Opinion Piece: The next big thing?

The next big thing.

Computer graphics is always growing, in both the techniques it employs and the areas in which it’s applied. We continually see waves of new approaches and applications coming from other fields. At first, these new ideas meet some resistance. People question, “Is this really computer graphics?” However, these original, controversial views often become central to computer graphics. This special i...

The Next Big Thing

Punctuated Equilibrium Looking at the history of tech­ nological innovation, you begin to see a pattern. A technology is developed that changes how people live. Over a period of time, the technology remains essen­ tially the same, with perhaps a few minimal changes. Then, sud­ denly, somebody comes up with a radically different technology that quickly makes the previous tech­ nology obsolete. E...

Epigenetics: the next big thing.

The theme of this issue of International Journal of Epidemiology is epigenetics. Perhaps, we are rather late as TIME magazine featured an article ‘Why your DNA isn’t your destiny’ in January 2010. The TIME article focused on transgenerational effects of the cycles of famine and plenty affecting Norrbotten, northern Sweden in the 19th century and studied more recently by Lars Byrgen. Byrgen foun...

How to make the next big thing.

THE BIG IDEA Beware the Next Big Thing