Open AccessProductivity and changing technology
Author(s) -
Paul Conway
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v13i3.4677
Subject(s) - drone , rocket (weapon) , productivity , peninsula , happening , engineering , space (punctuation) , bridge (graph theory) , aeronautics , media studies , history , architectural engineering , sociology , computer science , archaeology , art history , performance art , medicine , genetics , biology , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
An orbital-class rocket with a 3D-printed engine launches into space from the Mähia Peninsula. A self-driving car crosses the Auckland Harbour Bridge. A pizza company begins testing delivery using airborne drones. While these may sound like things of science fiction, they are in fact stories that have been in the New Zealand media over the last year. These stories provide a glimpse of how technology is changing. Changes are not just happening around the edges but could be as disruptive to models of production as earlier industrial revolutions.