But their demonstration of dipole trapping at least shines a captivating light down the path to quantum computing becoming a practical technology.
But previous attempts to turn it into practical technology have failed.
It has, though, taken Dr Baselt and his colleagues, along with researchers in several other organisations, ten years to turn his insight into a practical technology.
By the '70s he was combining the practical technology and functional rationalism of modernist practice with a more conscious relationship of a building to its culture and community.
Not only is there no clean coal now, there is no practical technology on the horizon that will produce electricity by burning coal in a manner than is cost competitive and eliminates emissions.
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To make this technology practical, automakers had to wait for ultra-powerful but compact electronics and, critically, useful batteries.
Yet looking at the practical world of technology and business there are certainly times when it has not been obvious that any of this is a good strategy.
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.
Beyond that trend, Sowah says that the movement toward cheaper, more practical machines is about computing technology meeting the needs of people, instead of vice versa.
For users of the technology, the practical attractions of a smoother, more predicable and lower cost journey which offers the opportunity of additional free time will be considerable.
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Jerrold Zacharias at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a practical atomic clock around the same time that Louis Essen and John Parry established the first atomic clock at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, west of London.
Practical Action (formerly the Intermediate Technology Development Group) is dedicated to just that.
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The aurora is a fantastic light-show, but as our life becomes more dependent on technology, we face practical problems.
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His aim in the first instance was the practical one of making sure his technology ventures succeeded in the market.
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His aim in the first instance was the practical one of making sure his own technology ventures succeeded in the market.
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We'd venture that North Carolina State University might have crossed the divide by creating an energy storage technology that's both practical and genuinely pretty.
Gove's exams still place no value on creative subjects like art, music and drama, and no value on practical subjects like engineering, design and technology and construction.
The report summarizes the multi-stakeholder debate organized at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 17 and 18 November 2011, which focused on challenges of, and practical solutions for, promoting personalization through technology in the classrooms for students, particularly for those with learning difficulties and physical disabilities.
Prof Simon Handley, dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, said ebooks removed all practical and financial barriers.
Notwithstanding the value of speech-based technology, only braille provides a practical means for blind persons to experience true literacy.
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Its technology will now be put to a more practical use helping students to consider challenging cases and offering potential diagnoses.
From a more practical point of view, the incorporation of USB 3.0 technology makes it possible to transfer filesin the blink of an eye.
From talking to our customers, we understand that the most practical path to success is through building on existing business practices and technology before putting forward more fundamental changes.
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Despite their obvious talent with the language (Brin and Bear have both won Nebula and Hugo awards, the science fiction equivalent of the Emmys and the Oscars), the writers had a hard time conveying anything practical to the CEOs in the audience, who were looking for new technology to exploit.
"This test proves the technology has matured to the point that it opens the door to practical applications, " Davis said in a statement.
Technology working with me, to help me in my job, is the sort of technology that I like to see at SXSW. When I was least expecting it, another practical benefit of improved connectivity in my world showed up.
His view on the importance of education has prompted him to start BA32, a foundation promoting the idea of teaching youth in a practical and interesting way, focused on encouraging children across the globe to learn more about mathematics, science and technology.
Support the basic sciences and engineering programme and science policy activities in the cluster countries particularly for post-conflict countries, including practical science education in cooperation with the Education sector, promotion of access and retention of women in science and technology education, and research and development of renewable and alternative energies.
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