This means that every generation inherits a much larger pool of technology compared to its predecessors.
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"Mirra 530 features the latest in pool cleaning technology and an easy-to-use design, bringing yet another state-of-the art solution to iRobot's line of home robots, " said Jeff Beck, chief operating officer at iRobot.
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Since New York is the commercial capital of the world, that increased access to technology is unlocking a huge pool of specialized, albeit nontech, entrepreneurial talent.
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M. (eighth), and Huntsville, Ala. (ninth), while not state capitals, are home to major national science laboratories that also attract a deep pool of local technology talent.
Among the steps that Secretary Clinton and the White House announced in support of attracting and retaining women to STEM careers are improving data collection and dissemination on women in science and technology, bolstering the available pool of skilled STEM mentors, encouraging research-based STEM teaching, and helping to connect women to online and mobile STEM skills training.
On the one-year anniversary of the start up of POSIT Marketplace in the U.S., parent company Investment Technology Group has launched a dark pool under the same name in Asia.
Scale enables BlackRock to spread costs associated with personnel and technology setup over a larger asset pool and investor base letting it charge a more competitive investment advisory fee while maintaining higher operating margins.
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Flickr's tagging technology, where people mark attractive photos and pool the information, may also be applied to dating.
The technology also reduces cord tangling and optimizes the pool cleaning path, even vacuuming in reverse down pool walls, resulting in 20 percent faster cleaning.
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Ms Nyberg says that Dutch electronics giant Philips is not selling a radio set of its own, even though it owns the pool of patents that define the core digital radio technology.
Under the theory, businesses will kick in money and technology to help close the divide because doing so can help create a pool of new employees and customers, and available government grants and tax breaks can further interest both business and the public.
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Half to two-thirds of graduate students on U.S. campuses in key technology fields are foreign nationals, meaning it is unrealistic to expect employers can ignore such a large pool of talent and still compete globally.
Therefore, what these firms then sometimes do is sit together and jointly agree to pool all their relevant patents, basically creating one organisation that becomes the central point for licensing the whole technology.
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