TAILIEUCHUNG - Technology Pioneers 2013 Pushing New Frontiers

Liquid Robotics’ chief of innovative applications, Edward Lu, a former astronaut, often remarks that we know more about outer space than we do about the oceans on which most of life on Earth depends for survival. The company’s Wave Glider, which looks like a surf board packed with instruments, is trying to change that. Company founder Roger Hine got the idea when an investor asked him how he would track the migratory routes of humpback whales. The gliders, which rely on wave motion to maintain a speed of around knots and count on solar energy to power transmitters that. | WORLD ECONOMIC F o R UM COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE STATE OF THE WORLD Technology Pioneers 2013 Pushing New Frontiers World Economic Forum 2012 - All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including photocopying and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system. Contents Foreword 3 Foreword 4 Technology Pioneers 2013 Pushing New Frontiers 9 Profiles of the Technology Pioneers 22 Technology Pioneers Selection Committee 26 Acknowledgements and Partner Companies Robert Greenhill Managing Director and Chief Business Officer Technology is playing an increasingly vital role in all aspects of business and society. New innovations may provide answers to the key challenges facing the world today from climate change to resource sustainability to affordable healthcare for an ageing population. New technologies allow us to make things better faster and cheaper and are empowering individuals in a number of ways. Most importantly technology is a key driver of hyperconnectivity -- the interconnecting of everyone with everything - which fundamentally redefines how individuals enterprises and governments interconnect and relate. It provides new models for innovation new opportunities for growth but also new risks that will have to be managed and mitigated. The World Economic Forum is pleased to present 23 innovative companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2013 in the areas of information technology telecommunications and new media energy and environment and life sciences and health. These companies have been selected due to their demonstrative vision and leadership in their fields innovative ideas and approaches and their impact on society and business. This year s group of Technology Pioneers provides new models and solutions in a number of areas including solutions for a greener and more sustainable planet technology for social and economic development interaction-enabling technologies and .

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