Explaining the Future How to Research Analyze and Report on Emerging Technologies 1st edition by Sunny Bains 0192555564 9780192555564

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ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎0192555564 

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎9780192555564

Author:   Sunny Bains 

Will this new technology work to solve the problem its inventors claim it will? Is it likely to succeed? What is the right technical solution for a particular problem? Can we narrow down the options before we invest in development? How do we persuade our colleagues, investors, clients, or readers of our technical reasoning? Whether you’re a researcher, a consultant, a venture capitalist, or a technology officer, you may need to be able to answer these questions systematically and with clarity. Most people learn these skills through years of experience. However, they are so basic to a high-level technical career that they should be made explicit and learned up front. Bains provides you with the tools you need to think through how to match new (and old) technologies, materials, and processes with applications. It starts with key questions to ask, goes through the resources you’ll need to answer them, and helps you think through who is most (and least) likely to deserve your trust. Next, it talks you through analyzing the information you’ve gathered in a systematic way. The book includes chapters on audience (and how to tailor your explanation to them), how to make a persuasive and structured technical argument, and how to write this up in a way that is credible and easy to follow. Finally, the book includes a case study: a real worked example that goes from an idea through the twists and turns of the research and analysis process to a final report.

Explaining the Future: How to Research, Analyze, and Report on Emerging Technologies 1st Table of contents:

1. Key Questions
Question 1: What’s so special about this technology?
Question 2: What problem are you trying to solve?
Question 3: What is the effect of time?
Question 4: What is the competition?
Question 5: What are the features of each competitor?
Summary
2. Finding Answers
Getting organized
Example work flow
Types of sources
Technical
Commercial/technical
The outside world
Commercial
Summary
3. Perspectives and Agendas
The press and the trade press
Look for the naysayers
Individual agendas
Credibility, analysis, and balance
Summary
4. Analyze
Starting point
Level of detail
Routes through the process
Phase 1: Understand the technology
Phase 2: Taking the application’s point of view
Phase 3: Timing
Phase 4: Coming to a conclusion
Phase 5: Reality checking
Summary
Case Study Part I: Research and Analysis
A quick introduction to neuromorphic engineering
A quick introduction to photonics in computing
Getting down to work
Wrapping up
5. Audience and Explanation
Audience
Purpose
Explanation
Jargon
Visualization
Summary
6. Technical Argument and Structure
The technical argument
Structure
Variations on an outline
Summary
7. Credibility
Show, don’t (just) tell
Be honest, authoritative, and accurate
Prepare for objections
Signposts, resting points, and flow
Make it easy to read
Don’t give rough drafts to readers
Summary
Case Study Part II: Report
Will silicon photonics speed up deep learning?
Optimizing neural hardware
New viability for photonics

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