Inventors' vignettes: success and failure in the development of medical devices: contractor documents (open access)

Inventors' vignettes: success and failure in the development of medical devices: contractor documents

This report report discusses the development of technician's auto analyzer, the first cardiac pacemaker, electronic retinoscope, the development of implantable drug-infusion pump and other implantable medication systems.
Date: October 1986
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the ERDA Plan and Program (open access)

An Analysis of the ERDA Plan and Program

A report prepared by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) analyzing a plan put forth by the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). This report assesses the plan and "is intended to provide the Congress with much of the background information necessary for an effective analysis of ERDA's energy R&D programs" (p. vii).
Date: October 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology (open access)

An Assessment of Maritime Trade and Technology

An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of maritime trade and technology that "traces prevailing conditions and dominant trends that are important to the way the Federal Government assumes its responsibility for developing and implementing policy" (p. iii).
Date: October 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
System: The UNT Digital Library