90% of all scientists and engineers with PhDs will live in Asia by 2010.
Ref: Purdue University (US).

In 2008 an average PC was 32,000 times more powerful and 12 times less expensive than an average PC in 1981.
Ref: A Brief History of the Future by Jacques Attali

Australia generates 2% of global Intellectual Property. In 10 years times this is expected to be 1%.
Ref: CSIRO (Aus).

There was a 400% rise in Chinese patent applications between 1995 and 2005.
Ref: World Intellectual Property Organization.

By the end of 2008, there were 1 billion PCs in use around the world. By 2013 this number is predicted to hit 2 billion.
Ref: New Scientist (UK).

10% of people in the US say that they would be happy to have an internet access device planted directly inside their brain.
Ref: Harper’s (US).

In 2005 Britain graduated 24,000 engineers. In China the figure was
300,000 while in India the number was 450,000.
Ref: Business Week (US).

There are currently 1.5 billion devices (approximately) connected to the Internet.
By 2012 there are expected to be 14 billion.
Ref: Forrester Research (US).

50% of products returned by customers are in full working order. It’s just that customers can’t figure out how to use them because they’re too complicated.
Ref: New Scientist (UK).

There were 77 serious accidents involving humans and robots in the UK in 2005.
Ref: New Scientist (UK).