TechnoChange

While we're playing around in Web 2.0, there has been talk about Web 3.0 since (at least) 2006. Sadly, U.S. universities aren't producing the mathematical and engineering (firmware, software) graduates needed to race ahead of innovation. To help maintain their global competitive advantage, U.S. companies have been recruiting from abroad (primarily India and China) for well over 10 years. The State Department has recognized the dearth of engineering brainpower stateside by loosening the requirements for H-1B visas, which provide high-level professionals from all over the world to live and work in the U.S. Many of these individuals and have been instrumental in contributing to the success of some of the U.S.'s largest and most prestigious companies.