''Things to consider in adopting new innovations'' ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20101225 ---- New inventions and innovations are being daily exposed in the great thing we call the internet. Some are nifty, others are adopted and quickly discarded. What must one consider in adopting a new innovation in their own personal or professional life? Changing for the sake of change is not always a good idea. AskingQuestions like ''ShouldIbeginToUseThis?'' will lead to answers which raise a number of issues and concerns. ---- '''Changing as a result of innovation''' * ''"In addition to changing as a result of inventions and discoveries, cultures change through the process of CulturalDiffusion. The spreading of a thing, an idea, or a behavior pattern from one culture to another."'' ** http://books.google.com/books?id=DwgwGs__4c4C&pg=PA395&lpg=PA395&dq=adopting+new+inventions+and+discoveries&source=bl&ots=O3itb3zCuR&sig=9LzdXODX2vuZZwckqi_o9yfwGzE&hl=en&ei=5o0VTbOOK86s8AbT59CVDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false '''Continuous invention and innovation''' * ''"Continuous invention and innovation are at the core of systematized research. They involve coming up with streams of new inventions and innovations over a limited period of time. Turning out those new discoveries has to occur in a fairly continuous or systematic way, to meet the many challenges faced by organizations. Successive experimentation is therefore part of continuous invention. For the kinds of organizations typical of technocapitalism, continuous invention and innovation are vital necessities."'' ** http://www.technocapitalism.com/applet/continuous_invention.htm '''Innovation can lead to profits''' * ''"There is a great deal of technology available that will make your company more profitable or more efficient. You may even have specific people allocated to identifying and evaluating new technologies that may be beneficial to your company. Depending on your business model, you may be inundated with vendors who promise that adopting their technology will save you money, increase productivity, and make upper management giddy."'' ** http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=416 '''Even the young can participate''' * Imaginative Weather balloon launch (February 26, 2012) of HD 3d cameras by Elementary kids reaching the stratosphere and recovered about 60 miles from launch point ** Side by Side images -> can be directly viewed as 3d without glasses -> move back about 4 feet from monitor and slightly cross eyes until a third 3D image is seen in the center of the screen *** http://www.youtube.com/v/3kS8YRS3ijw