Technological innovation can sometimes be anticipated by extrapolating current trends in performance improvement. At some points in time, however, innovations lead to the emergence of new frontiers and developments in new dimensions. In the example of evolution of modern physics the frontiers seemed to be clearly defined in the study of the very large (astro-physics and cosmology) or the very small (high-energy or elementary particle physics). It was not until the 1980s that the science community started to recognize that even the most profound understanding of the universe and the smallest constituents of matter would not help to explain or predict -even qualitatively- classical phenomena as common as dripping faucets or stock markets.
This insight lead to the recognition that there is a new complexity frontier opening up in science that required the introduction of new concepts and mathematical methods. This recent development in science is also reflected in technological innovations that are based on a better understanding of complexity and that contribute to the information industry.