This thenextweb post titled "Coolest Concept Phone From China - Ever" is certainly right about the title.
Even if this product never comes to fruition, it shows something we (in the USA for sure) need to sit up and take notice about.
Anyone who thinks that the Chinese are going to be satisfied as the offshore manufacturers of western designed products needs to understand this - that isn't going to happen. The common U.S. arrogance that somehow we retain a monopoly in innovation - where the hell did that come from in the first place - needs to come down a notch or two.
Remember the line from "Back to the Future" - "All of the really good stuff comes from Japan."
It is going to be China soon, unless we start re-energizing our attitudes about innovation and industry. And that means taking math, science, engineering, and the industrial arts seriously... very seriously.
Sadly, in a world where the main debates in education are about whether we teach solid science at all, and the private schools are largely the ones who don't, we have some huge hurdles to overcome first.
Ni hao ma?
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