Below are five articles that describe situations in which a technological problem is not easily identified. Pick two of these articles and read them. While you read them, ask yourself these questions.

1. What is the focus of the article?
2. What is the technological problem in this situation?
3. How can technology be used to solve this problem?
4. What tools, machines or systems would be used to solve this problem?

Food, Gas Prices Affected By Ethanol Production
http://www.yankton.net/stories/062807/com_180521126.shtml

Is Africa being bullied into growing GM crops?
http://www.scidev.net/gateways/index.cfm?fuseaction=readitem&rgwid
=4&item=Opinions&itemid=633&language=1

Running on Empty
http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2007/06/energyBill.html

Breathe in, this might hurt
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/27/1182623992629.html

US Border Security at a Crossroads
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/22/
AR2005052200613.html?referrer=emailarticle

Assignment: Problems not clearly defined

After reading your choice of two articles above, please answer the four questions, reference something from your chosen articles within each answer.

Due: Submit this to the Problem Not Defined drop box.