It was the world's first beer fad, and porter breweries, bolstered by steam-age technology, grew to unprecedented size.
For example, almost a hundred years separated the steam engine innovation and its peak technology deployment in the British economy.
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For example, railways came into existence because of the invention of the steam engine and automobiles were created because of technology breakthroughs in automobile engines.
If you look at the 19th century, print technology became very cheap when we introduced steam power into printing.
And Rwanda is going full steam ahead, entering the global arena with Internet technology, with people feeling more space to get out there and help rebuild their country.
Says the analyst: "Dolan is probably hoping that Ergen will want to use that spectrum for high digital television, " a technology that's expected to gain steam in the near future.
If you want to inspire more young people to look at science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM or STEAM if you prefer to add Art in there, too), then buy a simple Joey-inspired bracelet and look for him at the Bay Area Maker Faire.
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New technology brought down costs: hand-driven presses gave way to steam-driven ones, and then electric ones.
As solar panel prices have plunged, developers like Solar Millennium have abandoned solar thermal technology, which uses huge mirror arrays to heat water to create steam that drives an electricity-generating turbine.
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Abengoa said the project will improve its current solar thermal technology, which uses mirrors to concentrate and direct the sunlight for producing steam.
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Today tourist steam trains still use the line, but in the late 19th century cutting-edge technology operated on this line.
As MRI technology gets better and experiments become more nuanced, neuroeconomics stands to gain even more steam.
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