02053nam a22002537a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200210008810000270010924500870013626000450022330000270026836500280029552012010032365000370152465000290156165000310159070000280162194200120164999900190166195201190168020211115160030.0211115b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1845290887  cAL  aeng  223a355.07bHAMW  aDavid Hambling.910417  aWeapons grade : revealing the links between modern warfare and our high-tech world  aLondonbConstable and Robinson Ltdc2005  axiv,402bPBc23x15 cm.  b€12.99c€d€12.99  aPredicting how the business world might evolve is itself a multi-million-dollar business. Plenty of gurus, academics and snake-oil salesmen will tell you all about the future for a price. What the experts overlook is that the future is already here.

Chances are the products and services of tomorrow are available now to a very limited clientele at a top-secret research institute near you. Throughout history, war and its threat have driven innovation and the uptake of new technology from the ancient swordsmiths who pioneered the use of iron to the Pentagon bureaucrats who funded the early internet. And since 1945 the relationship between military needs and modern business has grown ever closer.

As well as telling the story of technology transfer in the past, Hambling explores the cutting edge of modern military research. Throughout he seeks to identify the technologies that will transform business and society in the decades to come. If history does repeat itself, Weapons Grade will be a book about the future of business with a difference: rather than learning more about the shape of current preoccupations, Hambling's readers will discover something about the future of business.  a Military art and science910418  aMilitary research910419  aTechnology Transfer910420  aHAMBLING (David)910421  2ddccGF  c220599d220599  00102ddc40708OTHaALbALd2013-03-23l1o355.07 HAMWpGF03667r2023-02-24 00:00:00s2023-02-23w2021-11-15yGF