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Heng Zhang, Chengzhi Zhang, Yuzhuo Wang
Most studies on technology development have been conducted from a thematic perspective, but the topics are coarse-grained and insufficient to accurately represent technology. The development of automatic entity recognition techniques makes it possible to extract technology-related entities on a large scale. Thus, we…
Jihoon Shin, Miguel Amaral, Ana Cristina Barros, M. Granger Morgan + 1 more
This paper examines the extent to which human capital within a firm is associated with technology development. We develop and apply an original and more objective measure of technological advancement based on companies’ transitions from their current economic activity into a new one involving a higher or lower level of…
Luz V. Pascal, Iadine Chadès, Matthew P. Adams, Kate J. Helmstedt
Technology development is an essential investment for policymakers to address contemporary global crises, including climate change, biodiversity loss, the energy transition, and emergent infectious diseases. However, investing limited resources in the development of new technologies is risky. The research and…
Lijie Feng, Qinghua Wang, Jinfeng Wang, Kuo-Yi Lin + 2 more
'Amichai Painsky'] Technology forecasting (TF) is an important way to address technological innovation in fast-changing market environments and enhance the competitiveness of organizations in dynamic and complex environments. However, few studies have investigated the complex process problem of how to select the most…
Kiran Patil
The environmental and climate issues facing across the world are widely recognized as serious problems. Therefore, green technologies and ecological sustainable development is need of the hour as the quality of life is worsening. We have had major progress in technology causing depletion of natural life sustaining…
Qingqing Yuan, Guofeng Zhang, Ruixian Wang, Xiaojing Ma + 2 more
The National Sustainable Development Agenda Innovation Demonstration Zones (NSDAIDZs) aim to spearhead green development through scientific and technological innovation, showcasing sustainable development to other regions in China and offering valuable insights for countries worldwide. Taking Chengde City, which is one…
Erin Looney, Andre Buscariolli, Maria Yang, Geoffrey Raymond + 2 more
Hardware-based startups risk having longer times-to-market, deterring investment in critical fields such as cleantech, medical devices, and automation. We interviewed 55 leaders at hardware startups, mapped their development timelines, and found prototyping to be the longest development step (median of 19 weeks per…
Abhishek Purohit, Maninder Kaur, Zeki Can Seskir, Matthew T. Posner + 1 more
'Araceli Venegas‐Gomez'] Abstract— The emergence of quantum technologies has led to groundbreaking advancements in computing, sensing, secure communications, and simulation of advanced materials with practical applications in every industry sector. The rapid advancement of the quantum technologies ecosystem has made it…
Hooman Shababi
This article explores the concept of technological singularity and the factors that could accelerate or hinder its arrival. The butterfly effect is used as a framework to understand how seemingly small changes in complex systems can have significant and unpredictable outcomes. In section II, we discuss the various…
Gong Xian, Claire McFarland, Paul McCarthy, Colin Griffith + 1 more
'Marian-Andrei Rizoiu'] Abstract: Understanding the relationship between emerging technology and research and development has long been of interest to companies, policy makers and researchers. In this paper new sources of data and tools are combined with a novel technique to construct a model linking a defined set of…
Gianluca Iazzolino, Nicole Stremlau
This article focuses on the AI for Social Good (AI4SG) movement, which aims to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It argues that, through AI4SG, Big Tech is attempting to advance AI-driven technosolutionism within the…
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance, William J. Ripple
In the past several years, scientists have issued a series of warnings about the threats of climate change and other forms of environmental disruption. Here, we provide a scientists' warning on how technology affects these issues. Technology simultaneously provides substantial benefits for humanity, and also profound…
Benjamin Trump, Christopher Cummings, Kasia Klasa, Stephanie Galaitsi + 1 more
'Stephanie Galaitsi' 'Igor Linkov'] The field of biotechnology has produced a wide variety of materials and products which are rapidly entering the commercial marketplace. While many developments promise revolutionary benefits, some of them pose uncertain or largely untested risks and may spur debate, consternation…
Giorgio Perilongo, Rino Agostiniani, Giovanni Corsello, Gianluigi Marseglia + 4 more
'Gianluigi Marseglia' 'Maurizio Muraca' 'Anna Maria Staiano' 'Gianvincenzo Zuccotti' 'Eugenio Baraldi' ''] Background This is a commentary reporting the outcome of a workshop promoted by the Department of Woman’s and Child’s Health of the University of Padua (Italy) focused on the emerging issue of what seems to be the…
Yalin Li, John Trimmer, Steven Hand, Xinyi Zhang + 6 more
The pursuit of sustainability has catalyzed broad investment in the research, development, and deployment (RD&D) of innovative water, sanitation, and resource recovery technologies, yet the lack of transparent and agile methodologies to navigate the expansive landscape of technology development pathways remains a…
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Climate change mitigation is driving growing innovation in bio-materials production technologies, with a focus on improving their environmental sustainability. This study presents a decision-support framework based on a careful integration of technical requirements, implemented in a process digital twin and life cycle…
Yue Yang, Joseph Z. Shyu
—Blockchain technology is developing using in reliable applications which can be designed to achieve decentralization and trustless. Based on the open network innovation theory, this paper proposes a technical intermediary management idea based on blockchain technology to improve the efficiency of technology…
Joaquin Luque
The concept of progress clearly percolates the activities in science, technology, economy and society. It is a driving vector (probably the main vector) of our daily activity as researchers. The #InThisGen initiative, proudly displayed in places across the University of Berkeley's campus, and its headline lemma ―what…
Amir Nejati, Anna Bradtmueller, Elise Shepley, Elsa Vasseur
Quantitative bovine gait analysis using technology has evolved significantly over the last two decades. However, subjective methods of gait assessment using visual locomotion scoring remain the primary on-farm and experimental approach. The objective of this review is to map research trends in quantitative bovine gait…
Lukas Küng, Silvan Aeschlimann, Charithea Charalambous, Fergus McIlwaine + 8 more
Direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) involves a set of approaches for capturing CO2 directly from the air and its subsequent long-term storage. DACCS is at an early stage of technical development and currently faces a variety of challenges, including high cost and energy requirements. Building on publicly…
Lukas Küng, Silvan Aeschlimann, Charithea Charalambous, Fergus McIlwaine + 8 more
Direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) involves a set of approaches for capturing CO2 directly from the air and its subsequent long-term storage. DACCS is at an early stage of technical development and currently faces a variety of challenges, including high cost and energy requirements. Building on publicly…
Michael D. Schaller
Federal funding for research has immediate and long-term economic impact. Since federal research funding is regionally concentrated and not geographically distributed, the benefits are not fully realized in some regions of the country. The Established (previously Experimental) Program to Stimulate Competitive Research…