Despite the fact that Chrome OS is rapidly maturing (and maybe even Google's "most underrated project," as our own Drew Olanoff called it last week) and even Google's recent marketing efforts, it's not clear that there is any mainstream demand for Chromebooks just yet.
The mainstream demand involves constructing the entire power line as an HVDC underground cable (high deviation).
So if there's no "mainstream" demand for it, then why would Intel et al. goes out of its way to offer it?
But the more mainstream demand for 3D printers, the cheaper and better the machines are going to get as components become more readily available, printer designs and mechanisms get optimized, and economies of scale kick in.
A loose collective of gamers – mostly young men who rail against the hijacking of video games culture by a mainstream that demands less sexism and more representation of all kinds – have harassed, threatened and abused several accomplished female games designers and feminist academics in recent years.
That level of competition, and Amazon's entry into it, underscore how transparency and ethical standards in products have started to become more mainstream demands for a certain demographic.
Richardson's fashion work still tends to be edgy - he has made Kate Moss, minus her knickers, look like a world-weary call girl in the latest issue of Pop - but he has shown an increasing tendency to adapt to meet the more mainstream demands of the client.
The mainstream demanded some type of explanation for him.
While Aboriginal-mainstream partnerships offer an important step in addressing the underlying determinants of Aboriginal health [ 6, 7, 16, 17], to be successful these partnerships must be sympathetic to the pressures facing Aboriginal organisations in meeting mainstream demands whilst maintaining strong cultural and community roots.
The second wave makes real use of the technology and an ecosystem (in terms of mobile live video broadcasting: processing power, mobile networks, data cost and distribution) that's matured and has the ability to cater to a mainstream audience and demand.
