Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Grand Challenges for Engineering
see: Introduction to the Grand Challenges for Engineering, on the National Academy of Engineering's site. Fourteen challenges were selected.
Picking a big problems to address is a great way to focus research. There are several worthy big problems here. In my personal opinion, a few are too focused on contemporary hot buttons, and are more tactical than strategic. It'll be interesting to watch which of these challenges inspire enough contribution to make significant progress.
Picking a big problems to address is a great way to focus research. There are several worthy big problems here. In my personal opinion, a few are too focused on contemporary hot buttons, and are more tactical than strategic. It'll be interesting to watch which of these challenges inspire enough contribution to make significant progress.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
$20T climate change cost?
See UN: climate change may cost $20 trillion from Yahoo News.
Relevant snippet:
Still seems to me this is an opportunity for economic, scientific, and commercial innovation.
Relevant snippet:
UNITED NATIONS - Global warming could cost the world up to $20 trillion over two decades for cleaner energy sources and do the most harm to people who can least afford to adapt, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns in a new report.
Still seems to me this is an opportunity for economic, scientific, and commercial innovation.
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