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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

NEW ERA. "Every few centuries mankind makes certain advances that come to define a new era. While we are now living in the Information Age, we are on the verge of a rapid transition into a period that will see many different scientific disciplines such as biomechantronics and synthetic neurobiology merge with each other. The call this the “Hybrid Age.” Humans are now "a template for technology, Both the physical incorporation or biological, but also the psychological."" " http://lnkd.in/d3avsCs 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

PACE OF CHANGE. "the Tofflers anticipated many trends and disruptive forces that are now "in full bloom": the crisis of industrialism, demise of the nuclear family, proliferation of private armies, information overload, and the centrality of cities in global governance, and the DIY revolution. Their most prescient insight, however, was the Tofflers' observation about the pace of change."" " http://lnkd.in/d3avsCs 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

HYBRID REALITY. "Parag and Ayesha Khanna's new book Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization is bursting with big ideas, but the most fundamental concept is what the authors call 'the Hybrid Age.' The Khannas take their cue from Alvin and Heidi Toffler and their book Future Shock that was published at the dawn of the information age in 1970."" " http://lnkd.in/d3avsCs 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

THE HYBRID AGE. "Ayesha & Parag Khanna discuss the main characteristics of the Hybrid Age...the notion of human-technology co-evolution and the framework of geo-technology for interpreting historical change.... social robotics, the virtual economy, and smart cities. They present numerous scenarios for social, economic and geopolitical disruptions that might occur in the coming decades."" " http://lnkd.in/dmAuzTW 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 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