Have you ever wondered where all these gadgets came from? Have you ever wondered who can try this stuff first? Usually, war machine scientists get it first, try it and find an application by using it for destruction; an obvious outlet for the human species and our desire to blow things up. He then goes into the private sector for important projects such as: microwave ovens, nuclear power, aviation travel, telecommunications, Internet (which Al Gore first created?), See Hummers, the ultimate SUV created to transport the troops, the helicopters, the hydrofoils, you call it, they came first from the army.
But now we’re seeing things evolve so quickly that people in general will have new technologies in one way or another in a few years from the discovery and demonstration of the concept. Many things are being created in the private sector and the military finds them excellent applications such as Palm computer technology for Navy Seal teams, mobile phone tracking. What about the private sector that protects its rights on these advances? Patents? Who cares, when you receive the deposited thing, everyone has it, four of your former employees brought it to your competitors, your main salespeople sold it or teamed up with another company for the manufacture. At this point, he’s already on the shelves for you and me. The company with the fastest marketing and rollout channels gets the cake, but does not have time to eat it. Remember that in the new era fasting eats the slow. The game never stops and people and businesses come in and out at will of the field of their choice. With the Internet as a distribution channel, a new wiget can be put on the market in a few months and delivered in 8 to 12 hours by Fed Ex if the manufacture of the company is located in a regional center or nearby. The world is changing and we may be able to use many of these new technologies much more quickly than before.