News tagged with technological progress
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
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Sharing patents with competitors may encourage innovation as probability for market success increases, study suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- Firms that make a previously patented innovation accessible to competitors increase overall likelihood of improving upon that breakthrough while also raising profits for the original innovator and market ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Digital divide: Psychologists suggest ways to include the aging population in the tech revolution
Technology is no longer what it used to be: Computers have replaced typewriters and landlines are in rapid decline. Technological advances are being made every day, making many of our lives easier and allowing information ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Innovative spout will increase maple production up to 90 percent
An innovative new maple spout developed by the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture secured by Senator Patrick J. Leahy, will have a dramatic ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Study finds patent systems may discourage innovation
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study challenges the traditional view that patents foster innovation, suggesting instead that they may hinder technological progress, economic activity and societal wealth. These results ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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