technological innovation
New invention emerges
Technological innovation is the introduction of new or significantly improved technologies—inventions, processes, or systems that change how things are done.
The phrase emphasizes novelty and practical application: The smartphone was a technological innovation that transformed daily life.
Innovation implies not just invention but successful implementation; a technology that never catches on isn't usually called an innovation.
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- game changerDecisive transformative factor
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
proof of concept · creativity · paradigm shift · next big thing · artificial intelligence · Moore's law · nanotechnology · biotechnology · cutting edge · bleeding edge · intellectual property · commercialization · industrialization · iteration · renewable energy · invention · automation · research and development
- Expo 67pavilions, monorail, geodesic dome
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- Mohismuniversal love, frugality, anti-war, defensive warfare, meritocracy
technological innovationstagnation
Absence of flow or progress
obsolescence · tradition · backwardness · status quo · inertia
technological innovationtraditional methods
Long-established ways of doing
technological innovationimitation
Copy of the original
copying · replication · preservation · maintenance · stasis