Just as nobody forecast social networks, blogging or Netflix in the 1990s, the absence for now of any tangible applications other than bitcoin for the blockchain merely points to humankind's deficient imagination.All that is needed, blockchain boosters argue, is a "killer app" to find a use for the breakthrough, in the same way that web browsers made the internet useful.
"Though a student of engineering, I care deeply for sociological issues and am committed to pursuing research that has clear and tangible applications," Cen said.
"Rather than being strictly theoretical, it has very tangible applications," she says.
In many cases, the technology is already advanced enough to identify tangible applications, like ameliorating sickness.
For now, the most obvious – and tangible – application has involved allowing paralysed people to stand and walk.
Aside from personal recognition within the company, an important career reward for James is being involved in research that has a tangible application.
This contrast sharply with Stanford University, an engine for Silicon Valley, where students are encouraged to do work and research which will have tangible application.
Other sessions though had a much clearer tangible application.
Dentistry in Australia combines business and health care service, that is, the majority of patients pay money for tangible dental procedures such as fluoride applications, dental radiographs, dental fillings, crowns, and dentures among others.
Satisfying foundational requirements for tangible evidence.
It fills a need for tangible results".
