This to-and-fro technique became known as "rocking-chair" technology.
David Gann, chair in technology and innovation management at Imperial College London, says that the smart city approach "should result in better experience for citizens and visitors, better business environment for first and higher quality of life for all".
James Barlow, chair in technology and innovation management at Imperial College, who was involved in the WSD programme, delighted me by saying at the forum that: "I just don't think you can really evaluate something like that [the WSD] using narrow conventional evidence-based methodologies.
Finally, energy efficiency group Energetix was steady at 18.75p as it announced former Ofgas boss Clare Spottiswoode would become its non-executive chair, while technology group Parseq put on 1.75p to 7.625p, continuing the gains made following Thursday's news of a multi-million pound contract to manage a mobile wallet service for O2.
Q: Would you like to chair the technology subcommittee?
"We no longer think of chairs as technology," he argued.
He chaired U.S. Technologies' audit committee at a time when investors claim they were defrauded.
At the Open University, professor Mike Sharples, chair in educational technology, says: "The big question is whether you can [offer degrees] without tutorial support, and so at lower cost.
He has accepted the post of "technology chair" for School District 5, in Harlem, along with the directive to put a computer on every desk.
ATG rode the wave of the Internet, and Chung remained as the chair and chief technology officer until stepping down in 2001.
