Such devices could prove a boon to cash-strapped consumers, all the while making them easier to dispose of (eg, the computer can be dismantled into parts small enough to post off to recyclers).The team is currently in talks to create an updated prototype, and claims to have recently been approached by some "major and very promising companies" interested in commercialising the idea.
But although Radio Three's raison d'être has been eroded by the existence of Classic FM, a commercial service, it has many vocal supporters.Since the scope for saving on services is limited, interest is focusing on selling off or otherwise commercialising bits of the BBC.
The key to commercialising this idea is that such antennae can be stamped by the billion on to plastic sheets.
Upon seizing the reins in June, Mr Toyoda immediately ordered a back-to-basics overhaul of product development across the firm's global operations.One conclusion was that Toyota should be more ruthless in exploiting its early leadership in commercialising hybrid systems and electric-vehicle technology.
The goal is to develop routine tests capable of spotting early-stage cancer with precision and without causing too many false alarms ("false positives").At the forefront of commercialising new molecular diagnostic tests is Roche, a Swiss drug giant, which is collaborating with Epigenomics, a German biotech firm based in Berlin, to develop tests for detecting cancer early.
It is the excess energy from the cooling process that crematoriums want to capture.The International Cremation Federation, a lobby group based in The Hague, advises against commercialising the products of cremation.
Economists have realised that, in a knowledge-based economy, entrepreneurs play a central role in creating new companies, commercialising new ideas and, just as importantly, engaging in sustained experiments in what works and what does not.
So Microvision, the Seattle-based company that is commercialising Dr Furness's invention, is working to replace the beam-steering hardware with a more compact single-mirror device based on micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).
China also invokes Europe's attitude to justify its go-slow on commercialising new GM crops.In this section Hear that hissing sound?
GeoCodex, a start-up based in Arlington, Virginia, is now commercialising this idea.
Yet making it work in the laboratory is one thing, commercialising the tricky processes involved to mass-produce the battery quite another.
