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Identify new applications for existing technologies

AI can do the arithmetic, build the spreadsheet formula and suggest what to look at. Deciding what the numbers mean for your situation is still you.

Part of Identify business or organizational opportunities, under the O*NET work activity group Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 4 AI-assist, 0 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Determine applications of photonics appropriate to meet product objectives or features.AI-assist Photonics Engineers
• Identify new applications for existing nanotechnologies.AI-assist Nanosystems Engineers
• Determine commercial, industrial, scientific, or other uses for electro-optical applications or devices.AI-assist Photonics Engineers
• Apply engineering principles or practices to emerging fields, such as robotics, waste management, or biomedical engineering.AI-assist Mechanical Engineers