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The Outlook for HDTV |
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In the late 1990s, when the first television channels began offering high-definition television, few U.S. households had HDTV sets to receive the signals, and it’s no wonder: Shows in high-def were scarce, and the average price of an HDTV set was $3,147. |
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양자 컴퓨팅 프로세서의 여명이 밝아오 |
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최근까지 양자 컴퓨터는 핵융합 발전소와 비슷한 부분이 많았다. 실용화되기까지 25년 정도 앞을 봐야 하고, 넘어야 할 큰 산들이 있다는 측면에서 그렇다. 그러나 최근 각종 연구개발들이 변화의 바람을 일으키고 있다. 어떤 개발이 이루어졌나? 왜 이것들이 현재 중요한가? 앞으로 어떤 일이 일어날 것인가? |
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The Media Transforma |
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To understand where we’re going, it helps to understand where we’ve been. If you bought a new car 10 years ago, it came standard with a cassette deck, but a CD player was a somewhat expensive option. If you buy a new car today, it comes standard with a high-end CD player, but a cassette tape deck is an expensive and almost useless option. The cassette tape, which revolutionized the way we listen to and share music with others, is dead. |
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Nanotech Venture Cap |
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At the end of last year, the U.S. government committed $3.7 billion in funding to a technology that few people had even heard of a few years ago. Big corporations are investing $3 billion in it this year. And venture capital firms have poured $1 billion into small startups that focus on it over the past five years. |
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Share the Wealth |
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Because it is becoming increasingly challenging to protect intellectual property, we’re witnessing a complete reversal: Instead of protecting new ideas and proprietary systems, some developers are now making them available to customers, suppliers, and even competitors. |
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