Sentences with phrase «what fuels innovation»

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The November 15th program will include cutting - edge discussions such as: how non-exchange traded alternatives are becoming the mutual funds of yesteryear; what is driving retail's demand for non-exchange traded alternatives; using micro-investing technology to diversify across and within online marketplaces; how legislation is being used to engineer a new breed of alternative products; how innovations in self - directed IRAs will create new retail distribution channels for the entire alternative product universe; how technology will ensure the scalability of online platforms and enable traditional financial services providers to increase AUM; how millennials will fuel the growth of FinTech and redefine financial services; how FinTech will replace the 401k and transform the way Americans save for retirement; and how modernizing the Self - directed IRA is the trillion dollar FinTech opportunity.

The study, published in the journal Nature Energy, looks unsparingly at the history of hype around alternative fuel vehicles and what policies and innovations are needed to move from current shortfalls to widespread commercialization of low - carbon vehicles.

The Department of Defense wants to utilize commercial innovation in its next - gen technologies, which is why it's going with hydrogen fuel cell tech to demonstrate what it can offer the military.

Successful companies don't fear competition, but rather embrace it, learn from it and use it to continue to fuel their own innovation which is exactly what we intend to continue doing.»

Gates hammered on points reported here for many years: that without a big, and sustained, boost in spending on basic research and development on energy frontiers, the chances of triggering an energy revolution are nil; that while the private sector and venture capital investors are vital for transforming breakthroughs into marketable products or services, they will not invest in the long - haul inquiry that's required to generate game - changing breakthroughs; that a 1 or 2 percent tax on carbon - emitting fuels could generate a large, steady stream of money for invigorating the innovation pipeline; that a declining emissions cap and credit trading system --- if it could survive America's polarized politics --- would have to raise energy costs far beyond what would be politically tenable to generate a similar scale of transformational activity.

That's because innovation is what will eventually rid us of our dependence on fossil fuels.

They need to look into what is being proposed, not from the fossil fuel perspective, but from the innovation perspective.

Potential novel energy breakthroughs Critical to the public good is funding «ALL of the above» to see what innovation might bring, especially to replace strategically vital liquid fuels.

Congress gave the EPA discretionary power to set what is called the Renewable Fuel Standard to take into account the state of investment, innovation, and capabilities of the biofuels sector.

In recent years, the USPTO has come under increasing scrutiny over the quality of its patent examinations.1 The growing push for reform of the patent system is fueled by the rapid rise of technology, financial services, telecommunications, and other innovations driving the information economy, all straining the USPTO's ability to evaluate and issue quality patents.2 Problems with patent quality occur when the Patent Office grants patents on claims that are broader than what is merited by the invention and the prior art. 3 In fact, a number of these problematic patents have been issued and publicized to much fanfare, including the infamous Smuckers» peanut butter and jelly patent where the company asserted a patent on their method of making the UncrustiblesTM crust-less peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, among others.4 These «bad» or improvidently granted patents impact the USPTO's ability to promote overall patent quality which, I will show, has serious implications for the public domain.