Month: September 2022

BOLD THINKER. Ayesha Khanna, founder and director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, focused on the co-evolution of humans and technology. She is a Faculty Advisor at Singularity University (a university in Silicon Valley focused on a future when machines outsmart humans), on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lifeboat FDN and directs the Future Cities group at the London School of Economics. Khanna discusses the Hybrid Age. " " http://lnkd.in/ds9_Spn View in LinkedIn

TECHNOLOGY PLUS BIOLOGY IN MED. "The multiple biometric devices -- measuring our blood pressure, heart rate, sleep patterns -- that are beginning to take over, are just the first step. Soon we could have sensor-enabled biomedical pills that we swallow and which send us emails. Human machine integrations will be so deep that we will become like cyborgs -- beings that are both biological and artificial."" " http://lnkd.in/ds9_Spn View in LinkedIn

INNOVATION ELITE. "The Hybrid Age is being led by elites. Certain technologies are very expensive and give people undue advantages. Cognitive enhancers are ...already being used by soldiers and being further developed in academia. The internet of things and smart cities will be the next big tech wave after the current social media boom that we are going through right now."" " http://lnkd.in/ds9_Spn View in LinkedIn

TECHNOLOGY FUTURE. "China's most recent five-year plan...The plan commits $1 trillion (£640 billion) to strategic sectors such as biotech, nanotech, alternative energy and robotics. This means not only technology acquisition but also commercialisation and strategic leverage. You don't have to invent to innovate and capitalise."" " http://lnkd.in/dCY5_xy View in LinkedIn

CHINA'S ACCELERATED INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. "In the past 30 years...China has undergone the fastest Industrial Revolution in history, and is set to be the dominant global economic force within decades. Yet as China catches up with and overtakes the West as an economic and political powerhouse, will its scientific achievements keep pace? Chine once led the West technologically."" " http://lnkd.in/dXjYFYd View in LinkedIn

RISE OF CHINA AS A SCIENTIFIC NATION. "China has become a higher education powerhouse, turning out more Ph.D. graduates than the UK annually since 2002 and closing on the US. Perhaps a more immediate indicator of the scientific might of China is the size of the Chinese R&D workforce, which by 2007 already stood at 1.2 million people, exceeding that of the entire EU-27 grouping and poised to overtake the US."" " http://lnkd.in/dXjYFYd View in LinkedIn

CHINA'S INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY. "Between 2000 and 2008 Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development (GERD) rose by an average of 22.8% annually which increased the share of GERD to GDP from 0.9% to 1.54%. China aims to increase this to 2.5% by 2020. In 2008 82.76% went to experimental development, 12.46% to applied research, and 4.78% to basic research."" " http://lnkd.in/d5rNgHS View in LinkedIn

CHINA'S INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY. "Between 2000 and 2008 Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development (GERD) rose by an average of 22.8% annually which increased the share of GERD to GDP from 0.9% to 1.54%. China aims to increase this to 2.5% by 2020. In 2008 82.76% went to experimental development, 12.46% to applied research, and 4.78% to basic research."" " http://lnkd.in/d5rNgHS View in LinkedIn

CHINA'S SCIENTIFIC ASCENDANCY. "In terms of research output, China has shown remarkable growth. The number of articles appearing in the international literature — the most commonly-used indicator of research productivity — has risen exponentially in recent years."" " http://lnkd.in/dXjYFYd View in LinkedIn

CHINESE PATENTS are now tailing the US and rising fast, in part due to government incentives for companies to file IP (what a great idea) and the acknowledged strength of Chinese scientists to incrementally improve an existing technology rather than innovate more creatively. " " http://lnkd.in/dqaqrfU View in LinkedIn