Mar 26, 2013 | Scientific American
An Arbitrary Number of Years Since Mathematician Paul Erd s Birth
Not the celebration itself, but the number. Why 100? The number 100 was chosen, of course, because 10 is the base unit of our number system: we have 10 unique symbols which can be combined to represent any conceivable number.
Patent trawler aims to predict next hot technologies
Two-dimensional representation of patent similarity structure in National Bureau of Economic Research subcategory 11 .
Patent trawler bids to determine emerging technologies
Horizon scanning. Strategic prediction. Futurism. Whatever you call it, companies need to anticipate the next hot technologies ahead of time or they will be beaten to the punch by more agile competitors.