NBIC-convergence in production systems

From Nano-Convergence to NBIC-Convergence

This chapter combines rhetorical with conceptual analysis to argue that the concept of convergence of technologies is a teleological concept that does not describe or predict any recent past, present, or future development. Instead it always expresses or attributes political goals of how future technology should be developed. The concept was already fully developed as a flexible rhetorical tool...

Stochastic human fatigue modeling in production systems

The performance of human resources is affected by various factors such as mental and physical fatigue, skill, and available time in the production systems. Generally, these mentioned factors have effects on human reliability and consequently change the reliability of production systems. Fatigue is a stochastic factor that changes according to other factors such as environmental conditions, work...

3 . NBIC Education for the Twenty - First

The fifth and final NBIC theme explores the transformations of science and scientific education that will enable and be enhanced by technological convergence. The panel especially focused on the ways that education can transform science, and unifying science science can transform education, for the vast improvement of both. As a number of reports from the National Research Council (NRC 19962000...

the investigation of research articles in applied linguistics: convergence and divergence in iranian elt context

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NBIC, THE CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES