Or-in a true display of technology integration-viewers who were set up to use the department's videoconferencing system could ask their questions live, as if they were in the same room as the speaker.
Suddenly, information-technology departments could set up programs with a few mouse clicks instead of taking days or weeks to install servers and software.
Other causes supported by Lucas include his own educational foundation set up to help bring about a technology-enriched educational system of the future.
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Projects which have already been supported by the University Challenge and Science Enterprise Challenge include a sewer robot - resembling a giant, jointed brush - developed by Durham Pipeline Technology, set up by Durham University.
Williams are testing a flywheel kinetic energy recovery system - the device that stores energy under braking - and have set up a company to develop the technology both for Formula One and further applications outside the sport.
The grant was offered by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a body set up by the government in 2007 to stimulate technology-enabled innovation.
Five years ago Oxford University set up a spin-out company, OrganOx, to commercialise the technology.
In industry after industry when minimum prices are set on labor either capital ends up getting substituted through investment in labor-saving technology or low-skill jobs move overseas.
Easy to set up and use, it includes built-in anti-virus and spam-fighting technology and 99.9 percent uptime guarantee.
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Over the course of six months, the team (which met for an hour or two every week) analyzed the set-up cycle times, benchmarked competitors, mapped the current process, interviewed customers, and explored technology options.
The two-year research project is being funded by the Technology Strategy Board, a government agency set up to find innovative ways of using technology.
Brian Jones of computer company Oracle, who co-developed the system with Idaho Technology, EYT and ScenPro said it was easy to set up because the software runs off a central server accessed via the Net, so the hospitals do not have to install additional hardware or software.
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