PART THREE - Modern Scientific Issues

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Engineering Achievements in the 20th Century - disabled

Scientific and Engineering Achievements in the 21st Century

Technologies for the 21st Century - disabled

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES:

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

TRANSPORTATION

	High Speed Rail - disabled
	Automobiles - disabled
	Space Travel - disabled

MEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

MACHINES, MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING

Nanotechnologies, nanomanufacturing, robotics and Self-assembly - disabled

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

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) - disabled

Intelligent materials - disabled

Superconductors - disabled

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Energy, Societies and Civilizations - disabled

Energy Sources: - disabled

Solar Indirect - disabled

Conventional fossil fuels - disabled

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

Solar Direct - solar panels - disabled

Nuclear - disabled

Fission - disabled

Fusion - disabled

Storage and Distribution of Energy - disabled

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells - disabled

Energy Sinks - disabled

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 - disabled

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