| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: DG Research and Innovation |
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| Publisher | EU |
| Publication Date | 2011 |
| ISBN | 978-92-79-17325-7 |
| EC | KI-31-10-643-EN-C |
| Content Type | Overview |
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Robert Billing, a software engineer with a taste for science fiction, speculates in these four tales on how the world may change over the next decade. Girl power comes lo espionage in "Hunting the Sun", but uncovering too much skin in a world that's getting warmer has disastrous consequences, until Cindy realises just what nanobots can do. Craig and Anna are trying to win a cookery competition by producing their own ingredients. In "Self-Drive Rent-a-Cow" they are given a beef steer, which forces them to rethink what they believe about food production. In "Blood and the Wire" a woman dies in a burning wreck and officer Hunter must decide if this is an accident, terrorism, or if a very clever murderer has used the new technology to create the perfect alibi. Global warming disrupts a centuries-old winemaking tradition. Can technology reverse the effects of the disaster? What if the price of "the very last bottle" of all isn't enough lo pay for the engineering? At the end of each story, readers can get an idea of current innovations supported by the European Union. |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe |
