The SETI – Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence – is an initiative which has the objective of locating intelligent life in the Universe. Arrays of telescopes, such as the ATA, or large installations like the one in Arecibo, collect hundreds of terabytes of data every day, spanning a wide frequency band. Data typically has the aspect…
The complexity of modern products, as well as the associated manufacturing processes, has increased over the past few decades and there is evidence the trend will continue. Complexity means functionality. Consider how many things can be done with smartphones, in addition to making phone calls. Think of automobiles, which can maintain a constant distance from…
In a 2015 United Nations Trade and Development Conference report “Trade Slowdown” one reads: ‘As of 2014 the trends in international trade were largely driven by the sluggish economic growth and the persisting economic and political turmoil in various part of the world. From 2011 to 2014 world trade grew at a rate of less…
