The big danger is that we simply layer technology over the traditional system, which would then co-opt it.
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One favoured solution involves yet another layer of technology that would allow the driver to control on-board systems using spoken commands.
Since the early 1990s the industry has resembled a cake made of horizontal layers of technology, with each layer dominated by a few companies.
In the new iPhone 5, the new LCD technology allows the metallic layer to be applied directly on it rather than needing a separate piece of glass.
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The reason they call it a "family system" or a "layered defense" is that the tracking and targeting systems of each layer of technology enhance each others accuracy.
Several utilities are conducting pilot programs that use Home Area Networks (HAN), the household-facing layer of technology, to provide customers with real-time information on electricity usage and prices.
The other thing is that hardware is the least innovative layer of the technology stack.
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The technology works by building up layer upon layer of material - typically plastic - to build complex solid objects.
Consolidation of the activities in Wi-Fi Alliance is intended to bring greater efficiency, ensure closely-harmonized connectivity and application-layer solutions using the technology, and leverage WiGig technology know-how across the range of Wi-Fi technologies.
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We undoubtedly will be trying to navigate this mismatch for generations to come, but if technology can temporarily compensate by adding another layer of choice, that is a reprieve indeed.
Where LucidWorks wants to make its mark is in the layer that sits between the user (or the developer) and this underlying technology, what it calls the Search, Discovery, and Analytics (SDA) layer.
Cloud may be a workable approach, however, if only one of these elements (hardware, operating system, or application layer) are based on custom technology.
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Shazam incorporated it into its core technology, improving its accuracy, and added a layer of animation and visualization to create a fun and engaging way to see the lyrics in real-time with the song.
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Now layer on e-commerce, with mobile technology enabling real-time price comparisons, and the exercise of pricing becomes even more complicated.
The most established technology related to tracking social media comes from Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) platform, which has been scanning the Internet using techniques based on patterns and probability for more than a decade.
But as technology moves outside the paradigm of its vertical category, and becomes an enabling layer across all sectors, industries, and empowers businesses large and small to better reach, understand, serve, segment, and solve problems for their customers, the opportunity for technology businesses to radically alter incumbent categories is unparalleled.
The next step will be to apply the technology to printing body organs, which would be built up by arranging individual cells, one layer at a time.
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