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Author Anto⁺ѓn, Philip S.

Title The global technology revolution : bio/nano/materials trends and their synergies with information technology by 2015 / Philip S. Anto⁺ѓn, Richard Silberglitt, James Schneider.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.

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Descript 1 online resource (xxiii, 69 pages) : illustrations
Series Rand MR series ; MR-1307-NIC.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Beyond the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the past, a global technology revolution is currently changing the world. This book discusses the broad multidisciplinary and synergistic trends in this revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated computation devices, and integrated microsystems. The revolution's effects on human health may be the most startling as breakthroughs improve both the quality and length of human life. Biotechnology will also enable us to identify, understand, manipulate, improve, and control living organisms (including ourselves). Information technology is already revolutionizing our lives, especially in the developed world, and is a major enabler of other trends. Materials technology will produce products, components, and systems that are smaller, smarter, multifunctional, environmentally compatible, more survivable, and customizable. In addition, smart materials, agile manufacturing, and nanotechnology will change the way we produce devices and improve their capabilities. The technology revolution will not be uniform in its effect across the globe but will play out differently depending on its acceptance, investment, and a variety of issues such as bioethics, privacy, economic disparity, cultural invasion, and social reactions. There will be no turning back, however, since some societies will avail themselves of the revolution, and globalization will thus change the environment in which each society lives.
Contents Introduction -- Technology Trends -- Discussion.
Note English.
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Marc 245-00/(Q The global technology revolution : bio/nano/materials trends and their synergies with information technology by 2015 / Philip S. Antóѓð₃أn, Richard Silberglitt, James Schneider.
Subject Technological innovations.
Technology and state.
Information technology.
Forecasting.
Science and state.
Electronic data processing.
2015
Forecasting
Information Technology
Technology -- trends
Technology Assessment, Biomedical -- trends
Information Science -- trends
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Technology -- General.
information technology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Science and state. (OCoLC)fst01108536
Forecasting. (OCoLC)fst00931721
Information technology. (OCoLC)fst00973089
Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst01145002
Technology and state. (OCoLC)fst01145265
Electronic data processing. (OCoLC)fst00906956
Werkstoffforschung
Informationstechnik
Globalisierung
Nanotechnologie
Biotechnologie
Alt Author Silberglitt, R. S. (Richard S.)
Schneider, James, 1972-
ISBN 083303247X (electronic bk.)
9780833032478 (electronic bk.)
0833029495
9780833029492