The fossil industry revolves around applying technology to tapping resources that are much harder to extract.
Most of my corporate experience focused on applying technology to enhance workforce effectiveness.
But even before the terrorism in Boston, the benefits of applying technology to security altered the trade-off with privacy expectations.
Even companies slated under traditional industries on our list, like finance or retail, are finding their niches by applying technology to long stagnant business models.
Founded in 2010, Massive Health is comprised of world-class talent from leading consumer software companies and is focused on making the world a healthier place by applying technology and design to health.
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But applying that technology on a larger scale turned out to be more complicated.
Similarly, risk management by companies applying such technology has to be very judicious.
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Graham Hoare, Ford's director for powertrain research, cautions that a lot more work is required, especially in applying the technology to big engines.
They achieve this by applying simple technology in a consistent, systematic and effective manner, and using an infrastructure which is highly flexible and scalable.
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What makes me optimistic about the future is that we have not even begun to scratch the surface of all that can be accomplished by actually applying information technology pervasively.
The plan emphasizes practical steps applying existing technology to produce and make widely available, and useable, alternatives to traditional transportation fuels including: ethanol (in particular, from sources other than corn), methanol and electricity.
The worst part of this is that fighting the battle to keep things from slipping into chaos leaves no time for technologists to exhibit the leadership in applying new technology to help implement strategy.
The research looked specifically at production farms using open, outdoor fresh water ponds applying current technology, and considered such factors as suitable land use, topographical features, weather patterns and sky conditions available in the contiguous U.S. states.
Exelixis and Maxygen, two firms applying their technology to agricultural ends, had successful stockmarket flotations in the past year, largely because they also have human-health research programmes that allow them to be seen more as medical biotechnology firms than as agricultural ones.
Although touch-screen has long permeated the more mundane aspects of modern life such as ticket machines and tills, and provided interactive novelties in the guise of museum guides and quiz machines, applying this technology to the PC is a far more complex task.
We are applying the latest technology and predictive analyses to get ahead of the difficult issues facing our communities.
His goal is to use these resources to expand Tokutek by applying its indexing technology to more different kinds of databases.
He is applying existing advanced technology to allow people to live safely in flood-prone areas in northeastern India and neighboring countries.
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To develop methods for evaluating and applying science and technology.
By applying this same technology to the enterprise, even media-rich content and bandwidth-intensive applications can be delivered instantly, simply and securely to mobile desktops and devices via the cloud.
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After a group of digilantes formed a Google Group this week dedicated to applying facial recognition technology to photos from the London riots to identify culprits, it caused quite a stir in the media.
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Using existing technology and applying it differently can also be a cheaper and easier way to get to market than "re-inventing the wheel".
By applying the finer 20-nm-class process technology, the productivity of the chips is raised over 30 percent.
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The momentum they are gaining and the way they are applying their advantages are transforming global markets, propelling Chinese telecom and technology ventures toward the leading edge of technology development, manufacturing, and standards setting, according to a report from the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, published in January 2011.
Meanwhile Rolls-Royce has sought to insulate itself from the quirks of procurement by applying its design to other industries: 80% of the gas-turbine technology used in its best-selling jet engines is the same for the energy and marine sectors.
The team has made the technology work in laboratory settings but there are a number of challenges in applying it to real-life settings.
Not only has antitrust law changed in ways that may come as a surprise to most people, but the government has had a mixed record in applying the century-old laws to a fast-paced, ever-changing technology market.
Founded by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates, two-year-old Rest Devices is currently working toward applying for FDA approval for its washable, respiration-tracking T-shirt.
And when applying cloud solutions to the mix, the implications extend beyond simply replacing or upgrading or reconfiguring technology.
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