Computers in Manufacturing: The Role of Emerging Technologies

We offer a path-centric theory of emerging technology and organizing that addresses a basic question. When does emerging technology lead to transformative change? A path-centric perspective on technology focuses on the patterns of actions afforded by technology in use. We identify performing and patterning as self-reinforcing mechanisms that shape patterns of action in the domain of emerging technology and organizing. We use a dynamic simulation to show that performing and patterning can lead to a wide range of trajectories, from lock-in to transformation, depending on how emerging technology in use influences the pattern of action. When emerging technologies afford new actions that can be flexibly recombined to generate new paths, decisive transformative effects are more likely. By themselves, new affordances are not likely to generate transformation. We illustrate this theory with examples from the practice of pharmaceutical drug discovery. The path-centric perspective offers a new way to think about generativity and the role of affordances in organizing.

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Case Study: Challenges in Homeland Security Operations in Argentina and Role of Emerging Technologies

2018 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST) ◽

10.1109/ths.2018.8574153 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Pramud Rawat

Keyword(s):

Homeland Security ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Security Operations

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Software Engineering and New Emerging Technologies

Economics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8468-3.ch081 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1541-1563

Author(s):

Sergio Ricardo Mazini

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Information Integration ◽

Research Method ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Sales Force ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Sales Force Automation ◽

Industrial Companies

This chapter presents an approach to the role of software engineering in developing solutions for new mobile technologies, like tablets. It discusses the importance of the new standards brought by emerging technologies such as engineering and how software must adapt to this new reality in order to identify the needs of data, information, integration, shares, and other issues that will contribute to the life cycle of these solutions. The chapter also discusses the contribution of users in the development process and improve these solutions. The research method is the case study conducted in industrial companies that use a digital catalog solution and sales force automation for tablets. This chapter presents a new approach based on commercial tablets which is supported by a platform of software and services called commercially Nimiam (www.nimiam.com.br).

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The role of emerging technologies in inclusive innovation: the case of nanotechnology in South Africa

Science and Public Policy ◽

10.1093/scipol/scy049 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 746-746

Author(s):

Matthew Harsh ◽

Thomas S Woodson ◽

Susan Cozzens ◽

Jameson M Wetmore ◽

Ogundiran Soumonni ◽

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Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Inclusive Innovation

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Role of Emerging Technologies in Geriatric Pain Management

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.cger.2016.06.011 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 787-795

Author(s):

Rachael Elizabeth Docking

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Geriatric Pain

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The wicked problem of teaching about wicked problems: Design thinking and emerging technologies in sustainability education

Management Learning ◽

10.1177/1350507620974857 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 135050762097485

Author(s):

Andrew G. Earle ◽

Dante I. Leyva-de la Hiz

Keyword(s):

Experiential Learning ◽

Conceptual Model ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Sustainability Education ◽

Wicked Problems ◽

System Level ◽

Wicked Problem ◽

Thinking Process

In this paper, we explore the system-level challenges found in sustainability-focused education and consider how the intersections of design thinking and emerging technologies in augmented and virtual reality (AVR) can help address these. More specifically, we highlight the role of experiences across the design thinking process for generating novel solutions to the types of “wicked” problems with which students engage in sustainability education. We then use this as motivation, along with concepts from experiential learning and design thinking research, to develop a conceptual model in which AVR can integrate with more established instructional methods to help make sustainability-related challenges more salient, proximate, and tractable to students. Our conceptual model suggests that AVR holds promise for facilitating and democratizing access to the design thinking process for sustainability-related challenges, but that it is also not a standalone solution for enabling students to engage with such complex challenges.

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Science for Everyone

Advances in Information and Communication Technology Education - ICTs for Modern Educational and Instructional Advancement ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-936-6.ch028 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 344-354

Author(s):

Charles A. Wood

Keyword(s):

Data Streams ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Data Use ◽

Real Data ◽

Scientific Instruments ◽

Culture Of Learning ◽

Directed Learning

Recent and emerging technologies offer many opportunities for exploration and learning. These technologies allow learners (of any age) to work with real data, use authentic scientific instruments, explore immersive simulations and act as scientists. The capabilities soon to be available raise questions about the role of schools and do rely on directed learning traditionally supplied by teachers. The prevalence of new tools and data streams can transform society, not just kids, into a culture of learning.

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Establishing Project Feasibility for Emerging Technology Projects: An Independent Engineer’s Perspective

19th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference ◽

10.1115/nawtec19-5423 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

David C. Demme

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

Development Process ◽

Emerging Technologies ◽

Emerging Technology ◽

Assessment Process ◽

New Approaches ◽

The Status ◽

Alternate Fuels ◽

Specific Project

Technology suppliers, waste system managers and project developers across North America are endeavoring to find and implement new approaches to converting the energy in waste to electricity or alternate fuels. These entities, as well as potential financiers and communities that might benefit from these emerging technologies, often retain an independent engineer to assist in establishing the status and risks of the technology itself or the feasibility a specific project that has been proposed. Although independent engineering assessments are a well-established element of the non-recourse finance process, individuals and organizations new to the development process are often unfamiliar with the usefulness and content of these assessments. In the context of emerging technology-based projects, this paper will provide an overview of the role of an independent engineer in the development process, explain the typical assessment process, and discuss the content of a typical independent engineering report (“IE Report”).

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