Wednesday, June 14, 2017

The Dynamics of Discovery...the start of the innovation process. Or, industry might want applied research but that is not what it needs...

Countless hours are wasted on trying to determine whether the public should be supporting applied research or basic research. Far less time is spent on identifying the priorities to be researched, or the questions and challenges to be answered.  More time spent on the latter will enable the scarce public resources to be better targeted at activities that make a difference.


From Archimedes to Edison, attempts to improve quality of life have dictated a need for advances in science and technology. These advances are now widely recognised, if not fully understood as the key enablers of increasingly prosperous societies.

And despite this long history, the process of managing the expanding frontiers of new knowledge in a way that will benefit society is still a work in progress. 

New Blog

From today I will be posting on a new site Please link to the new site at  http://shauncoffey.blog/