500 years of peaceful technological process, watched over by an alien presence known as "the traveller", have come to a violent end.
She is mostly concerned with what she calls "technological trend watching" and keeps a close eye on any French development in one of five technology focus areas: life sciences, nanotechnology, sustainability, information and communication technologies, and transport technology.
"We have never lived in a time," Mr. Harris writes, "when the government has had such remarkable technological ability to watch its own citizens".
In a technological irony, to watch the commercial about how the Thrill 4G does not require 3-D glasses, moviegoers will have to wear their 3-D glasses.
I think we're in a fascinating time, watching technological advancements in forensic sciences.
Other technological advancements in the watch world can be more intuitive in nature.
I have run a small business for a long time now and it's been downright fascinating to watch the technological sea change that has taken place.
Some Brooklynites who toil in Manhattan offices stayed home to practice telecommuting, a technological term referring to watching TV with the computer on.
We will also be watching for technological developments in South Africa and overseas, allowing us to be first on the market and produce high-quality products through cost effective means.
She points out that the pocket watch was a technological novelty in van Aelst's time, and that all kinds of other instruments — barometers, thermometers, microscopes, telescopes and other tools for measurement, observation and navigation — were being patented "as scientific principles were applied to indigenous resources of expert craftsmanship".
