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Welcome to the April e-Newsletter from QinetiQ focusing this month on technology, the effects on society as well as on the individual.
It seems Britons increasingly expect technology to solve society's most serious problems - despite the fact that consumer technologies dominate the list of innovations that people believe have made the most difference to their lives in the last five years, according to a new survey from QinetiQ. The survey comes as Lord Alec Broers, chairman of the Royal Academy of Engineering, explains how technology will determine the future of the human race in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
The QinetiQ survey of 925 British adults, conducted by MORI, shows that health and the environment are the two issues which the British public wants technology to tackle.
To see how QinetiQ has adapted and applied technology over the years visit our new timeline.
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| Technology's impact on society |
The innovations that people think will have the most positive impact on society in the next 10 years are slow-release cancer drugs (47%), renewable energy sources (38%) and new drugs to treat AIDS (37%).
QinetiQ is already involved in these areas.
 Renewable Energy – Wind and tidal
Drug development
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| Technology’s impact on the individual |
When asked what innovations will provide the greatest benefit to individuals over the same period, it was environment-related advances that top the list: smaller, more fuel-efficient cars (52%) and hybrid vehicles that run partly on batteries (34%), ahead of a range of consumer technologies including wireless technology and 'smart' living rooms which can adjust lights and temperature automatically.
QinetiQ is at the forefront of battery and fuel cell development, as well as secure wireless solutions.
Portable Power
High speed mobile broadband transceiver system
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Looking further ahead, the issues most people want addressed through innovation in the next 20 years include disease (54%), pollution (42%), famine (37%), terrorism (37%), climate change (28%), road congestion (22%), and recycling and waste (22%).
For more information about these issues visit
Clean Technologies for vehicles
Waste Management
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Come visit QinetiQ at this month's events:
Radar 2005, (9th - 12th May) at Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
QinetiQ presentations will discuss advanced phased array signal processing techniques for future airborne phased array radars.
Domain Based Security (DBSy), User Conference, (14th June) at Nelson Complex, QinetiQ Technology Centre, Malvern.
The objective of this conference is to enable those who have been involved in developing and applying DBSy concepts to share their experiences and to establish and communicate best practice.
Radar Sensors
DBSy
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