PART THREE - Modern Scientific Issues

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Engineering Achievements in the 20th Century

Scientific and Engineering Achievements in the 21st Century

Technologies for the 21st Century

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES:

	Microelectronics
	Artificial Intelligence
	Wireless Technologies
	Virtual Reality
	Photonics
	Quantum computers
	The Internet and Convergence

TRANSPORTATION

	High Speed Rail
	Automobiles
	Space Travel

MEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

	Genomes, Proteomics and Human Gene Therapy
	Genetic Engineering of Animals and Plants
	Human Cloning
	Artificial Organs and Xenotransplantation

MACHINES, MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING

Nanotechnologies, nanomanufacturing, robotics and Self-assembly

	Non-biological Replicators, Automata, Non-biological Life
	Real Audio of Bill Joy's Concerns

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Intelligent materials

Superconductors

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Energy, Societies and Civilizations

Energy Sources:

Solar Indirect

Conventional fossil fuels

	Oil - liquid and solid, reservoirs, bitumen in sand, shale
	Coal
	Gas
	Wind
	Tides
	Hydroelectric

Solar Direct - solar panels

Nuclear

Fission

Fusion

Storage and Distribution of Energy

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

Energy Sinks

Climatic change, global warming, recycling to reduce waste energy

SCIENCE AND THE PLANET

Download the World Wildlife Fund (WLF) Living Planet Report 2002 in PDF format

Sustainability

A sustainable energy economy - recycling and reducing waste

Forests, oceans, soil, food production, species diversity, the food chain

Human survival

Fresh Water

Literacy and Education

Disease, Plagues and Drug Resistance

Cultural Earthquake Regions and Cultural Mind Sets

The Global Village

Propaganda and Truth

SOCIAL INNOVATION - THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR AND INNOVATION POLICIES

Canadian Innovation Policies and Funding Sources

NSERC, NRC,

Alberta Ingenuity (The Alberta Heritage
Foundation for Science and Engineering Research)

Alberta Informatics Centre of Research Excellence (iCORE)

International Innovation Policies

The Role of Universities in Innovation

Global Performance Measures of Successful Innovation