News tagged with innovative product

Policies, learning-by-doing played important role in reducing ethanol costs

A new study from the University of Illinois concludes that learning-by-doing, stimulated by increased ethanol production, played an important role in inducing technological progress in the corn ethanol industry. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter buys mobile blogging startup Posterous

Twitter on Monday announced that it has bought mobile blogging startup Posterous and will put engineers behind the popular "lifestreaming" service to work on special projects.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teaching skills key to selection of a successful model farmer

Farmer trainers should be selected based on their interest and ability to teach others rather than on their successes in implementing farming techniques, shows a new study led by Steve Franzel, a scientist at the World Agroforestry ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Archaeologists find blade production earlier than originally thought

Archaeology has long associated advanced blade production with the Upper Palaeolithic period, about 30,000-40,000 years ago, linked with the emergence of Homo Sapiens and cultural features such as cave art. ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Apple design chief faces new world without Jobs

Printed on the back of every iPod, iPhone and iPad is "Designed by Apple in California."

Technology / Business

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Managing intellectual property a challenge for firms, innovators

The increasing complexity of multi-invention technologies such as laptops and smartphones raises serious challenges for firms looking to cash in with the "next big thing," and points to a need for businesses to integrate ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New statistics on business innovation released by NSF

Preliminary figures from the Business R&D and Innovation Survey (BRDIS)--fielded for the first time in 2009--indicate that some 22 percent of companies in manufacturing industries reported one or more produc ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers analyze 'the environmentalist's paradox'

Global degradation of ecosystems is widely believed to threaten human welfare, yet accepted measures of well-being show that it is on average improving globally, both in poor countries and rich ones. A team of authors writing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

WTO rules against EU on hi-tech products: source

The World Trade Organization has ruled in favour of the United States, Japan and Taiwan in their complaint against EU duties on high-technology products, a source close to the dispute told AFP on Monday.

Technology / Business

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Exclusive licensing deals a tool for collaboration, study says

Exclusive licensing deals are a two-way safety net that fosters cooperation as new product ideas weave their way toward the marketplace, according to new research led by a University of Illinois business strategy expert.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'How-to' guide shows entrepreneurs how to protect their big ideas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Successful entrepreneurs turn big ideas into successful business opportunities, but how should they protect those ideas? A new paper from North Carolina State University offers a "how-to" guide on intellectual ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Finding good ideas: How to improve product development

The development of new products and services is key to business success, but a new study from North Carolina State University shows that businesses could do a much better job of evaluating new ideas in order to identify products ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2008's top tech trends

It would have been hard for even the most innovative product to stand out last year in such a lousy economy. But even had the economy been good, the tech industry wouldn't have earned many headlines. In short, there was nothing ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0