Formidable Challenges to Our Technology Wizards
First-ever cars and trains awed our forefathers, now Alexas and Watch ECG awe us When are we going to awe 'them' ''Tora! Tora! Tora!' That coded signal confirming the success of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour ignited the war spirit in America, which, till then, was isolationist, pacifist and neutral to the World War II raging in Europe. America plunged into the War as an Allied power and virtually led the Allies to victory with a sad, though technologically decisive, the step of dropping an atom bomb on Hiroshima! That was a victory as much for the Allies as for the technocrats and scientists in the USA. Atomic energy has since been used for several peaceful projects like electricity generation. 'Robot! Robot! Robot!' This is another signal that too roused the spirit of technology campaigns on a war footing towards the end of the last century. The basic robot concept has so far led to AI, Big Data, 3D Xerox, Automation, Cloud