Innovations in Asia
Asian countries are no longer just a place to get cheap labour or programming skills. Innovation is on the rise. Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership innovation. The phrase "made in China", which has been a normality to the greater population, has now moved to "designed in China". Today, Asia's leading electronics exporting countries are aggressively pursuing strategies to establish themselves as new sources of innovation and global standards. Therefore, this arguably indicates that it is no longer possible to assume that innovations and global standards necessarily emerge first in a few global "centers of excellence", especially the U.S. Asian countries have demonstrated to the world that they have the knowledge, skills and abilities to develop advanced technologies, which in turn will attract foreign investment and strengthen their position towards the world.
These five articles are just a few examples of the many recent innovations within Asia, and shows Asia's commitment towards excellence and the top prize in every field.
1. Cars that brake down when you don't
November 14, 2005
Honda has created a vehicle and its new gadgetry to avoid any possible accidents on the road. The Advanced Safety Vehicle (ASV-3) uses satellite technology to calculate the optimum speed, and applies the brakes when needed. For example, if a vehicle is coming very close to hitting you, a 5.8 GHz radio signal informs the onboard computer which in turn alerts the driver, and simultaneously hits the brakes for you. "The ASV-3 offers the prospect of safer, more comfortable, and more worry-free driving", says Akihiro Kubo, Honda's executive chief engineer at the company's research and development center in Tochigi, just north of Tokyo.
Unfortunately, the technologies that are to be used in the ASV-3 are not yet in mass production, but it has alarmed many of the other automakers of the current trend in research into vehicle safety. Turning this prototype into reality will not be easy. Engineers do not expect this type of technology to be created into vehicles until 2010. The greatest issue facing this implementation is cost. A safety system like this would cost in the range of $4000-$5000, which consumers will not likely take into consideration since most consumers expect passive safety equipment like air bags to be standard, so such a high price tag will not be taken with any excitement.
Barron’s Review Assignment Three “Evaluate the effects of the spread of scientific and technological innovations in Eurasia from 1000 to 1450”. It can be said that Eurasia underwent large changes between 1000 and 1450. Governments are changing their methods of control and trade networks, increasing globalization worldwide. Along with these new changes, scientific and technological innovations in Eurasia took flight and reached new heights unseen.
Vehicles are a main necessities of our life, it have been with us for quite a long period; it is time efficient, but the number of death it have caused is not easily avoided; therefore the engineers have designed vehicle safety features such as seat belts and crumple zones regarding the concepts of Newton’s Laws of Motion to help save our lives.
Define globalization 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 and provide a sample of the type of business data managers collected during each era.
The U.S. industries have been outsourcing manufacturing for several decades now. U.S. companies thought they were reducing costs by outsourcing development, manufacturing, and process-engineering abilities. Consequently, U.S. corporations’ knowledge, skilled workers, and supply chain, which are the necessities to producing advanced products, have vanished. For example, almost all notebook computers, cell phones, and handheld devices, which were once created in the U.S., are now designed in Asia. When a major U.S. company outsource, it pressures their rivals to do the same thing. They also lose the expertise of process engineering, which would interact with manufacturing on a daily basis. Minor companies and skilled workers go to where the jobs and knowledge networks are no matter where they are geographically in the world. This decline of trade in the U.S. has caused a negative chain reaction to their suppliers of sophisticated materials, tools, production equipment, and components. U.S. industries do not have a way of coming up with new ideas for the next generation of high-tech products...
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So after few months, the CEO of Tesla announced to improve Autopilot. From the CNN news, one article called “Tesla: Autopilot improvement coming” talks about Tesla will come out a new system to prevent the risk of crashing when drivers use Autopilot. “Tesla will roll out “major improvements” to its so-called Autopilot software with new versions of the software that will soon be download to owners’ Model S and Model X electric vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on Twitter.” I think the company is expanding and updating the information technology. The new system may improve the stability and operation of Tesla vehicles but the system still can’t confirm there will not happened the accident again. If these technology systems are not successful, the business and operation could be disrupted and the operating results could be harmed. Because the new system support the company to produce new vehicles in the future, which management time, cost, data experiment, and so on. If the company can’t figure out the problem of Autopilot or other technology problem, these risks may affect us to report financial statement accurately and
His “Three Worlds of Innovation” system categorizes countries into one of three differentiations of entrepreneurial abilities. The category of marginalized countries includes areas of low innovative contributions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The second tier categorizes technological diffusers, which have advanced production and technology absorption abilities but low contribution to innovation, including China, India, and the former Soviet Union. At the top of the hierarchy is the core country category, which includes “Western” states like the United States, Japan, and nations in Western Europe which dominate innovation due to their wealth, supportive abilities, and developed infrastructure. Sachs describes the hostility of marginalized countries to innovation, blaming the absence of national innovation systems/democratic policy and poor STEM support, as well as natural disadvantages such as ecological and environmental challenges. To become a diffuser and/or a core country, he recommends marginalized countries aim to develop their urban areas into sites of globalized production, attracting financial grants and international support for scientific advancements. By integrating a national economy into world production, states such as Singapore and Israel have become bases of operation for world-class technology leaders. Conclusively, Sachs contends that while many aspects of innovation (such as intellectual property rights and technology transfer) must be reimagined themselves, the public provision and promotion of STEM is critical to innovation and must be supported
China also provided a labor force that is able to tackle both white-collar and blue-collar job positions. This made foreign companies rush both monetary and technological resources into China to utilize the manufacturing and development power. Both Microsoft and Sun have created research and development centers to implement and design software applications in China. Domestic companies are not far behind either, for example, China's own Evermore Software is on the rise to challenge Microsoft's office suite with its own.4
For over fifty years, Toyota has established over 50 bases in 26 different countries and regions. Their automobiles have found their way into over 170 countries across the entire globe. In addition, Toyota has design and R&D bases in nine locations overseas, with this they prove that they have achieved consistent globalization as well as localization. The most important part in any Toyota base is the quality assurance. They don’t stamp their product with “Made in the USA” or “Made in Japan”, but instead opt for one label for all: “Made by TOYOTA.” This shows that the product is made in the “Toyota Way.” To achieve this, the company minimized support that comes from Japan to let each of their foreign locations become self-reliant. For example, a Toyota plant recently began production in Texas has made maximum use of its sibling’s experience in Kentucky which has been cultivated over the past 20 years. Toyota believes that in order to reach their goals is through educating people. Multiple Global Production Centers have been built within Motomachi Plant in Toyota City, in United States, the United Kingdom, and Thailand to carry our corresponding activities in the Asia-Pacific, European, and North American regions. To promote the “Toyota Way”, the Toyota Institute established an internal human resources development organization in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. As you can see the pros of the globalization of Toyota are endless. This company alone has created millions of jobs across the world. Winners are not only the workers, but also the buyers, without globalization Toyota automobiles would only be available in Japan. Many people, including me, see globalization of this kind as a beneficial and advantageous result. Toyota companies have not only created jobs for thousands if not millions of people, but their
Nissan Motor Corporation is the automaker that seems to be the leader in safety technology. They implemented many features such as intelligent cruise control and advanced rear-view backup cameras to their vehicles. “The low-speed following mode operates at speeds under about 40 km/h to maintain an appropriate following distance in congested traffic, thereby helping reduce the driver’s workload” (Nissan 7). A teenager may get stressed out when trying to drive in high-traffic situations. Nissan is helping them by using an intelligent cruise control that will slow down and speed up traffic while staying a distance away from the driver in front of them.
The 21st Century has witnessed Asia’s rapid ascent to economic prosperity. As economic gravity shifts from the Western world to the Asian region, the “tyranny of distance [between states, will be] … replaced by the prospects of proximity” in transnational economic, scientific, political, technological, and social develop relationships (Australian Government, 1). Japan and China are the region’s key business exchange partners. Therefore these countries are under obligation to steer the region through the Asian Century by committing to these relationships and as a result create business networks, boost economic performance, and consequently necessitate the adjustment of business processes and resources in order to accommodate each country’s
Technology is evolving faster than ever these days, however there is one technology that could revolutionize the transportation industry. This technology is called autonomous cars, also known as self-driving cars. Autonomous cars can be defined as a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment, and navigating without human input. Using different techniques such as GPS and radar, autonomous cars can detect surroundings, thus removing the human element in driving. This would have a positive effect in more ways than we could ever imagine. Research suggests that self-driving cars will become more abundant in the future because they will be more cost-effective, enhance safety, and decrease traffic congestion.
For all these features any car can still crash so this report aims to make you more aware of the safety aspects of modern cars and what role they play in driving.
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