Science And Technology Index

Despite this, modern technology is increasingly reliant on deep, domain-specific scientific knowledge. In 1975, there was a median of 1 quotation of scientific literature in every three patents granted in the U.S.; by 1989, this elevated to an average of 1 citation per patent. The common was skewed upwards by patents associated to the pharmaceutical business, chemistry, and electronics. A 2021 evaluation Technology news shows that patents which may be based mostly on scientific discoveries are on common 26% more useful than equal non-science-based patents. Examples of techno-utopian goals include post-scarcity economics, life extension, thoughts importing, cryonics, and the creation of synthetic superintelligence.