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Genomics can help increase productivity by ramping up the identification of target proteins and by increasing the efficiency of drug discovery. Says Ben Conway, principal at Boston venture-capital firm Adams, Harkness & Hill: "Genomics was going to be the Holy Grail. Now people appreciate that it's come down to proteomics"--the large-scale analysis of proteins...
Beyond the early adopters—the enthusiasts and the visionaries—lies the Holy Grail of technology markets, the multi-billion dollar markets held by the pragmatic majority that tech startups try so hard to woo. The problem is that the majority thinks very differently from the early adopters. They want complete solutions; they don’t like to take risks. And that means that a product that does everything right for the early adopters will never sell well to the majority unless the company making it drastically changes the way it markets the device, stressing...
Career advice at Harvard has always been spotty and conflicted. But the one piece of advice everyone seems to agree upon is that the Holy Grail of internships is one that gives an intern exposure to a career that he or she could really love. While this ideal may be the mantra of the Office of Career Services, it is certainly hard to come by. Have any of these advisors actually experienced an internship? Have they ever felt the eternal tick of seconds that make the hours between 2 and 3 p.m. seem like ten lifetimes? Have they ever made...
...power a new generating station built by Excel in Lamar. Brian Evans of Renewable Energy Systems expects that wind power could explode to supply 20% of America's electricity within 20 years. Exults Hal Harvey, president of the Energy Foundation, based in San Francisco: "We've found the holy grail: wind is now cheaper than any fossil fuel-based power source...
...negotiating to do placements in reruns of Law & Order and hopes to strike deals with other syndicators and even first-run shows. "You could sell a box of cereal in the kitchen one [airing]," says PVI vice president Paul Slagle, "and dish soap in the next." PVI's Holy Grail: customizing insertions using interactive-TV technology--which is still distant and speculative--that would store viewer information (demographic details, even interactive purchases) as Web browsers do. Your TV would figure, Slagle says, "whether you're riper for a Cadillac or a Saturn...