Research Project - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: ant907
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 24, 2014, 12:32:20 pm
content: At school i am currently starting my research project for year 12. I want to do a topic in the broad fields of Technology.I have got a few topic ideas in mind such asWhat will be the next alternative to silicon?How Robots will be used and included in future society.What will technology be like 100 years from now?Does anyone have any suggestions for a topic?

author: daqq
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2014, 01:16:03 pm
content: There's a lot of info on Why solar roadways are not feasibleThe one about silicon sounds nice. The Future of power generation (solar, fusion, thorium fission...) might be interesting. Minor energy harvesting and potential applications are interesting as well.

author: FreudianSip
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2014, 01:24:39 pm
content: You could do something about driverless cars/assisted cruise control... It's a very hot topic right now and you could explain some of the technology that is already implemented and how it works (lane assist, follow 5 seconds behind next car), the technology that is being developed, and even the legal environment around autonomous cars too.

author: KSP
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 24, 2014, 02:02:19 pm
content: How robots will start a new world order... It's gonna heppen, it's just a case of when. Seriously, robots have been able to play chess for ages, so how long til one uses that arm to pick up a machine gun?So basically... I pick robots. Always an interesting topic

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 06:55:03 am
content: The hot topic on research is "Graphene" although there might be a lot of hype about it , it's a subject that has a lot of applications and it's considered as the next big thing.It's lliteraly just carbon making a single atom sheet, like a carbon nanotube cut and unfolded, or a single layer of graphite.Extremly conductive, not a semiconductor but researches have figured out ways to make switches with it by new approaches. Has photovoltaic properties, you can make small super caps with it.Graphene oxide (oxidized version of graphene) can be "dryed" up with some lasers and you can print graphene on it, literaly printing super caps and other circuits. Research is too young still but there are a lot of patents being done and a lot of research as well.Nobel prize discovery by simply extracting graphene from graphite using scotch tape to remove several layers, then keep pealing out more layers with more scotch tape until you end up with a one atom thick layer of graphite and that is graphene.

author: ant907
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 12:07:13 pm
content: Im not sure i want to do anything on renewable energy, but I really like the graphene topic or maybe even the robotics taking over the world, I don't know yet have to decide.thank you for the replies.

author: katzohki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 08:54:42 pm
content: I have two suggestions1) look into magnetostrictive and other exotic materials2) A study into the history of and future of semiconductor device fabrication. 10nm technology is expected for 2016. What does that mean for the future of miniaturization of CPUs? Here's a start:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication

author: bwat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 25, 2014, 09:31:56 pm
content: Whatever you do don't play it safe. Go big and make a splash. Also, work on something you enjoy and it wont seem so much like work. This kid had the right idea:http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-26450512.