Friday 8 April 2011

Discovering New Technologies

The focus of my selected theme group 'the new machine' is to look at emerging technologies as a force to drive and enhance a design.

A general internet search of emerging technologies will bring up Wikipedia which compiles a whole list of up and coming technologies. As a starting point this is very useful to learn about the various areas such as:

- Biotechnology, bioinformatics
- Energy technologies
- Information technology
- Material science
- Robotics and applied technologies

An area of interest that I identified as being of relevance to my initial folie project was biotechnology, more specifically artificial photosynthesis. As my folie was related to natural elements interacting with a nearby tree - photosynthesis as a natural process of converting carbon dioxide into organic compounds using the energy of sunlight seemed an appropriate choice.

                        

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