Optimistic and receptive, Toop sees an astonishing level of "vitality, evolving ingenuity and determination" in the ways in which musicians respond to technology but he also notes what has gone awry.
"The industry didn't know how to respond to technology at the start," says MMF's Mr Webster.
"The great thing," Hooker says, "is that it's a part of our ethos already to respond to technology.
He is said to have been instrumental in pioneering the carrier's "Everything Everywhere" joint venture with France Telecom — a move that will, yes, help both carriers save some money, but also paves the way for how carriers can better collaborate to speed up their own ability to respond to technology changes and market demands.
He speculated on the numerous effects that synbio can have on human lifestyles and humankind's conception of itself, but he eventually zeroed in on the contrast between the value that humans place on speed and the human impulse to respond to technology incrementally.
I.B.M. specialists responded with technology ideas in 21 cases.
But the camcorder industry has responded with technology that can reduce the jiggle.
"In some way," he said, "all artists in the Bay Area are directly or indirectly responding to technology because it is so pervasive here".
Organized by five curatorial departments -- painting and sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts and education -- the exhibition is to include about 35 artists, architects and designers whose work is responding to technology.
This article describes the genesis of Patent Informatics at the UK-IPO in line with Government strategy and the potential applications of Patent Informatics including informing policy decision making, horizon-scanning and responding to technology sector enquiries.
The Do Not Call list, which now includes more than 140 millions telephone numbers, is just one of many examples of law responding to technology.
