"The Daphnia system is an exquisite aquatic sensor, a potential high-tech and modern version of the mineshaft canary," he said.

“水蚤系统是一种敏锐的水中传感器、一种潜在的高科技、一种现代版的矿区金丝雀，”他说。

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At first she thought they were admiring the high-tech store's modern design.

起先她以为这些人是在欣赏新店中的高科技现代设计。

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According to an online survey conducted by the Nielsen Co. of viewers in 16 countries after the closing ceremony, seven in ten said Beijing appeared more modern and high-tech than they had expected.

根据尼尔森公司(Nielsen Co.)在闭幕式后对16个国家的观众进行的一项网上调查，七成受调查者表示北京比他们想象的更加现代，科技也更发达。

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The U.S. perfect it with putting a man on the man, then with a series of modern high tech space shuttle missions and Mars ROVERS. But now, the final frontier captains are more likely to be Russians, with their hopes for a human Mars landing someday, or Chinese, with a new China space station due within the next 8 years.

FORBES: China's Space Age Grows Up As U.S. Space Race Winds Down

Modern high-tech clusters often gather round prestigious universities on whose research they can piggyback.

ECONOMIST: Idea: Clustering | The

In the Atlantic piece, I also discuss the increasing concern that modern high-tech medicine has overpromised and underdelivered.

FORBES: Cures Matter, Implementation Counts Too, Aim High