Notably, when we trace back through innovation history we remember that women made key code contributions towards our quantum leaps in technology.

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In retrospect, for all the quantum leaps for CPUs and programming, there were no accompanying quantum leaps in mechanical or battery technology.

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For one thing, in much of modern engineering whether designing semiconductor circuits, computers or jumbo jets there are no great quantum leaps in performance waiting to be discovered.

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Since then, the ability of human beings on different continents and with vastly different skills and interests to work together and coordinate complex tasks has taken quantum leaps.

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The opportunity is here for women, in this Olympic year of 2012, to rise up to the challenges of code and contribute our X factor so that global society can make quantum leaps in innovation again.

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And more than a few Quantum Leaps.

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And while the jury remains out on the question of whether recent quantum leaps in information technology have boosted productivity or not, particularly in America, producers have moved on to think about where their next boost is going to come from.

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Nobuyuki Idei, Quantum Leaps Corp.

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