Sweet talking your partner

Finding your innovation sweet spot.

Most new product ideas are either uninspired or impractical. So how can developers hit the innovation sweet spot--far enough from existing products to attract real interest but close enough that they are feasible to make and market? They can apply five innovation patterns that manipulate existing components of a product and its immediate environment to come up with something both ingenious and ...

Let your computer do the talking.

A personal computer and a modem can be an extremely powerful pair and, used properly, can represent fantastic savings in time and money. Too often, they are underutilized because managers and clinicians do not know how to approach the type of online researching that computers are beautifully designed to perform--the kind of research that can make a daily significant difference.

How to exchange your partner

Introduction The accurate repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is crucial for the maintenance of genome stability and the prevention of tumours. Homologous recombination (HR) is a complex process used by cells to repair DSBs that arise spontaneously during DNA replication or after exposure to DNA-damaging agents. HR is also fundamental for DSB-initiated DNA transactions, which occur during...

Stratagene: Your Partner in Targeted Protein Engineering

Talking to a Computer Is Not like Talking to Your Best Friend

When developing natural language interfaces, it is important to know the characteristics of the language used. We have developed a set of tools for conducting human-computer natural language dialogue simulations (Wizard of Oz experiments) and for analyzing the data obtained. We report methods used and results obtained from a series of such experiments. The focus of the study was on occasional u...