Impacts of Digital Technology (Cars, cloud, shopping)

Where someone has used technology to break a law

• Legal Impact

• Ethical Impact

Where someone has used technology in a way that is considered wrong or unfair

• Legal Impact

• Ethical Impact

If a car can travel to a destination without human interference, what is it?

• Artificial Intelligence

• Driverless Car

• Internet of Things

• Drone

Select all benefits of using driverless cars

• Greater safety as most accidents are due to human error

• Those who are unable to drive due to disability are able to use a car for transport

• Possible to perform other activities such as sleeping, reading or working whilst driving

• It is impossible to have an accident due to the technology involved

Select all drawbacks of using driverless cars

• Technology could be hacked to affect operations such as the brakes, speed controls and destination

• Poor weather conditions could affect responsiveness of sensors and other technology

• Will make logical rather than empathetic decisions, such as whether to swerve to avoid a child or not

• It is impossible for them to pass every safety test

A driverless car is more likely to drive more economically and have less impact on the environment than a human driver

• True

• False

Driverless cars could use sensors and awareness of other cars to reduce traffic congestion and reduce emissions and air pollution

• True

• False

A driverless car would not share your current location or final destination with other surrounding driverless cars

• True

• False

Driverless cars would not involve the user having to input any personal data

• True

• False

Select all benefits of using cloud computing

• Files can be accessed from any location with an Internet location

• Users can access software not installed on their home computers

• Can use the processing power of a remote machine for large jobs such as graphic rendering or video editing

• It is free to use