摘要
The article gives a general review on the most important achievements of engineering technology in such areas as information technology, materials, microelectronics, optoelectronics, energy, and biological and medical technology. The article also analyzes their social and economic impacts on human beings and the effects on the process of civilization, the driving forces of technology innovation and its necessary social environment, and the roles of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and government. The author tries to define the right way and mechanism of technology innovation, in the hope of pushing forward the technology innovation and the industrialization in the new century. The author also predicts the development of engineering technology in the future, which is believed to stir the interest among the publicity and students who care about technology innovation and industrialization.
The article gives a general review on the most important achievements of engineering technology in such areas as information technology, materials, microelectronics, optoelectronics, energy, and biological and medical technology. The article also analyzes their social and economic impacts on human beings and the effects on the process of civilization, the driving forces of technology innovation and its necessary social environment, and the roles of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and government. The author tries to define the right way and mechanism of technology innovation, in the hope of pushing forward the technology innovation and the industrialization in the new century. The author also predicts the development of engineering technology in the future, which is believed to stir the interest among the publicity and students who care about technology innovation and industrialization.
