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Presents case studies that highlight the role of ethics and character in the design and development of technological systems. Application of technology into the practice of medicine; Ethical issues in biotechnology; Background on the development of breeder reactors.

Presents instructional activities that could be integrated the study of different technological innovations. Medical technologies; Biotechnologies; Energy development and power resources.

This article focuses on how the feud between rival loyalist paramilitary groups in Protestant Belfast is putting pressure on children to choose sides. Children's Express is a charity group with a two-fold mission: to give young people a voice, to get their views into arenas where they can actually influence policy-makers and opinion formers, so that adults will begin to believe that children can make a vital contribution to their lives. It operates like a news agency, delivering articles and broadcasts produced by teams of young people aged 8-18 to mainstream national, regional and local media. In the process Children's Express is also training young people, helping them to develop skills and levels of confidence which allow them to achieve things--like being taken seriously by a newspaper, magazine or broadcaster--that they never believed might be possible. Children's Express's mission is to give young people the power and means to express themselves publicly on vital issues that affect them, and in the process to raise their self-esteem and develop their potential.