At today's press conference, both Friedmann and Fischer expressed confidence that their approach is on the cusp of mainstream clinical use.
Back then, we were on the cusp of learning how to use Twitter as an organizing tool in protest.
"We're on the cusp of how we can use digital media to respond to these things.
"The results from these groups are really quite impressive, and we're on the cusp of considering whether to use it".
A generation ago, when Ms. Streep herself was on the cusp of fame, "the Oscars used to be like a dinner party," Ms. Gummer said.
But we're on the cusp of a major change that uses the power of social to fundamentally shift from a traditional, top-down management hierarchy to a new bottom-up approach.
Dubbed "Youm" by developer Samsung, the prototype technology that's on the cusp of mass-market-mobile takeover uses organic light emitting diode displays (OLED), and is totally flexible, with some engineers claiming it's nearly unbreakable.
The creative is able to live on the cusp of this paradox and use that seeming dilemma as a stimulus for innovation and creativity.
In very different ways, these two books make clear that we are living in exciting times on the cusp of real change, from the technology we use every day to how we use our days.
But if robots really are poised on the cusp of ubiquity, what will they be used for?Robots go home?A possible robotic foot in the door could be toys.
We are on the cusp of a revolution in the use of behavioral science that will improve the wellbeing of people in ways that will prove as dramatic as the changes we have seen in medicine, physics, and chemistry.
