invention
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Physicist Karl Compton, an ARD founder and Massachusetts Institute of Technology president, described new industries as “babies…their parents are science and invention.”
From Barron's
According to a new paper published in Science, the field has reached a critical phase that mirrors the early era of classical computing before the invention of the transistor reshaped modern technology.
From Science Daily
Added to the waning novelty is the reliance on stock characters who show little of Mr. Saunders’s usual comic invention.
Ms. Peck’s three dancers, dressed in Ms. Page’s casual-clothes costuming, slightly featured Mr. Lendorf, though more from his own charisma than from her unmemorable inventions.
From the factory floor to the digital cloud, U.S. inventions have saved lives, solved problems and reshaped industries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.