Beyond the agricultural and industrial revolutions of the past, a
global technology revolution is currently changing the world. This
book discusses the broad, multidisciplinary, and synergistic trends
in this revolution, including genomics, cloning, biomedical
engineering, smart materials, agile manufacturing, nanofabricated
computation devices, and integrated microsystems. The revolution's
effects on human health may be the most startling as breakthroughs
improve both the quality and length of human life. Biotechnology
will also enable us to identify, understand, manipulate, improve,
and control living organisms (including ourselves). Information
technology is already revolutionizing our lives, especially in the
developed world, and is a major enabler of other trends. Materials
technology will produce products, components, and systems that are
smaller, smarter, multi-functional, environmentally compatible,
more survivable, and customizable. In addition, smart materials,
agile manufacturing, and nanotechnology will change the way we
produce devices and improve their capabilities. The technology
revolution will not be uniform in its effect across the globe but
will play out differently depending on its acceptance, investment,
and a variety of issues such as bioethics, privacy, economic
disparity, cultural invasion, and social reactions. There will be
no turning back, however, since some societies will avail
themselves of the revolution, and globalization will thus change
the environment in which each society lives.
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