The global conversation.

• Localización: Foreign Policy, ISSN-e 1945-2276, Nº. 203, 2013, págs. 98-101
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on technological innovations and inventors and examines the interconnectivity of 25,000 newsmakers mentioned most frequently from April to October 2013 and the 100,000 connections among them. It states that the visualization provides a new method of gauging what matters to people and ways that big data alters the way the world is viewed. It talks about entrepreneur Chris Anderson who created the computer forum http://DIA-drones.com for amateur engineers and inventors wanting to build unmanned aerial vehicles and then launched a company selling civilian drone aircraft. It comments on engineer Xiaolin Zheng who developed a thin-film solar cell that functions as a sticker when attached to an adhesive but produces as much energy as thicker solar cells.