discoveries including polymers and plastics, vaccinations and antiseptics, anaesthetics and nerve drugs, genes and DNA, CAT scanner and pacemaker, and much more.

Provides guidance and tools, including lesson plans and work sheets, for using technology effectively in literature circles.

Examines various aspects of twenty-first century technology, and focuses on computers and micro chips, and describes insect-like robots, computers that can perform surgery, and investigates how these types of technology affect human lives, and other related topics.

Provides varying perspectives on issues related to forensic technology, debating its reliability, if fictional portrayal of crime investigations influence verdicts of juries, and if they can be used to determine deceit; and includes information on improvements to technology.