The rush by Americans to take advantage of these opportunities has fanned resentment among Europeans, who are eager to break from America's high-tech shadow.
A computer-generated phantom floating in the ether isn't a human being, just a high-tech shadow.
The tech-specs behind Shadow's programmed robotics, as revealed on Creative Applications, include a combination software of openFrameworks and MaxSMP, a Multiwii-based drone controller, and drone position-tracking with optiTrack and Vicon systems.
While the local tech team sleeps, a shadow corps in London works off-hours to update the Twitter feed and to maintain the intranet.
Nevertheless, the tech slide cast a shadow over the entire market.
The researches want to shadow a tech startup based out of London, but especially ones which are based around Old Street, Shoreditch, Hoxton or the wider East London.
Concerns about weak business spending and slower overseas sales have cast a shadow over big tech firms, said Marty Leclerc, the managing partner of Barrack Yard Advisors, an investment firm in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
To help developers in corporate IT departments reach their full potential and avoid the risks associated with shadow IT, the tech industry has invested heavily in enterprise app marketplaces.
Though it will be interesting to see if they can stick to medium-powered stun guns as they fight to carve out a niche in the shadow of social tech's attention-sapping giants.
New industries took root in the shadow of high-tech labs.
Ms Pao's case has put a spotlight on an issue hitherto confined to the shadows of the tech business.
