Furthermore, the economic outcome was calculated for the different treatments because the technological yield is important for the meat industry.
"Every time Pat does a big movie, we benefit," Mr. Kunitz said, because the technological advances for those features then trickle down to weekly TV shows.
"Futuristic fashions also lost their sheen," she writes, "because the technological advances of the 1950s and '60s were increasingly regarded as having potentially catastrophic effects on the environment.
Yet, because the technological complexity and vendor size for custom ICs are greater than for the typical component, there are also some noteworthy differences.
(Holden) 'Revenge of the Electric Car' (No rating, 1 30) Chris Paine's follow-up to "Who Killed the Electric Car?" lacks the outrage of that earlier documentary, but that's because the technological moment has shifted and automakers are now in hot pursuit of the market.
Putting aviation on a more sustainable footing is an enormous challenge, according to Steven Barrett, director of the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment at MIT. "Not least because the technological lifecycle for aviation isn't far off a century," he said.
