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1 online resource (xxiii, 69 pages) : illustrations. |
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data file |
| Series |
Rand MR series ; MR-1307-NIC.
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| Bibliography |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Technological innovations.
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Technological innovations. |
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Technology and state.
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Technology and state. |
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Information technology.
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Information technology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Forecasts.
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| Added Author |
Silberglitt, R. S. (Richard S.)
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Schneider, James, 1972-
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access. JSTOR |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Anton, Philip S. Global technology revolution. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001 (DLC) 01016075 |
| ISBN |
083303247X (electronic book) |
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9780833032478 (electronic book) |
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0833029495 |
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9780833029492 |
| Report No. |
RAND/MR-1307-NIC |
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