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How do independent R&D teams know if something is already solved or not? There are so many papers out there, how can they focus obtaining the new information bu
by pezo1919 8y ago
How do independent R&D teams know if something is already solved or not? There are so many papers out there, how can they focus obtaining the new information but try their own solutions as well for a commercial purpose? Maybe its a n00b question and it only means I have 0 R&D xp, but things I am thinking about is always found in a paper with tons of references.
That is why I not decided to choose a similar position, because what I feel I'd do is asking permission from my boss to check "all the necessary information out there" to make sure I am aware of existing technology not to reinvent or miss things. Would take infinite time obviously. :D
- c0de517e 8y agoAuthor here - we are specialists who know their field. More or less, of course you can't know all, we also collaborate with each other, but keeping up with published research is not that tough. Also, not that useful, it is useful, yes, but in practice even a problem that is "solved" in the literature means only that you have some ideas of where to start. Dropping things to the specifics of production always implies a lot more R&D, even if the solution in the literature is actually, realistic, stable, fast etc...