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How Well Do You Know...Web 2.0?

An interesting series of questions to test how well you know and understand the Web 2.0 capabilities. Now to establish data definitions so that applications can collect and aggregate data from different sources, the key to transforming information fusion into knowledge and insi... Read More

Where Real Innovation Happens

Tim O'Reilly in an interview with Forbes magazine makes some interesting points on where real innovation happens. Tim asks, "So where's the alpha-geek innovation happening toda... Read More

PROFITS IN NANOTECH COME FROM INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS, NOT RAW MATERIALS

Boston, MA – January 22, 2009 – While it’s widely believed that any product enabled by nanotechnology will have the potential for huge profit margins, the fact is that many nano-enabled products are only incremental improvements with small premiums. To assist decision makers in identifying the most profitable opportunities, a new report by Lux Research finds that nanointermediates – intermediate products, such as coatings, memory chips, and catalysts, improved by nanotechnology – garnered an aggregate net profit margin of 9% in 2007 – a figure that will expand to 15% in 2015. “The real opportunities for nanomaterials have become clearer,” noted Jurron Bradley, Ph.D., Senior Analyst at Lux Research and head of the firm’s Nanomaterials Intelligence service. “Because of nanotech’s broad applicability, understanding the maze of opportunities and filtering hype from reality isn’t trivia... Read More