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Global technology : changes and implications : summary of a forum / prepared by Steve Olson for the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies

Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 35 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Olson, Steve, 1956-, Vest, Charles M., and National Academy of Engineering
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Perspectives on global technology. Engineering for the other 90 percent -- Global expansion of the research workforce -- The global youth movement in technology -- The one laptop per child revolution -- The coming era of systems thinking -- Erasing the boundaries of space and time -- Becoming a global leader. Charting a path into the future. Strategies for innovation -- Avenues of communication -- Integrating social and technological systems -- Bandwidth as a factor in competition -- Changing the nature of engineering -- Women in engineering -- The global engineer.
Summary
"In the first half of the forum, each panelist explored a specific dimension of the global spread of technology. The topics varied widely, from reducing poverty to the impact of young people on technology to the need for systems thinking in engineering. But all seven presenters foresaw a world in which engineering will be fundamentally different from what it has been. In the second half of the forum, the panelists discussed a variety of issues raised by moderator Charles Vest and by forum attendees"--Publisher's web site.
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ISBN
9780309185059 (electronic bk.)
030918505X (electronic bk.)
9780309185042 (pbk.)
0309185041 (pbk.)
0309305659
9780309305655
1283019213
9781283019217
9786613019219
6613019216
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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