Diffusion of Innovations and Compatibility

The major threats that we can discern is the fact that the technology is revolutionary in itself and that those types of technological advances are most of the time adopted by early visionaries. Furthermore explaining the technology to potential clients can become a challenge because the clients themselves don’t know what they are looking for and might also not be willing to consider the expenditures involved in such a project.

Ed. Stephen Greenblatt and M.H. Abrams. 8th ed. Vol. 1. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. 162-213.

Technological advances have overcome many of barriers over the years, and have been proven to be a beneficial if implemented and used correctly.

Although, these ten categories were chosen in 2000 and the same were chosen in 2009 was this a comparison study? The comparison would give the researcher an opportunity to support or have grounds for one’s theory.

The first factor in determining the effectiveness of this article is how current it is to the time: it was published in 2008, however it relates to the world’s ever-growing technological advances, and is still relatable to the world in 2017. As such, this article passes the first part of the

Lawson, & MacDonald, 2009, p. 188). This point will be addressed as I answer the following

"It is a false assumption of mankind to assume the resilience of outdated practices," said western thinker and philosopher Slavoj Žižek. I agree with Žižek in supporting the statement that it is always necessary to find new solutions to problems. Innovation is paramount to our growth as a civilization, and will perish if not used, which can be exemplified through literature, history, and current world affairs.

These technologies are considered experimental/investigational, as they are not identified as widely used and generally accepted for the proposed uses as reported in nationally recognized peer-reviewed medical literature published in the English language.

I will also present the promise of these developments as well as the potential threat that these bring into reality as well. The format will be first introduce the technology through a brief description of uses it is purported to handle. Then I will follow the ideas of how said device will benefit humankind followed by the potential threats that this technology will introduce to humankind in general and to the user of said device specifically.

future, however the demand and knowledge for these types of products is not as well-known as

3) 3M, Hewlett-Packard, Lego, and other companies use the ________ to manage the innovation process.

In modern day society, technology is a staple commodity. It helps us accomplish a myriad of tasks efficiently and

This paper addresses the controversies surrounding technological singularity, whether it is a possibility in the future or simply an overly ambitious/grandiloquent idea/fiction. The topic has been a household debate specially since the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (i.e. Google’s prototype for driverless cars). On one hand, Artificial Intelligence (AI) enthusiasts and optimists suggest that technological singularity (TS) is inevitable, owing to the emulation of the human mind. They also credit the ‘exponential growth’ of progress in this field to be a key factor. While on the other hand, there are skeptics, that argue that this progress has its limits and will meet its end soon enough. They reason that emulating an extraordinarily

Throughout history, iconoclasts have played a vital role in transgressing society’s self-imposed boundaries, expanding individual perception past prejudices of society. Such revolutionary ideals embed themselves throughout many of literature’s greatest works, essentially forgoing society’s previous prejudices in lieu of a new, revolutionary perspective. Such works serve as an impetus for the spread of further revolutionary ideals, allowing for a continual renewal of society’s central beliefs or a cyclic cleansing of society’s perceptions. Shaw’s Pygmalion and Brecht’s Galileo attempt to rebut ideals of their time by centering around the triumph of radical subjectivity, in the form of invention and intellectual property, over society’s

1996; Kimberg & Farah, 1993). Miyake et al. (2000) work tried to tackle this disagreement. They have argued that