Global technology
Subtitle: changes and implications : summary of a forum
By: prepared by Steve Olson for the National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies
Contributors: National Academy of Engineering (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
ISBN-13: 9780309185042
Subjects: Forecasting; Engineering; Technological innovations; Economic aspects; Globalization; Technology and state
Description: "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" --