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The blog of the Science, Technology and Public Policy program of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Editor
Zachary Tumin
Category Archives: Emerging Tech
Africa’s New Science and Innovation Agenda
by Calestous Juma I am on my way back from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Cape Town, South Africa. This was a remarkable meeting with an overwhelming intellectual energy. The event was unique in many respects. But … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Agriculture, Biotechnology, Development, Emerging Tech, Engineering, Health, Innovation, Manufacturing, Telcomm
Tagged africa, Agriculture, Biotechnology, infrastructure, Technology, wef; grow africa; akinola; financial times; innovation; carlsson; gatete; van houten; lanre; ericsson; ibm; samsung; mobile; fibre; rwanda; south africa; nobel;
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Engineering the Future
by Calestous Juma The rise of emerging markets is heralded as a force that will change the global balance of power. But behind the rise of the new economies lies a strong commitment to leveraging engineering as a foundation … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Development, Emerging Tech, Engineering, Internet
Tagged africa, anji hunter, bill gates, blackberry, bob kahn, hiobo, ibm, lagos, lord broers, louis pouzin, marc andreesen, mooc, nairobi, opencourseware, queen elizabeth; prize; tim berners-lee, stem, vint cerf
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Africa and Brazil at the Dawn of New Economic Diplomacy
by Calestous Juma In recent years the major focus of China’s engagement in Africa has been on economic diplomacy. Much of this debate has been influenced by concerns over China’s rise as an economic superpower and the preoccupation with viewing … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Agriculture, Development, Education, Health and Safety, Emerging Tech, Energy, Innovation, Jobs
Tagged africa, agricultural transformation agency, annual lagos black heritage festival, aviation, brazil, brazilian cooperation agency, brics, cecat, china, diplomacy, embraer, embrapa, energy, henry bellingham, india, nigeria, petroleum, power, rousseff, russia, south africa, standard bank, trade rousseff
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MIT Technology Review’s List of 50 Disruptive Companies, 2013
From the MIT Technology Review: “This package is meant to capture the rich variety of ways that innovations get commercialized. Each company on this list has done something over the past year that will strengthen its hold on a market, … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Tech, Innovation, Manufacturing
Tagged aereo, ambri, aquion, bgi, coursera, crowdstrike, nest
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RIP: The Basic/Applied Research Dichotomy
by Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Tolu Odumosu, and Lee Vinsel From the current Issues in Science and Technology: “U.S. science policy since World War II has in large measure been driven by Vannevar Bush’s famous paper Science—The Endless Frontier. … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Tech, Innovation, Manufacturing
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Privacy and Whole Genome Sequencing
by Amy Guttman The price of sequencing your whole genome is dropping so rapidly that it soon may cost about $1,000 to know your entire genetic blueprint. Our whole genome sequence data can reveal predispositions to diabetes, cancer or … Continue reading
Innovation and the Wealth of Regions
by Calestous Juma The world is awash with reports that rank the competitiveness of nations in the global economy. These reports are compiled by purveyors based on the myth that nation states have unique technological capabilities that help them to … Continue reading