The rise of ubiquitous computing has created a need for wide-area durable storage.
The evolution of respiratory therapeutics has created a need for flexible formulation technologies to engineer respirable particles.
All this has created a need for people to plunge into another world, in our language, with our symbols.
The inclusion of computer simulations in the study and design of complex engineering systems has created a need for efficient approaches to simulation-based optimization.
The proliferation of genetically modified crops has created a need for methods to predict the likelihood of gene introgression into related species in situ.
The rapid development of mobile computers, personal digital assistants (PDA) and cell phones has created a need for research into their use for the display of maps.
The increasing scientific demand for new isotopes farther from stability has created a need for dealing with targets and ion sources capable of handling higher primary-beam powers.
Genomics-driven growth in the number of enzymes of unknown function has created a need for better strategies to characterize them.
However, the burgeoning interest in soil health has created a need for high-throughput (and simpler) assays that are more cost effective compared to measuring multiple enzymes independently.
The decline in agricultural and other forms of rural employment in many countries has created a need for a diversified range of rural businesses.
The resurgence of airships has created a need for dynamics models and simulation capabilities adapted to these lighter-than-air vehicles.
