The invention of the CMOS active pixel image sensor “camera-on-a-chip” at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech and its subsequent development and commercialization via the spinoff company Photobit Corporation are discussed. The article traces the arc of the technology from innovation, technology transfer, and entrepreneurial startup to its use today in nearly all mobile phone cameras, ...

Molecular or DNA sources of information represent a rapidly developing technology with regards to beef cattle selection. Given the rapid commercialization of DNA marker panels, producers have been able to see changes first hand in reporting styles, panel sizes, and traits for which panels are available. Ultimately, the power of this technology will only be fully exploited when it is seamlessly ...

• Research, develop and demonstrate the Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Syngas ceramic membrane reactor system for the low-cost conversion of natural gas to hydrogen and synthesis gas. • Scale-up the ITM Syngas reactor technology through three levels of pilot-scale testing and precommercial demonstration. • Obtain the technical, engineering, operating and economic data necessary for the final step...

T brief examines the capacity of China to challenge America as a technology innovator. It assumes that the balance of innovation capacity matters for strategic strength in the long haul. Absent a fuller analysis of this assumption, this brief makes some ad hoc observations about the possible relationship. The analysis treats innovation as the successful commercialization (or strategic military ...

a Office of Research and Development, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC b Department of Biobusiness Management, National Chiayi University, 580 Shinmin Road, Chiayi, Taiwan, ROC c Institute of Industrial Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China d Graduate Institute of Technology Management, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 University Road, Hsinc...

Technological innovationprocess startswith technical discovery of new things or newways of doing things, i.e., invention. With the commercialization of invention, the term, innovation, takes place instead of invention. The process ends with (duplicative and/or creative) imitation by competitors. It is expected that maximum profits can be achieved in the time interval from commercialization of i...