It was impossible to imagine anything like it, even though I'd always dealt with the most advanced technologies, with outer space technologies.
As is the case with most new technologies, there is resistance from business customers that are reluctant to change due to the huge spending involved.
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And those minerals are also mineable with the most basic of technologies.
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Ironically, they did so with the very technologies that most threatened them.
Such a stimulus would even give us a cleaner environment, as gas is replacing dirtier coal and is most easily integrated with renewable technologies like wind and solar.
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Both intend to add capacity, some of which will be necessary as demand for chips made with the most up-to-date technologies will be high.
After all, 0.1% is a big step up from nothing at all, and most existing solar technologies began with similarly poor efficiencies that were improved gradually over the course of time.
Even with lots of new technologies in new television sets, most of them work pretty well.
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Third, there is the way in which military demand is converging with commercial demand in terms of what new technologies are most valued.
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Nearly every business person today has been using technology at work and at home for two decades, and most are more than passably familiar with a variety of computer technologies.
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"We're always working to ensure that our products offer the airlines of the world the most modern and robust technologies available to provide their passengers with an exceptional flying experience, " said Mike Sinnett, senior chief engineer of Airplane Systems for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Now what you have is in the case of GM and Ford, most assuredly, and Chrysler coming behind, particularly with the new Fiat technologies, all three of these companies are going to be able to offer Americans fuel-efficient cars.
And with this in mind, I was not at all surprised to read today that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who lost two years of his life and tens of millions of dollars when he went to prison for killing dogs, had signed a new endorsement deal with Unequal Technologies, a provider of the football pads Vick wore during most of last season.
Whoever owns the most and best robots and other smart technologies, will end up with a monopoly on the entire economy.
Two companies long known for weak product innovation, success driven by market domination and distribution control tactics, are partnering to take on the two most innovative companies in digital technology as they create entirely new markets with new technologies.
The inherent uncertainty in investing in novel technologies, coupled with the high capital costs and long time horizons, prohibits most venture capital funds from investing in large-scale clean energy projects.
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Most of the smart ideas coming out of General Motors these days have to do with green technologies.
Most of us are running as fast as we can to keep up with innovation, new technologies, managing multiple generations of workforces, rapidly changing global markets, etc.
Drawing on his vast experience with defense, intelligence and information technologies, the Admiral was given a post at one of the most creative and productive organizations in the federal government, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
American companies remain the most innovative in the world, with an ability to devise or adapt to new corporate forms and new technologies at frightening speed.
The idea is to outfit the grid with technologies such as "smart meters"--which allow consumers to see when electricity is most expensive--to bolster the grid and make it more efficient.
Indeed, if you peer deep inside the labs of the companies that most aggressively adopt the new technologies, you'll find their early-stage pipelines burgeoning with more compounds than ever before.
Touch technologies with high transmittance, low power consumption, multi-touch or gesture recognition will benefit the most.
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Young industries are typically characterized by shakeouts where numerous ventures enter with hopes of capturing an attractive market opportunity only to face heightened competition and a culling process where only the most viable technologies and business models survive.
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