See, for example, the scaling innovation structures inherent in Quantified Self that has engaged individuals so efficiently in large self-monitoring studies that it now spawns startups and attracts partnerships with organizations as diverse medical device firms and university research centers.

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For a quarter-century, while it was focused on Yucca Mountain, the Department of Energy wasn't even allowed to consider storage alternatives an extraordinary, self-imposed federal moratorium on nuclear-waste innovation.

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It rewards saving, thrift, hard work, innovation, honesty, thinking about others, self-discipline, creativity and all the other qualities you normally associate with decent people and financial progress.

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"Monitoring cardiorespiratory health and stress levels are an important yet neglected aspect of understanding one's health and wellness progression which is in line with the Quantified Self movement" said Juliana Chua, Principal of Zensorium's Business Innovation Group.

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And the industry should look to its own self-interest: it would be a shame if reckless expansion spoiled a good innovation.

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Since 1912, when Charles Kettering invented the electric self-starter to replace the hand crank on automobiles, General Motors has been a leader in automotive innovation.

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