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Option 1

 * Article title
 * Technocracy movement


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article on the technocratic movement uses a lot of reliable sources, most of which being passages from scholarly articles and books. However, some sources, like the PDF files, are unable to load for viewing.


 * Sources
 * . Edwin T. Layton. Book review: The Technocrats, Prophets of Automation, Technology and Culture, Vol. 9, No. 2 (April, 1968), pp. 256-257. Peter J. Taylor. Technocratic Optimism, H.T. Odum, and the Partial Transformation of Ecological Metaphor after World War II Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 21, No. 2, June 1988, p. 213. "Technocracy Fonds". ualberta.ca. University of Alberta. Retrieved April 20, 2022.  Encyclopedia Canadiana, 1968 edition, pp. 29  "TrendEvents" (PDF). Ferndale, WA, USA: Technocracy, Inc. December 31, 2013. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 29 March 2020.  Beverly H. Burris (1993). Technocracy at work State University of New York Press, p. 28.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, pp. ix-xiii and p. 110.  Beverly H. Burris (1993). Technocracy at work State University of New York Press, p. 30.  Beverly H. Burris (1993). Technocracy at work State University of New York Press, p. 32.  Frank Fischer (1990). Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise, Sage Publications, p. 86.  Nelson, Daniel; Akin, William E. (March 1978). "Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocrat Movement, 1900-1941". Reviews in American History. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 6 (1): 104. doi:10.2307/2701484. JSTOR 2701484.  Wythoff, Grant (August 17, 2018). "Silicon Valley's attempts to self-police are anti-democratic. They're also not new". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 May 2022. "Grant Wythoff is a visiting fellow with the Center for Humanities and Information at Pennsylvania State University."  Elsner, Jr., Henry (1967). The Technocrats: Prophets of Automation. Syracuse University.  Donald R. Stabile, Veblen and the Political Economy of the Engineer: the radical thinker and engineering leaders came to technocratic ideas at the same time, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol, 45, No. 1, 1986, pp. 43-44.  Janet Knoedler and Anne Mayhew. Thorstein Veblen and the Engineers: A Reinterpretation History of Political Economy 1999 Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 255-272.  Frank Fischer (1990). Technocracy and the Politics of Expertise, Sage Publications, p. 84.  Barry Jones (1995, fourth edition). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work, Oxford University Press, p. 214.  Raymond, Allen (1933). What is Technocracy? | McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., LTD.  Akin, William E. (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocrat Movement, 1900-1941. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03110-5 .  "Howard Scott". Encyclopædia Britannica.  "Questioning of M. King Hubbert, Division of Supply and Resources, before the Board of Economic Warfare" (PDF). 1943-04-14. Retrieved 2008-05-04.p8-9 (p18-9 of PDF)  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, p. 37.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, pp. 61-62.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, p. ix.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, p. 96.  Jack Salzman (1986). American studies: an annotated bibliography, Volume 2 p. 1596.  Howard P. Segal (2005). Technological Utopianism in American Culture Syracuse University Press, p. 123.  Harold Loeb (1933). Life in a technocracy: what it might be like p. xv.  Howard P. Segal (2005). American studies: an annotated bibliography, Volume 2 p. 1596.  David E. Nye (1992). Electrifying America: social meanings of a new technology, 1880-1940 pp. 343-344.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, p. 101.  "Technocracy Incorporated". technocracy.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2001.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, p. 88.  William E. Akin (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream: The Technocracy Movement 1900-1941, University of California Press, p. 150.  Harold Loeb and Howard P. Segal (1996). Life in a technocracy: what it might be like p. xv.  David Adair (1967). The Technocrats 1919-1967: A Case Study of Conflict and Change in a Social Movement  David Adair (1967). The Technocrats 1919-1967: A Case Study of Conflict and Change in a Social Movement p. 101.  David Adair (1967). The Technocrats 1919-1967: A Case Study of Conflict and Change in a Social Movement p. 103.  David Adair (1967). The Technocrats 1919-1967: A Case Study of Conflict and Change in a Social Movement p. 111.  "Technocracy Inc".  "The Technocrat - Vol. 3 - No. 4 - September 1937". September 29, 1937 – via Internet Archive.  Henry Elsner, The Technocrats : Prophets of Automation, Syracuse University Press, 1967  Renneberg, Monika; Walker, Mark (25 September 2003). Science, Technology, and National Socialism. ISBN 9780521528603 .  Graham, Loren R. (1993). Science in Russia and the Soviet Union. ISBN 9780521287890 .  Zenovia Sochor: Revolution and Culture:The Bogdanov-Lenin Controversy, Cornell University Press 1988  "Bogdanov, technocracy and socialism". worldsocialism.org. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2009-11-10.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Robotic arm


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article revolves around the types of robotic arms that are created and used throughout the world. It's information is backed up with papers and archived documents by scientific and tech professionals, with a Technical Manual by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration being the first noted resources. Though cited sources are limited when compared to the previous entry, it is made for listed categories of robot arms that linked to their own pages.


 * Sources
 * OSHA Technical Manual Paper on Space Robotics, pg 9 "Robot Arm and Computer Vision". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 29 July 2016.  "MeArm Open Source Robot Arm (source files)". Retrieved 21 June 2016.  IEEE Xplore:The Canadarm grasps this boom and can position it in the necessary positions to permit a complete inspection  "Curiosity Rover - Arm and Hand". JPL. NASA. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  Jandura, Louise. "Mars Science Laboratory Sample Acquisition, Sample Processing and Handling: Subsystem Design and Test Challenges" (PDF). JPL. NASA. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  "Curiosity Stretches its Arm". JPL. NASA. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  Billing, Rius; Fleischner, Richard (2011). "Mars Science Laboratory Robotic Arm" (PDF). 15th European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-21.  Hille, Karl (2018-11-16). "OSIRIS-REx is Prepared to TAG an Asteroid". NASA. Retrieved 2018-12-15.  "About the Lander | Spacecraft".  Carvalho, Matheus C.; Eyre, Bradley D. (2013-12-01). "A low cost, easy to build, portable, and universal autosampler for liquids". Methods in Oceanography. 8: 23–32. doi:10.1016/j.mio.2014.06.001.  McMorran, Darren; Chung, Dwayne Chung Kim; Li, Jonathan; Muradoglu, Murat; Liew, Oi Wah; Ng, Tuck Wah (2016-02-16). "Adapting a Low-Cost Selective Compliant Articulated Robotic Arm for Spillage Avoidance". Journal of Laboratory Automation. 21 (6): 799–805. doi:10.1177/2211068216630742. ISSN 2211-0682. PMID 26882923 .  Staff (Sandia National Labs) (August 16, 2012), "Life-like, cost-effective robotic hand can disable IEDs", R&D Magazine, rdmag.com, retrieved September 13, 2012  Sharma, Ankit; Noel, Mathew Mithra (2012-08-01). "Design of a low-cost five-finger anthropomorphic robotic arm with nine degrees of freedom". Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 28 (4): 551–558. doi:10.1016/j.rcim.2012.01.001. ISSN 0736-5845.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Tesla Bot


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article discusses the Tesla Bot developed by the eponymous company. The information that is presented on this page is relatively scarce, mainly due to it mildly important and recent event.  Because of this, the page would not possess much sources from sole scholars that specialize in technology, but rather relies on articles from general news publishers like the Washington Post and the Verge.  Not only that, but some writers of these articles, such as James Vincent of the Verge, seem to be taking sides instead of using neutral ground with the information that was provided.  James seems to not only do this by citing Carl Berry, a lecturer who is against the idea, but it is also suggested through the title of the article itself, "Don’t overthink it: Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot is a joke."


 * Sources
 * "Tesla says it is building a 'friendly' robot that will perform menial tasks, won't fight back". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-08-20. Leswing, Kif (2021-08-20). "Elon Musk says Tesla will build a humanoid robot prototype by next year". CNBC. Retrieved 2021-08-20. Shead, Sam (2022-04-08). "Elon Musk says production of Tesla's robot could start next year, but A.I. experts have their doubts". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-04-08.  Will the Optimus prototype look the same (or at least very similar) to the display model at the Giga Texas opening?, retrieved 18 June 2022  "Tesla Bot: AI-controlled humanoid robot revealed". Motor Authority. Retrieved 2021-08-20.  "Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2021-08-27.  Hull, Dana (August 19, 2021). "Elon Musk Unveils Humanoid Robot to Take Over 'Boring' Work". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.  O'Kane, Sean (2021-08-19). "Elon Musk says Tesla is working on humanoid robots". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-08-20.  Vincent, James (2021-08-20). "Don't overthink it: Elon Musk's Tesla Bot is a joke". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-08-20.