By reducing labour costs — robots work tirelessly and don't demand raises — automation will make existing companies more profitable and help spur the creation of new ones, techno-optimists predict.

This could spur the creation of much faster and more efficient microchips.

That development will mean further urban sprawl, and could spur the creation of additional highways in the area.

This new professional interest during the 1920s spurred the creation of specialized full-time readers' advisory positions in major public libraries.

Emergencies also spurred the creation or conversion of highly unconventional aircraft carriers.