The first stage in a technologys advance is that itll fall below a critical price. After it falls below a critical price, it will tend, if its successful, to rise above a critical mass, a penetration. – Chris Anderson
And this is one way to do technology forecasting get a sense of where technology is, and then anticipate the next upturn. – Chris Anderson
And whats interesting about the hybrids taking off is youve now introduced electric motors to the automobile industry. Its the first radical change in automobile technology in 100 years. – Chris Anderson
Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces. – Anders Fogh Rasmussen