WIWES contributed by Nicholas John
Vegetarianism becomes a mass worldwide movement with huge implications for the food industry and the global economy
Animal rights activists thwart the planning of an innovative ...
In Venray, Holland, in April 2008, animal rights activists successfully thwarted the planning of an innovative science park where some companies would potentially conduct research with animals . The activists used both lawful ...
Widespread availability of innovative technologies and off-t ...
Unlike the past, when most of the innovative technologies originated from the defense and security research, nowadays most innovative technologies result from the new global competitive economy and the worldwide consumers deman...
Growing dependence of society on technologies
There is a growing dependence of modern society on technologies, e.g. interconnected infrastructures in transport, energy, information and other fields. Also the everyday activities of individuals are more and more dependent on...
The RepRap (a short for Replicating Rapid-prototyper) project is working towards creating a cheap and easy-to-use rapid prototype machine that can construct plastic products after downloading a detailed description form a comp...
India and China offer high quality and low cost research services to the EU and US (signal for outsourcing the majority of the EU R&D).
Super-efficient power lines with almost zero resistance
Future breakthrough in high-temperature superconductors or carbon nanotubes (CNT) enable loss-less transmission of electrical power. Carbon nanotubes exhibit so-called "ballistic conductivity", which is effectively similar to s...
Intelligent electric power demand and distribution control
Research is underway on “Smart” Electric Power systems where there can be much more management of consumer demand and power distribution
Evaluation of hydrogen storage and distribution systems unde ...
Research is underway to generate needed information on the safety, efficiency and other features of Hydrogen storage and distribution systems
Genome hackers are appearing, in one case, stealing records on individual data from an EU data base.
Emission reduction in energy supply chains
Research is underway on ways of achieving substantial reduction of emissions in energy supply chains
Collective intelligence decision making in European governme ...
There is much experimentation with uses of new technologies to capture the views and knowledge of millions of EU citizens, so as to better inform policy-making.
Consumers tend to be less concerned about privacy then regul ...
"European consumers appear to be less worried than some regulators about the potential loss of privacy" "The data protection agencies tend to be extreme," said Peter Heinzmann, chief executive of a Swiss company that makes s...
Increased use of chemicals by terrorists
Early indicator for chemical terrorism (attacks with use of non-conventional weapons).
