Report on 7th ME Salon - Lessons from the Past-Diffusion of Technological Innovation Learned from RMS TITANIC Propulsion System

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 660-660
Author(s):  
Hideaki Sugita
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
The Past

scholarly journals Rewriting a History of Open Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyungmee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Autobiographical Narratives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
Distance Educators

This article reports eight distance teachers’ stories about teaching at two open universities over the past two decades with a focus on their perceptions and feelings about the changes in their teaching practice. This qualitative study employed a methodological approach called the autoethnographic interview, aiming to document more realistic histories of the open universities and to imagine a better future for those universities. As a result, the paper presents autobiographical narratives of distance teachers that dissent from the general historical accounts of open universities. These narratives are categorized into three interrelated themes: a) openness: excessive openness and a lost sense of mission; b) technological innovation: moving online and long-lasting resistance, and c) teaching: transactional interactions and feelings of loneliness. The paper then presents a discussion of useful implications for open universities, which can serve as a starting point for more meaningful discussions among distance educators in a time of change.

A Brief History of Singapore

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Tarulevicz
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
First Century ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
Japanese Occupation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Early Colonial ◽  
History Of

This chapter provides an account of Singapore's recent history, interwoven with key culinary and gastronomic developments. The conventional periodization of Singapore's history into the pre-colonial, Japanese occupation, merger, and independence eras highlights some of the forces that have shaped the nation, but it also privileges state actors. From the early colonial period onward, the ordering of space and place has been a priority that has been demonstrated at the bureaucratic, regulatory, and physical levels. In the past 200 years, Singapore has been radically remade; technological innovation has been one of the mechanisms by which order is achieved. Indeed, Singapore's engagement with the global economy—be that the economy of the British Empire or of the twenty-first-century world of food security fears—has been relentless, and food has been central to the process.

scholarly journals A Sociotechnical Framework for Smart Urban Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaxiong Jiang ◽  
Stan Geertman ◽  
Patrick Witte
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
The Past ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Governance Process ◽  
Urban Contexts

Over the past decade, the dominant entrepreneurial form of urban governance has seriously hindered the transformation of cities by neglecting the role of urban contexts in shaping governance structures and outcomes. To promote alternatives, this article presents a sociotechnical framework for smart urban governance. This framework explicitly examines the impacts of urban contexts on the sociotechnical interaction between urban technological innovation and urban governance in the realm of smart cities. Three real-world cases were used to demonstrate how the framework can be applied in different urban contexts. The results show that the alleged smartness in smart urban governance by no means implies the simple acceptance, adoption, and use of technology; instead, it needs to be conditionate. For successful smart urban governance, urban technological innovation should be effectively attuned to the wider urban actors and preexisting urban challenges (i.e., the urban governance process), with a special focus on the urban context.

scholarly journals La théorie et la pratique de l’Arms Control : Bilan et perspectives

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-663
Author(s):  
Jean Klein
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Past Experiences

Arms control, as developed by American civilian strategists in the late 1950s, sought to maintain the equilibrium upon which mutual deterrence was dependent, and strove to prevent direct conflict between the two nuclear protagonists. Has it exhausted its virtuality and will there be a return to the tradition of general and total disarmament? One comes to ask within the framework of this analysis, whether the Washington treaty of december 1987 introduces a new element to arms control, or whether it closely follows the methods used in former agreements. In an effort to better comprehend this question, the past experiences in arms control will be examined before making any conjectures on its anticipated evolution, all the while taking into consideration the new approaches used in the American-Soviet relations, the problems created by technological innovation, and the intentions of both the small and medium States.

scholarly journals By-product metals are technologically essential but have problematic supply

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. e1400180 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. T. Nassar ◽  
T. E. Graedel ◽  
E. M. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Metal Availability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
By Products

The growth in technological innovation that has occurred over the past decades has, in part, been possible because an increasing number of metals of the periodic table are used to perform specialized functions. However, there have been increasing concerns regarding the reliability of supply of some of these metals. A main contributor to these concerns is the fact that many of these metals are recovered only as by-products from a limited number of geopolitically concentrated ore deposits, rendering their supplies unable to respond to rapid changes in demand. Companionality is the degree to which a metal is obtained largely or entirely as a by-product of one or more host metals from geologic ores. The dependence of companion metal availability on the production of the host metals introduces a new facet of supply risk to modern technology. We evaluated companionality for 62 different metals and metalloids, and show that 61% (38 of 62) have companionality greater than 50%. Eighteen of the 38—including such technologically essential elements as germanium, terbium, and dysprosium—are further characterized as having geopolitically concentrated production and extremely low rates of end-of-life recycling. It is this subset of companion metals—vital in current technologies such as electronics, solar energy, medical imaging, energy-efficient lighting, and other state-of-the-art products—that may be at the greatest risk of supply constraints in the coming decades.

scholarly journals Canonisation and Documentation of Interdisciplinary Electroacoustic Music, Exemplified by Three Cases from the Netherlands: Dick Raaijmakers, Michel Waisvisz and Huba de Graaff

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-237
Author(s):  
Hannah Bosma
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Electronic Music ◽  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
The Other ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Musical Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand

Relations between histories, sources and preservation problematics are explored by evaluating how Dutch electroacoustic musical life is discussed in international histories of electronic music. Some Dutch cases consisting of different generations of interdisciplinary, live, performance-based electroacoustic work are discussed: the work of Dick Raaijmakers, Michel Waisvisz and Huba de Graaff. These cases point to some important aspects of preservation and the formation of histories. An emphasis in electronic music histories on technology and on technological innovation comes at the expense of information on the musical and artistic aspects. For greater interest in musical aspects, it is crucial to have more access to the music itself. The works and practices of Dick Raaijmakers, Michel Waisvisz and Huba de Graaff seem to resist documentation, ontologically and practically but, on the other hand, there is a desire for its documentation and dissemination. For their work, preservation means: making something new while being faithful to the past. It is therefore that I propose to regard preservation as performance. This music only remains alive when we are not solely interested in linear innovation, but in a profound relation with the past, in reworking the past.

A Comprehensive Study of the Market Determinants Impacting Sustainable Packaging

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Advanced Level ◽  
Plastic Packaging ◽  
The Past ◽  
Regulatory Standards ◽  
Sustainable Packaging ◽  
Packaging Industry ◽  
Potential Pressure ◽  
Comprehensive Study

The packaging industry has considerably been witnessing significant growth over the past few years. In today’s scenario, incorporating sustainable practices in packaging businesses is becoming a standard. Whether, it is due to the preferences of manufacturers, regulatory standards, consumer pressure, or retailer’s choice, the eco-friendly packaging solutions are increasingly attaining a rise in demand. Shifting trend towards environmental efficiency, has led to an increase in focus on fewer resources, lesser energy as well as smaller footprint among various packaging businesses. In order to cater to the potential pressure stemming from these trends, advanced level of agility and technological innovation is gaining traction. Hence, re-inventing and re-thinking by packaging industries poses strong and concrete opportunities for the transformational shift towards sustainability solutions thereby, also eliminating the plastic packaging issues in different sectors. This paper discusses about the determinants impacting sustainable packaging along with the market analysis for the same.

scholarly journals A Review of Stereolithography: Processes and Systems

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jigang Huang ◽  
Qin Qin ◽  
Jie Wang
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Materials Selection ◽  
Liquid Resin ◽  
3D Objects ◽  
The Past ◽  
Selection For ◽  
System Configurations ◽  
Magnetically Assisted

Being the earliest form of additive manufacturing, stereolithography (SLA) fabricates 3D objects by selectively solidifying the liquid resin through a photopolymerization reaction. The ability to fabricate objects with high accuracy as well as a wide variety of materials brings much attention to stereolithography. Since its invention in the 1980s, SLA underwent four generations of major technological innovation over the past 40 years. These innovations have thus resulted in a diversified range of stereolithography systems with dramatically improved resolution, throughput, and materials selection for creating complex 3D objects and devices. In this paper, we review the four generations of stereolithography processes, which are scanning, projection, continuous and volumetric stereolithography. For each generation, representative stereolithography system configurations are also discussed in detail. In addition, other derivative technologies, such as scanning–projection, multi-material, and magnetically assisted stereolithography processes, are also included in this review.

scholarly journals Technological innovation in industry and the role of the Royal Society

2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Snowden
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Research Grants ◽  
The Past ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Distinguished Research ◽  
Recent Initiative

This paper examines the interplay between industrial and academic research and explores how innovation stimulated by the Royal Society has influenced technological development in business and industry over the past 50 years. The trend for universities to foster the creation of spin-out companies has grown significantly over the past 20 years, while universities and government simultaneously appreciated the potential value of intellectual property and increasingly formalized interaction between industry and academia. Before this the flow of ideas, discoveries and technology from universities to industry relied largely on individuals. Examples of how academics, industrialists and Fellows of the Royal Society have influenced and contributed to industrial research and the world's technology base are explored. The paper examines the supportive role played by the Royal Society through research grants, innovation awards and distinguished Research Fellowships such as the Industry Fellowships Scheme. The most recent initiative to support scientific and technological ventures shows a new direction for the Royal Society in contributing to innovation through its Enterprise Fund.

Growth: Direction Rather than Rate

1976 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
André van Dam
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Growth Direction ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
Quantum Jump ◽  
The Past ◽  
Copernican Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

Growth is in essence a process of metamorphosis rather than expansion, and of maturation rather than change. The author aruges that therefore we should be concerned much more with the purpose and direction of growth (including its moral and social dimensions) than with its speed. If in the past the world was driven by pure economic expansion and technological innovation, in the future it will require a quantum jump in its ethical and social maturation (van Dam, 1976). This transition, which in his opinion may be felt in all its depth in the 1980's, will be comparable to the Copernican revolution.

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