21st Century Technologies : Promises and Perils of a Dynamic Future

21st Century Technologies Promises and Perils of a Dynamic Future

The next few decades hold the prospect of remarkable progress in a wide range of pervasive technologies that are likely to have a profound effect on how we live, work, and spend our leisure time. These technologies are set to revolutionise the worlds of medicine, agriculture, travel, retailing...so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 1998.
Materias:
Science and Technology
Economics
Technological forecasting > Forecasts > Congresses.
Twenty-first century > Social aspects > Congresses.
Technology > Congresses.
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Technology - General
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705156406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Promises and Perils of 21st Century Technology: An Overview of the Issues by Riel Miller, Wolfgang Michalski and Barrie Stevens
  • The Next Twenty-five Years of Technology: Opportunities and Risks by Joseph Coates
  • Faster, Connected, Smarter by Hervé Gallaire
  • Biotechnology for the 21st Century by Werner Arber and Mathis Brauchbar
  • Technological Development and Organisational Change: Differing Patterns of Innovation by Meinolf Dierkes, Jeanette Hofmann and Lutz Marz
  • Enabling Macro Conditions for Realising Technology's Potential by Emilio Fontela
  • Global Possibilities: Technology and Planet-wide Challenges by Luc Soete

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