Vol.3- No.2 Spring 2006
| PICMET '06 |
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PICMET '06, "Technology Management for the Global Future," will be held July 8-13, 2006, at the Hyatt Regency in Istanbul, Turkey.
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| IBM and Georgia Tech Break Silicon Speed Record |
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Frozen Chip Operates at 500,000,000,000 Cycles/Second at Near Absolute Zero Source IBM Press News SOMERS, New York, USA & ATLANTA - 20 Jun 2006: IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced today that their researchers have demonstrated the first silicon-based chip capable of operating at frequencies above 500 GHz -- 500 billion cycles per second -- by cryogenically “freezing” the chip to 451 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (4.5 Kelvins). Such extremely cold temperatures are found naturally only in outer space, but can be artificially achieved on Earth using ultra-cold materials such as liquid helium. (Absolute Zero, the coldest possible temperature in nature, occurs at minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit). [More] |
| Nanotech Company Awarded NASA Grant to Advance Nanoscale Drug Delivery |
Nanotech Company Awarded NASA Grant to Advance Nanoscale Drug Delivery Source: Nano Science and Technology Institute Nanotrope, Inc. was awarded a $600,000 SBIR Phase II grant from NASA for its research in nanoscale droplet technology to enhance drug delivery. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grants have a higher dollar amount than Phase I awards and are given to companies for prototype development to build on its initial research findings. Nanotrope plans to use its award to advance technology for new drug formulations and delivery procedures. Nanotrope's nanoscale droplet technology could prove of great benefit for NASA as well as the pharmaceuticals industry. The company’s nanodroplet generator technology can produce drug "containers" that carry precise delivery commands that target diseased cells and organs, allowing pharmaceutical companies to develop safer and more potent drugs. [More] |
| Improving Information Technology Systems Through Adaptive User Interfaces |
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by Roger E. Brill and James M. Ragusa, University of Central Florida, College of Engineering, Department of IEMS, Orlando, Florida 32816-2450 USA, PICMET Abstract-The "information overload" problem anticipated for the future will be compounded as information expands exponentially in the next millenium. This paper describes past and present research efforts designed to improve information technology (IT) systems through the creation of adaptive user interfaces. [More] |
| Bill Gates Mocks MIT's $100 Laptop Project |
Source: Reuters, By Joel Rothstein, Retrieved on 03/15/06, Internet Source WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates on Wednesday mocked a $100 laptop computer for developing countries being developed with the backing of rival Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [More] |
| France Finishes Copyright Law to Open Up iTunes |
Source: Reuters, By Astrid Wendlandt, Retrieved on 03/19/06, Internet Source PARIS (Reuters) - French deputies finished drafting a law on Friday that would open up Apple's iTunes online music store to portable music players other than its popular iPods. [More] |
| What’s Holding Up PlayStation 3? |
Source: Time Online Edition, By Wilson Rothman, Retrieved on 03/16/06, Internet Source Sony announced delays in the forthcoming new unit. The worldwide launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 has been delayed until early November, the company said yesterday at a press conference in Tokyo. Sony attributed the revised launch, pushed back from this spring, to a delay in the release of copy-protection software required for the PS3's game and high-definition movie discs. [More] |
| Greenhouse-gas Concentrations Reached New Highs in 2004 |
Source: World Meteorological Organization, retrieved 03/14/06,Internet Source Globally averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) in the Earth’s atmosphere reached their highest-ever recorded levels in 2004 according to the first annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin published by WMO on 14 March. CO2 was recorded at 377.1 parts per million (ppm), CH4 at 1783 parts per billion (ppb), and N2O at 318.6 ppb. These values supersede those of pre-industrial times by 35%, 155% and 18% respectively, an increased over the previous decade by 19ppm, 37ppb and 8ppb in absolute amounts. [More] |
| Apple's Move to Limit iPod Volume Acknowledges Product Flaw, Attorneys Contend |
Yahoo News, March 29, 2006, Source Source: Yahoo News, Retrieved on 03/29/06, Internet Source Apple Introduces Software to Cap Potentially Damaging Volume Levels on Some Products SEATTLE, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys representing Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) iPod owners in a national class-action lawsuit against the computer and portable music-player giant today lauded Apple's decision to provide a way to limit the volume of the popular iPod devices, but said the company's actions fall far short. [More] |
| Google Lets Slip Talk Of Online Storage Service |
Source: Reuters, By Eric Auchard, Retrieved on 03/07/06, Internet Source SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Google Inc. is preparing to offer online storage to Web users, creating a mirror image of data stored on consumer hard drives, according to company documents that were mistakenly released on the Web. [More] |
| Samsung Unveils the World’s First 8GB Hard Disk Embedded Phone – the i310 |
Source: Samsung WebSite, Press Center, Press Releases, March 06, 2006, Internet Source Seoul, Korea March 6 th , 2006 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a leading provider of mobile phones and telecom systems, is reinforcing its technology leadership by unveiling the world's first 8GB Hard Disk embedded smartphone (model: SGH-i310). [More] |
| ATT and BellSouth Merge |
Source: ATT News Room, ATT WebSite, Retrieved on 03/08/06, Internet Source AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corporation have announced an agreement to merge the two companies, a combination that will create a more effective and efficient provider in the wireless, broadband, video, voice and data markets. [More] |
| Thailand Innovation System: Challenges of Reform |
by Supachart Iamratanakul, Ph.D. Student; and Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Engineering & Technology Management, Portland State University, USA Abstract - Innovation systems, which can increase competitive advantage and technological capabilities, are less focused in the developing countries. There is a gap in the studies to determine whether an innovation system explicitly exists or the countries should change their system to integrate more innovative capabilities. In this paper, we explore the innovation system in developing countries using Thailand as a case study to characterize how the innovation system, specifically, the national innovation system (NIS), applies to and impacts Thailand as a whole and what policies and theories should be implemented to change the system. The national innovation system, a set of distinct institutions which jointly and individually contribute to the development and diffusion of new technologies, is used as a tool for policy analysis and provides the framework for governments to form and implement policies to influence the innovation process. [More] |
| How Cisco Succeeds in a Darwinian World |
Source: News@CISCO, Cisco Webpage, February 21, 2006, Internet Source Geoffrey Moore's best-selling books continue to capture the attention of business leaders with his insight into the nature of disruptive technologies. In his latest book, "Dealing with Darwin, How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution," he describes how Cisco uses innovation to achieve a competitive advantage that guards against extinction. Moore discussed his book with News@Cisco: [More] |
| Intel and Microsoft Outline Plans for Advancing Benefits of New Management and Virtualization Technologies |
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Connected technologies to offer businesses new capabilities and cost savings. Source: Microsoft Press Release Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corp. outlined plans to connect computer network management technologies and also to work together to advance promising virtualization technology that will bring businesses new capabilities and cost savings. [More] |
| Palm Celebrates Pilot's 10th Anniversary |
Source: Palm Website, Retrieved on 03/27/06, Internet Source [Ten years ago Palm released the original Pilot organizer and to commemorate the occasion Palm has released a 10-year survey of the company's accomplishments.] Sunnyvale, CA -- Ten years ago, Palm, Inc. captured the imagination of road warriors everywhere with the first Pilot connected organizer, a mighty 5.7-ounce combination of calendar, contacts, to-do lists and notes. Today, having shipped more than 34 million mobile-computing products, the company continues to improve the lives of people and businesses the world over, staying true to one guiding vision: The future of personal computing is mobile computing. [More] |
| Boeing to Expand 787 Family Amid Strong Demand |
Source: Reuters, by Christian Plumb, Retrieved on 03/27/06, Internet Source NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co. (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has decided to proceed with an expanded version of its hot-selling 787 Dreamliner jet, bowing to pressure from airlines, the executive who heads the 787 program said on Monday. [More] |
| Intel Zooms in on Platform Power Savings |
Source: Intel Newsletter, Press Room, March 7,2006, Internet Source Energy-Efficient, High Performing and Stylish Intel–Based Computers to Come with Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, Calif., March 7, 2006 – Intel Corporation today disclosed details of its forthcoming Intel® Core™ microarchitecture, a new industry–leading foundation for Intel’s multi–core server, desktop and mobile processors for computers later this year. The first Intel Core microarchitecture products built on Intel’s advanced 65nm process technology will deliver higher–performing, yet more energy–efficient processors that spur more stylish, quieter and smaller mobile and desktop computers and servers that can reduce electricity and real–estate associated costs, and provides critical capabilities such as enhanced security, virtualization and manageability for consumers and businesses. [More] |
| PDMA’s 2006 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award |
PDMA’s 2006 Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award Help PDMA Find, and Learn From, the Best New Product Development Firms at PDMA’s 30th International Conference. PDMA’s 30th International Conference will take place in Atlanta, on October 21-25, 2006. The theme of this year’s conference is "Product & Service Innovation in New Product Development: 'Compete to Win'". [More] |
| The DoD SBIR & STTR Programs |
The Department of Defense (DoD) SBIR and STTR programs fund a billion dollars each year in early-stage R&D projects at small technology companies -- projects that serve a DoD need and have commercial applications. The SBIR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small technology companies (or individual entrepreneurs who form a company). [More] |
| SAMSUNG Electronics Develops World's First 2GByte Memory Card for Mobile Phones |
Source: Samsung WebSite, Press Center, Press Releases, April 19,2006, Internet Source Seoul, Korea, April 19, 2006 : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has developed a 2GByte MultiMediaCard (MMCmicroTM) that combines four 4Gbit NAND flash devices. This is the smallest, fastest and highest capacity memory card for mobile phones, developed only three months after Samsung led the industry by launching a 1GByte MMCmicro. [More] |
| Oil hits record $74 on Iran, US gasoline stocks |
Source: Reuters, By By Simon Webb, Retrieved on 04/19/06, Internet Source LONDON (Reuters) - Oil hit a record $74 a barrel Wednesday on fears Iran's intensifying dispute with the West may hit oil supplies and after U.S. gasoline stocks dropped. [More] |
| Shannon Babb of Utah Named Top High School Scientist |
Source: Intel Press Room, Retrieved on 03/14/06, Website Young Science Innovators Awarded $530,000 at Intel Science Talent Search WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2006 – Intel Corporation today awarded Shannon Babb of Highland, Utah top honors and a $100,000 scholarship in the Intel Science Talent Search. Babb, the competition’s first Utah winner, will take her place among esteemed alumni that include six Nobel Laureates, three National Medal of Science winners, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and two Fields Medalists. [More] |
| Einstein Effect Reveals Icy Exoplanet |
Source: Scientific American, Retrieved on 03/14/06, Internet Source An international team of scientists has discovered a massive new planet thanks to an effect described by Einstein 70 years ago. Microlensing--which occurs when a star crosses in front of another star and bends the light from the more distant star, magnifying it like a lens--predicted extra brightness for a red dwarf star roughly 9,000 light years from Earth. But it appeared even brighter than expected in observations and only a planet could have produced this effect, according to a paper published online by Astrophysical Journal Letters. [More] |
| Network to Support African Biotech Research, Policy |
Source: SciDev.Net, By Wagdy Sawahel, 03/08/06, Internet Source The UN Food and Agriculture Organization will launch an online network this month to boost biotechnology research and policy development in Africa. The Agricultural Biotechnology Network for Africa (ABNET) will encourage researchers, policymakers, farmers and the media to share information and discuss how biotechnology can improve agriculture. [More] |
| NASA's PM Challenge 2006 |
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PM Challenge 2006 NASA's PM Challenge 2006, the agency's third annual project management conference, will be held March 21-22, 2006, in Galveston, Texas, near the Johnson Space Center. The theme for the 2006 conference is "Putting Ideas into Action." Find out more at http://pmchallenge.gsfc.nasa.gov/. |
| Cosmic Triumph: Satellite Confirms Birth Theory of Universe |
Source: Science News, Retrieved on 03/19/06, Internet Source The most detailed portrait ever taken of the radiation left over from the Big Bang provides fresh evidence that the universe began with a tremendous growth spurt, expanding from subatomic scales to the size of a grapefruit in less than a trillionth of a second. [More] |
| US Federal Judge to Order Google to Give Up Some Data to US |
Source: Reuters, By Eric Auchard, Retrieved on 03/14/06, Internet Source SAN JOSE, California, March 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge said on Tuesday he intends to give the government some of what it wants after it scaled back the number of Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) customers it wants information about, in a case seen as a major test of Internet privacy. [More] |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire SyPixx Networks |
Source: News@CISCO, Cisco Webpage, March 7, 2006, Internet Source Delivering an Intelligent Converged Environment for Video Surveillance SAN JOSE, Calif, March 7, 2006 - Cisco Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: CSCO) - Cisco Systems® today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held SyPixx Networks, Inc. of Waterbury, Connecticut. SyPixx Networks offers network-centric video surveillance software and hardware that enable existing analog video surveillance systems to operate as part of an open IP network. This acquisition will enable Cisco to deliver video surveillance as part of an Intelligent Converged Environment. [More] |
| Technology Transfer Event of the Year: |
National meeting of the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in May 1-4,2006. A consortium comprising over 700 federal laboratories and research facilities, the FLC is chartered by Congress to enhance the nation’s economy by maximizing collaborative research, technology transfer, and commercialization efforts among government, industry, and academia.This year will focus on what it takes to bring innovations to life. The theme, "From Innovation to Enterprise," was chosen as the logical next step following the development of mission-driven partnerships.
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| International Conference on Complex System |
Host: New England Complex Systems Institute Marriott Boston Quincy, Boston, MA, USA June 25-30, 2006 Conference Aims: This conference has two major aims: first, to investigate those properties or characteristics that appear to be common to the very different complex systems now under study; and second, to encourage cross fertilization among the many disciplines involved. [More] |
| EURO XXI in Iceland: OR for Better Management of Sustainable Development |
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XXI European Conference on Operational Research. Reykjavik, Iceland The conference will be held July 2-5, at University of Iceland in Reykjavik. For more details on the conference, please visit the web site at www.euro2006.org. |
| INFORMS Hong Kong 2006 |
INFORMS International Conference, Hong-Kong 2006 The conference will be held June 25-28, at the Sheraton Hong Kong. For more details on the conference, please visit the web site at www.informs.org/Conf/HongKong06 |
| 5th International Conference on the Hospital of the Future 2006 |
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The Illinois Institute of Technology, the Stuart Graduate School of Business, the IIT Center for the Management of Medical Technology (CMMT), and the Association for Health Care Technology and Management (HCTM) announce the: 5th International Conference on: THE HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE ‘06 August 17-18, 2006 For more details on the conference, please click here. |
| International System Dynamics Conference |
International Conference of the System Dynamics Society Nijmegen, The Netherlands July 23 – 27, 2006 Important Dates: Submission deadline (Note: Earlier than in past years): March 1 Self-nomination for Dana Meadows Student Prize deadline: March 1 Submissions for review updatable until: March 31 Notification of acceptance: April 14 [More] |
| 2006 INFORMS Conference on OR: Applying Science to the Art of Business |
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| Call for Papers: Special Issue of the International Journal of Technology Management |
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Special Issue of the International Journal of Technology Management "Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters in the Global Knowledge Economy and Society: Insights and Implications for Theory and Practice" Deadline for submissions: November 30, 2006 For more information please click here. |
| Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Technology Transfer |
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Special Issue of the Journal of Technology Transfer "Discontinuous Technology Innovations with Disruptive Market Potential: Perspectives and Roles of Federal, Academic and Corporate Laboratories and Implications for Policy and Practice" Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2006 For more information please click here. |
| Book Review - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable |
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Patrick M. Lencioni ISBN: 0-7879-6075-6 Hardcover 240 pages April 2002 reviewed by Halime Inceler Sarihan “If you could get all the people in an organization rowing in the same direction, you could dominate any industry, in any market, against any competition, at any time.” [More] |
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