2012年4月8日 星期日

Google creates a spectacle with project


Google creates a spectacle with project


Directions to your destination appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.
These glasses can do anything a smartphone or tablet computer does now —and then some.
Google gave a glimpse of "Project Glass" in a video and blog post this week. Still in an early prototype stage, the glasses open up endless possibilities — as well as challenges to safety, privacy and fashion sensibility.
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「人才培育白皮書」的政策工具初探

前因

前因一


新加坡副總理尚達曼的演說提到台灣人力發展問題，引起朝野立委的關心。國民黨立委陳淑慧6日在立法院院會質詢時指出，台灣缺少培育文創人才的整體計畫。(教育部1年內提出人才培育白皮書)

前因二


教育部長蔣偉寧今天(6日)在立法院院會答詢時表示，教育部將全面檢討台灣的人力問題，預計在1年內提出台灣第一本人才培育白皮書，檢視台灣的人力資源問題。(教育部1年內提出人才培育白皮書)


小評：教育部有將教育的功能與職訓功能混淆的危險。



國際化人才匱乏的嚴重危機

嚴長壽：不久前我在一場監察院內部演講中提及，台灣「人才存糧」問題；無獨有偶，新加坡副總理尚達曼日昨亦提出小心人才外流重演「台灣故事」，連新加坡都看到的台灣問題，我們竟然看不到，這才是台灣真正最大的問題點。其實，過去六十年來台灣好不容易累積的「人才」及「經濟」兩種存糧，都已面臨危機。這是台灣不願面對的真相之一，今天我先從公務系統來談「人才存糧」的問題，因為這攸關著國家未來格局的掌控。(嚴長壽：國際化人才匱乏的嚴重危機)




台灣人力發展問題原因分析



原因一 經建會：

經建會副主委「單驥」表示，在勞委會「過度保護」國內員工之下，使得現行法令限制重重，『根本挖不到人才』。(人才鎖國？ 經建會：挖不到人 工總：回市場機制)


單驥提到，儘管經建會與經濟部一再要求「鬆綁」外國專業人士來台工作限制，但勞委會仍舊堅持「保護」的理由，讓廠商找不到人才，而國內適合人選又紛紛外流。(人才鎖國？ 經建會：挖不到人 工總：回市場機制)


原因二  工總：

工總理事長陳武雄也感嘆，引進優秀人才總是「被擋」，他並強調至今仍無法理解，『為何本外勞薪資不能「脫鉤」？』(人才鎖國？ 經建會：挖不到人 工總：回市場機制)


陳武雄也說：『這個不用新加坡講，我們自己都看得見！我們很多引進優秀人才，我們也被很多條例擋著。』(人才鎖國？ 經建會：挖不到人 工總：回市場機制)


陳武雄說，反觀中國大陸對於引進人才相當積極，甚至早在20年前就大力引進各國人才，20年前大陸的經濟發展還不是很好，尚且提供相當優惠的措施及配套方案來吸引各方人才，反倒是台灣卻對各國人才處處設限，顯然台灣在吸引人才方面，還有很大的努力空間。(工總陳武雄建議：台灣引進人才 須鬆綁)



原因三  勞委會：

台灣人才流失 勞委會︰關鍵在薪資太低


原因小評：可分為『勞委會「過度保護」』、『引進優秀人才總是「被擋」』、『薪資太低』



建議



學界建議 

國內有學者認為，新加坡國情與台灣不同，不過我國仍可有條件開放外來人才來台培養專業人士。

中國文化大學勞動關係學系副教授徐廣正指出，曾經被英國統治的新加坡是屬於島國，所處的地理環境也跟台灣不一樣，所以不能將新加坡的例子套用在台灣身上。

(人才留不住？　學者建議開放外來人才　為台灣育才)





業界建議 



施振榮：人才策略應有新思維。宏碁創辦人施振榮表示，如果缺少外籍人才協助，台灣發展將受限，建議勞委會應尋求新模式，才能讓台灣創造百倍、千倍的價值。 (施振榮：人才策略應有新思維)


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政策工具初探

一、高等教育自主

    教育部的政策指導影響有限，在「大學自主」的原則下，只剩「道德勸說」及「經費補助」兩項政策工具。

     在幼托整合及十二年國教政策下，教育經費早已捉襟見袦，能力經費有限，除非行政院溢助特別預算，否則必然排擠現行教育品質。

二、高中以下教育地方化、普通化

    在十二年國教的政策引導下，高中以下教育階段，不宜與「人才培育」做為政策目標，高中以下，仍宜朝全面、普通、預備、潛能開發，除少數性向明確、生涯定向者外，實不宜從人才培育觀點切入，但可以培育其「可能性」未來發展成各類人才的「無限可能」。



三、人才培育白皮書的迷思

   資訊科技發展及應用之快，恐在教育階段很難規劃各項長期人才培計畫，稍有不慎，可能會造成，計畫型的結構性失業危機。


四、人才培育白皮書規劃期程

   一年的規劃期太久，且白皮書無需太多的細節，以保留彈性。

五、教育產業思維

   「天地君親師」、「百年樹人」的價值觀影響，台灣不易從服務業產業的觀點來思考和規劃教育產業。

    在「公立」學校，受「正義論」的限制框架下，可否讓「私立」學校從「自由論」、「市場論」發展新的教育管理哲學。

    加拿大為例：加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省重視中國留學市場


六、人才輸出

    人才輸出，正是台灣教育成效的正向展現，而不是問題。問題在於教育系統所培育的人力，不符合企業人力需求(規格不符)，及無國際競爭力。


    








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Google creates a spectacle with project


Google creates a spectacle with project


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Directions to your destination appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.
These glasses can do anything a smartphone or tablet computer does now —and then some.
Google gave a glimpse of "Project Glass" in a video and blog post this week. Still in an early prototype stage, the glasses open up endless possibilities — as well as challenges to safety, privacy and fashion sensibility.




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Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker'

Mac Malware Outbreak Is Bigger than 'Conficker'

from http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/253403/mac_malware_outbreak_is_bigger_than_conficker.html

An estimated 600,000 or more Macs are currently compromised and part of a massive botnet thanks to the Flashback Trojan. To put the size of the threat in some perspective, the Flashback Trojan botnet is even bigger than the massive Conficker botnet…relatively speaking.
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Pesticides to blame for bee-colony collapse



Pesticides to blame for bee-colony collapse
蜂群崩潰歸因於農藥



Pesticide corporations fighting back
Scientists have been hard at work cracking the “mystery” of colony collapse disorder. [“Studies link pesticides to decline of bee colonies,” News, March 30.]
A new study released yesterday, and two published last week, strengthen the case that neonicotinoid pesticides are key drivers behind declining bee populations — alone and especially in combination with other stressors. This class of pesticides covers 143 million acres of U.S. countryside, and more damning studies are awaiting publication.
Yet, pesticide corporations like Bayer and others are running a predictable PR defense aimed at delaying action by manufacturing doubt — it’s called the “tobacco strategy.” We need to make sure that the EPA and our national and state legislators who will decide the fate of bees, know what’s at stake.

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AT&T to allow unlocking of off-contract iPhones


AT&T to allow unlocking of off-contract iPhones


AT＆T將允許iPhone場外合解


Summary: Unlock your old iPhone and find a better deal with a different carrier.
Have you got an old SIM-locked AT&T iPhone that’s no longer on contract? If you do, I have some good news for you.
Starting Sunday April 8, AT&T will allow handsets that are no longer part of a contract to be unlocked so they can be used on other networks.
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施振榮：人才策略應有新思維


施振榮：人才策略應有新思維


王鵬捷/整理 

　對新加坡副總理有關「台灣人才流失」的言論，宏碁創辦人施振榮表示，如果缺少外籍人才協助，台灣發展將受限，建議勞委會應尋求新模式，才能讓台灣創造百倍、千倍的價值。 

　中央社6日報導，新加坡副總理尚達曼近日在一場演講上提到，台灣流失人才但又阻止外來人才進入，正面臨國民平均收入下降的情況，新加坡需引以為鑑。 

　對此，施振榮表示，台灣競爭力在人才，外籍人才在台灣的占比可能只有百分之一、千分之一，但雙方合作後，卻可為台灣帶來百倍、千倍的價值。若台灣捨棄這1%的人才，恐怕會喪失99%、甚至更多的利益，因此勞委會在人才策略上，應該要有新思維。 
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人才鎖國？ 經建會：挖不到人 工總：回市場機制


人才鎖國？ 經建會：挖不到人 工總：回市場機制


新加坡副總理「尚曼達」在演講中提到，如果新加坡限制外國人才進入本國勞工市場，將導致競爭優勢喪失，重演「人才外流」、「平均薪資降低」的「台灣故事」。對此，經建會副主委「單驥」表示，在勞委會「過度保護」國內員工之下，使得現行法令限制重重，『根本挖不到人才』。工總理事長陳武雄也感嘆，引進優秀人才總是「被擋」，他並強調至今仍無法理解，『為何本外勞薪資不能「脫鉤」？』（何庭歡報導）
單驥提到，儘管經建會與經濟部一再要求「鬆綁」外國專業人士來台工作限制，但勞委會仍舊堅持「保護」的理由，讓廠商找不到人才，而國內適合人選又紛紛外流。陳武雄也說：『這個不用新加坡講，我們自己都看得見！我們很多引進優秀人才，我們也被很多條例擋著。』


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工總陳武雄建議：台灣引進人才 須鬆綁


【經濟日報╱記者陳美君／即時報導】
2012.04.07 01:10 pm
 
新加坡認為台灣有人才危機，工總理事長陳武雄6日表示，這部分不用新加坡來講，我們自己就看得很清楚，台灣在引進人才方面有太多的限制，這是很大的問題。
陳武雄說，反觀中國大陸對於引進人才相當積極，甚至早在20年前就大力引進各國人才，20年前大陸的經濟發展還不是很好，尚且提供相當優惠的措施及配套方案來吸引各方人才，反倒是台灣卻對各國人才處處設限，顯然台灣在吸引人才方面，還有很大的努力空間。


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台人才流失 星國引以為鑑


台人才流失 星國引以為鑑


下降」當成負面教材，呼籲學生不要讓新加坡重演「台灣故事」，這番話傳回國內，綠委批評現行法令留不住人才，行政院長陳Y說，會深自檢討。

台灣優秀人才逐漸流失，民進黨立委很憂心，綠委質疑現在政策不周全，導致人才嚴重外流，外國優秀人才又進不了台灣，拖垮勞力素質，而且這個問題，還被新加坡副總理尚達曼拿來當負面教材。


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人才留不住？　學者建議開放外來人才　為台灣育才 原文網址: 人才留不住？　學者建議開放外來人才　為台灣育才 | 頭條新聞 | NOWnews 今日新聞網 http://www.nownews.com/2012/04/06/91-2802010.htm#ixzz1rPb0twVe

人才留不住？　學者建議開放外來人才　為台灣育才

記者鄭矞昕／採訪報導

新加坡副總理尚達曼4日於當地一場演講中提到，台灣面臨人才流失問題，又阻止外國人才進入，才會導致國民平均所得下降。對此，國內有學者認為，新加坡國情與台灣不同，不過我國仍可有條件開放外來人才來台培養專業人士。

中國文化大學勞動關係學系副教授徐廣正指出，曾經被英國統治的新加坡是屬於島國，所處的地理環境也跟台灣不一樣，所以不能將新加坡的例子套用在台灣身上。


原文網址: 人才留不住？　學者建議開放外來人才　為台灣育才 | 頭條新聞 | NOWnews 今日新聞網 http://www.nownews.com/2012/04/06/91-2802010.htm#ixzz1rPb6gp9i
原文網址: 人才留不住？　學者建議開放外來人才　為台灣育才 | 頭條新聞 | NOWnews 今日新聞網 http://www.nownews.com/2012/04/06/91-2802010.htm#ixzz1rPb0twVe
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嚴長壽：國際化人才匱乏的嚴重危機

【聯合報╱嚴長壽】
2012.04.07 01:51 am

不久前我在一場監察院內部演講中提及，台灣「人才存糧」問題；無獨有偶，新加坡副總理尚達曼日昨亦提出小心人才外流重演「台灣故事」，連新加坡都看到的台灣問題，我們竟然看不到，這才是台灣真正最大的問題點。其實，過去六十年來台灣好不容易累積的「人才」及「經濟」兩種存糧，都已面臨危機。這是台灣不願面對的真相之一，今天我先從公務系統來談「人才存糧」的問題，因為這攸關著國家未來格局的掌控。


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台灣人才流失 勞委會︰關鍵在薪資太低

台灣人才流失 勞委會︰關鍵在薪資太低

〔記者蘇永耀、施曉光／台北報導〕行政院長陳冲昨就新加坡拿台灣當作「負面教材」的議題表示，政府有注意到台灣人才流失問題，行政院也已提出措施，新加坡副總理尚達曼對台灣人才流失的觀察很值得深思。
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新加坡評＂台灣人才流失嚴重＂　台灣驚覺＂事態嚴重＂

新加坡評＂台灣人才流失嚴重＂　台灣驚覺＂事態嚴重＂

日前，新加坡副總理尚達曼提到，台灣人才流失嚴重，卻阻止外來人才進入，面臨民眾平均收入下降的問題，新加坡會＂引以為鑑＂。
對於新加坡副總理尚達曼日前評論台灣無法吸引優秀國際人才，喪失世界競爭優勢，引發社會討論。對此，國民黨立院黨團星期五上午召開記者會，經建會副主委單驥說，一國經濟欲長遠發展，必須引進外國資金與人力。我國人才素質高，只要我國勞工能創造更高的附加價值，薪資水準便有調整的可能，便能吸引外資與海外人才來台。
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Video: Germans hold mass pillow fight


Video: Germans hold mass pillow fight


Published 
Hundreds of people took part in a mass pillow fight in Berlin on Saturday to celebrate International Pillow Day 2012. The flash mob event was held in front of Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate
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Fang Lizhi, who inspired Chinese dissidents, dies

Fang Lizhi, who inspired Chinese dissidents, dies

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BEIJING (AP) — Fang Lizhi, one of China's best-known dissidents whose speeches inspired student protesters throughout the 1980s, has died in the United States, where he fled after China's 1989 military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement. He was 76.
Once China's leading astrophysicist, Fang and his wife hid in the U.S. Embassy for 13 months after the crackdown. In exile, he was a physics professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Fang's wife, Li Shuxian, confirmed to The Associated Press in Beijing that Fang died Friday morning in Tucson.
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Looking to the future in Burma


Looking to the future in Burma


from  http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2012/s3472727.htm

ELIZABETH JACKSON: It's been an extraordinary week in Burma, where a series of by-elections have installed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her party in the parliament.

It's been a long time coming. 

She and her National League for Democracy won elections in 1990 but were never allowed to take power and she spent most of the intervening years under house arrest.


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Mac也中毒？全球已有60萬部Mac遭木馬入侵

Mac也中毒？全球已有60萬部Mac遭木馬入侵

據俄羅斯大蜘蛛防毒軟體公司Dr.Web調查顯示，號稱「不會感染PC病毒」的Mac蘋果電腦，仍然有中毒的風險，全球已有約60萬部Mac遭Flashback木馬程式感染，且密碼全被駭光。此木馬通常偽裝成一種軟體詢問客戶是否更新，當用戶為了更新而輸入使用者密碼，電腦就會立即中毒，隱私資料被駭客盜取一空。

原文網址: Mac也中毒？全球已有60萬部Mac遭木馬入侵 | ETtoday國際新聞 | ETtoday 新聞雲 http://www.ettoday.net/news/20120407/37376.htm#ixzz1rPW6znv8
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Higher education funding tied to social issues

Higher education funding tied to social issues


The budget recommendation for the state’s public universities approved last week by the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Higher Education includes a section that says those universities “shall not collaborate in any manner with a nonprofit worker center whose documented activities include coercion through protest, demonstration, or organization against a Michigan business.”
Like a few other measures in the recommendation, denying new funding to schools that require students to have health insurance, for instance, or denying it to those that fail to report the number of human embryos used for research, it has a very specific provenance.



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Stop playing word games


Stop playing word games


As a retired teacher of well over 30 years, I and my fellow teachers always felt that in addition to the class information our kids needed to learn, teaching them to be independent thinkers and sound decision-makers was equally important.

European and Asian schools (China has their kids in school 10 to 11 months a year and they study!) are doing this now. Teachers in many of our schools in the United States do, too.


Read more: http://www.newsherald.com/articles/schools-101737-teaching-education.html#ixzz1rNVD1uR1
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Education Has Become a Hot Election Issue


Education Has Become a Hot Election Issue


Opening a Mayoral debate on education, Scott Himelstein, Director of the San Diego University (USD) Center for Education Policy and the Law said: "A recent poll showed that education ranks a close second to jobs and the economy," and the next mayor needs to play a leadership role, whatever that is.
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LTE: Education Spending … the Rest of the Story

LTE: Education Spending … the Rest of the Story


Since Gov. Corbett’s budget proposal, those who profit from Pennsylvania’s $26 billion a year public school system have been gnashing teeth over what they claim is an “underfunding” of the public schools. This misinformation campaign builds on the faulty premises that education spending in Pennsylvania has been cut to the bone and more money will improve student learning. Unfortunately, this narrative distorts reality and omits key facts. As the late Paul Harvey would say, it is time you know the rest of the story.
Perhaps the best known education spending canard is more dollars will produce more scholars. Yet since 1995, when Pennsylvania doubled taxpayer spending on K-12 education from $13 billion to more than $26 billion, SAT scores have been flat and state results on the U.S. Department of Education’s Nation’s Report Card haven’t improved much since 2002.
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Lawmakers approve teacher evaluation plan in Maine


Lawmakers approve teacher evaluation plan in Maine


AUGUSTA, Maine—Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen says a bill setting standards for teacher effectiveness and evaluation of teachers is the most important education bill to come out of the Legislature this session.
Gov. Paul LePage is expected to sign the bill into law next week. It requires schools to adopt teacher and principal evaluation systems and makes other significant changes to Maine law with regard to educator training and certification. It also sets statewide standards for teacher and principal evaluation systems.
Bowen says, "The ultimate winners are our students."
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彼得．戴曼迪斯：富足，我們的未來


彼得．戴曼迪斯：富足，我們的未來

Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future


在2012的TED演說，彼得．戴曼迪斯提出了一個樂觀的想法－我們會發明、創新、創造出方法來應付各種迎面而來的挑戰。他說：「我們不會沒有任何問題，我們當然會遇到各式各樣的問題，但最後，問題都會被我們解決。」
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鞏固這種現象的 是科技 是最近以來 快速發展的科技做出的貢獻 我的好朋友 雷．庫茨魏爾(科學家)說 任何變成資訊科技的工具 都躍上了這個摩爾定律曲線 感受科技行情在每一年 或每兩年的雙倍成長 這就是為什麼你們口袋裡的手機 比起70年代的超級電腦 還要更便宜、更快速了幾百萬倍 請看這個曲線 這是一百多年前的摩爾定律 我要你注意這曲線上的兩個東西 第一，它是十分平穩的曲綫 曲線穿越過好時期和壞時期、戰爭時期和和平時期、 經濟衰退期、低迷和繁榮時期 這是速度快的電腦 被用來創造更快速的電腦的結果 它不因爲我們面對艱鉅的挑戰而慢下來 雖然它描繪成 左邊向上發展 的對數曲線 這個是科技進步的比率 科技本身越來越先進
而維護人民健康的收費的下降 大概是其中最好的部分吧 上個月我很榮幸跟「高通基金會」(Qualcomm Foundation)一起宣布 高通"Tricorder"的「X大獎」千萬得主 我們向全球參賽者們提出挑戰 把這些全部功能 融合在一個移動式的設備裡 因為有人工智慧，所以你能對著它講話 可以對它咳嗽或是做手指血液採樣 要贏得此獎，該儀器的診斷技術 必須比公會認證的醫師團隊還要精確 想像一下這個儀器 能被用在沒有醫生的開發中國家 在那裏有25%的地區在疾病肆虐的壓力下 且只有1.3%的人是醫療保健工作者 而當這個儀器無法辨識出 所排列的RNA或DNA病毒時 它就會通報「疾病防治中心」(CDC) 進而防止疾病從該地區散播出去
這有一個最強大的力量 能帶來一個富足的世界 我稱它為「上升十億」 白色那條代表人口 我們剛通過了七十億大關 順道一提 防止人口爆炸的最大力量 就是教育 和健康 在2010年 全球還不到20億人口 有網際網路的連線 到2020年 網路使用者會從20億 躍進到50億 新加入的30億人口 之前從沒聽過網路這種東西 他們終於能跟世界對話 這些人想要什麼？ 他們會接收到什麼？他們渴望什麼？ 當然不是經濟的蕭條 而是要感受有史以來最繁榮的經濟 這些人意味著有幾十兆美元 投入了全球經濟市場 他們就會藉由 "Tricorder"(剛提過的診斷儀器)變健康 和藉由「可漢學院」(非營利教育組織)得到較好的教育 漸漸地能使用 3D列印技術和無限運算功能變得更有生產力
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Underpinning much of this is technology, and of late, exponentially growing technologies.My good friend Ray Kurzweil showed that any tool that becomes an information technologyjumps on this curve, on Moore's Law, and experiences price performance doubling every 12 to 24 months. That's why the cellphone in your pocket is literally a million times cheaper and a thousand times faster than a supercomputer of the '70s. Now look at this curve. This is Moore's Law over the last hundred years. I want you to notice two things from this curve. Number one, how smooth it is -- through good time and bad time, war time and peace time, recession, depression and boom time. This is the result of faster computers being used to build faster computers. It doesn't slow for any of our grand challenges. And also, even though it's plotted on a log curve on the left, it's curving upwards. The rate at which the technology is getting faster is itself getting faster.
And on this curve, riding on Moore's Law, are a set of extraordinarily powerful technologiesavailable to all of us. Cloud computing, what my friends at Autodesk call infinite computing; sensors and networks; robotics; 3D printing, which is the ability to democratize and distribute personalized production around the planet; synthetic biology;fuels, vaccines and foods; digital medicine; nanomaterials; and A.I. I mean, how many of you saw the winning of Jeopardy by IBM's Watson? I mean, that was epic. In fact, I scoured the headlines looking for the best headline in a newspaper I could. And I love this: "Watson Vanquishes Human Opponents." Jeopardy's not an easy game. It's about the nuance of human language. And imagine if you would A.I.'s like this on the cloudavailable to every person with a cellphone.
And we've seen this in cellphones. My goodness, we're going to hit 70 percent penetrationof cellphones in the developing world by the end of 2013. Think about it, that a Masai warrior on a cellphone in the middle of Kenya has better mobile comm than President Reagan did 25 years ago. And if they're on a smartphone on Google, they've got access to more knowledge and information than President Clinton did 15 years ago. They're living in a world of information and communication abundance that no one could have ever predicted. Better than that, the things that you and I spent tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars for -- GPS, HD video and still images, libraries of books and music,medical diagnostic technology -- are now literally dematerializing and demonetizing into your cellphone.
Probably the best part of it is what's coming down the pike in health. Last month, I had the pleasure of announcing with Qualcomm Foundation something called the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize. We're challenging teams around the world to basically combine these technologies into a mobile device that you can speak to, because it's got A.I., you can cough on it, you can do a finger blood prick. And to win, it needs to be able to diagnose you better than a team of board-certified doctors. So literally, imagine this devicein the middle of the developing world where there are no doctors, 25 percent of the disease burden and 1.3 percent of the health care workers. When this device sequences an RNA or DNA virus that it doesn't recognize, it calls the CDC and prevents the pandemic from happening in the first place.
But here, here is the biggest force for bringing about a world of abundance. I call it the rising billion. So the white lines here are population. We just passed the seven billion mark on Earth. And by the way, the biggest protection against a population explosion is making the world educated and healthy. In 2010, we had just short of two billion peopleonline, connected. By 2020, that's going from two billion to five billion Internet users. Three billion new minds who have never been heard from before are connecting to the global conversation. What will these people want? What will they consume? What will they desire? And rather than having economic shutdown, we're about to have the biggest economic injection ever. These people represent tens of trillions of dollars injected into the global economy. And they will get healthier by using the Tricorder, and they'll become better educated by using the Khan Academy, and by literally being able to use 3D printing and infinite computing [become] more productive than ever before.

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