[Hypersensitivity to innovations].
Innovation is an important source of our prosperity. Miniaturization that is behind the combination of modules into new products together with today's high technology acceptance lead us to a wave of innovations, of such dimension humanity has never seen in its whole history. However, new technologies are accompanied by risks that often emerge rather late. In compliance to this, man reacts sensitively to the insertion of new technologies. Restrictions and bans are the consequences. Today, we face the challenge of assisting innovation by assessing and limiting their risks at the same time.
D-MTEC, Chair of Technology and Innovation Management, ETH Zürich. roman.boutellier@sl.ethz.ch
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D008904:Miniaturization; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013557:Switzerland; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical