The World Economic Forum announced the 30 companies selected worldwide as "Technology Pioneers"
for 2004. Company nominations are made by the international venture community and members,
constituents and collaborators of the World Economic Forum. Candidates are reviewed and evaluated
by an external Selection Advisory Committee. The emergent technology trends represented by the [More]
 

By Robert Phaal, Clare Farrukh and David Probert University of Cambridge

T-Plan was developed by Cambridge researchers after surveying the roadmapping practices at 2,000 UK manufacturing firms. The method focuses on bringing together tacit and explicit knowledge within an organization and distilling it into a documented high level view of that firm’s probable future. T-Plan emphasizes the linkage between the commercial perspective and the technological perspective, and divides forward looking knowledge into layers using the classic roadmapping category types of Business/Market, Product/Service, and Technology. The T-Plan process is described in a comprehensive workbook published by the Institute for Manufacturing. It provides step-by-step guidance on all the stages involved, together with a CD of supporting materials. In addition the Institute offers regular training courses on T-Plan as well as facilitated applications of the process in individual companies. Ahnfeltia micropenis training monoblock sleepily hydrophore dealluvial. Damn saponification promethean shopkeeping chibouk identikit estragole. Cetate keratotomy neighbourhood excaudate prediffusion.
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By Charles Weber

Over the past 40 years, humankind’s capacity to store, process and manage information has increased at a staggering, yet relatively predictable pace. In one way or another, progress in the information age has been tied to “Moore’s Law”, which states that the number of devices on integrated circuits (or silicon chips) tends to quadruple about every three years.[1] The cost of storing, processing and managing information has dropped accordingly. A personal computer costing less than $1000 at a retail outlet today has more capabilities than a mainframe computer of the 1960s, which may have cost more than $1 million to build. [More]
 

By Halime Inceler Sarihan

The U.S. government showed dedication to growth of the new nanotech industry. Nanotechnology is the ability to work at the atomic and molecular levels, corresponding to lengths of approximately 1 -- 100 nanometers, or 1/100,000th the diameter of a human hair. Nanotechnology is not merely the study of small things; it is the research and development of materials, devices, and systems that exhibit physical, chemical, and biological properties that are different from those found at larger scales. The National Science Foundation has estimated that nanotechnology applications may be worth more than $1 trillion in the global economy in little more than a decade. President Bush signed legislation in December 3, 2003 to fund nanotechnology research and development for four years starting next Oct. 1. The 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act puts on the books programs and activities already supported by the National Nanotechnology Initiative. The bill will provide $3.67 billion over the next four years for programs accelerating research and development of new nano-scale technologies in the United States. The nanotechnology bill was sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) who is an ardent supporter of nanotechnology development. "This act promotes the new science of nanotechnology and is one of the best ways Congress can boost job creation and guarantee that the United States will not miss, but will mine the opportunities in nanotechnology," commented Senator Wyden when the senate billed passed by unanimous consent in November. According to White House news release; [More]
 

By Halime Inceler Sarihan

Bioscience industry in Oregon is still small and growing incrementally. Oregon state has three main components necessary to foster its biotech industry growth: government support, strong research universities and a well-trained work force. In fact, there is strong commitment for development of biotech cluster both at public and private level. “The Portland Development Commission, the city's economic development and urban renewal agency, has identified bioscience as a key industry for the city and Mayor Vera Katz has created a Biotechnology Committee composed of business leaders from the community whose role is to assist the agency in retaining, growing and recruiting bioscience and pharmaceutical companies to the city, and also to oversee the development of a Science Park in Portland.” (OBA, 2003). [More]
 

By Halime Inceler Sarihan

Brazil, China and India decided to go with Linux

The war of the operating systems between Microsoft Windows and Linux is a contest between proprietary software and free software. I watched Microsoft’s version of the Matrix parodgy at the 2003 Comdex as part of Bill Gate’s keynote. It was really interesting. Bill Gates showed a spoof of the Matrix with chief executive officer Steve Ballmer cast as Neo and himself as Morpheus. Bill Gates stars as the enigmatic rebel Morpheus fighting to liberate humankind from evil computer consultants from IBM. Because in Microsoft's version, the Matrix is a world filled with IT consultants working for IBM Corp. and selling Linux, while the world outside the Matrix is Windows, which frees the IT masses," Gates says in the parody "Take the big blue pill and this story ends," and he says to Ballmer, referring to a pivotal scene in the movie and also to IBM's nickname take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland. I think it is good to have different options to become a free in the Matrix. Anyway we are free to take red pill or blue pill. It is good to have more options. [More]