This paper contributes to the conceptualisation and operationalisation of the “technology trend” discussion in the … scope of the Technology Foresight paradigm. It proposes a consistent logical approach to analysing technology trends and … (inherent characteristics) and various trend types and empirical results of detection and classification of global technology …

Professor Jin's new book, Global Technological Change: From Hard Technology to Soft Technology, is a powerful … -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: What is Technology? -- A. The Evaluation of Technology -- B. A Fresh Understanding of Technology - To … Understand Another Paradigm of Technology - Soft Technology -- 1. Many Hard Technologies Derived from Natural Science …