Battelle's Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2005-2020

摘要

Technology experts at Battelle think they have the year 2020 pegged. A team of top scientists and engineers at Battelle, world renowned technology organization based in Columbus, Ohio, have compiled lists of the ten most strategic technological trends that will shape business and our world over the next 20 years.They see a world of microscopic, cancer-eating machines, cloned human organs, designer foods, and computers everywhere-maybe even embedded in your clothes and under your skin. "The 20th century was the time of big technologies, mass production, mass wars, and mass politics," says Stephen Millett, thought leader and manager of Battelle's technology forecasts. "But in the years ahead, new technologies will become much more personalized, and they will closely affect almost every aspect of our lives." Millett adds, "We see advances in information and biological technologies bringing us into a more intimate relationship with nature and with each other. Form cloned human organs, to personalized public transportation, to computers and sensors embedded in our bodies, we will become intertwined with technology."