tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630089997053248031.post7757609554675267874..comments2023-09-24T07:08:32.276-04:00Comments on TechLife Columbus: State proposes nearly $20 million for research workBen Blanquerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06360794528138313944noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-630089997053248031.post-40458518263225357992008-06-29T22:02:00.000-04:002008-06-29T22:02:00.000-04:00Do any tech transfer programs really work very wel...Do any tech transfer programs really work very well? The fact is that a lot of research is being done but with the amount of hyperspecialization that exists, a lot of this stuff tends to wind up being difficult to identify as being of particular commercial value in and of itself (companies already in certain lines of business could benefit, but they're often doing this kind of work). A lot of other research suffers from a lack of exposure of ideas outside of the laboratory and consequently needs to be developed and re-developed in a commercial context to have a lot of value. There are the obvious cases where patents like the one covering the core of Google's algorithms wind up producing huge benefits to the universities holding the patents, but there are zillions of patents, zillions of companies, and only one Google. And as every engineer is taught in the university, optimizations should be made for the most common case not the edge cases.<BR/><BR/>I'm no domain expert here, so I'm simply asking the questions. I don't know that what we're seeing here is unique to Columbus, as though other communities are not only doing the research but also developing the commercial entities that capitalize on the developments made in their own backyards.C. Matthew Curtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508915966882524886noreply@blogger.com