Computer Science Question

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ITMG481 Week 8 Assignment (3% of Grade)
APUS/Yocam
Lesson 8 Review: Bioethical Issues
The purpose of this activity is to reinforce what you have learned so far about bioethical issues.
1. What is “technological convergence” in the context of cybertechnology? (Minimum word count: 60)
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2. Why do some converging technologies raise special ethical and social issues? (Minimum word count:
60)
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3. Describe key aspects of pervasive (or ubiquitous) computing. How is it different from conventional or
traditional computing? (Minimum word count: 60)
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4. What is bioinformatics, and how is it different from computational genomics? (Minimum word count:
60)
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5. Identify three kinds of ethical issues associated with bioinformatics. (Minimum word count: 60)
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6. How does the practice of storing personal genetic data in privately owned computer databases raise
issues affecting information ownership and property-rights? (Minimum word count: 60)
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7. What is machine ethics? (Minimum word count: 60)
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8. What is nanotechnology? (Minimum word count: 60)
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9. What are nanocomputers? (Minimum word count: 60)
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10. What kinds of ethical challenges do research in nanotechnology and nanocomputing pose?
(Minimum word count: 60)
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