User:Invasive Spices/Technological change in Maryland
The US state of Maryland experiences change in technology earlier and more rapidly than most parts of the country.{{cn|date=November 2022}} The state government encourages the deployment of innovation.
The lead organization in this is {{ Visible anchor | Mtech | Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute | Maryland Technology Extension Service }} (the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, previously known as the Maryland Technology Extension Service).{{ RP | page=147 }} Mtech is headquartered at the A. James Clark School of Engineering of College Park, and has local offices throughout the state for experienced engineers to quickly visit companies in need of advice.
{{ Cite web
| language = English
| access-date = 2022-11-12
| year = 2022
| url = https://www.mtech.umd.edu/
| title = Mtech: Home
| publisher = A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland
| website = Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute
| location = College Park, Maryland
}}
{{ Cite chapter
| language = English
| year = 2020
| location = Oxfordshire, UK
| publisher = Routledge
| last = Clarke
| first = Marianne
| chapter = Recent state initiatives: an overview of state science and technology policies and programs
| title = Growth Policy in the Age of High Technology
| id = {{ ISBN | 9781351121712 }}
| doi = 10.4324/9781351121712
| isbn = 9780815359005
}}
{{ RP | page=147 }}
Litigation involving new technology is considered to be "complex litigation", and falls under the judiciary's {{ Visible anchor | Business and Technology Case Management Program }} (BTCMP). BTCMP is an activity of the {{ Visible anchor | Committee on Complex Litigation }}, a committee of the Conference of Circuit Judges.
{{ Cite web
| language = English
| access-date = 2022-11-14
| year = 2022
| url = https://www.mdcourts.gov/businesstech
| title = Maryland Business and Technology Case Management Program (BTCMP)
| website = Maryland Judiciary
}}
By the 1990s, change in technology had shifted the state's economy from a largely manufacturing base to the mostly service- and information technology- economy that it is {{ As of | 2022 | alt = today }}. Acs found Maryland to be the third highest recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) grants after California and Massachusetts.
{{ Cite book
| language = English
| year = 2013
| page = 44
| location = Milton Park, UK
| publisher = Routledge
| title = Regional Innovation, Knowledge and Global Change
| last = Acs
| first = Zoltan
| isbn = 9781134058266
}}
This abandonment of the previous industry left a large number of urban brownfield sites however, and that naturally led to urban sprawl in search of usable land. The incoming Governor responded by emphasizing smart growth to limit sprawl. He and the state have become associated with the policies and technologies of smart growth and brownfield cleanup.
{{ Cite book
| access-date =
| year = 2009
| title = Sprawl and Politics: The Inside Story of Smart Growth in Maryland
| last = Frece
| first = John
| isbn = 9780791478424
| publisher = State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
| series = SUNY series in Urban Public Policy
| location = Albany, New York, US
| language = English
| id = {{ ISBN | 9780791474112 }}. {{ ISBN | 9780791474129 }}
| quote = ...but which had largely been supplanted...
| quote-page = 19
}}
Most uses of the telecommunications standard 3G {{ Update after | 2022 | text = will be }} discontinued by the beginning of 2023. This will affect use of many mobile devices, but will be especially problematic for the emergency services.
{{ Cite web
| access-date = 2022-11-10
| year = 2021
| url = https://news.maryland.gov/mdem/2021/12/14/maryland-9-1-1-board-warns-that-3g-network-mobile-phones-may-cease-operating-in-2022/
| title = Maryland 9-1-1 Board Warns that 3G Network Mobile Phones May Cease Operating in 2022
}}
The telecommunications standard 5G has been implemented in some parts of Maryland {{ as of | November 2022 | lc = yes }}. By early May of 2020, {{ Visible anchor | 5G rollout in Baltimore | 5G rollout }} had begun as with several other larger cities in the country. This drove the hiring of many tower technicians to perform the deployment itself, reaching 450 by September of 2020.
{{ Cite report
| access-date = 2022-11-10
| year = 2020
| pages = 1–49
| last1 = Mandel
| first1 = Michael
| last2 = Long
| first2 = Elliott
| publisher = The National Spectrum Consortium
| url = https://www.nationalspectrumconsortium.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PPI_The-Third-Wave-5G_Portrait_Final.pdf
| title = The Third Wave: How 5G Will Drive Job Growth Over the Next Fifteen Years
}}
Advancements in farm technology are particularly important to Maryland because can greatly reduce the amount of various substances that will run off into the Chesapeake. In the case of self-driving tractors that's because they apply agricultural chemicals more precisely,
{{ Cite web
| access-date = 2022-11-10
| year = 2016
| department = Cars
| publisher = Condé Nast
| website = Ars Technica
| first = Jonathan
| last = Gitlin
| url = https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/06/self-driving-tractors-and-data-science-ars-visits-a-modern-farm/
| title = Self-driving tractors and data science: we visit a modern farm : Farming isn't the low-tech endeavor some might think
}}
{{ Cite news
| access-date = 2022-11-10
| year = 2021
| publisher = Sinclair Broadcast Group
| last = Simpson
| first = Amy
| department = Growing Gains
| url = https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/maryland-farmers-using-technology-to-boost-production-and-protect-chesapeake-bay
| title = Tech protects bay, boosts production for Maryland farmers
}}
and animal waste processing technology because it reduces the nutrient content.
The Department of Agriculture disburses the {{ Visible anchor | Animal Waste Technology Fund }} (AWTF) to encourage the development, implementation, and demonstration of such technologies for the state.
{{ Cite web
| access-date = 2022-11-10
| year = 2022
| url = https://mda.maryland.gov/resource_conservation/pages/innovative_technology.aspx
| title = Animal Waste Technology Grants
| website = Maryland Department of Agriculture
}}