From: Dani Eder (danielravennest@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 02 2006 - 13:20:38 MDT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Readiness_Level
--- Richard Loosemore <rpwl@lightlink.com> wrote:
> Out of all of this comes a confusing mishmash of
> predictions, some of
> which can be validly criticised and some of which
> can't. Unless we go
> to some trouble to separate out the particular
> predictions and the
> particular people making them, it is hopeless to
> make generalizations
> about the value of prediction.
>
> Richard Loosemore.
Also, technologies don't go from discovery to for
sale at WalMart in an instant. When making a
prediction, it is important to state where on the
development continuum you are making a prediction
for. Somre relevant scales:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_Readiness_Level
http://www.itrs.net/Common/2005ITRS/ExecSum2005.pdf
(at pages 3 and 6)
DRN
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