Technology Matters

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Technology Matters

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Author : David E. Nye
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2007-08-24

Technology Matters written by David E. Nye and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-24 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Discusses in nontechnical language ten central questions about technology that illuminate what technology is and why it matters. Technology matters, writes David Nye, because it is inseparable from being human. We have used tools for more than 100,000 years, and their central purpose has not always been to provide necessities. People excel at using old tools to solve new problems and at inventing new tools for more elegant solutions to old tasks. Perhaps this is because we are intimate with devices and machines from an early age—as children, we play with technological toys: trucks, cars, stoves, telephones, model railroads, Playstations. Through these machines we imagine ourselves into a creative relationship with the world. As adults, we retain this technological playfulness with gadgets and appliances—Blackberries, cell phones, GPS navigation systems in our cars. We use technology to shape our world, yet we think little about the choices we are making. In Technology Matters, Nye tackles ten central questions about our relationship to technology, integrating a half-century of ideas about technology into ten cogent and concise chapters, with wide-ranging historical examples from many societies. He asks: Can we define technology? Does technology shape us, or do we shape it? Is technology inevitable or unpredictable? (Why do experts often fail to get it right?)? How do historians understand it? Are we using modern technology to create cultural uniformity, or diversity? To create abundance, or an ecological crisis? To destroy jobs or create new opportunities? Should "the market" choose our technologies? Do advanced technologies make us more secure, or escalate dangers? Does ubiquitous technology expand our mental horizons, or encapsulate us in artifice? These large questions may have no final answers yet, but we need to wrestle with them—to live them, so that we may, as Rilke puts it, "live along some distant day into the answers."

Innovation Matters

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Author : Richard J. Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2020-07-14

Innovation Matters written by Richard J. Gilbert and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-14 with Business & Economics categories.

A proposal for moving from price-centric to innovation-centric competition policy, reviewing theory and available evidence on economic incentives for innovation. Competition policy and antitrust enforcement have traditionally focused on prices rather than innovation. Economic theory shows the ways that price competition benefits consumers, and courts, antitrust agencies, and economists have developed tools for the quantitative evaluation of price impacts. Antitrust law does not preclude interventions to encourage innovation, but over time the interpretation of the laws has raised obstacles to enforcement policies for innovation. In this book, economist Richard Gilbert proposes a shift from price-centric to innovation-centric competition policy. Antitrust enforcement should be concerned with protecting incentives for innovation and preserving opportunities for dynamic, rather than static, competition. In a high-technology economy, Gilbert argues, innovation matters.

Experimentation Matters

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Author : Stefan H. Thomke
language : en
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Release Date : 2003

Experimentation Matters written by Stefan H. Thomke and has been published by Harvard Business Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Business & Economics categories.

Every company's ability to innovate depends on a process of experimentation whereby new products and services are created and existing ones improved. But the cost of experimentation often limits innovation. New technologies--including computer modeling and simulation--promise to lift that constraint by changing the economics of experimentation. Never before has it been so economically feasible to ask "what-if" questions and generate preliminary answers. These technologies amplify the impact of learning, paving the way for higher R&D performance and innovation and new ways of creating value for customers.In Experimentation Matters, Stefan Thomke argues that to unlock such potential, companies must not only understand the power of experimentation and new technologies, but also change their processes, organization, and management of innovation. He explains why experimentation is so critical to innovation, underscores the impact of new technologies, and outlines what managers must do to integrate them successfully. Drawing on a decade of research in multiple industries as diverse as automotive, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and banking, Thomke provides striking illustrations of how companies drive strategy and value creation by accommodating their organizations to new experimentation technologies.As in the outcome of any effective experiment, Thomke also reveals where that has not happened, and explains why. In particular, he shows managers how to: implement "front-loaded" innovation processes that identify potential problems before resources are committed and design decisions locked in; experiment and test frequently without overloading their organizations; integrate new technologies into the current innovation system; organize for rapid experimentation; fail early and often, but avoid wasteful "mistakes"; and manage projects as experiments.Pointing to the custom integrated circuit industry--a multibillion dollar market--Thomke also shows what happens when new experimentation technologies are taken beyond firm boundaries, thereby changing the way companies create new products and services with customers and suppliers. Probing and thoughtful, Experimentation Matters will influence how both executives and academics think about experimentation in general and innovation processes in particular. Experimentation has always been the engine of innovation, and Thomke reveals how it works today.

How Users Matter

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Author : Nelly Oudshoorn
language : en
Publisher: Mit Press
Release Date : 2003

How Users Matter written by Nelly Oudshoorn and has been published by Mit Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Technology & Engineering categories.

A collection of essays that examines how users shape and are shaped by technology in all phases, from design to use.

Where Minds And Matters Meet

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Author : Volker Janssen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-12-12

Where Minds And Matters Meet written by Volker Janssen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-12 with History categories.

The American WestÑwhere such landmarks as the Golden Gate Bridge rival wild landscapes in popularity and iconic significanceÑhas been viewed as a frontier of technological innovation. Where Minds and Matters Meet calls attention to the convergence of Western history and the history of technology, showing that the regionÕs politics and culture have shaped seemingly placeless, global technological practices and institutions. Drawing on political and social history as well as art history, the bookÕs essays take the cultural measure of the regionÕs great technological milestones, including San DiegoÕs Panama-California Exposition, the building of the Hetch Hetchy Dam in the Sierras, and traffic planning in Los Angeles. Contributors: Amy Bix, Louise Nelson Dyble, Patrick McCray, Linda Nash, Peter Neushul, Matthew W. Roth, Bruce Sinclair, L. Chase Smith, Carlene Stephens, Aristotle Tympas, Jason Weems, Peter Westwick, Stephanie Young

Digital Media

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Author : Peter Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Career FAQs
Release Date : 2007

Digital Media written by Peter Jordan and has been published by Career FAQs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.

The digital revolution has radically changed the way we work, play, learn and communicate. This transformation has created an exciting range of careers, including new jobs that didn't exist a decade ago.

Technology Policy Trade And Technology Issues

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993

Technology Policy Trade And Technology Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Competition categories.

Science Technology And American Diplomacy

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978

Science Technology And American Diplomacy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Government publications categories.

Technology And The Aging

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Technology And The Aging written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Aged categories.

Rules Adopted By The Committees Of The House Of Representatives

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Author : United States. Congress. House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991

Rules Adopted By The Committees Of The House Of Representatives written by United States. Congress. House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.