Science and technology in Iran

[TEHR_IR]

well I live in Belgium and I have all the freedom I can wish for, Like I said, I will not go in further discussion, this is not the right place.

[SoroushPersepolisi]

Originally Posted by wordok

I beg to differ here. I think if mullahs would not have wanted science they could have easily not invested in Iran's education and science developing programs. After all they are being portrayed as blood sucking monster dictators and as such they could have opted not to have any science program. All facts indicate the reality is otherwise.

the money put in budget, usually is not initiated by mullahs, regarding science. the money is mostly stolen by them in the first place, the remainder begged off by the very very few intellectuals in the system for actual scientific usage, and also the demand of the people

mullahs are not the one's that would give money to science for whatever reason, being their own reputation even

its a complex matter though, god knows what really happens behind the curtain

[SoroushPersepolisi]

and why is it that when anyone talks about the shah's time, they mention mini skirts? like honestly, there was much more to those days than mini skirts

[Nimaa]

Originally Posted by SoroushPersepolisi

and why is it that when anyone talks about the shah's time, they mention mini skirts? like honestly, there was much more to those days than mini skirts

[ardeshir8]

With all due respect, we are still so much behind of the ones like Germany, Japan etc. It will take a miracle to come close to them one day. As a matter of fact, Iranian technology is in the same level as Chinese, but still much worse than Korea, France, Italy etc. So, step by step guys! I think we can come close to the bests, if we work extremely hard and with passion.

Our next step must be building passenger airplanes!

[SoroushPersepolisi]

why close to the besf?!!! biaim sarvare hamashun beshiimmm!!!!!!! mishe bacheha, bavar dashte bashimo talash konim iran mitune ru baame in giti vaiyse

[ardeshir8]

@Sourosh

I hope so too!

A video about the Iranian Army from last year in German language:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32HDc...el_video_title

It says and shows that we build submarines, missiles, drones, and boots. It says that Iran is 1 of 10 countries that builds submarines. And one of a few countries that builds drones. It also mentions that we have the fastest boots of the world!

They also say Iran has the strongest and best army of the region.

[FreddyB]

please no further discussions about the mullas and Iran's freedom and etc here

[FreddyB]

Originally Posted by wordok

Could you please provide a link to firsts of Tabriz?

about "some of Tabriz's firsts"
first print and book publishing
first official Library
first cinema (I've read somewhere that after 5 years that the cinema was invented,the technology came to Tabriz too)
first kindergarten
first school for deaf and speechless kids
first paper money
first trading office
first telecom centre
first electricity
first city Municipality
first firefighting dep
first ...

I didn't find an English source but alot of Iranian pages about it in persian
http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%...B1%D8%A7%D9%86

[QWECXZ]

It's old but still interesting:
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Iran produces first artificial windpipe

Iranian researchers have managed to produce an artificial windpipe for the first time ever by using tissue engineering techniques.


Head of the Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Center in the research project said the device was 70 percent successfully tested on sheep.

Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati noted that since in the structure of the artificial windpipe the tissue of patient is used the implant process easily assimilates and the possibility of rejection is greatly reduced, IRNA reported.

He pointed out that achieving this technology is very useful for patients who have been exposed to chemical weapons during 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War.

The artificial windpipe was produced by researchers at Shahid Beheshti Medical University.

Windpipe or trachea is a tube-like portion of the respiratory tract that connects the larynx (the voice box) with the bronchial parts of the lungs.

http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/34880.html

[wordok]

Originally Posted by ardeshir8

With all due respect, we are still so much behind of the ones like Germany, Japan etc. It will take a miracle to come close to them one day. As a matter of fact, Iranian technology is in the same level as Chinese, but still much worse than Korea, France, Italy etc. So, step by step guys! I think we can come close to the bests, if we work extremely hard and with passion.

Our next step must be building passenger airplanes!

Yes, that is the other side of the truth. Unfortunately it takes fairly a long time for any nation to become developed since much of this leap depends on developing institutions and human capital. Iran is at the first stages of becoming a technological nation as opposed to being a consumer one which it has been in the past centuries. The internal combustion engines have been manufactured in Europe for over 120 years now but Iran started manufacturing its own engines just in the past one decade. That is just one example. Today though Iran is good at producing science but it is still weak at transforming that science into usable consumer items. One interesting example is this one:
Last year Iranian researchers succeeded in predicting menopause in women, something that is considered as a holy grail of female sexuality. You see females since eternity had two problems which males did not. First they did not have complete control over their body since the sexual activity would leave them pregnant while males did not have to become pregnant. This problem was solved a few decades ago by invention of modern contraceptives principally among them the "pill" which used knowledge gained from female hormones to produce a product which would imbalance them and stop pregnancy. This development allowed women to get pregnant when they wanted. This brings us to the other problem. The other issue of female sexuality till now has been that all females eventually go to menopause and become non-productive and though contraceptives allowed women to postpone pregnancy there was no way for females to know how long they can postpone that. Some women reached menopause at 35 while others at 55. The problem is complicated by the fact that diagnosis of menopause till now have been a retrospective one, that is doctors can tell a woman has hit menopause after only menopause has happened and not before. In order to give full control to women, a test was needed to make women able to know this simple date before menopause has happened. Last year Iranian biotech researchers from University of Tehran finally came up with this test and a system of test was devised which is able to tell women with an error of just a few months when they are going to have their menopause. Imagine a girl at 19 goes and takes a test which tells her she is going to have menopause at age 44 with an error of 6 months. She can plan her life accordingly. Now that is the science part of it. In developed countries, this science is taken and worked up to develop a consumer product. For example a machine is made or a urine stick is made which is able to transform this scientific knowledge accessible to the public for their use and this creates wealth by increasing industrial production. Iran is weak in this respect. In fact you can rest assured that the first product hitting the market for this area is going to be made by a western company and not by Iranians, since Iran is still at infancy of designing a completely new product. Iranians are good at reverse engineering and producing brand new science and discovery but when it comes to innovation they still far behind. They can not translate their findings into functioning new products. The other problem is that Iran is still weaker in marketing. When a western company comes up with a new product they have the strong marketing tactics to go global and introduce their consumer item all over the world whether in France or Uganda. Iran does not have such capability. Even Chinese are known for their market domination tactics, but Iranians are not. As history of science has shown, the nations who can not market their own products globally even if they are good at science will eventually lose out to those which can sell their products. Being the best is not enough if you can not convince the global customers. Science is an expensive affair, and with out financing the R&D by selling the products others will take advantage of your R&D and will eventually make Iran's R&D effort bankrupt. Imagine if Chinese test kits for menopause test hit the Iranian markets. Iranians discovered and invented the scientific principles for the test but the Chinese will be the winners since they will be the ones who are getting paid. This is just one example. I have heard alot of Iranian research which have been published in the past decade have been picked up by western and eastern nations transformed into products which are now available in Iran and Iranians are importing them at hefty prices. That is the difference which matters.

About the passenger planes, I had read on an Iranian website that an institution in Iran is working on a 100 seat jetliner which is to have its maiden flight in 2012. Not sure what is the name of the plane or how it looks like.

[ardeshir8]

We are very good with robotics.

Robotics in Iran-Reporter's File-03-10-2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOiuOOYIx0

Intelligent Robots in Iran-Iran-03-20-2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Y9C...eature=related

Iran Robotics Olympiad Tournament in Payam Noor University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crhcUKNv324

[ardeshir8]

Iran's comprehensive scientific plan unveiled-Iran Today-04-12-2011-(Part1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KgGo...eature=related

Iran's comprehensive scientific plan unveiled-Iran Today-04-12-2011-(Part2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KII4...eature=related

[ardeshir8]

Iran unveils the solar-powered car 'Havin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZssfKNczQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOef8...eature=related

[QWECXZ]

The Islamic Republic of Iran successfully launches its second satellite christened Rasad (Observation) into the earth's orbit.

The satellite, which is the country's first such imaging device, was launched by the Safir-e-Rasad satellite carrier on Wednesday thanks to Iranian aerospace scientists and experts' endeavor, IRNA reported.

Despite its 15.3-kilogram weight, which puts it under the category of the micro-satellites, Rasad has all features of a big satellite.

It has undergone all the stages required for its designing, manufacturing, assembly, test and preparation for launch inside the country.

It will orbit the earth at an altitude of 260 kilometers 15 times every 24 hours.

Its mission is to take images of the earth's surface at 150-square-kilometers resolution and relay them to the earth-based stations together with telemetric information.

The satellite is equipped with solar panels and uses solar energy to work.

Iran launched its first domestically-produced satellite Omid (Hope) in 2009, which made it the ninth country to develop satellite launch capability.

Tehran also plans to launch the country's first manned mission to space by 2019.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/184847.html

[Nimaa]

[Nimaa]

You can track the sattelite once they update it here
http://www.n2yo.com/satellites/?c=latest-launches

You were able to track the Omid sattelite lauched a couple of years ago.

[ardeshir8]

Originally Posted by Nimaa

We are only 1 of 9 countries that has this technique!

[Nimaa]

Originally Posted by ardeshir8

We are only 1 of 9 countries that has this technique!

true!


They are working on a bigger launch vehicle (simorgh). With Simorgh we will be able to send much bigger sattelites into orbit.

[Nimaa]

Seperating steps