The April 2005 issue of MIT's Technology Review has an interessting article that provides a glimpse of technology projects in seven countries. Included are: China, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa, Chile, Brazil, and the United States. Projects include biodiesel fuel, solar energy, SARS, biomining, traffic control, , speech technology, water purification, and homeland security. You can try to match up the projects with the country. The article has some wonderful data on technology usage worldwide. If you doubt the vibrancy of the global economy, you will want to read this article. It is available in paper in the Vairo Library now, and will be available online thru the ProQuest database.
Posted by slw4 at March 22, 2005 05:14 PM