Technology Utilization - The Role Of Optics

B. J. Thompson

doi:10.1117/12.953639

20 May 1973 Technology Utilization - The Role Of Optics

B. J. Thompson

Proceedings Volume 0034, Solving Problems in Automotive Safety Engineering and Biomechanics with Optical Instrumentation; (1973) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953639
Event: Optical Instrumentation: A Problem Solving Tool in Automotive Safety Engineering and Bio-Mechanics, 1972, Detroit, United States

Abstract

The terms technology utilization and technology transfer are very much over-worked - a large number of books, reports, and papers have been written over the last ten years on these subjects. However, the majority of this effort is related to the fall-out from the military and space programs. There is no question that there is (and always has been) considerable fallout from these areas. A number of examples can be cited: the earliest of these is perhaps that of the development of tinned food (..or should I say canned food) to ensure the maintenance of the necessary supplies to Napoleon's army. The computer and radar are certainly important items from World War II that have had a tremendous impact on our lives; the orbiting weather and communication satellites are undoubtedly spin-offs from the NASA space programs.

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B. J. Thompson "Technology Utilization - The Role Of Optics", Proc. SPIE 0034, Solving Problems in Automotive Safety Engineering and Biomechanics with Optical Instrumentation, (20 May 1973); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953639

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