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Lecture 1 - Historical Perspectives - Dr. Hutchinson

History of Technology

U. S. Patent and Trademarks Office

Fire Piston Technology

Technology and Human Responsibility

Society for the History of Technology

History of Science, Technology and Medicine -

Archeology

Anthropology Course Notes - University of Georgia

Henry Ford Museum Online

World History Information

Worldwatch Institute

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Discussion of Films and Books

Books on Technology and Society

Science and Technology Home Page

Society for the History of Technology

Bibliography -History of Science and Technology

2001 - A discussion of the film

Beginner's Guide to Research in the History of Technology

Science and the Industrial Revolution

Human Nature and Technology

Unabomber Parody

Unabomber Information

Unabomber Manifesto (Washington Post)

Impact of Technology on Everything

Unabomber Manifesto (Hot Wired)

Brain Development

Human Biology Course - Leeds, U.K.

Evidence for Evolution

Field Museum of Natural History

Guided Tour Through Hunterian Museum (U.K.)

Computer-aided Skull Reconstructions

Out of Africa - Human Evolution

The Scientific Evidence for the Origin of Humankind

Fossil Man

Jury-rigged Designs in Nature

Information Resources in Primatology

Industrial Revolution - bibliography

Creating Solutions: Design/Problem Solving

Leonardo da Vinci - master inventor/artist

Lateral Thinking Problems

Puzzler's Paradise

"Lateral Thinking for Management" Edward de Bono

Lateral Thinking Questions

What is lateral thinking?

de Bono Information

National Center for Creative Thinking

World Center for New Thinking

"The Ascent of Mind" W. H. Calvin

Technology Review

Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Industrial Design School of Sweden

Centre for Design at RMIT, Victoria, Australia

London Science Museum

Consortium on Green

PROTECTING YOUR IDEA: Industrial Design

The Creativity Web Page

York University, Toronto, Canada

Creativity Cafe

Glasgow School of Art - 1995 Product Design Degree Show

Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing Lab, University of Windsor

Leonardo da Vinci Museum

Rec.humor.funny Home Page

GLOBAL IDEAS BANK

AUSTRALIAN LATERAL THINKING MALL

Lateral Thinking Problem 007

The Right Side of the Web

Creativity Home Page

Puzzlers' Paradise - Riddles, etc.

Futurism

Resources for the Future

Lecture 2 - Traditional Ethical Theories and
the New Task of Ethics
-
Dr. Winston

Ethical Decision Making

National Bioethics Advisory Board    (U.S. Government)

Applied Ethics Resources on WWW

Ethics resources on the Internet - APPE

DePaul University Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

Center for Applied Ethics

Ethics in Engineering and Science Center - MIT

Ethics Resources on the Web (DePaul University)

Science Ethic Resources on the WEB

Ethics on the World Wide Web (CSU)

AAAS Minority Perspectives on Ethics in Science and Technology

MedWeb Bioethics References

MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics (University of Chicago)

Center for Bioethics (Univ of Penn)

Ethics on the World Wide Web

Science Ethic Resources on the WEB


Lecture 3 - Social Perspectives - Dr. Steinberg

The Politics of Technological Change

Public Citizen Home Page

Sweatshop Info -

Stop Sweatshops Campaign (National Commumers League)

Sweatshop Links

Sweatshop Watch

Natural Law Party

Human Rights Watch

Witness for Peace - action group

Public Citizen Group

National Resources Defense Council

Sierra Club

PIRG - Public Information Research Groups

Cleaning Up New Jersey's Polluting Power Plants - PIRG

Legislative Score-card - Environmental Issues - PIRG

The Twentieth Century Fund

JK Kennedy School of Governmet (Government and Politics) Harvard University

The Carter Center for Public Policy

The Brookings Center for Public Policy Education

The Public Policy Institute of New York, Inc.

Public Policy Web Sites

Lead or Leave Home Page

Interest Groups - Yahoo Index

World Citizen Web

Center for Living Democracy

NJ State Government

NJ Home Page

Virtual White House Home Page

U. S. House of Representatives

Worksite Home Page

Gov Technology Policy

Internet Public Library

Fear of Technology

Journal of the Society for the History of Technology

Why Things Bite Back - Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences

Rediscovering the Future, Edward Tenner

Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing, Henry Petroski

Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World, Kevin Kelly

Feminism and the Technological Fix, Carol Stabile

Questioning Technology: Tool, Toy or Tyrant, Zerzan and Carnes

Technology: Stepping into the 21st Century, S. Sampath

Essay on the Unabomber ( TCNJ student's thoughts on issue )

Lecture 4 - Computers and Information Technology - Dr. Flynn

Privacy and Technology  Gary Marx, University of Colorado at Bolder

An Ethics For The New Surveillance  Gary Marx, University of Colorado at Bolder

Institute for Global Communications ( IGC )

Freedom of Information Clearinghouse

Privacy International

Privacy NOW Campaign

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Americans for Computer Privacy

Race, Class and Cyberspace

Electronic Privacy Information Center

First Computer "ENIAC" Home Page

Pretty Good Privacy Site (MIT)


Lecture 5 - Biotechnology - Dr. Rice

Biotechnology

Genetic Engineering (Turning Point Project)

Genetic Engineering Related Organizations

Genetic Engineering Gone Mad

Safe Food Web Page

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Biotechnology Information Resource

Biotechnology Center - Univ. of Wisconsin

Tutorial on Genetically Engineered Foods

Campaign to Ban Genetically Engineer Food

Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods

Center for Bioethics ( Univ. of Penn )

National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics ( Georgetown University)

National Bioethics Advisory Board    (U.S. Government)

Biotechnology Dictionary

Biotechnology - Overview and History

Selling DNA Data

Institute for Genomic Research

Xenotransplants (Church of Scotland position paper)

Biotechnology Myths (one person's opinion)

What is Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering?

Patenting Human Genes

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Science Ethics Centers and Programs

Transgenic Mice - easy reading and lots of information!

Life Science Homepage


Lecture 6 - Work and the Global Economy   - Dr. Edelbach

Work and the Global Economy

Rebuilding Bridges: The New Connection 
     between Students & Labor

Globalization and the Environment  (American Lands Alliance)

Economic Globalization  (Turning Point Project)

Global Trade Watch (Public Citizen)  (Oct 21, 1999)  

A Citizen's Guide to the WTO  (Oct 21, 1999)

Global Trade Agreements Reveal True Character 
      of New World Order

WTO and MAI Information  (Oct 21, 1999)

International Opposition to MAI  (Oct 21, 1999)

International Supporters of MAI (Oct 21, 1999)

Economic Information & Data - The Dismal Scientist   (Mar 29, 1999)

World Economic Forum (Davos) Jan/Feb 1999

G-7 Leaders' Statement (Oct, 1998)

G-15 Summit Level Group of Developing Countries

Corporation Watch

World Bank

Venture Capital Market Place

International Monetary Fund

UUs For A Just Economic Community

Industry Watch   (Infoseek)

Human Rights Watch

UNICEF - Child Labor

North American Free Trade Treaty (NAFTA) Information

National Consumer League

Nasty NAFTA

Global Trade Watch (Public Citizen)

Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

AFL/CIO Statement on MAI

MAI and Human Rights

Labor Net

Keeping the Rabble in Line

Corporate Investments in Workers

Human Rights Conditions on China's MFN Status?

LaborNet - worldwide labor information

International Labour Organization

Human Rights for Workers

Human Rights in the Working World

Human Rights Watch organization

Executive Pay-watch (AFT-CIO)

Electronic Policy Network HP

"The System Must Change" Lester Thurow

"Reclaiming Prosperity" Lester Thurow

The Hidden Negative Impact of Unemployment - Lester Thurow

Amnesty International

Human Rights in China

Labor Net - Union Information

Disgruntled Worker's Page

Workers International

Workforce New Jersey - Jobs and Labor Information

Lecture 7 - Population and Environmental Policy - Dr. Rockel

Reproductive Technology

Six Billion and Beyond Organization

Human Genome Project   - U.S. Government Site

Genetics Institute

Woman and Social Progress

Planned Parenthood Web Page

Human Genome Project

National Human Genome Research Institute

Ethical Issues of the HGP

National Center for Biotechnology Information

A Map of the Human Genome

The Human Population Growth -  Impact on Food Supply and Health

Zero Population Growth

World Bank - Population Issues

Paul Ehrlich and the Population Bomb

U. S. Population Clock

World Population Clock

Population

Institute for Suitable Development

World Government Site

The Earth Times

Population Research Center, Princeton Univ

Green Crossroads International

Social Science - Population

Population Page

Energy Issues

Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory - Home Page

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
     Environmental Energy Technologies Division

Critical Mass Energy Project

Energy Quest (general info about energy)

Wind Power Monthly 

Danish Windpower Manufacturers

World Watch Press Release on Wind Power

Geothermal Power Information

Clean Geothermal Power

Environmental Quality

Environmental Research Foundation

Resources for the Future

American Lands Alliance

World Watch Organization

World Trade and the Environment

MAI and the Environment

Corporations and Climate Change

Do We Consume Too Much?

Rainforest Action Network

Environmental Virtual Library

Basic Liberal Rights - The Right to Environment

Ethics and the Environment - NSF

International Society for Environmental Ethics

Environment Technical Information Project

Earth Site & Earth Magna Charta

Environmental Virtual Library

Basic Liberal Rights - The Right to Environment

Ethics and the Environment - NSF

International Society for Environmental Ethics

National Environmental Trust

National Association of Manufacturers - anti regulation positions

Links to other useful places:

Hiroshima Links

PBS National

WHYY TV - Channel 12 - PBS

Library of Congress Home Page

Virtual Reference Desk

CNN - Technology News Main Page

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