Thursday, March 24, 2011

e-voting for IB Politics and government

Some European countries are experimenting with e-voting, which allows voters to cast their votes via electronic voting machines or from their PC’s

  1. Identify two items of information that a home user would need to have in order to vote using a computer from home [2 marks]
  2. Explain the purpose of one item of hardware and one item of software that would be required in addition to a PC for online voting
    [4 marks]
  3. Describe two reasons why the result of an election that included e-voting may not be trusted [4 marks]
  4. Discuss three advantages of e-voting. Evaluate your arguments [10 marks]

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

EHR Medical Systems



  1. Define an EHR system? [2 marks]

  2. Explain two ways an EHR system benefit society? [4 marks]

  3. Explain two of the reasons why EHR's are not yet widely used. [4 marks]

  4. Discuss three social or ethical concerns people have with EHR? [10 marks]
Diagnostic and therapeutic tools: robotic surgery, prosthetic devices, diagnostic software, drug development and marketing

Use the links to answer the questions provided:
An interesting comment on the History of Medical Technology
How Robotic Surgery Will Work
Robots Lend a Helping Hand to Surgeons
Using Brain Signals to Control Prosthetic Devices
Advances in Prosthetic Devices Offer Increased Freedom for Amputees
Computer Diagnosis
Computer assisted drug development
In silico testing of drugs