It created a race to build the technology for making fuel from non-food sources, whether it was ethanol from wood chips and jet fuel from algae.
The real value of the company and the differentiating factor was not in the market it was going after--which became plagued with issues--but the underlying technology for making the component products.
LatticePower, started by a physicist with skills and experience honed in China, is a good example of this new trend with its breakthrough technology for making a highly efficient source of light.
The archaic technology for making them, which involves injecting influenza virus into chicken eggs and separating out the resulting antibodies, only allows for a few flu strains to be included and they must be picked far in advance.
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The service provider not only takes responsibility for managing the technology but also for making sure the process works, including effective communication between divisions within the company and with outside suppliers and partners.
For several years during the mid-1980s I worked for myself, making brochures for technology companies.
You can credit Apple for making technology a trendy status symbol.
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Getting onto iPhone is a big win for both Siri and Apple, making the technology a big target for developers and potential revenue stream for Apple.
At the same time technology is making it easier for people to look after themselves.
The Democrats have also passed a long list of lesser bills, from investments in green technology to making it easier for women to sue for sex discrimination.
We are making technology work for us, by capturing the images of the perpetrators on CCTV - so even if they haven't yet been arrested, their faces are known and they will not escape the law.
As is traditional at the start of the year, technology thought leaders are often asked to risk their reputations by making predictions about the hot technology for the forthcoming year.
Japan has been developing fast-breeder technology for decades in the hopes of making itself energy independent.
There is little point in making a technology lawful for personal use, but keeping it illegal to develop, traffic or sell.
Wi-Fi, a wireless networking technology, is making it possible for calls to be routed over the internet, at no additional cost to the user.
Facebook released server, data center and infrastructure technology today, making it open source for others to build on.
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The companies are making the technology and standards available for any internet service provider that wants to use it.
They assumed a continuing high price for silicon and thus their technology concentrated on making that expensive material more productive.
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Stop stuffing your faces with paella and focus on something more important: making mobile technology bigger and better for small business owners around the world.
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Dr. Kuhl says the technology is noninvasive and silent, making it ideal for working with babies.
Instead of lending books, countries should lend laptops, making the use of technology a right for everyone.
Agile development is a technology term that provides a model for flexible decision-making.
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Dell is making significant investments to deliver technology solutions for its customers.
Illumina started making DNA chips, an early technology for detecting mutations.
This company was among the hardest hit by the collapse in chip prices last year and four months ago entered into talks with America's Micron Technology for the sale of much of its chip-making business.
This latitude for reckless decision-making is the more worrisome for the fact that a vast array of other technology decontrol proposals are now the subject of foreign availability assessments.
He said other priorities for the force include "attending crimes in person, maximising police visibility, making full use of new technology, using all our legal powers to make life harder for criminals and recognising the needs of businesses and rural communities as well as 'normal' day-to-day policing".
Winners were chosen for their significant contributions to technology innovation and dedication to making positive changes to the way technology serves society.
Proposals the tech industry is considering range from the appointment of a deputy mayor for information technology to tax incentives that are aimed at making the city more attractive to companies.
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