STS REVIEWER • Article 3.

Everyone has the right to life,

liberty and security of person.

• Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or

LESSON 1: WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND
servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall
HUMANITY CROSS
be prohibited in all their forms.

• Article 5. No one shall be subjected to

Introduction torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment.
• The good life entails living in a just and
progressive society whose citizens have the • Article 6. Everyone has the right to
freedom to flourish. recognition everywhere as a person before
the law.
• The human person has the autonomy to
make choices which may enable the • Article 7. All are equal before the law and
flourishing of his/her self and society. are entitled without any discrimination to
equal protection of the law. All are entitled
• The United Nations General Assembly to equal protection against any
proclaimed the Universal Declaration of discrimination in violation of this Declaration
Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, and against any incitement to such
1948 as the global standard of fundamental discrimination.
human rights for universal recognition and
protection. • The UDHR has a long, bloody history. Crafted
in 1948, after World War II, the UDHR now
serves as a common understanding of what
ARTICLES OF UDHR each person’s fundamental rights are.

• Article 1. All human beings are born free and • This rights apply to everyone, everywhere. It
equal in dignity and rights. They are is imperative that we all know and live these
endowed with reason and conscience and rights to prevent injustice and oppression.
should act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.
TECHNOLOGY
• Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights
and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, • Greek words "techne" and "logos"
without distinction of any kind, such as race,
• A discourse on art (Buchanan, 2010)
colour, sex, language, religion, political or
other opinion, national or social origin, • Concepts like machines and tools were also
property, birth or other status. attached to the word, "technology“
• Article 2. Furthermore, no distinction shall
be made on the basis of the political,
jurisdictional or international status of the Benefits:
country or territory to which a person Convenience Happiness
belongs, whether it be independent, trust,
non-self-governing or under any other Pleasure Communication
limitation of sovereignty.
TELEVISION COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS

• In 2012, Ultimate medium for • Not possible for all Filipino families to own at
advertisement placements least one computer or laptop.

• Almost all use this particular type of device • Most profits gained by computer and laptop
manufacturers come from offices,
• Television plays a great role in the lives of
businesses, or schools
the people
• Growing number of Internet users in Ph,
problems regarding the internet providers.
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow

• Late 1800s
Released in June 1981 by the Osborne Computer
• Successful in his attempt to send images Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be
through wires with the aid of a rotating the first true portable, full-featured computer
metal disk (Nipkow disk)

• "electric telescope" - 18 lines of resolution

ETHICAL DILEMMAS
Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton and Boris This happens when there are competing goods
Rosing and competing evils.
• New system of television by suing Cathode Most parent would argue that these devices
Ray Tube (CRT) in addition to the mechanical make their children lazy and unhealthy.
scanner system.

ROBOTICS AND HUMANITY

NOTE:
HUMANS vs. ROBOTS
Did you know that:
• The rise of the machines accompanying the
The first call ever made on a cellphone progress in science and technology may render
was from an engineer named Martin Cooper humans useless.
calling a rival engineer to brag about his
accomplishment. • Manual labor is gradually being replaced by
machinery. Unemployment is one of the ethical
considerations in the widespread of AI.
Mobile phone used by Cooper (Motorola
• Computers become more and more
DynaTAC 8000x in (1983) )
sophisticated.
• Weighed 1.1 kg
• Measured 228.6 x 127 x 44.4 mm
• 30- minute talk time
• 10 hours to charge
ROBOT George Devol

• An actuated mechanism programmable in - An American inventor known for developing

two or more axes with a degree of Unimate, the first material handling robot
autonomy, moving within its environment, employed in industrial production work.
to perform intended tasks. Its function
functions normally ascribed to humans or a
machine in the form of a human. Isaac Asimov

• Autonomy - ability to perform intended - was an American writer and professor of

tasks based on current stage and sensing biochemistry at Boston University.
without human intervention.

Three Laws of Robotics

SERVICE ROBOT
1. A robot may not injure a human being or,
• A robot that performs useful tasks for through inaction, allow a human being to come
humans or equipment excluding industrial to harm.
application
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human
• A robot may be classified according to its
being except where such orders would conflict
intended application as an industrial robot or
with the First Law.
a service robot.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long
as such protection does not conflict with the First
Personal Service Robot or Second Law.

• Service robot for personal use

• Used for a noncommercial task, usually by
Ethical Dilemmas Face by Humans
laypersons.
• Unemployment – What does this mean for
human beings who can replaced by
Examples: domestic servant robot, automated
machines? Is the value of the person
wheelchair, personal mobility assist robot, pet
inversely proportional to that of a machine
exercising robot.
exhibiting artificial intelligence?

• Humans may also have the tendency to

Professional Service Robot
become machine-like. Since many of the
• Service robot for professional use things people need, from conveniences to
• Used for a commercial task, usually operated information, are available with just the touch
by a properly trained operator. and swipe of the fingertips, humans begin to
function more like automations.

Examples: cleaning robot for public places,

delivery robot, fire fighting robot, rehabilitation
robot, surgery robot
LESSON 2: INFORMATION AGE and MODERN What is the information Age
SOCIETY
People, Information and Societies that chronicle
the birth and growth of electronic information --
from ancient times to Samuel Morse's invention
INFORMATION
of the telegraph in 1830s, through the
"Information is an assemblage of data in a development of the telephone, radio (was built
comprehensible form capable of communication upon the wave nature of electricity and
and use; the essence of it is that a meaning has magnetism), television and computer. This age
been attached to the raw facts." also started when the first writing system was
introduced.
(Feather, J., & Sturges, P. 2003) p303

Four Periods of the Information Age

I. INFORMATION
• Pre-Mechanical - 3000 BC - 1450 AD
• Word – is a combination of sounds that
represents something (it is this significance • Mechanical - 1450-1840
which makes words distinct from just any
• Electro-Mechanical - 1840-1940
kind of vocal utterance)
• Electro/Information - 1940 – Present
- made up of sounds and yet they transmit
something more significant (transmit a message)

- are informed with meaning given by the The Pre-Mechanical Age

speaker and intended for the listener
• Writing - Cuneiform, Symbols
II. THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE
• Paper and Pen - Papermaking
- the system of words or signs that people use to
express thoughts and feelings to each other • Books and Libraries - Religious Scrolls,
Binding
- its usefulness is recognized in the scientific
search for truth and the ability it gave to make • Number Systems - Number 1-9, Zero,
sense of nature during the early ages including decimals

- was an object worthy of admiration for the • The First Calculator – Abacus
ancient Greeks

The Mechanical Age

PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATION
• Movable Type Printing
✓ to inform
• General Purpose Computers
✓ to actuate
• Slide Rule - Analog Computer
✓ to entertain
• Key Punch Computer - Binary Logic, Real
✓ to persuade Time Operated Computers
 The Electro-Mechanical Age INFORMATION SOCIETY

• Telecommunications - A society in which information, rather than

material goods, has become the chief economic,
- Voltaic Battery
social and cultural motor.
- Telegraph
- Morse Code - An information society is a society where the
- Telephone and Radios creation, distribution, use, integration and
manipulation of information is a significant
• Computing economic, political and cultural activity.
- Census Machine - The aim of the information society is to gain
- Mark 1 competitive advantage internationally, through
using information technology (IT) in a creative
and productive way.
The Information Age
- Digital communication is advantageous over
Electronic Vacuum Tubes analog communication because of better
Electronic Numerical Integrator ad Computer reception.

Manchester Mark 1 - Digital Citizens - people that take part in an

Information Society
First Computer for Commercial Use

What is Society?
Information Cycle
- The community of people living in a particular
country or region, associated to one another and Creators of information - writers, musicians,
having shared customs. artists, researchers, database produces, web
producers.
Examples of Society
Information products - books, videos,
✓ Agricultural Society magazines, web sites
✓ Industrial Society Distributors of information - publisher, Internet
providers, vendors, producers
✓ Information Society
Disseminators of information - schools,
✓ Knowledge Society
libraries, colleges and universities, businesses,
government, museums

User of information - individuals, business

persons, researchers, employees and employers
COMPUTER GENERATIONS Information Society

First Generation (1951-1958) - Information Society implies technological

innovation with an economic dimension.
- Main Logic Elements
Computers
- Externally Stored Information
- Are the machine tools used in Information
- Machine and Assembly Language
Society
- Compilers
- It is also the heart of the information society.

Second Generation (1959-1963)

Knowledge society
- Transistors
- Knowledge society includes an idea of dynamic,
- Semi-Conductors political, economic, social, cultural, and
institutional transformation and a democratic
- High-Level Programming and developmental outlook.
- Fortran/Cobol

HISTORY OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Third Generation (1964-1978)
• Media is a digital communication and used
- Integrated Circuits in the production, distribution, and
reception of communication.
- Magnetic Tape and Disk
• Since 1970s, but especially 1990s, nations
- Operating Systems concerned with the “information highway”
- BASIC • Treated the Internet like an 1840s challenge
of the telegraph

Fourth Generation (1979-) • Concern that to remain competitive in a

global trading economy, nations needed to
- Large Scale Circuits “wire up”.
- Central Processing Units • Social media provides platform for
- Apple II/ Apple Mac communication

- IBM/MS-DOS/GUI

- MS Windows The Power of the Network

- In 2005, the number of the Internet users in

developing countries passed the 500 million
"Information society is the building block for mark, surpassing industrial nations for the
knowledge societies" first time
- In 2005 more than 75 percent of the world’s • Now a grey area of semi public/private
population now lives within range of a communication (can monitor cell phones,
mobile network amass, monitor and store unprecedented
personal communication)

The invention of printing was the first

breakthrough in Information Technology Community Examples

It helped literacy and education to grow up Social Networking

- Facebook
- Twitter
III. THE WORLD WIDE WEB (through the
- Instagram
internet)

✓ invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is a way of

addressing data processing and information Educational Applications
sharing needs among scientists for the
- Multimedia Resources
European Organization for Nuclear Research
- Distance Education

- E-Learning
DEFINITION OF NEW MEDIA
- Internet applications
• Used in the production, distribution and
reception of communication - E-mail communication

• Involves use of new communication - Video links

networks: Internet as mass medium
- Electronic Presentations
• Digital systems is an electronic replacement
of the rhetoric mode of conveying the
meaning and depth of ideas. Supercomputer predicts weather

A. RISKS AND PRECAUTIONS OF THE EASE OF

SHARING INFORMATION AT PRESENT
CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW MEDIA

• Interpersonal: ie. The terrain of telephony

treats telephone calls (discretionary contact Risks
between two consenting persons) as
PRIVATE not PUBLIC communication (where • reliability is compromised
telco distributors are not responsible for - anyone with a connection to other people
content of message) can produce contents which are showing
• Multiple: can be Mass/Broadcast which is half-truths or even lies, giving rise to
PUBLIC communication (broadcasters are disinformation
responsible for message in exchange for • creation of community by the social media
spectrum monopoly: hybrid character) often reinforces biases and beliefs based
only on the content that they allow within.
 • the easy access to personal information The 2010 International Year of Biodiversity by
makes one susceptible to online predation, Steffen Thorsen
identity theft, and scamming, among others.

- About 1.75 million species are identified,

LESSON 3: BIODIVERSITY mostly small creatures such as insects.

- some scientists believe that there are

actually about 13 million species, though
I. Biodiversity is the term given to the variety
estimates range from 3 to 100 million
of life on earth and the natural patterns it
forms. - IYB focuses on boosting awareness of
biodiversity’s importance by promoting
- The term biodiversity was first coined by
actions to foster biodiversity worldwide.
Walter G. Rosen in 1986.

- The biosphere comprises of a complex

collections of innumerable collections of
organisms, known as the Biodiversity, which
Benefits of Biodiversity
constitute the vital life support for survival of
human race Consumptive Value directs the utilization of
plants and animals for benefits of human.
- This recognition started when naturalists
began to classify organisms in the natural ✓ Food/Drink
world using taxonomy (a system devised by
Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus) ✓ Fuel

✓ Medicine
- taxonomy is the hierarchical system of
classifying and naming organisms ✓ Batter crop varieties

✓ Industrial Material

Non-Consumptive Value:
The 2010 International Year of Biodiversity by • Recreation
Steffen Thorsen
• Education and Research

• Traditional value
➢ The United Nations (UN) declared 2010 to
be the International Year of Biodiversity, the
International Year for the Rapprochement of
Cultures, and the International Year of
Youth.

➢ This diversity is often understood in terms of

the variety of plants, animals, and micro-
organisms.
Ecological services Application of fermentation in production of
wine and other alcoholic beverages is also a
✓ Balance of nature
biotechnological technique.
✓ Biological productivity

✓ Regulation of climate
BIOTECHNOLOGY
✓ Degradation of waste
• “Law and policy of relevance to the
✓ Cleaning of air and water management of plant genetic resources”

✓ Cycling of nutrients - a module released by Biotechnology

International (BI) which aims to help
✓ Control of potential pest and disease causing professionals in managing, conserving, and using
species plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.
✓ Detoxification of soil and sediments

✓ Stabilization of land agains erosion

• Biotechnology uses biological systems, living
✓ Carbon sequestion and global climate organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or
change modify products or processes for specific
use.
✓ Maintenance of Soil fertility
• Genetic Engineering is a technique that
allows genes and DNA to be transferred from
Definition: one source to another. It leads to the
production of living modified organisms
Biotechnology is the use of living (LMO) or genetically modified organisms
systems and organisms to develop or make (GMO).
useful products, or any technological application
that uses biological systems, living organisms or
derivatives thereof, to make or modify products GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS
or processes for specific use“ European
Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) has defined GMO From Dictionary.com
biotechnology as “The integration of natural
• Genetically modified organism: an organism
science and organisms, cells, parts thereof, and
or microorganism whose genetic material
molecular analogues for products and
has been altered by mean of genetic
services".
engineering.
• Genetic engineering, also called genetic
modification, is the direct manipulation of an
Oldest form of Biotechnology
organism's genome using biotechnology.
- Making breads and curds with the help of
• The characteristics of an organism and its
microorganism
successors can be modified today by modern
technology, giving rise to GMO

• GMO is a plant, animal, microorganism, or

other organism whose genetic makeup has
 been modified using recombinant DNA MOST COMMON TYPES OF GMO
methods (also called gene splicing), gene
▪ Foods – canola, soya bean, golden, rice, corn
modification, or transgenic technology.
and aspartame
• also called “transgenic organism”
▪ Medicines – insulin, hormones and vaccines
• a result of a laboratory process where genes
▪ Others – plants and crops, microbes,
from the DNA of one specie are extracted
mammals, insects, aquatic life
and artificially inserted into the genes of an
unrelated plant or animal

• GMO paves the way for new developments HISTORY OF GMOs:

on food and agriculture
▪ First GMO created in 1973.

▪ After years of testing and research, GMOs

GENETIC MODIFICATION (GM) OR GENETIC were introduced to farmers
ENGINEERING
▪ In 1990s, genetically modified foods became
• Aims to address issues with regard to food modified in stores.
security, agriculture, drug production and
nutrition
GENENTECH (1978):
• Steps of the (GM) process:
• Becomes the first to synthesize insulin, later
1. identification of the desired trait from
they created a human growth hormone
another organism
which was used to enable dwarf children to
2. a gene containing this trait is first isolated grow to a normal size.
and replicated
• Genentech’s Humulin is the first consumer
3. insertion of the trait product developed through modern
bioengineering.
4. after the insertion of the trait, the modified
organism should be able to grow and replicate

• Genetic engineering is a technique that MONSANTO (1982):

allows genes and DNA to be transferred from
• Introduced a bovine growth hormone used
one source to another. Organisms being
in cows to increase milk production.
modified using recombinant DNA methods is
called Gene splicing. • They were among the first to genetically
modify a plant cell in 1983.

CALGENE’S FAVR SAVR (1992):

• A tomato approved for commercial

production by the US Department of
Agriculture.
• This was genetically engineered to remain LESSON 4: THE NANO WORLD
firm for a longer period of time.
WHY NANO?
• The FDA declares that genetically
• the term “nano” refers to a unit meaning
engineered foods are not dangerous and do
one billionth or ten raised to negative nine
not require special regulation (History of
(ex. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter).
genetics engineering, 2012)
nanostructures can be found in nature
(catalysts, minerals, and other particles are
measured on a nano scale)
✓ Enticing factors of transgenic crops:
• Nanoscience, therefore, deals with materials
1. more resistant to spoilage that are very small using specialized
2. more resistant to pest invasiveness microscopes and other nanodevices

3. more resistant to harsh weather conditions • Like the other scientific principles,
Nanoworld provides both knowledge and
✓ Possible threats that maybe posed by instrument to control nature.
GMOs:

1. farmer sovereignty
WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY
2. food security of the country
NANO & TECHNOLOGY

- A Nanometer is a unit of length in the metric

CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY system, equal to one billionth of a meter
▪ is an international agreement which aims to (10^-9). one centimeter is equal to
ensure the safe handling, transport, and use 10,000,000 nm. If less than 1cm ex. 0.05 cm
of living modified organisms (LMOs) = 500,000 nm
resulting from modern technology that may - Technology is the making, usage ad
have adverse effects on biological diversity, knowledge of tools, machines and
taking also into account risks to human techniques in order to solve a problem or
health perform a specific function.

- Nanotechnology is the study of

manipulating matter on an atomic scale

- Nanotechnology refers to the constructing

and engineering of the functional systems at
very micro level or we can say at atomic level

- A Nanometer is one billionth of a meter,

roughly the width of three or four atoms.
The average human hair is about 25,000
nanometers wide
 TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY

➢ There are several important modern

developments.

▪ The atomic force microscope (AFM).

▪ The Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) are

scanning probes that launched/emerged
nanotechnology.

➢ Various techniques of nanolithography such

as:

▪ optical lithography.
HISTORY
▪ X-ray lithography,
• The first ever concept was presented in 1959
by the famous professor of physics, Dr. ▪ Dip pen nanolithography
Richard P. Feynman
▪ Electron beam lithography(inkjet printer) were
• Invention of the scanning tunneling also developed.
microscope in 1981 and the discovery of
Lithography in MEMS context is typically the
fullerence (C6O) in 1985 lead to emergence
transfer of a pattern into a photosensitive
of nanotechnology.
material by selective exposure to a radiation
• The term "Nano-technology" had been source such as light.
coined by Norio Taniguchi in 1974.

• The early 2000s also saw the beginnings of

Carbon Nanotube
commercial applications of natotechnology,
although these were limited to bulk ➢ Application
application of nanomaterials.
▪ Easton-Bell Sports, Inc. using CNT in making
• Silver nano platform for using silver- bicycle component.
nanoparticles as an antibacterial ageng,
nanoparticle-based transparent sunscreens, ▪ Zyvex Technologies using CNT for
and carbon nanotubes for strain-resistant manufacturing of light weight boats.
textiles. ▪ Replacing transistors from the silicon chips
as they are small and emits less heat.

• What is the goal of nanotechnology? ▪ In electric cables and wires

The vision of the National Nanotechnology ▪ In solar cells

Initiative (NNI) is a future in which the ability to ▪ In fabrics
understand and control matter at the nanoscale
leads to a revolution in technology and industry
that benefits society.
Nanorods (quantum dots) ➢ Application:

➢ Nanorods are one morphology of nanoscale ▪ Detection of toxic components in

objects environment, in drug delivery and
Biomedical instrumentation.
➢ Dimensions range from 1-100 nm.

➢ They may be synthesized from metals or

semiconducting materials. Approaches in nanotechnology

➢ A combination of ligands act as shape 1. Bottom up:

control agents and bond to different facets
- In the bottom up approach different materials
of the nanorod with different strengths. This
and devices are constructed from molecular
allows different faces of the nanorod to grow
components of their own. They chemically
at different rates, producing an elongated
assemble themselves by recognizing the
object.
molecules of their own breed.
USES:

➢ In display technologies, because the

Examples of molecular self assembly are Watson
reflectivity of the rods can be changed by
crick base pairing, nano-lithography.
changing their orientation with an applied
electric field.

➢ In microelectromechanical systems 2. Top down:

(MEMS).
- In top down approach nano objects and
➢ In cancer therapeutics. materials are created by larger entities without
bouncing its atomic reactions usually top down
approach is practiced less as compared to the
bottom up approach.

NANOBOTS ▪ Solid-state techniques can also be used to

create devices known as
▪ Close to the scale of 10-9.
nanoelectromechanical systems or NEMS,
▪ Largely in R&d phase. which are related microeletromechanical
systems or MEMS.
▪ Nanobots of 1.5 nanometers across, capable
of counting specific molecules in a chemical ▪ MEMS became practical once they could be
sample. fabricated using modified semiconductor
device fabrication technologies, normally
▪ Since nanorobots would be microscopic in used to make electronics.
size, it would probably be necessary for very
large numbers of them to work together to
perform microscopic and macroscopic tasks.

▪ Capable of replication using environmental

resources.
Material used information in living cells. A single strand of
DNA is equivalent to 3 nm.
➢ Zinc oxide - Dirt repellent, hydrophobic,
cosmetics & stain resistant

➢ Silver ion - Healing property

➢ Aluminum Silicate - Scratch resistance Why are nanoparticles effective in very small
quantities?
➢ Gold ion - Chip fabrication
➢ when it comes to nanoparticles, their size is
what gives them their special properties
In what field Nanotechnology is used?
ex. Titanium dioxide can be a more effective
▪ Nanotechnology is being used in ingredient of sunscreen if it is present as
developing countries to help treat diseases nanoparticles rather than large particles
and prevent health issues (Nanomedicine)

▪ In industry, applications may include

Why is nanotechnology dangerous?
construction materials, military goods, and
nano-machining of nano-wires, nano-rods, ➢ Nanoparticles may damage the lungs
few layers of graphene, etc.
➢ “Ultra fine” particles from diesel machines,
power plants and incinerators can cause
considerable damage to human lungs
What are the potential risks of using
nanotechnology? ➢ Nanoparticles can get into the body
through the skin, lungs and digestive system
▪ environmental issues

▪ health issues
Nanotechnology in Mobile
▪ safety issues
• Morph, a nanotechnology concept device
▪ transitional effects such as displacement
developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC)
of traditional industries as the products of
and the University of Cambridge (UK).
nanotechnology become dominant, which
are of concern to privacy rights advocates • The Morph will be super hydrophobic
making it extremely dirt repellent.

• It will be able to charge itself from available

How can Nanotechnology be used to work with
light sources using photovoltaic nanowire
DNA?
grass covering it's surface.
➢ DNA nanotechnology is the design and
• Nanoscale electronics also allow stretching.
manufacture of artificial nucleic acid
Nokia envisage that a nanoscale mesh of
structures for technological uses. In this
fibers will allow our mobile devices to be
field, nucleic acids are used as non-biological
bent, stretched and folded into any number
engineering materials for nanotechnology
of conceivable shapes.
rather than as the carriers of genetic
Advantages of using carbon nanotubes: Social & Political issues

▪ Faster and smaller- carbon nanotubes can ▪ Creates social strife through increasing
be used to produce smaller and faster wealth gap
components.
▪ Advisability of increasing scope of the
▪ This will also result in computers that technology creates political dilemma
consume less energy.

▪ High speed and high capacity memory.

Environmental issues
▪ Allows circuits to be more accurate on the
▪ Nanopollution is created by toxic wastes
atomic level.
from nanomaterial manufacturing

▪ Enhances Global warming in the long run

Other uses
"Grey-goo"
➢ Cutting tools made of nanocrystalline
➢ It is a hypothetical situation where self
materials, such as tungsten carbide,
replicating nanobots go out of control and
tantalum carbide and titanium carbide, are
consume all matter on earth.
more wear and erosion-resistant, and last
longer than their conventional counterparts.

➢ Silver nanocrystals have been embedded in

bandages to kill bacteria and prevent
infection.

➢ Nanoparticulate-based synthetic bone

▪ Formed by manipulating calcium and

phosphate at the molecular level.

➢ Aerogels lightest known solid due to good

insulating properties is used in space suits
and are proposed to use in space craft.

IMPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

Health and safety issues

▪ Nanoparticles can cause serious illness or

damage human body.

▪ Untraceable destructive weapons of mass

destruction.
GOOGLE FORM REVIEWER 9. He invented the 18 lines of resolution called
“electric telescope”.
- Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
1. It leads to the emergence of nanotechnology

- scanning tunneling microscope

10. The following are ecological services EXCEPT:
- Climate change

2. How many nanometers are there in 1 meter?

- 1x10^9
11. It is known as the first breakthrough in
information technology.
- invention of printing
3. How many nanometers are there in 0.05 cm?
- 500,000

12. A society which promotes institutional

transformation, democratic and
4. What is the second step of genetic
developmental outlook, political, economic,
modification process?
social and cultural ideas.
- Isolation
- Knowledge Society

5. An organization that proclaimed the global

13. The following institutional are potential risks
standard of fundamental human rights for
of nanotechnology except:
universal recognition and protection.
- Agricultural issues
- United Nations
14. One of the Nanoscale Approaches which
applies the principles of molecular
6. Which of the following is NOT a purpose of recognition.
communication? - Top down
- To obscure
15. The integration of natural science and
organisms, cells, parts thereof, and
7. A biotechnological technique applied in the molecular analogues for products and
production of wine and other alcoholic services.
beverages - Biotechnology
- Fermentation
16. What Article of UDHR illustrates this case: To
extract information, the police officers had
8. Which of the following was discovered the detainees spin the wheel to determine
during the fourth computer generation? which type of beating or humiliation they
- MS Windows would receive, including “30 Second Manny
Pacman,” which involved being punched
- Article 5
17. It refers to the community of people living in 25. What is the possible human health risk of
a particular country or region, associated to Nanotechnology?
one another and having shared customs.
- Lung damage
- Society

26. One of the characteristics of new media in

18. What Article of UDHR illustrates this case: A
which communication is more private than
person is forced to work for free to pay off a
public.
debt.
- Article 4 - Interpersonal

19. The first mobile phone invented in 1983. 27. An actuated mechanism programmable in
- Motorola DynaTAC 8000x two or more axes with a degree of autonomy,
moving within its environment, to perform
intended tasks.
20. The first to be considered as a true portable
- Robot
and full-featured computer.

- Osborne 1
28. What is the size of the human hair compared
to the nanoparticles?
21. What component of Nanotechnology was
- 50-70 micrometer
used in making a bicycle component?

- Carbon Nanotube
29. A nanotechnology concept device developed
by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the
22. It refers to the study of manipulating matter University of Cambridge.
on an atomic scale.
- Morph
- Nanotechnology

30. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of

23. Which part of the country has the highest technology?
growth of the multichannel subscriptions
- Anxiety
according to the latest Kantar Media
Establishment survey.

- Central Luzon 31. It is best to treat diseases and prevent health

issues.

- Nanomedicine
24. The first to coin the term “nanotechnology”.

- Norio Taniguchi
32. It is gradually being replaced by machinery. 40. The acronym NNI is for _______.

- Manual labor - National Nanotechnology Initiative

33. The oldest products of biotechnology using 41. Which of the following is NOT a distributor
microorganism. of information?

- breads and curds - Schools

34. An ability to perform intended tasks based on 42. Which of the following is the function of a
current stage and sensing without human Professional Service Robot?
intervention.
- Rehabilitation robot
- Autonomy

43. A technique that allows genes and DNA to

35. An invention by Tim Berners-Lee as a way of be transferred from one source to another.
addressing data processing and information
- Genetic Engineering
sharing needs among scientists.

- World Wide Web

44. A tomato approved for commercial
production by the US Department of
36. Which of the following opposes Article 3 of Agriculture.
UDHR?
- Calgene’s Favr Savr
- Abortion

45. Like the other scientific principles, it

37. Which of the following defines people that provides both knowledge and instrument to
take part in an Information Society? control nature.

- Digital Citizen - Nanoworld

38. A method of modifying the characteristics of 46. Genetically Modified Organisms is also
an organism and its successors through modern known as:
technology.
- transgenic organisms
- Genetically Modified Organisms

47. The first material handling robot employed

39. Which of the following is a product of GMO? in industrial production work.

- Insulin - Unimate
48. It refers to the variety of life on earth and
the natural patterns it forms.

- Biodiversity

49. Which of the following defines Article 2 of

the UDHR?

- An Aeta was hired as a Sales Manager in a

prestigious company.

50. Census Machine was discovered in what

period of Information Age?

- Electro-Mechanical