Technology 2002

includes the 6 papers presented by researchers at JPL of the California Institute of Technology at the Technology 2000 Conference. Includes: integrated information retrieval and document management system, macro-micro robot for precise force applications, a fault-tolerant intelligent robot control system, constraint checking during error recovery, the data egg: a new solution to text entry barriers, and a multi-beam range imager for autonomous operations.

In addition to reviewing recent trends, this report identifies significant changes in science, technology and industry policies in the OECD countries.

Comprehensive assessment of networked readiness, covering eighty-two of the leading economies of the world.

This book supports BSBCMN205A Use Business Technology in the Business Services Training Package.

Very little has been written or published on the global experience vis-a-vis information technology that puts both developed and developing countries into a larger context from which lessons can be extrapolated. Within the IT and Development fields, there has been much talk and hyperbole about the power of IT to transform the economic development process, but very little rigorous analysis has been carried out to document the global situation. The frontier of the field is to explore and understand how IT is being used in the developing world, what the barriers to IT diffusion and adoption are in developing countries, and what the main lessons are from the developing world that can aid in designing policies and solutions that can overcome the international digital divide. The Global Information Technology Readiness Report 2001-2002 provides the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of the diffusion and use of information technology in 70 countries around the world. The Report consists of three main sections: a series of country rankings comparing the global experience of different nations based on various crieteria of IT readiness; a collection of essays by recognized experts on a series of IT-related subjects key to understanding the issues involved in extending the benefits of IT to the developing world; and country profiles that highlight the overall situation and major trends relating to IT within each country. The scope of the Report is quite ambitious, as is the methodology, as data has been generated through a series of surveys of global business leaders. Both the range and depth of the issues and data make the Global Information Technology Readiness Report 2001-2002 a unique and valuable publication.