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Engineering and aging: the best is yet to be

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Public hygiene, relatively healthy diets and fewer wars, coupled with the discovery of antibiotics and other medical advances, have helped to improve average life expectancies. Biologists are applying classic engineering reliability theory to the problem of aging.

Author: Gavrilov, Leonid, Gavilov, Natalia
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
Aging, Innovations, Prevention, Reliability, Reliability (Trustworthiness), Life expectancy, Aging (Biology)

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Winners losers holy grails

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The feasibility of the winners and losers goals is considered to pick the winning and losing projects. The goals are analyzed in the light of technical, and technology related factors such as regulation, competition, relevant technology and market trends.

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
Technology, Technological innovations, Technology in education

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Winners and losers in the information age; averting economic calamities now demands immense and ever increasing amounts of social and technical ingenuity

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Technological systems on which our economies and sociial systems depend are changing with accelerating rapidity and are becoming ever more complex. Consequently, ever larger amounts of social and technical ingenuity will be required to ensure stability.

Author: Homer-Dixon, Thomas
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
United States, Public affairs, Social aspects, Analysis, Economic aspects, Column, Technology and civilization, Technology and society, Creative ability, Creativity, Technology and state, Technology policy

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Subjects list: Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis
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