O n l i n e S h o p p i n g H o l i d a y B o o k i n g s M o v i e s C o m m u n i c a t i o n / S o c i a l M e d i a iDisrupted iDisrupted CONVERGENCE Disruptive Technology Changing the human race forever From the book iDisrupted by John Straw & Michael Baxter It is human nature that we overestimate how quickly technology will and can develop, and underestimate its final impact on the world. But perhaps we forget about convergence. No medium in history can match the internet for its ability to support convergence. Still a sceptic? Let’s take a look.... No medium in history can match the internet for its ability to support convergence. You may not be able to eat the internet, wear it, use it to travel to real destinations but it does provide us with a feast of information. It can enable scientists to market their ideas and appeal to a broader audience and it can transport our minds into collaborative ventures spread across the world. We are in the midst of a new industrial revolution. Convergence of Rock’n’Roll Convergence of DNA Convergence of Solar Energy Convergence of Carbon Fibre Convergence of Virtual Reality T h e i n v e n t i o n o f r o c k ’ n ’ r o l l T h e d ou b l e h e l i x S o l a r e n e r g y C a r b o n F i b r e V i r t u a l R e a l i t y Two cultures converged: European music culture, with its emphasis on mathematical precision, and African music, with a more rhythmic emphasis. Identified when the American biologist James Watson and the English physicist Francis Crick built on experiments with x-rays – supplied by the biochemist Rosalind Franklin – using tools from several disciplines. Photovoltaic solar panels are silicon based. Some of the technology in silicon was developed for computers. The advances that occurred for one reason now apply to something else. That’s convergence. Carbon Fibre demand will increase by 103% between 2012 and 2020.The airline industry initially fuelled the increase in demand for carbon fibre with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A380. Virtual Reality is initially being developed for use with video games. But its future applications will be many. It can and will change how we do many everyday things. Recent advances in Virtual Reality were made possible thanks to the homogenisation of components, such as accelerometers used in smart phones. These are essential in Virtual Reality devices. That technology is now helping the use of carbon fibre in many other applications, such as wind turbines. Demand for lithium ion batteries began to rise with the popularity of laptop PCs and mobile phones. It accelerated further with the emergence of smart phones and tablets. Technology became more efficient and now it is relevant to electric cars and solar panels. George Gamow studied the work of Watson & Crick and drawing on his own knowledge, he explained how the four bases in the double helix of DNA could control the synthesis of protein from amino acid. E ur o p e a n m u s i c A f r i c a n m u s i c B i o c h e m i s t r y C o m p u t e r s S m a r t p h o n e s E l e c t r i c C a r s T a b l e t s G e n e t i c s M a t h e m a t i c s I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y S i l i c o n L i t h i u m b a t t e r y Arthur Koestler All decisive events in the history of scientific thought can be described in terms of mental cross-fertilization between different disciplines speaker at Advanced Technology conference, 2004 Highly miniaturized, functional, and efficient electronics devices, and precise and selective biomolecular materials are part of…[the future]. Advancing these developments depends on the ability to foster multidisciplinary interconnections. A i r c r a f t W i n d T u r b i n e s

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iDisrupted

iDisruptedCONVERGENCE

Disruptive TechnologyChanging the human race forever

From the book iDisruptedby John Straw & Michael Baxter

It is human nature that we overestimate how quickly technology will and can develop, and underestimate its final impact on the world. But perhaps we forget about convergence. No medium in history can match the internet for its ability to support convergence. Still a sceptic? Let’s take a look....

No medium in history can match the internet for its ability to support convergence. You may not be able to eat the internet, wear it, use it to travel to real destinations but it does provide us with a feast of information. It can enable scientists to market their ideas and appeal to a broader audience and it can transport our minds into collaborative ventures spread across the world. We are in the midst of a new industrial revolution.

Convergence of Rock’n’Roll

Convergence of DNA

Convergence of Solar Energy

Convergence of Carbon Fibre

Convergence of Virtual Reality

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ntion of rock’n’roll

The double helix

Solar energy

Carbon Fibre

Virtual Reality

Two cultures converged: European music culture, with its emphasis on mathematical precision, and African music, with a more rhythmic emphasis.

Identified when the American biologist James Watson and the English physicist Francis Crick built on experiments with x-rays – supplied by the biochemist Rosalind Franklin – using tools from several disciplines.

Photovoltaic solar panels are silicon based. Some of the technology in silicon was developed for computers. The advances that occurred for one reason now apply to something else. That’s convergence.

Carbon Fibre demand will increase by 103% between 2012 and 2020.The airline industry initially fuelled the increase in demand for carbon fibre with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A380.

Virtual Reality is initially being developed for use with video games. But its future applications will be many. It can and will change how we do many everyday things.

Recent advances in Virtual Reality were made possible thanks to the homogenisation of components, such as accelerometers used in smart phones. These are essential in Virtual Reality devices.

That technology is now helping the use of carbon fibre in many other applications, such as wind turbines.

Demand for lithium ion batteries began to rise with the popularity of laptop PCs and mobile phones. It accelerated further with the emergence of smart phones and tablets. Technology became more efficient and now it is relevant to electric cars and solar panels.

George Gamow studied the work ofWatson & Crick and drawing on his own knowledge, he explained how the four bases in the double helix of DNA could control the synthesis of protein from amino acid.

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Biochemistry

ComputersSmartphones Electric CarsTablets

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Silicon

Lithium battery

Arthur Koestler

All decisive events in the history of scientific thought can be described in

terms of mental cross-fertilization between different disciplines