Above all, it must lead to more effective decision-making and the development of practical applications.
Since then they have mostly failed to deliver practical applications living up to their sci-fi promise.
But one of the potential practical applications of this is a savings on manufacturing costs.
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What you see looks very cool, but I can only think of a few practical applications.
The forum is an opportunity to identify practical applications of the Declaration and actions going forward.
The practical applications could improve the efficiency of quantum computers, where light is often used to transfer information.
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And there are practical applications to what I'm doing in the classroom.
"This test proves the technology has matured to the point that it opens the door to practical applications, " Davis said in a statement.
Computers have been getting faster, smaller, and cheaper for decades, making practical applications that would have been prohibitively expensive a few decades ago.
But if it could eventually be industrialised, it would be a triumphant demonstration that even the weirdest scientific arcana can sometimes have practical applications.
Wild ideas, practical applications, skin-peeling criticism--it's all part of the process.
Like everyone else in the room, Mr. Fry patiently listened to the presentation and then failed to come up with any practical applications for the compound.
Even if it turns out to not have too many practical applications, just the ability to see quantum mechanics work with the human eye is breathtaking enough.
In case you might think that Dr Meredith's sole concern is demolishing inflated reputations, the genetic fingerprinting of grapes in this way has some practical applications, too.
Practical applications are said to include search and rescue missions (these can also glow in the dark) as well as helping doctors perform complex surgery (though we're not exactly sure how).
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The service is now compatible with other email services beyond Gmail and can even be integrated into CRM and ERP systems, making it a complete platform service that boasts many practical applications.
Google Glass has generated a lot of buzz in tech circles and beyond, with many wondering aloud about its practical applications, potential privacy concerns and its promise, for better or worse, of constant connectedness.
Business professors often still view themselves as the campus underdogs and, keen to boost their credibility, tend to favour dry topics to impress academics in other disciplines, rather than finding practical applications for their ideas.
The practical applications of using a robot to weave a structure is that it could become a deployable platform capable of building a large structure, like say a gantry platform inside or around another large structure.
But Looser sees practical applications as well.
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In effect, the game simply pulled back the curtain to reveal a glimpse into a world of new potential, for real people, cultures and societies, as this capability finds its way into practical applications in health care, energy, transportation, education and telecommunications.
Besides the ethical issues in buying counterfeits there are very practical applications: buy a fake Rolex and the worst case scenario for the user is having the time wrong, but go skiing in a faux North Face and you might freeze to death.
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Schools like Full Sail are quite common for new developers and extreme hobbyists to take courses in game creation, many gamers have begun to find more novel and somewhat more practical applications for their hobby, some of which may be helping to save lives.
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Often a PhD was required just to operate a RS unit and this still took a great amount of time and experience, not at all practical for medical applications.
But silicon-on-insulator, first used in costly satellite and military applications, is practical for only high-end chips.
With more than 100, 000 employees in 130 countries and tens of thousands of applications annually, it's also a purely practical approach - and one she says keeps paying off.
"I don't like plastic kits, because they look like toys, and most of the applications built by plastic kits are just for fun, without practical use, " he says.
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