The most likely reason was the technology's reliance on a variety of foreign innovations and a consequent belief that patent applications would have little chance of success.

It is not enough, according to SCOT, to explain a technology's success by saying that it is " the best " -- researchers must look at how the criteria of being " the best " is defined and what groups and stakeholders participate in defining it.

In practice, it is currently very difficult to create a high-fidelity virtual reality experience, due largely to technical limitations on processing power, image resolution, and communication bandwidth ; however, the technology's proponents hope that such limitations will be overcome as processor, imaging, and data communication technologies become more powerful and cost-effective over time.

The film currently holds 98 % on Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 8. 6 / 10 based on 43 reviews of which 42 were positive and 1 negative with the consensus: " This tense, paranoid thriller presents Francis Ford Coppola at his finest — and makes some remarkably advanced arguments about technology's role in society that still resonate today.

In general, index registers became a standard part of computers during the technology's second generation, ( roughly 1954 – 1966 ) Machines in the IBM 700 / 7000 mainframe series had them, starting with the IBM 704 in 1954, though they were optional on some smaller machines such as the IBM 650 and IBM 1401.

Awareness of the changes are what McLuhan seemed to consider most important, so that, in his estimation, the only sure disaster would be a society not perceiving a technology's effects on their world, especially the chasms and tensions between generations.

The moral valence of technology's effects on cognition is, for McLuhan, a matter of perspective.

In 1941, an SCR-270 radar detected the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor ; its warnings went unheeded because of high-level uncertainty about the new technology's reliability.

Oneness ( 2002 ): Oneness presents the dimensions of spirituality, photografy and fashion into a deep look on the originality of the artist's skill hence the usage of technology's brand new trends.

The IBM 3480 cartridge stored 200 megabytes in a modest 4x5 inch cartridge compared to the previous technology's 140 megabytes on a 10. 5 inch diameter ( 2400 foot length ) reel of 1 / 2 " tape.

With the rising number of internet and computer users around the world, it is evident that computer technology's effects on the human psyche will continue to significantly shape both our interactions with each other and our perceptions of the world that is literally " at our fingertips.

At times, Sakamoto would also present varying interpretations of technology's intersection with music: He would present some pieces, such as " Replica ", with Kraftwerkian rigidity and order, while he would infuse humanity and humor into others – " Broadway Boogie Woogie ", for example, liberally lifts samples from Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner and pairs them with a raucous, sax-driven techno-pop backdrop.

He helped officials see the technology's vast potential for facilitating a revolution in computer communications.

While the first telegraph company was the Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Electro-Magnetic Telegraph Company, founded in 1846, it was the Montreal Telegraph Company, controlled by Hugh Allan and founded a year later, that dominated in Canada during the technology's early years.

But the technology's chief advantage in an era of slow telecommunication-its ability to encode complex graphics in terse object commands-became moot as data communication speeds increased and raster graphics compression became popular.

The introduction of xerography eased graphic reproduction requirements, but at the price of being unable to deviate from a scratchy outline style because of the new ( and time and money saving ) technology's limitations.

One other major consequence of the Betamax technology's introduction to the U. S. was the lawsuit Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios ( 1984, the " Betamax case "), with the U. S. Supreme Court determining home videotaping to be legal in the United States, wherein home videotape cassette recorders were a legal technology since they had substantial noninfringing uses.

The savings in labor and ever increasing capability of digital presses means digital printing is reaching a point where it could match or supersede offset printing technology's ability to produce larger print runs of several thousand sheets at a low price.

The crew also began another series of evaluations of the Dexterous End Effector equipment using the shuttle's mechanical arm, testing the technology's magnetic grapple system, alignment system and force sensor.

By its very nature, consumers and firms will be unfamiliar with the product and its relationship to existing technologies, leading to rapid changes in what is considered best practice as more becomes known about the technology's qualities.

But as well as the technology's susceptibility to noise, another substantial barrier to using EEG as a brain – computer interface is the extensive training required before users can work the technology.

; Rapid Growth Phase: Begins after the exponential growth passes the " knee of the curve " and explosive growth in the technology's capabilities and user base starts.

The February 2009 announcement that Pioneer Electronics was ending production of the plasma screens was widely considered the tipping point in that technology's history as well.

When calculating or estimating data throughputs, the details of the frame / cell / packet format and the technology's detailed implementation need to be understood.

" The success of the airlift eventually caused the Soviets to lift their blockade in May 1949.

Their acceptance, and success, caused publishers to seek out other female authors.

Although many factors can be used to measure the success of the industry, the number of British films produced each year gives an overview of its development: the industry experienced a boom as it first developed in the 1910s ( see 1910s in film ), but during the 1920s ( see 1920s in film ) experienced a recession caused by US competition and commercial practices.

The Royals ' recent lack of success, however, as well as the Yankees ' more popular and historic rivalry with the Boston Red Sox has caused this rivalry to lose its prominence.

The repulsion of the Spanish Armada ( 1588 ) by the English fleet revolutionized naval warfare by the success of a guns-only strategy and caused a major overhaul of the Spanish Navy, partly along English lines, which resulted in even greater dominance by the Spanish.

A fourth season, Slayers AGAIN, was rumored following the success of TRY, but early scheduling conflicts caused interest in the project to dissipate.

This production was a tremendous success ; the newspaper Prager Oberpostamtszeitung called the work " a masterpiece ", and said " no piece ( for everyone here asserts ) has ever caused such a sensation.

Wilde's notoriety caused the play, despite its success, to be closed after just 86 performances.

Wilde's ensuing notoriety caused the play, despite its success, to be closed after only 86 performances.

The success of these two color pictures caused a color revolution ( just as the first all-talkie had created one for talkies ).

The feud caused the Mathers to champion the success of the Collegiate School in the hope that it would maintain the Puritan religious orthodoxy in a way that Harvard had not.

Despite a brief delay caused by a mechanical problem early in the first act, the performance was an unqualified success, and the play went on to become one of the year's biggest West End successes.

By chance, a mistaken order from General Rosecrans caused a gap to appear in the Union line and Longstreet took additional advantage of it to increase his chances of success.

The success of Rocket 88 caused tensions and ego clashes in the band, causing Jackie Brenston to leave to pursue a solo career, taking some of the original members with him.

The success of the Allied air offensive caused a reorganization of the German air arm, and both sides began using large formations of aircraft rather than relying on individual combat.

The huge success of the hunting expedition caused Father Junípero Serra to consider building a mission in fertile soil San Luis Obispo.

Critics often dismissed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic " potboiler " style, in which he caused an ordinary character to become involved in a crisis, then increased the suspense by switching among multiple related plot lines.

After much success, a disagreement over power caused the trio to dissolve and, with it, their promotion.

This caused many home theater enthusiasts to become concerned that the success of DIVX would significantly diminish the release of films on the DVD format in the films ' original aspect ratios and with supplementary material.

The drug's clinical success caused ImClone's stock to jump as high as $ 70 a share.

His popularity in his first four years, gained with the success of Plano Real, decreased during his last four years as the currency crisis was followed by lower economic growth and employment rates, larger public debt, growing political dissent and, finally, an energy crisis caused by an unexpected draught and low levels of investment on appropriate infrastructure.

However, his novel Mildred Pierce ( 1941 ) is really about the rise to success of an ordinary housewife developing her entrepreneurial skills and — legally — outsmarting her business rivals, and the domestic trouble caused by her success, with, in turn, her husband, her daughter and her lover turning against her.

It has been seen in many cases that the failure to retain stardom and success has caused many child actors to lead adult lives plagued by legal troubles, bankruptcy, and drug abuse.