Sentence examples for major technological breakthroughs from inspiring English sources

"We use the central lab to study things that require major technological breakthroughs".

The discovery of the speed of Britain's recolonisation after the last ice age, and the disquieting fate of some of those first settlers, is the result of two major technological breakthroughs.

At a conference at the Royal United Services Institute in London in October, experts warned that from 2008 supplies of non-OPEC oil will fall steeply -- reaching close to zero in 2040 -- and that, barring some major technological breakthroughs, there will be an effective world shortage from 2010.

Timing of investments seems tied to projections for consumer adoption more than major technological breakthroughs.

In The Innovator's Dilemma (2003), economist Clayton Christensen denies that major technological breakthroughs are either necessary or sufficient for disruptive innovation.

When prices are weak, the only way corporations can boost profits is to produce more efficiently by applying major technological breakthroughs to their operations.

Ford would like us to see the EcoBoost as a major technological breakthrough.

"To raise fifty million," he said — slash, two-handed swipe — "you either need a major technological breakthrough or a large customer ready to go".

Even in a fast-moving industry such as computing, it can sometimes take 25 years before a major technological breakthrough starts to show results in terms of products, services and major industrial disruption.

Cars and trucks run on gasoline and, barring a major technological breakthrough, will continue to do so no matter how much solar, wind or wave we can tap.

This is why, barring a major technological breakthrough, the economics of solar energy may someday look much like the economics of fossil fuels.