Suddenly, information-technology departments could set up programs with a few mouse clicks instead of taking days or weeks to install servers and software.
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.
The grant was offered by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a body set up by the government in 2007 to stimulate technology-enabled innovation.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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