This is a lecture given by Steve Flinter of Science Foundation Ireland on Innovation, Marketing and New Technology Foresight to MSc students at the DCU business school. Lecture delivered on November 25, 2009.

1. Innovation, Marketing and New Technology Foresight Research for Ireland’s Future Dr. Stephen Flinter, Science Foundation Ireland

7. Watt’s Steam Engine (1775)

8. Stephenson’s Rocket (1829)

9. Bell’s Telephone (1876)

10. Edison’s Light Bulb (1878)

11. Benz’s Internal Combustion Engine (1896)

12. Marconi’s Transatlantic Transmission (1901)

13. Powered Flight (1903)

14. Space Flight (1957)

18. Moore’s Law

19. Multicore Processors AMD Quadcore Opteron Processor

20. Storage

21. Reducing Cost of Storage http://www.mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte

23. Flash Memory

27. Displays: from CRT to LCD

28. Touch Sensitive Displays

29. Electronic Paper SFI CRANN Centre & Hewlett Packard Amazon Kindle 2

33. Positional Sensors GPS Sensor In-car Sat Nav

34. Chemical/Environmental Sensors Microfluidics array & phosphate sensor package – NCSR & Clarity CSET

35. Body Sensors An Post cycle team at being fitted with Foster Miller sensor vest (Clarity Centre)

37. Internet & World Wide Web Web 2.0 Web 1.0