JSA was featured on PBS NewsHour!
- Jump-Starting America
- Oct 10, 2019
- 1 min read
The U.S. government spends about 0.7 percent of GDP on scientific research and development, down from 2 percent in the 1960s. Less investment means fewer chances for breakthroughs like the weapon-seeking robots that saved thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and created a new consumer products category. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an effort to jump-start public R&D.
This segment aired on August 29th, 2019 and features:
Jump-Starting America
Authors Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson
The City of Rochester, New York (ranked #1 in the JSA Technology Hub Index System)
iRobot, the robotics company based in Bedford, Massachusetts
Colin Angle, iRobot CEO
Jennifer Leonard, CEO of the Rochester Area Community Foundation
AIM Photonics Institute, a public-private partnership and part of the Manufacturing USA network
Terry Clas, former Kodak executive
Yasaman Soudagar, Founder and CEO at Neurescence Inc.
It’s striking how much public R&D has dropped since the 1960s—especially when you consider breakthroughs like those weapon-seeking robots that saved lives and sparked new industries. I’ve been tracking this shift with https://ai-voice-free.com
It’s wild to think public R&D spending has dropped that much since the 60s—especially when you see how battlefield tech like those weapon-seeking robots ended up shaping consumer products. I’ve been using https://ai-3d-modeling.com
It’s great to see JSA getting this kind of spotlight, especially with the stark drop in public R&D spending making it harder to turn breakthroughs into real-world products. I’ve been following their work closely and https://video-upscaler.org
It’s striking how much public R&D investment has dropped since the 1960s—especially when you see the real-world impact it had on saving lives in combat. I've been using https://vo3-ai.net
It’s striking how far public R&D funding has fallen since the 1960s—especially when you consider the life-saving tech it helped create. I've been using https://samaudiolab.com