"Smart" is a new notion coined to describe technological, economic and social developments enabled by technologies that rely on sensors, big data, open data, new ways of connectivity and exchange of information (e.g., Internet of Things, RFIDs. Wearable Technologies).
Leo Marx, author of the techno-social study The Machine in the Garden (1964), coined the useful term technological sublime to indicate a quasi-spiritual haze given off by any particularly visible and impressive technological advance.
In 1995 Clayton Christensen coined the terms "disruptive technology" and "disruptive innovations" to describe technological innovations, products or services that use a "disruptive" strategy rather than "revolutionary" or "sustaining" strategies to overturn dominant or status quo products in a market.
Patrick Geddes coined the phrase Scottish Renaissance, arguing that technological development needed to paralleled in the arts.
The term 'sociotechnical' was coined to describe the interactive influences of social and technological factors in determining the nature of work performed within an organisation and, to a large extent, the 'culture' of the organisation itself.
Greater rewards for those with the right education, technological skills and entrepreneurial drive is often cited as the other side of the coin.
Participants viewed the technological and social aspects of introducing a new tool as two sides of a coin, and emphasized each equivocally, although some differences emerged in terms of feasibility.
Christensen coined the term "disruptive innovation" in 1992 to describe the kind of technological and marketing ideas that blindside established and seemingly well managed businesses.
11 The way how nanotechnology had been implemented helped coining the term 'Responsible Research and Innovation' the European Commission subscribes to for other technological areas as well [30].
For all its technological brilliance, there still isn't an easy way to use it at major stores, and spending a coin can appear to be more trouble than it's worth.
