SCEN103 11/21 Group Exercise

• At the end of the previous class we considered the positive aspects of transistors; that is, how they helped you get to class. Today consider the "down side" of transistors in our society...
• Describe some negative aspects of our lives that might be avoided if the transistor had NOT been invented.

Purple Umbrella

1. Radiation from microwaves would not exist.
2. Some traffic lights are very long.
3. Computers would not work.
4. Alarm clocks take away excuses.
5. T.V.s take away from studying and playing outside.
6. Some students wouldn't have anything to do all day (such as videogames and computer hacking).

Blue Hens

1. Wakes me up when I don't want to!
2. Less privacy (cell phones, beepers, Internet)
3. No movies, radio, TV, VCR, entertainment
4. Night clubs would suck (good thing?)
5. Transistors make us lazy!!
6. Video phone (See #2)
7. We would not have radar detectors - more tickets
8. Our $100 bill would not be ugly - no security thread
9. Entertainment overload (See #3)
10. Tracking devices
11. Holographs
12. Web pages would suck
13. Shoe designs