#9 Denmark

The country was the birthplace for the inventions like Magnetic Storage invented by Valdemar Poulsen; the Loudspeaker invented by Peter L. Jensen; the Dry Cell invented by Wilhelm Hellesen; Insulin invented by August Krogh and there are many others.

R&D intensity: 6^th

Productivity: 12^th

High-tech density: 18^th

Researcher concentration: 3^rd

Manufacturing capability: 66^th

Tertiary efficiency: 30^th

Patent activity: 20^th

#8 Austria

The country is been a place of inventions for Drum memory by Gustav Tauschek and Printed circuit board by Paul Eisler, and many others.

R&D intensity: 10^th

Productivity: 9^th

High-tech density: 14^th

Researcher concentration: 15^th

Manufacturing capability: 29^th

Tertiary efficiency: 28^th

Patent activity: 19^th

#7 Singapore

There wasn't always sound on all PCs but thanks to the then start-up company called Creative, led by a then-young Sim Wong Hoo, created and started mass-marketing the original Sound Blaster expansion card in 1989.

Audio speakers used to be big boxy things that weren't really portable and laptop users had to pick between good sound quality and size, thanks to a little Singapore startup called XMI Pte who created a pocket-sized ball speaker with a patented "pop-up" vacuum design that acted like a mini sub-woofer, and produces a level of bass and volume that is mind (and ear) blowing considering its itsy-bitsy size.

The country in now focused to up its ante, the sheer 53 patent activity in 2012 tells a lot.

R&D intensity: 11^th

Productivity: 20^th

High-tech density: 16^th

Researcher concentration: 4^th

Manufacturing capability: 10^th

Tertiary efficiency: 20^th

Patent activity: 53^rd

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