Bressan B. From Physics to Daily Life: Applications in Informatics, Energy, and Environment

New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014. — 367 p.Beatrice Bressan brings together a number of outstanding examples of successful cross–disciplinary technology transfer originating in fundamental physics research, which dramatically impacted scientific progress in areas which changed modern society. Many of them were developed at CERN, a hotbed of fundamental inventions in particle physics. This book deals with breakthrough developments being applied in the world of IT, consumer electronics, aviation, and material sciences.
Additional sections of the book deal with knowledge management and technology transfer including their economic aspects. While each chapter has been drafted by an expert in the field, the editor has carefully edited the whole to ensure a coherent overall structure.
A must–have for policy makers, technology companies, investors, strategic planners in research and technology, as well as attractive reading for the research community.Foreword.
List jf Acronums.
List of Units.Knowledge Management and Technology Transfer in an Organization.
Knowledge Management: From Theory to Practice.
Examples of Knowledge and Technology Transfer.
Section 1 Medical Applications.
Particle Beams for Cancer.
Detection and Imaging.
Micro-Fabricated Sensors.
Impact on Life Sciences.
Omics: Technologies and Translations.
Technology Fallout in Bioinformatics.
Understanding the Brain: Organizational and Scientific Challenges.
Towards Early Diagnostics.
Online Environments for Research and Care in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
Data Management Challenges in Paediatric Information Systems.
Health Surveillance.
Economic Aspects of Knowledge Management and Technology Transfer.
Innovation and Big Data.
Universities and Corporations: The Case of Switzerland.Author Index.