The most obvious such force is foreign pressure for technology transfer, pressure that usually emanates from foreign governments and is usually orchestrated by them.
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The ballpoint pen uses Wacom's pressure sensing technology (1024 levels of sensitivity) to detect how hard the pen is being pressed to the paper while sketching.
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Prevented by international pressure from getting the technology to build a bomb, Iran seems to have put its programme into cold storage.
In parallel, the sector leaders with hundreds of billions of dollars of cash on their balance sheets are under pressure to reposition their technology assets to address the mobile internet.
The 10-inches of real estate don't seem to hamper Stantum's multitouch, ultra-sensitive and pressure-simulating resistive touchscreen technology one bit.
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The technology records CO2 pressure in millimeters of mercury.
Major technology companies came under pressure amid renewed strength in the Japanese yen.
At issue is an innovative technology known as Negative Pressure Wound Treatment (NPWT) that treats and heals wounds, ulcers, and severe trauma injuries.
All health plans are under pressure to improve quality through better information technology to communicate with customers and medical care providers while more efficiently and rapidly processing medical claims for health plan enrollees.
This is but one example of the slow, steady job loss that has been happening for the past 20 years in the U.S., facilitated by technology, globalization and constant pressure to maintain profits in a highly efficient market-based economy.
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Even Iran, one of Syria's few friends in the world, has been making halting moves towards ending its dabbling in nuclear technology, in response to American pressure.
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Narayana Murthy : While the pressure on Western corporations to leverage the power of technology has been mounting for years, it became acute in the late '90s, and there was a tremendous shortage of trained manpower to do the application-development work involved.
In the DIGNO S, this technology has been further enhanced, heightening acoustic pressure of low-pitch sounds for clearer audibility.
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Can you imagine what kind of pressure that is on an individual and how simple the technology is that we were using today to do all the things that Mom used to do for me?
As the unrivaled global technology leader, Apple needs to step up its pressure on Foxconn and raise its supply chain standards to remedy labor injustices.
The Boston-based company accused Google of using its market power to pressure smartphone makers into dropping Skyhook's location-sensing technology in favor of Google's own, competing service.
The stage was set on Monday morning with presentations of the outcomes of ICSU-UNESCO Regional Science and Technology Workshops and the conclusions of the Planet under Pressure Conference held in London in March 2012.
Well, it's a battery-free capacitive and pressure-sensitive plastic pointing stick that's built upon Wacom technology.
The STYLISTIC S01, however, employs a unique screen technology that requires users to apply the same level of pressure to on-screen icons as they would to buttons on a keypad.
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That prompts a question: Is this trend really due to the increased importance of information technology, or can it be traced to the increasing pressure in these tough times to justify all corporate expenses?
The innovative tissue-conduction audio technology has been further enhanced from previous applications to heighten acoustic pressure of low-pitch sounds for even clearer, easier-to-hear audibility.
The first-of-its-kind Pogo Connect sports a wild new patent pending technology, Crescendo Sensor, making the tip highly responsive to pressure and recognizing even the slightest touch.
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Research showed that asking employees to do something multiple times, whether in person or via technology, is especially common for managers who are under intense pressure to finish particular projects.
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The only place where the Fed can locate a pulse of inflationary pressure is in wages and salaries for skills-based workers, particularly in technology.
The biggest hurdle was that the plastic had to be strong enough to hold the positive pressure of air pumped in, says Michael Metta, Sealed Air's technology chief.
The proliferation of ballistic missile technology also greatly adds to the menace.... Diplomatic pressure to restrict proliferation, though it may be useful, can never be a sufficient instrument in itself.
Once the technology is refined to the point of being able to handle the pressure of large volumes, the Exchange will work with the private sector to create more public awareness and volume will likely accelerate and provide increased value to more Utah citizens.
"They're under huge pressure, " added Peter Falvey, founder of Falvey Partners LLC, a technology investment-banking firm, though he added it might be clever of Facebook to lay out money now on acquisitions, patents and other expenses while it is still a private company, so that after the IPO it can exceed expectations.
Pete Riley from campaign group GM Freeze says the Commission is under pressure from the US and the World Trade Organisation to lift the ban on the technology.
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