The government is setting up agencies to promote and underwrite technical innovation in the private sector.

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If we are to remain competitive we need to maintain innovation in technical equipment and processes and continue the history of innovation that has characterized areas such as Silicon Valley.

FORBES: The Engines of Innovation

In this way, its coordinating and leadership roles in terms of innovation, technical advice, implementation assurance and coherence, in the spirit of the Dakar Declaration, will be more real and present.

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While it is inevitable that technology should spread and manufacturing move to less expensive regions closer to developing consumer bases, the loss of technical opportunities and experience in the US will likely reduce our own ability to drive innovation and develop rewarding careers for the future.

FORBES: The Engines of Innovation

For over 60 years, the United States has reigned as the leading international force in academics, politics, economics and technical innovation.

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Technical company, innovation, largest communications company in the world.

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"I believe - perhaps erroneously - that in my own small way I'm putting a brake on the hurtling wheels of technical innovation and especially the relentless infiltration of the internet into every corner of our lives, " he wrote recently... his point only marginally undermined by the fact his comments were written for an AOL discussion page.

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In addition, NASA is promoting its Minority Innovation Challenges Institute, a virtual training ground that can increase the participation of AAPI students in NASA technical challenges.

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