In fact, last year, a fellow technology reporter mentioned to me that one day his wife called him at his office, and he was astounded at the clear call quality.
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But we simply do not see entire new high-tech sectors emerge without the kind of direct, proactive, and comprehensive suite of investments in innovation, education, infrastructure, manufacturing and market creation that led to each of the 20th century U.S. technology booms mentioned above.
The approach mentioned above needs innovations and inventions in core technology areas such as material sciences, electronics, fluid mechanics, power systems and the like.
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For example, when I attend conferences or talk to people about improving health care in the developing world perhaps the first thing that is mentioned is introducing more and more mobile and internet technology.
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The smarter technology companies, like Amazon and those I mentioned above, know this.
As President Obama mentioned in his recent American Jobs Act speech, the technology industry will be the driver of both current and next generation jobs.
Siemens spokesman Constantin Birnstiel Tuesday morning referred to "the other company you mentioned" when discussing Siemens' performance in lighting and health care technology, two of GE's historical strong points.
As I mentioned last night, my administration has directed BP to mobilize additional equipment and technology, and in the coming days and weeks, these efforts should capture up to 90 percent of the oil that is leaking out of the well.
Less than a month after I mentioned a new fingerprinting technique using electrostatic charges, forensic scientist Dr. Xanthe Spindler of the University of Technology Sydney in Australia has announced a wildly different new fingerprinting technique.
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