Technology

Technology explores the development and application of technical knowledge to solve practical problems. It includes digital systems, information technologies, artificial intelligence, and innovation studies. This category examines both technical advancements and their social implications.

126 summaries

Artificial Intelligence Robotics – Marvin Minsky Marvin Minsky

An edited 1985 survey of machine intelligence and the coming generation of robots, assembled by AI pioneer Marvin…

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Artificial Intelligence The Turing Option – Marvin Minsky Marvin Minsky

A near-future thriller about a computer scientist who rebuilds his mind and lost AI after industrial pirates destroy…

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Genetics Science, Society, and the Supermarket – Peter Singer Peter Singer

A multidisciplinary study of nutrigenomics and the ethical, social, and regulatory questions raised when gene-diet science moves into…

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Ethics Biopolitics – Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva

A feminist and ecological reader examining biotechnology as a political field where power over bodies, seeds, and ecosystems…

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Business Financial Systems, Corporate Investment in Innovation, and Venture Capital – Mani Mani

This volume examines how financial systems shape corporate investment in innovation and venture capital.

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Business The Sectoral System of Innovation of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry – Mani Mani

Mani examines how India's pharmaceutical sector builds technological capability through its sectoral innovation system.

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Economics Coping with Globalisation: Public R&D Projects in Telecommunications Technologies in Developing Countries – Mani Mani

A study of how public R&D projects in telecommunications build technological capacity in developing countries.

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Business Keeping Pace with Globalisation: Innovation Capability in Korea’s Telecommunications Equipment Industry – Mani Mani

Mani examines how Korean telecom equipment firms built innovation capabilities to compete globally.

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Business The Mobile Communications Services Industry in India – Mani Mani

A survey of India's cellular services and the telecommunications equipment industry that supplies it.

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Business Growth Performance of India’s Telecommunications Services Industry, 1991-2006: Can It Lead to the Emergence of a Domestic Manufacturing Hub? – Mani Mani

A study of India's telecom services boom from 1991 to 2006 and whether it could spark a domestic…

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Business Changing Leadership in Computer and Information Services: Emergence of India as the Current World Leader in Computer and Information Services – Mani Mani

A study of India's rise as the world leader in computer and information services.

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Business Sectoral Systems of Innovation and Production in Developing Countries – Mani Mani

A study of how developing countries build innovation and production capacity across different economic sectors.

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Science Innovation, Learning, and Technological Dynamism of Developing Countries – Mani Mani

Mani examines how developing countries build technological capabilities through learning and innovation systems.

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Business Innovation Capabilities in Developing Countries – Mani Mani

Sunil Mani examines how developing countries build technological capacity and innovation systems.

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Economics Has India Become More Innovative Since 1991? – Mani Mani

A statistical inquiry into whether India's post-1991 economic reforms boosted its innovation output, patents, and research.

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