Baldev Singh Global trends in technology implications for STEM
There is a crisis! Globalisation and the future economic prosperity
Some facts!
Population World Map
Slide 7 BLOODHOUND-Breaking the land speed record 1000 MPH
Slide 8 Technology clusters where STEM is making an impact Intelligence built into environments (biometrics, sensor networks) Bespoke material design (3D printing/fabrication) Energy (fisson, fusion, hydrogen) Display technologies (brain-computer interface) Materials (nano materials) Energy scavenging (smart materials) Computer-brain interface Next generation healthy foods (agriculture technologies) Synthetic biology (genomics) Tailored medicine (scanning) Robotics (modelling human behaviour)
The rules are changing From: The Next Silicon Valley Leadership Group – Innovation & Competition