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Technology Moves Us |
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| In The Matrix movie trilogy, humans were plugged into a powerful computer that created sensory experiences that existed only in their minds. It appears that the Sony Corporation is quietly working on a project intended to make the Matrix a reality. Five years ago, the Japanese entertainment company filed a patent for a method of firing ultrasound pulses at a person��셲 brain. |
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The New Technology B |
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| There��셲 no question that 2004 was a tremendous year for the consumer electronics industry. Total shipments of U.S. consumer electronic products climbed 11 percent for the year, to $113.5 billion, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. And 2005 is expected to be even bigger, with another 11 percent increase predicted by the association. |
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A New Social Contrac |
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| The implications of the political realignment we��셶e been discussing will be much more pervasive than most people yet realize. Why? Because pressure has been building for a new social contract ever since the realignment of 1968. |
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The Creativity Crisi |
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| For a century, the United States had led the world in innovation. It is home to many of the world��셲 most forward-thinking companies. It produces many of the most innovative products and services on the planet. And yet, the American advantage in innovation is not some home-grown resource that can be found in the water or the air. |
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Companies Become Sel |
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| As firms develop a peripheral nervous system composed of sensors and a central nervous system with computers that enables the firm to learn, adapt and innovate, we have to ask, ��쏦ow will those firms be organized and managed to extract the maximum value from these capabilities?��� |
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