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Potential developments in Technology and their
implications.
Technology is a major force in the development
of human society. This presentation examines the relationship between
society and the technology it develops and explores the implications
of developments in three particular areas.
Information and Communications Technology
(ICT)
- An examination of the changes ICT has already brought
about
- Potential developments in ICT
- The Mis-information
Society
Bio-technology
- Genetics
- GM Foods
- Genetic engineering and humanity
Nanotechnology
- The basic science
- A potential new industry
- Implications
Ian Pearson and Chris
Winter Where is IT Going? Thames and Hudson 1999
Douglas Mulhall Our
Molecular Future: How Nanotechnology, Robotics, Genetics and Artificial
Intelligence will transform our world Prometheus Books 2002
Frederick B Rudolph
and Larry W McIntyre (editors) Biotechnology: Science, Engineering,
and Ethical Challenges for the 21st Century
Foresight Institute
www.foresight.org
Institute of Science
in Society
www.i-sis.org
Ian Pearson
www.btinternet.com/~ian.pearson
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