The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 669 The Third Industrial Revolution

This year's Turing Award ceremony was held at the Association for Computing Machinery headquarters in New York as usual.

Liu Tao was wearing a formal suit and looked quite handsome.

After arriving at the hall, I saw that many people had already taken their seats. Liu Tao, as the winner of this award, was arranged in the first row.

The entire hall covers an area of ​​approximately 1000 square meters and occupies the first floor of the building.

Many computer association award ceremonies and gatherings are held here every year, so the decoration is very luxurious.

Of course, the decoration style here is more about computers, and the overall science fiction color is very strong.

This award ceremony was very special. In addition to scholars in the computer field, there were also rare politicians.

The award ceremony process was very simple. Turing was introduced first, and then the winners and the reasons for the awards were announced.

The American Computer Association has a very high opinion of Liu Tao, believing that his theories have played a vital role in the miniaturization of computers, the development of supercomputers, and the development of computer software.

When he was announced as the winner, Liu Tao stood up, waved and greeted everyone. At this time, the focus of the whole audience was on him.

Walking onto the stage and receiving the Turing Award silver bowl trophy and certificate, Liu Tao came to the microphone to give his acceptance speech.

CCTV has specially sent someone to attend the Turing Award ceremony this time, and it will be broadcast domestically.

Liu Tao expressed his gratitude and also spoke freely about the future development of computers.

The audience in the audience was also very respectful and all stood up and applauded Liu Tao, which was a recognition of his winning the award.

Attended the dinner and accepted congratulations from others.

The next day, Liu Tao went to Columbia University and gave a speech.

Columbia University is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world. It is located in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City, on the banks of the Hudson River, north of Central Park. It is one of the oldest colleges in the Americas and a top private research university in the world.

Columbia University is a founding member of the Association of American Universities and one of the five oldest universities in the United States. It has world-class law schools, business schools, medical schools, journalism schools, and engineering schools. It is also one of the most important research institutions in the United States and the birthplace of the Manhattan Project, the first nuclear fission project in North America.

Some of China's government-sponsored students go to study at Columbia University.

Liu Tao's speech attracted a lot of people, including Chinese international students, Chinese students, and American students.

"After the steam engine and electricity, the third technological revolution is here! What is revolution? The great man of China said that revolution is not a dinner party, but an uprising of one class overthrowing another class! The French obviously agree with this view. They sent Louis XVI to the guillotine 100 years before the great man of China was born!"

The theme of Liu Tao's speech this time was "Computer Revolution". He started by saying that the third technological revolution was coming. "Now, the computer revolution is coming. Who will it send to the guillotine?"

At this time, the conference hall was silent, many people were listening attentively, and a few reporters had shining eyes.

The computer revolution, which no one has ever mentioned before, is the third industrial revolution!

The computer revolution refers to the tremendous impact and profound changes that the invention, use and technological development of electronic computers have brought to the entire scientific and technological system, including the computer industry, and even to the entire human social life.

"Electronic computers were born in the mid-20th century and have continued to develop since then. They have now penetrated into all areas of society, and have had a profound and huge impact on the development of science and technology, economy, and society." Liu Tao went on to introduce the development of electronic computers and their penetration into various fields of society.

Unknowingly, securities trading in major stock markets around the world has begun using computers, which has improved the efficiency and accuracy of securities trading and enabled us to gain more information.

More and more companies are using computers for work, and more and more people are using office software and sending emails. The computing power of mainstream computers on the market has reached 500 million times per year, which is far more than the previous large computers.

When Liu Tao finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.

Obviously, they gained a lot from Liu Tao's speech.

Afterwards, an exchange session was held.

Liu Tao had a pleasant exchange with the students and answered the questions they raised.

After the half-hour exchange session ended, Liu Tao left the auditorium.

On the second evening, Liu Tao left New York and started his return journey.

"Comrade Liu Tao, I have seen the computer revolution you proposed before. Will the computer revolution really be the third revolution?" The leader and Liu Tao were communicating on the plane.

The leaders also learned about Liu Tao’s speech at Columbia University.

Regarding the computer revolution, Liu Tao did not just mention it now, he started talking about it many years ago.

Therefore, China is at the forefront of the world in computer development, and similarly, China is also at the forefront of the world in the Internet.

China missed the first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution, so it suffered a century of humiliation and was on the brink of national extinction.

No one desires industrialization more than China, because industrialization represents the path to a strong nation, which is engraved in the bones of every Chinese.

The Industrial Revolution can undoubtedly greatly improve productivity and quickly make a country strong.

China has invested a huge amount of money in the computer field in recent years.

Panshan Group invests tens of billions of dollars in computer-related fields every year.

"Leader, the computer revolution may not be very accurate. To be precise, it should be called the information revolution, or the automation revolution. It can be counted from the 1950s. The characteristics of this industrial revolution are that products and technologies with high-tech content such as atomic energy, aerospace technology, electronic computers, artificial materials, and genetic engineering have been increasingly advanced." Liu Tao said after pondering for a moment.

The Industrial Revolution has never been a point in time, but a period of time.

The first industrial revolution was a mechanization revolution represented by the steam engine. This was based on the steam engine and represented that machines could replace human labor. It lasted from the 18s to the mid-60th century, spanning almost a century.

Among them, Watt improved the steam engine, thus creating an industrial wave of replacing manual labor with machines. The machines used in the first industrial revolution were all powered by steam or water power. The first use of machines to replace manual labor was of great epoch-making significance.

In 1765, weaver Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny, which marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In 1785, the improved steam engine made by Watt was put into use, providing more convenient power and promoting the popularization and development of machines. Human society thus entered the "steam age". Factories appeared and became the main organizational form of industrialized production, playing an increasingly important role.

In 1814, the Englishman Stephenson invented the "steam car". In 1825, Stephenson personally drove a train with 34 small carriages and successfully tested it. From then on, human transportation industry entered an era powered by steam.

In 1840, Britain became the world's first industrial country.

It was precisely because the First Industrial Revolution first took place in Britain that Britain began its 300-year reign as the world's hegemon.

After all, the First Industrial Revolution was of great help in liberating and improving productivity.

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