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DISCOVERIES, Inventions News, May 25, 2011

New Invention Revolutionizes First Person Shooter Games
PR Web (press release)
Technology has created video gaming concepts that were little more than fantasy even five years ago. Unfortunately, the tools used to play those games haven't always kept up. Now, a new invention for PlayStation Move, has put the gamer back on a level ...
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PR Web (press release)

Teen's Invention to Reduce Car Pollution Wins EPA Award
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
The invention has won him $8000 over the years and most recently, an EPA award for sustainability. The EPA chose his concept out of more than 1500 at the Intel International Science Fair. Jaggi's biology teacher and sponsor said she was "extremely...
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Today's moms embrace age-old concept of Kangaroo Care for newborns
Times Herald-Record
Necessity was the mother of this age-old "invention." In the late 1970s, the Mother and Child Institute — a hospital in a poor section of Bogota, Colombia — experienced a shortage of doctors, nurses and incubators in the neonatal intensive care unit. ...
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State incentive lift for patenting in SA
Business Day
"Innovation requires invention and market engagement," African National Congress MP EN Ngobo said yesterday in Parliament during the Department of Science and Technology budget vote debate. However, companies, institutions and individuals have ...
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NASA picks Orion-type capsule for deep space missions
CNET
"We did look at alternatives in some of the systems designs we're seeing in the various concepts that are being proposed, for instance, for commercial (vehicles)...And after studying those, we found the design approach we've got is really the best for ...
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CNET

Burning Questions: Group offers ideas, resources for inventors
Appleton Post Crescent
Necessity remains the mother of invention. Scott Francis believes it, as do other members of the Inventors' Network of Wisconsin. For several years, Fox Cities inventors who have come up with a unique invention or idea have sought out the organization ...
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Clash of the Titans: The Johan Cruyff Philosophy V the Genius of Alex Ferguson
Bleacher Report
His team of invention would reap the benefits in the long run, which the current Barcelona squad under Pep is emulating right now. The attacking philosophy of Barcelona has has not changed since that Champions League final in Rome but the style has to ...
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Bleacher Report

Bite this! Handheld device sniffs out bedbugs
CNET
Goggin's service to humanity was noted with a 2011 Invention Award from Popular Science, and I'll wager he's also completely forgotten how that old rhyme about "sleeping tight" ends. Here's Goggin demonstrating with his prototype: If you have a ...
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CNET

Tapping new revenue opportunities with IP management software
SearchManufacturingERP.com
... protect the invention from competitive use. The best patent decisions come from a strong relationship between strategic thinkers, including corporate executive management and R&D. Steps in the concept and publish stage include definition, analysis, ...
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Sony Unveils Organic Bendable e-Reader
Popsop.com
During the 49th SID International Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition (SID 2011) in Los-Angeles, USA, which is considered the biggest exhibition of display technologies, Sony Corp. unveiled its new invention — flexible electronic paper (e-paper, ...
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Popsop.com

European Facility Management Conference 2011
FM World
Not all Viennese inventions were immediately commercially successful, we learned from Peter Skalicky, the university's rector. In nearby Ressel Park are statues of the inventors of the typewriter, sewing machine and motor car - they all died poor. ...
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Turning Japanese
Times of Malta
Katsuhiro Otomo's Steamboy is another fantastic romp through an alternate 19th Century Europe, where steampunk technology is revealing wondrous inventions. While Cosplay is not exactly the norm in Japan, it is not an unusual sight to see groups of ...
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Does your corporation kill creativity? (And is that right or wrong)
Troy Media Corporation
Some readers heralded MacKenzie's stories as an inspiration ti achieving a balance between bureaucracy and creativity, normalcy and originality, formula and invention, selfless loyalty and cooperative individuality. For others, he was no doubt viewed ...
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Unabridged budget vote: Science and Technology: Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom
DefenceWeb (press release)
New inventions, successful clinical trials, groundbreaking and pioneering research, the design, manufacture and operation of a satellite, the bid for the most powerful radio telescope in the world – the list goes on and on. However, let me start with ...
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St. Louis-area dentist invents The Dental Button
Dentistry IQ
My scared patients think it's the best invention ever.” -- Dr. Mark Morin, Detroit *Less anxiety for themselves -- “Consistently patients have said, 'The power of control is amazing.' And personally, I'm more at ease because I'm not anticipating any ...
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DIY Bike Lanes, Projected From Your Sweet Ride
Fast Company
... hit and getting from concept to prototype stage. How much defense you would have in claiming you were biking in a bike lane of your owninvention remains a question, but there is clearly there a market for a glowing bike lane you carry with you. ...
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Fast Company

Ambrose: The Left's lies on GOP Medicare reform
ScrippsNews
The concept, by the way, is not a far-right invention -- Alice Rivlin, appointed to top positions by Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, endorses it. That's not to say she likes the particulars or that the concept or the particulars should ...
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Harley-Davidson Museum: Summer Exhibit
Ultimate MotorCycling | News and Reviews
And fans of pop culture and anything that's out of the ordinary, interesting, and offbeat will enjoy the huge variety of unearthed items, from t-shirts, belt buckles and folk art, to inventions like the brake light helmet. Bill Davidson (Vice President ...
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Ultimate MotorCycling | News and Reviews

Design's top names tackle the number 17
Salon
This letter is a Bruce Rogers invention since Nicolas Jenson did not have aj in his typeface. Presumably, the wiggle was added to keep the j from having to be kerned. It is distracting in text, beguiling in headings and logos (see john varvatos). ...
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Salon

Post About Nothing
Jawa Report
Every invention that falls into Muslim hands is an Islamic invention, no matter if another culture developed it. Concepts and ideas that pre-date Muhammad, become Islamic once they pass through Muslim culture. The only real difference is, Tweety won't ...
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Jawa Report

Internet speed does not necessarily lead to innovation
ABC Online
Open up government-subsidised internet cafes (and home connections, possibly) that offer free access at moderate speeds and then sit back and watch public invention unfold. The Open Source Movement is one of the hottest aspects of IT in recent times ...
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ABC Online

The security sector: an awkward space for engagement
Open Democracy
Even in antiquity there were legendary all-women fighting forces such as the Amazons who are credited with range of military successes, and the invention of military tools such as the battle axe. Clearly, as Cynthia Cokburn would argue, ...
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