Seven tips for spreading engineering innovation were relayed in an afternoon panel at NIWeek last month.
        1. Look for, learn, and apply game-changing technologies. What emerging technologies will seem, 30 years from now控制工程网版权所有, as the Apple 2, Commodore 64, or TRS 80 do today? Inventions differ from innovations控制工程网版权所有, noted Dean Kamen, founder of Deka Research & Development Corp. He says there only have been perhaps 400 innovations控制工程网版权所有, such as fire, the wheel, movable type, petroleum, human flight, robotics, and... the "TV clicker."
        2. Find ways to channel the best talent to engineering industries (wealth creation) rather than to financial industries (wealth transfer), said Glenn Derenewww.cechina.cn, senior technology editor, Popular Mechanics. Hot areas that may attract talent include energyCONTROL ENGINEERING China版权所有, environment, health care, and education. How can engineering help save humanity?
        3. Encourage visionaries to invest for the long term in creative technologieswww.cechina.cn, said Ellen Purdy, manager for test, analysis, modeling, and simulation for future combat system programs at the U.S. Department of Defense. Government policies should encourage platforms that enable innovations控制工程网版权所有, such as the growth of fiber networks and the auctioning of the analog television electromagnetic spectrum.
        4. Take risks. Innovation can wane as a society ages and people are less interested in taking risks. Younger people have more to gain and less to lose. Public policies can help make up for that tendency, helping us find the encourage to risk, Kamen said. He asked, "How many senators... are engineers? Where are you people? Get involved!"
        5. Society needs to reward engineering. We're not going to continue to advance or sustain our standard of living if most