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The new polymath : profiles in compound-technology innovations /
Prepare for a world of compound innovation which blends 3, 5, 10 strands of infotech, greentech, biotech and healthtech to solve the "Grand Challenges" our world faces-and the more routine ones. Polymath is the Greek word for a Renaissance person like Leonardo Da Vinci or Ben Franklin who...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Prologue: The field of polymath dreams
- The new polymath : in an age of "wicked problems" and technology abundance
- Modern-day dark ages : so much stagnation
- Polymath profile #1 : General Electric
- Residence : better technologically equipped than the office
- Exotics : innovation from left field
- Polymath profile #2 : Cognizant
- Networks : bluetooth to broadband
- Polymath profile #3 : Plantronics
- Arsonists : and other disruptors
- Polymath profile #4 : W.R. Hambrecht
- Interfaces : for all our senses
- Sustainability : delivering to both the green and gold agendas
- Polymath profile #5 : Kleiner Perkins Cleantech
- Singularity : human-machine convergence
- Analytics : spreadsheets, search, and semantics
- Polymath profile #6 : National Hurricane Center
- Networks again : communities, crowds, contracts, and collaboration
- Clouds : technology-as-a-service
- Polymath profile #7 : salesforce.com
- Ethics : in an age of cyberwar and cloning
- Polymath profile #8 : BP CTO
- Moon shots for budding polymaths
- Epilogue: The beginner's mind.