Another issue discussed is ways in which the wealth of a nation will be determined. Up to this point in time, wealth has been determined by natural resources. Countries that do not contain the resources society deems valuable were not able to collect great wealth. A new commodity, technology, may now determine the wealth and power. A list compiled in 1990 by Japan's Minister of International Trade and Industry includes: microelectronics, biotechnology, new material science industries, telecommunications, civilian aircraft manufacturing, machine tools and robots, and computers (hardware and software) (pg 13) as resources needed to insure wealth and power in the next century. It is pointed out that the entire list includes development derived from the quantum, computer, and DNA revolutions (pg 13). A country that has not been able to accumulate wealth and power in the past may obtain both in the future by relying on the human resources found through the ways humans utilize technology.
One can best analyze the issues discussed in the book Visions by first discussing the history of technology and looking toward the three time frames discussed in the book. "Clearly we are on the threshold of yet another revolution. Human knowledge is doubling every ten years. In the past decade, more scientific knowledge has been created than in all of human history. Computer power is doubling every eighteen months. The Internet is doubling every year. The number of DNA sequences we can analyze is doubled every two years (Michio, pg 4)." What were the beginnings of the revolution stated above? How can the information be documented? First one must turn to the discovering of the quantum theory. The quantum theory, discovered in 1925 mainly by Erwin Schrodinger and Werner Heisenberg explained matter. It stated that energy was not continuous, and subatomic particles have an equation which can be used in a laboratory to predict properties.
Author of the novel Science of the Impossible, Michio Kaku, describes how technologies such as force fields could completely change the way civilization exists. ... The research on just this one example has been long and tedious, as Michio Kaku describes, the research for force fields initiated in the nineteenth century and continues to not be completed. ...
"Global warming is controversial, of course, but the controversy is mainly over whether human activity is driving it" (Kaku). What Michio Kaku is trying to say is that we are still not completely sure if global warming is completely a man made phenomenon. ...
The worlds of marble and wood left me feeling stranded halfway through a long tunnel. Trying to grasp the concepts of higher dimensions left me feeling more like a coy out of water than one still trapped in the pond. The concepts discussed in "Part 1: Entering the Fifth Dimension,"" in Hyperspace,...
"By studying a tiny strand of fiber, we cannot possibly understand an entire tapestry," (Kaku 321). ... "The Schrodinger's cat paradox shows that they have simply chosen to ignore the deeper, philosophical questions," (Kaku 320). ... (Kaku 273) A unified theory would be perfection; it would be the single greatest achievement for all time. ...
BA 516 - Information Technology Perspectives Position Paper Emerging Technologies in Artificial Vision Correction Table of Contents 1. ... Creating Artificial Vision .Page 4 3. Predictions For Success Of Artificial Vision Prosthesis ."..Page 7 4. Other Emerging Technologies in Artificial Vision Correction .Page 8 5. ... Other Emerging Technologies in Artificial Vision Correction: There are other emerging technologies in the field of bio-optics and vision correction, primarily from Asia and Europe, with the same objective of "returning useful vi...
" World Vision is dedicated to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable children. ... The World Vision Organization works very hard to provide the basic necessities of life that many cannot obtain or afford. ... This is established through the constant work and support that World Vision has been able to provide. ... " (CCC-1817-1818) Everyone is born in the likeliness of Gods desires, and is shaped to be a special vision of his creation. ... The best way to continue World Visions great works is to spread the word and to encourage one another to sponsor a child. ...
The Purpose of Business It has become apparent that the accepted view of the role of corporations in society is evolving, and necessarily so. This is especially true after the recent corporate scandals in the USA involving multinational companies whose names have become commonplace in discussions of corporate fraud; such as Enron and Worldcom. (In fact, it was recently reported that a U.S. Senator had used one of these names as a verb; i.e.; to "enron" shareholders.) Corporate ethics and the role of business in society is under public scrutiny perhaps more than ever before in modern histor...
Clouded Vision In Shakespeare's classic tragedy, King Lear, the issue of sight and its significance to clouded vision is a recurring theme. ... Prior to Gloucester losing his eyes, his vision was very much like Lear's. ... As a result, Gloucester is spared and his vision is cleared, while Cornwall is left a victim of his own faulty vision. ... Gloucester's vision can be contrasted with that of Lear. ... While Lear portrays a lack of vision, Gloucester learns that clear vision does not come from physical sight by ones eyes, but rather than inside ones heart. ...