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INVENTIONS News, Aug 20, 2011


Specialist Patent Courts Are Part Of The Problem
Forbes
The right to useful inventions seems with equal reason to belong to the inventors. The public good fully coincides in both cases with the claims of the individuals.” Who pays you to write these propaganda pieces? Giant banks, multinationals ...
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DOST showcases best regional inventions
Philippine Information Agency
TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, August 20 (PIA) –- In order to recognize the vital role of local investors, the Department of Science and Technology is set to showcase the best inventions in the various Regions of the country through the Regional Invention ...
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Recent Scholarship: Do Patents Disclose Useful Information?
Patently-O
By Jason Rantanen There is a significant body of recent scholarly literature questioning whether patents are effective at disclosing technological information about new inventions. This debate is important because one of the principal justifications ...
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So How Do We Fix The Patent System?
Techdirt
Recognize that independent invention is a sign of lack of patentability: This one is a bit more controversial, but the point of the patent system is supposedly only to reward patents on inventionsthat are non-obvious to those skilled in the art. ...
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No truce in patent wars
Financial Post
For industry stalwarts such as Microsoft Corp., Research In Motion Ltd. and Apple Inc., the stockpiling of 10s of thousands of incredibly specific inventions has been going on throughout their corporate lifetimes. Recent billion-dollar battles are ...
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Cane 2.0: The Tacit Is Hand-Mounted Sonar For The Vision Impaired
TechCrunch
As is increasingly common with interesting hacked inventions like this, he has published the parts list, detailed instructions, a circuit diagram, and the source code for the Arduino controller. Hoefer says the system has a learning curve of “seconds,” ...
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Finding a different route to the Internet
Ocala
The telephone is truly one of the most remarkable and useful inventions ever. I also had Internet access through the phone company. We switched over to complete cable TV connections for our communications needs. Our telephone service is now tied into ...
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Film Review: You Are Here (2.5 stars)
National Post (blog)
You Are Here presents an alternative reality in which humans are increasingly getting lost in their own inventions. “This used to be a room. But it's not just a room anymore. When did it stop being a room, and start being something else? ...
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Area Inventor Designs GPS Extender
Santa Barbara Independent
“There are some other inventions that move the GPS device forward, but can't move it out of the way. I wanted to create something that both extends and retracts.” “Safe driving is a prerequisite for all motorists, and everyone on the roads benefits,” ...
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Is barter right for your small business?
NASDAQ
In his landmark 1776 book, Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith called money one of the three greatinventions, including the written word and mathematics. Money has helped businesses grow more efficiently, markets expand more dynamically and nations trade ...
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Tales of the Wilson Ranch: a Rural Carlsbad Childhood from 1942-1958
Patch.com
Not having ready access to equipment that one might need, or the tedium of daily life, can lead to wonderful inventions of the mechanical kind. Charles Wilson invented equipment for the farm, as well as altered many of the existing machines/equipment ...
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Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Salad Dressing & Seasoning Mix Honored for Its ...
CisionWire (press release)
Each year a new class of inventors is inducted into the Hall of Fame in recognition of their patentedinventions that make human, social, and economic progress possible. Founded in 1973 by the US Patent and Trademark Office and the National Council of ...
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Indian inventor blends chair into trolley bag
Gulf Times
The school dropout, who was described as a 'scientist' by the globally acclaimed rocket scientist and India's former President APJ Abdul Kalam, has many inventions and patents to his credit. Hydraulic hinged pole, hanging car park, retractable safety ...
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Engineering in the Twenty-First Century
Harvard Magazine
MiĆ©ville has a wild imagination and proclivity for making up new worlds and languages; one of his most thought-provoking inventions is the idea of “remaking” humans as a form of legal punishment or personal augmentation. ...
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KOOBFACE Botnet Exploits a Torrent P2P Network
pc1news
It was lately reported that the KOOBFACE botnet, which used social networking pages to spread malicious inventions, is now using a torrent P2P network. To enter a targeted computer, the botnet is found to use a component which helps for downloading...
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Edison's arrival in Schenectady being marked today
San Antonio Express
The Daily Gazette of Schenectady reports (http://bit.ly/nnn1Td ) that Edison came to Schenectady to establish a manufacturing operation that would produce his inventions in a more efficient manner. Six years later, Edison's company merged with another ...
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Senator leaves Roosevelt students dreaming big -8/19/2011, 10:01 AM
Hays Daily News
Roosevelt teachers wore tie-dyed T-shirts touting peace, love and learning in keeping with the school's focus on the 1960's inventions and famous people. This year's theme is "Dream Big." Second-grade teacher Kim Lyon introduced Moran, saying "he knows ...
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Ton Duc Thang Prizes awarded in HCMC
SGGP
Despite his busy work load and umpteen responsibilities within the company, he was still able to create many useful inventions that saved billions of dong for the corporation. He recalls, “In 2009, I faced a huge challenge in the market. ...
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Bone Scaffold: Medicine's Next Big Thing?
KSAT San Antonio
What we are looking at here is a lot of inventions that have a potential for marketing, but really need to get through prototyping and development so that it can be a part of some self-directed clinical trials. Our way of looking at this process is ...
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Goff gets wild at leadership rumours
Stuff.co.nz
These things are great inventions; people have been speculating on that for three years. "I'm the leader of the Labour Party. I'll lead this party into the election campaign this year and I'll look at forming a government after that. ...
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The Wright Brothers Didn't Invent The Airplane...And 9 Other Inventors Who've ...
Business Insider
Fame and fortune sometimes require more than brains and effort, especially in the realm of invention. Whether modified and improved upon, grabbed by a more famous inventor, or just completely forgotten, original inventors are lost to history more than ...
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Business Insider
Greg Coogle's patented technologies do more than just beat the heat!
The Suit Magazine
his inventions keep air conditioners running more efficiently. “A lot of people don't realize an air conditioner does two things: it cools and dehumidifies. That drain water is a problem. It grows algae and mold which, if left untreated, ...
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U of M receives positive review of its tech transfer program
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
The U files 33 percent of its incoming inventions in provisional patents, compared to Stanford, Columbia and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation which files 50 to 75 percent. This could result in the office paying $500000 more each year, ...
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Opinion: Nature is New Jersey's best classroom to inspire dreams
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Nature has, in the past, inspired our best dreams and inventions and can continue to help us create a better world if we use our combined knowledge, our senses — including our common sense — and our appreciation for all nature has provided.
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False Moves
Santa Barbara Independent
The consequences of these inventions have been equally serious – eight years of bloody, costly, unnecessary war in Iraq; and a health care system that many Americans distrust for the wrong reasons, based on false rhetoric. When Emily Dickinson wrote, ...
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DEALTALK-Mosaid shareholders want to taste sweeter WiLan bid
Reuters
WiLan wants to buy Mosaid for its 2800 patents, creating a Canadian patent powerhouse able to negotiate lucrative terms with technology giants that use the inventions in products ranging from wireless to semiconductors. They're not alone in eyeing more ...
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Genome at Home: Biohackers Build Their Own Labs
Wired News
Behind the scenes, engineers and science enthusiasts are teaming up to mod tools and technologies and then sell their inventions—or simply share tips on how to build them—to anyone interested. Homemade PCR devices are drawing the most attention,...
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Taming the patent troll
Financial Times
Myhrvold runs Intellectual Ventures, a company which is either the world's worst patent troll or a leader in creating a market for inventions, depending on who you listen to. Myhrvold, with law professor Mark Lemley, has argued that when patents are ...
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Financial Times
Take a Page . . .
Omaha World-Herald
"Familiar characters (Cotton Malone) solving a modern-day mystery that reveals ancient Chinese society and inventions." "Whether you have pets or not, this is an engaging story about reincarnation and life seen through a dog's eyes. ...
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Fiction Chronicle
New York Times
His father, who designs lifts for gold mine shafts, is seemingly resigned to his son's inertia, hiding in his attic work space to tinker with new inventions. And the narrator, who pines over his brother's abandoned girlfriend, tries along with everyone ...
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Codecademy 'gamifies' the process of learning Javascript
Wired.co.uk
The work of Ryan Bubinski, a recent Columbia University graduate, and Zach Sims, who has just completed his junior year also at Columbia, Codecademy, like many good inventions, is the product of frustation. Speaking to Wired.co.uk, Sims explains the ...
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Summer Glau as Skylar in 'Alphas.' (Ken Woroner/Syfy)
San Antonio Express (blog)
In Monday's episode “Catch and Release,” Glau plays a missing Alpha named Skylar who can create amazing inventions that apparently don't include a decent brush or hairdryer. It's up to the rest of the Alphas to find her — and hopefully introduce her ...
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San Antonio Express (blog)
Inventions - Visual News
For instance, the world's first x-ray technician and inventor may have given the medical industry the greatest single invention since the pre-existing ...
www.visualnews.com/tag/inventions/
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Latest News of the World (stories politics inventions creations discovery jobs films jobs). Saturday. A real attack of an elephant on crowd - Dont Scard, ...
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Motorola's 83 years of inventions - Topix
Local News: Mountain View, CA ... Email me Inventions news. Learn more. Comments ... This will search the titles of the threads in the Inventions forum ...
www.topix.com/forum/tech/.../T6ISMBDO2RL4EEGA4
Father of Invention - Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee
Action News 5 - Memphis, TennesseeFather of Invention. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out. SITE SEARCH WEB SEARCH BY Google ...
www.wmctv.com/story/15300114/father-of-invention
Hacker News | Most (nearly all?) inventions aren't revolutionary ...
inventions aren't revolutionary in their novelty but are just an increment above what already existed. So I'm agreeing with you but want to make sure the ...
www.hackerne.ws/item?id=2904843
Father of Invention - 12 News KBMT and K-JAC. News, Weather and ...
12 News and 12Newsnow.com is the leader for breaking news, weather updates and complete localnews coverage for Southeast Texas.Get the latest Southeast ...
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