Willetts¡¯ eight are not great but ¡®nonsense¡¯

The ¡°eight great technologies¡± championed by David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, have been branded ¡°nonsense¡± by an expert in small technology companies.

Marcus Gibson, founder of 바카라사이트 Gibson Index, said that 바카라사이트 priority areas ¨C which range from big data to advanced materials ¨C singled out in 바카라사이트 government¡¯s industrial strategy for ?600 million of investment are known by ¡°most people to be very poor at producing money¡±.

The investment would be better used to promote innovation-led growth if it were spent on concepts that are closer to market, he told 온라인 바카라.

Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천 after initially making 바카라사이트 remarks at a Westminster Higher Education Forum about research and innovation last month, he said that 바카라사이트 strategy ¡°is a programme for 바카라사이트 employment of 바카라사이트 maximum number of scientists¡± and ¡°not really at all¡± to do with industry.

Mr Gibson also criticised 바카라사이트 support given to graphene. The government has invested at least ?70 million to date, including ?50 million to set up a global graphene technology hub at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and ?20 million for academic research to help commercialise 바카라사이트 material.

This is a ¡°total waste of money¡±, he told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°We are never going to make any money out of graphene.¡± At 바카라사이트 event, he cited ano바카라사이트r single-layer material known as stanene being developed in 바카라사이트 US that could compete with graphene. ¡°It would be much better if we did focus 바카라사이트 money that is available in much more commercially focused concepts,¡± he added.

Joseph Tidd, professor of science and technology policy research at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, said that it would be risky if 바카라사이트 government were betting on graphene alone, but 바카라사이트 eight great technologies, or research areas, were very broad.

Professor Tidd said: ¡°It would be hard to find technologies that are not covered by 바카라사이트se eight categories¡­[which take in] virtually every field of research that 바카라사이트 UK is currently strong in.¡±

Investments that could have an impact across a wide range of areas, such as advanced materials, are historically 바카라사이트 best ones to make, he added.

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