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T he BBC recently reported Tyler
Cowen, “a professor of economics
and global thinker”, as lamenting
the current pace of technological
development.
The professor points out that from the late
19th century through the first half of the 20th,
technological progress affected every aspect of our
lives. “With innovations such as radio, TV, the motor
car, aircraft and major advances in medicine, this
was an age when humanity was advancing at a
rate faster than at any other time in our history.”
He went on to acknowledge that of late mankind
has made big advances thanks to computers
and communications, but argues that it hasn’t
made fundamental changes in other sectors. “We
are trying to run a new industrial revolution with
essentially only one dynamic sector. Innovations
come bunched together and the past two
decades have been one of the slower periods,”
he said.
I don’t disagree. However, I am sure that anyone
involved in our world will appreciate that mankind
is on the cusp of another spurt of innovation.
Unmanned systems will profoundly affect every
aspect of our lives in the not too distant future.
You will find evidence of that throughout these
pages – indeed, we had to increase by eight
the number of editorial pages in this issue to
accommodate all the intriguing developments
we uncovered at the 2016 Xponential show. The
next revolution is fast approaching, and we are
proud to be documenting the fascinating journey
accelerating us there. Read on!
Ian Bamsey | Editorial Director
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