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Nature 408, 289-290 (16 November 2000) | doi:10.1038/35042628

Open Innovation Challenges

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Technology's tortoise and hare

Stanford Ovshinsky1

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The Sociological dynamics are now right for the electric car to eclipse its rival.

History is not a linear progression of events. The history of science and technology is packed with unexpected basic advances that are not recognized until they have reached a critical mass and then surged forward to change the way we live, work and understand the world around us.