Many innovations do not originate from large companies, but are initiated by a subset of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) known as techno-starters. These techno-starters are often located in the vicinity of universities and established by students, recent graduates and/or former employees (including PhDs) of those universities, who try to turn their academic knowledge into a viable busin...

In this paper, we introduce a new touch sensor design, which we refer to as hybrid tactile sensor. It combines the simplicity of analog touch sensing, which is widely used in electronic touch screens and touchpads, with the ability of shape discrimination of the array touch senstactile sensors designed for robotics applidescribe the construction techniques of the sensor, its modelling, and shap...

World today is characterized by rapid transformations in all aspects of human’s life where innovation, technological change and technological progress play the most significant role. Therefore, technologyintensive organizations by engaging in strategic alliances, clusters and networks tend to extract maximum benefits i.e. to enable entry into the international markets and to develop core compet...

Despite the spurt of active research in the field of technostress, two research gaps are particularly noteworthy. First, though past studies have described ‘technostress creators’ through five dimensions which include techno-overload, techno-invasion, techno-complexity, techno-insecurity and technouncertainty, the individual impact of each dimension of technostress creators on job outcomes has ...

This paper aims to analyze the way in which the Greek press treats the socio-epistemic constitution of science and technology. By “socio-epistemic constitution” we mean the following dimensions: (a) techno-scientific methodology, (b) the social organization of the techno-scientific endeavor, and (c) the interactions of science and technology with other public spheres. Our methodology is based o...

In a wide range of contemporary debates on Japanese cultures of technological practice, brief reference is often made to distinct Shinto legacies, as forming an animist substratum of indigenous spiritual beliefs and cosmological imaginations. Japan has been described as a land of Shinto-infused ‘techno-animism’: exhibiting a ‘polymorphous perversity’ that resolutely ignores boundaries between h...

In present paper, I will argue that Japanese dating simulation video games can be considered as serious games. Prior to advancing my main argument, I will introduce the popular dating sim LovePlus and relate it to the historization of the concept of „techno-intimacy‟ within the Japanese society. For further contextualization of the field, I will theorize the audience at which dating sims are ai...

purpose: the main purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between techno-stress and the organizational commitment of librarians in libraries of governmental universities of tabriz.methodology: the analytical survey has been used in this study and the population includes all librarians in governmental universities of tabriz. questionnaires of techno-stress designed by ragu-nathan e...

Filgrastim is an important protein that treats neutropenia which has significant clinical applications including a possible cure against cancer. However, despite its significant medical benefits, the large scale production of Filgrastim is still rare and is reported only by a handful of companies throughout the world. We present a techno-economic feasibility analysis for a recombinant human ana...