Pacing Technology

Pacing Technology

A pacing technology is a term used to describe a technological component of a larger system that slows or limits performance and innovation within the system. Pacing technologies are rate limiting in that their development effects the possibility to utilize other, more advanced technologies in the system. From a commercial perspective, the factors that deem a component to be a pacing technology can be the properties of the technology itself or the commercial viability to use a technology in a system.

Additionally, "pacing technology" is a term commonly associated with cardiac pacemakers. [Sutton, R. Cardiac Pacing. Current Opinion in Cardiology 6(1): 17-25 Feb 1991] [Dunham, D. Developments in Pacing Technology: Electrodes, Leads and Power Sources. IEEE Explore. http://www.ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel3/4749/13177/00598579.pdf?arnumber=598579]

Examples of Pacing Technologies

*The performance of batteries in cell phones has been described as a pacing technology [Chesbrough, H, and Teece, D. When is Virtual Virtuous? Harvard Business Review Jan-Feb: 65-73 1996] . Although more advanced features have existed for mobile phones in the past (such as higher resolution screens, higher transmission power, better processing power) battery technology limits the feasibility of using these technologies in mobile phones partly because of the power these components require and the limited battery lifetime before it is necessary to recharge.

*NASA said that booster power was a pacing technology which limited their early ability to place large payloads into space; likewise, NASA claims that technology associated with providing food to astronauts on long-haul missions (e.g. to Mars) represents another potential pacing technology. [NASA, Aerospace Food Technology http://history.nasa.gov/SP-202/intro.htm] Assuming the other technologies exist to successfully reach Mars such as an advanced spaceship, power source etc, the mission would not be possible if technology did not exist to nourish the astronauts along the journey.

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