Human choices not immutable forces of nature govern the development and adoption of technologies.
The "anytime, anywhere" [1] concept of access to large data storage spaces, increased processing power and convenience in computing growth, led to the development [2, 3] and adoption of technology [4, 5] for cloud computing [6].
It set up Watson as its own business in 2014, and invested billions to accelerate the development and adoption of the technology, including buying several companies.
With at least 350 million people worldwide living with depression, the development and adoption of such technology is set to continue.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has organized special government-industry working groups to present a plan for promoting the development and adoption of blockchain technology, EY noted.
The dialogue, held in Washington, D.C., explored how businesses can accelerate the development and adoption of green technology and how the United States and India are at the forefront of collaboration to promote clean energy.
Nevertheless, the development and adoption of this technology has taken on multiple forms and various levels, with simultaneous wide variation in the degree of adoption/use of the technology.
Among the obvious differences between now and then is the pace of technological development and adoption of newer technologies.
Given the link between technology adoption and farm productivity, and the desire by the Government of Kenya to promote development and adoption of agricultural technologies (Republic of Kenya [2007]), understanding the factors that influence adoption of new and/improved technologies across households and communities is of urgent interest.
The successful development and adoption of new technologies, however, requires a model which includes social elements.
