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The National Science Foundation R&D statistics—What's happening? Go to the Division of -Science Resource Statistics Web site, www.nsf.gov/statistics/natlpatterns, to find National Patterns of R&D. Select the most recent update year. Then select "Full Publication." Use the historical data tables to determine whether the following R&D numbers increased, remained constant, or decreased over the last 5 years listed: (a) Total U.S. R&D expenditures in constant dollars, (b) Federal support for R&D in constant dollars, (c) R&D as a percentage of U.S. GDP, and (d) Federal support of R&D as a percentage of GDP. What are the technological implications of these figures for the United States?
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NASA—Are there commercial spin-offs? Visit the Web site of NASA's Technology Transfer Office, at www.sti.nasa.gov/tto, to identify significant commercial benefits from secondary use of NASA technology. Search the database to find and describe five such spin-offs. How does the NASA Commercial Technology Network, http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinoff1998/ctn1.htm, move technology from the lab to the marketplace?





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