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Innovations Here, There, Everywhere!

By Anonymous

    This week I’m going to be focused on comparing and contrasting the most innovative states and countries from around the world. There are innovations and advancements that are happening locally as far as globally, and it’s interesting to see who is the most innovative and who might be struggling. Being innovative is something that we all strive for, it means you’re creative and easily come up with new ideas. You can be innovative in many different ways. Technology is something that is widespread everywhere, so it’s always being innovated and there is a lot that we can compare. 

Innovations Ranked Locally

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    Close to home, NH is a state that is fairly innovative with technology. Jeff Feingold from NH Business Review, states that “New Hampshire has moved up two spots to No. 7 in the Milken Institute’s ranking of state “innovation pipelines.”” Wikipedia says that the Milken Institute is a group that posts research and data related to market ideas and financial innovations in the US and globally. Every year they rank states in the US from most innovative to least innovative (number one being the most innovative.)

    Overall, NH moved up to number seven this past year. 
The Milken Institute breaks the rankings into sub-indexes, and NH did terrifically well in the technology portion. “Another category where New Hampshire performed well was in the technology and science workforce metric, which measures intensity of computer and information science experts, engineers, and life and physical scientists in the overall workforce. The state was tied for No. 6, with Minnesota and Virginia. In 2018, it ranked 11th in the category." (Feingold) NH proves to be a technologically innovative state overall, and it’s well up in the top 10! According to the chart on statetechandscience.org, this past year, Maryland was the most technologically innovative state in the US. Ranked in third was Massachusetts, which is also very impressive and close to home. Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Nevada were states that were very unsuccessful and ranked at the very bottom of the technology category. 

Innovations Ranked Globally

    On a larger scale, the United States makes the cut for the top ten most innovative countries in the world. Cristoph Damm published an article in Business Insider that said the top three are Germany, South Korea, and Singapore. According to Sintia Radu from US News, the countries that are topping the charts with technology innovations are; Japan, China, and South Korea, with the United States well up in fourth. Typically if a country invents a good product or new technology they sell and share their product worldwide. For example, both Samsung and Hyundai are companies that were invented in South Korea, and today they’re both used in the United States and other countries. "The scale of these large companies - such as Samsung and Hyundai - not only enabled a massive pooling of resources but also resulted in Korean manufacturing moving into a new phase of growth driven by technological leadership and innovation" (Why Innovation is...) New innovations and ideas are always being spread around the world. In a way, everyone is working together but there's friendly competition which helps inspire a better product! 

    Overall, technology innovations are constantly being thought of and created everywhere. A huge takeaway I got from learning about local as well as global innovations is that NH is more innovative than I thought. Considering NH is rated sixth in the US, and the US is fourth in the world proves that we are very technologically innovative. This was shocking to me because I didn’t realize it was happening so close to home!
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Works Cited

Damm, Christoph. "These are the world's most innovative countries. The US isn't even in the top 5." Business Insider, 26 Jan. 2020, www.businessinsider.com/these-are-the-10-most-innovative-countries-bloomberg-says-2020-1. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

Feingold, Jeff. "New Hampshire Ranks High Again on National Innovation Index." NH Business Review, 12 Nov. 2020, www.nhbr.com/new-hampshire-ranks-high-again-on-national-innovation-index/. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

"Milken Institute." Wikipedia, 4 Feb. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milken_Institute. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

"NH Clipart." Clipart Library, clipart-library.com/clipart/185710.htm. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

Radu, Sintia. "Top 10 Countries for Technological Expertise, Ranked by Perception." US News, 28 Jan. 2020, www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/slideshows/top-10-countries-for-technological-expertise-ranked-by-perception?slide=12. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

"Samsung Logo." Wikipedia, 7 Aug. 2008, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Logo.svg. Accessed 6 Jan. 2021.

"Technology and Science Workforce Rankings." State and Science, Milken Institute, statetechandscience.org/statetech.taf?page=overall-ranking&composite=tswf. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.

"Why Innovation is King in South Korea." DW, www.dw.com/en/why-innovation-is-king-in-south-korea/a-19038625. Accessed 5 Jan. 2021.



Comments

  1. Ms. LaClairJanuary 8, 2021 at 9:04 AM

    A well-organized post, Loren. I was also surprised that NH ranks so highly. What are some of the tech companies or innovations that are helping NH lead the way?

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2021 at 11:18 PM

      Thank you. Some tech companies in NH that are making an impact are, Parallel Wireless, Akumina, Retrieve, and Claro.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 11, 2021 at 10:45 AM

    Are there any recent notable technology innovations that are making things better for NH?

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2021 at 11:25 PM

      Voi-Reach is a company that has recently received a "Granite State Technology Innovation Grant" from the NH Innovation Research Center administered by UNH. "Voi-Reach is an innovative web-based app designed to enhance collaborative care. Implementation of the Reach tool within clinical care teams for youth enrolled in foster care has the potential to improve communication across providers and better inform clinical decision points for system-involved youth." There is some more information here: https://innovation.unh.edu/two-nh-businesses-awarded-technology-innovation-grants-research-and-product-development

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