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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: interviews » Changes in scientific journals – there is a focus and an intensity in this area of biology, biotechnologies.

version: 10 / updated: 2011-10-22
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Originally submitted by: Ivan Montenegro Perini
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Source of inspiration

Interviews

The source of the Weak Signal is

Dr. Ozcan SARITAS, "The University of Manchester", interviewed by "MIOIR".

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Changes in scientific journals – there is a focus and an intensity in this area of biology, biotechnologies.

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Everyone is talking about biotechnologies nowadays, which is a good indication that there is potential there. People cannot imagine what can be done really. If you talk to people who work in this area, it is clearly very new and very immature, but looking at current research we can come up with the ideas that body sensors might be possible in the future. Or some body computers, like those in cars, which indicate when fuel will be required. With the body we only go to the doctors once we have a complaint. If we could get weak signals of something coming, we could help ourselves and reduce the load on the health system.

Keywords

Health, Biotechnology.

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
If we could get weak signals of something coming, we could help ourselves and reduce the load on the health system.

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 continuation
 		beneficial
#2 continuation
 		harmful

Importance

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please select
Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

economic filters (business/market interests)
scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)
social filters (class, status, education level)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Behavioural change
Diseases, health and well-being
Economic prosperity/dynamics
Innovation dynamics

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Health
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
ICT - Information & communication technologies
Nanosciences, nanotech, materials & new prod. tech.
Environment (including Climate Change)
Social Sciences and Humanities
Science in society