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Aug 4, 2011

INVENTIONS News, Aug 04, 2011


Apple Valley Students Innovate at Camp Invention
Patch.com
By Corey Butler Jr. and Allison Wickler Kailee, left, and Franny, both entering first grade in the fall, work on taking apart an old, broken speaker as part of the I Can Invent class at Camp Invention, held this week at Greenleaf Elementary School in ...
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Microsoft to hackers: Cash for exploit mitigation inventions
ZDNet (blog)
By Ryan Naraine | August 3, 2011, 10:52am PDT Summary: Microsoft unveils the Blue Hat Prize, a challenge to the security research community to help solve an open problem in exploit mitigation. LAS VEGAS — As the annual Black Hat hacker conference ...
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ZDNet (blog)
Pointless motorcycle inventions no.43...
Visordown.com
by Visordown News IT takes time, effort, dedication and money to pursue a patent on an idea, and that makes some of the more, erm, unusual ones seem all the more incredible. This little gem has just cropped up. Unfortunately, the applicant didn't see ...
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Franklin was a creator, thinker and discoverer
The News Journal (blog)
Truly believing necessity was the mother of invention, he built many devices designed to solve everyday problems. He patented none of his numerous inventions. Franklin believed that "As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to ...
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The Long, Hot Road To Modern Air Conditioning
NPR
By 1953, over 1 million air conditioning units had been sold in the US For some inventions, say the light bulb, everyone knows who invented it. But at the US Capitol on a hot July day, no one seemed to know who invented the air conditioner. ...
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Moving China Up the Value Chain
New York Times (blog)
Innovation is not just invention; it's the whole array of moving and improvinginventions so consumers get better, newer, and cheaper products and services. For example, consider the case of Techfaith, a Beijing company that produces innovative ...
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New York Times (blog)
Getting The Most Value From Your Patent Claims
Intellectual Property Watch (blog)
Inventors often take their inventions at face value, describing each element in careful detail. Given the amount of time and dedication that goes into perfecting an invention, who could blame them? It may have taken months or years of development to ...
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Young Canton inventor earns state honors
Foothills Media Group
Gabriel is no stranger to earning awards for his inventions. He has participated in the Connecticut Invention Convention since third grade with other biomedical innovations. He developed a new way to attach tracheotomy tubes safely to patients when he ...
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Foothills Media Group
A new motor for the watch of tomorrow
PhysOrg.com
EPFL's Integrated Actuators Laboratory (LAI), in Neuchatel, has made a major step in this direction with the invention of a new kind of motor whose energy output is three times greater than traditional motors. It will thus satisfy the requirements and ...
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PhysOrg.com
West Deer native combines mission, passions at Wheelchair Games
Tarentum Valley News Dispatch
As director of the Human Engineering Research Lab, a joint venture between the University of Pittsburgh and VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Cooper is one of the world's leading scientists in wheelchair rehabilitation research and inventions that give ...
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Google's top lawyer rips Apple, Microsoft and Oracle
CNET
The difference is Apple and Microsoft created and patented their inventions, licensing or buying technology the technology that they didn't. Google is the one calling for the Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambulance on this one. Patents where created to spur ...
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CNET
President's decision to scale back space program betrays American innovation
Plain Dealer (blog)
The following (and many more) inventions have come from the space program: • 1978, Telflon-coated fiberglass invented for astronauts' space suits, now used for roofing material for buildings and stadiums. • 1982, liquid-cooled garments worn by ...
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Bulk Handling by Prime Manufacturing
PRWire
Some of these include the smallest of products that people do not normally see to make inventionslike elevators function. Some of these products include conveyor belts, chain sprockets, conveyor rollers, nylon gear wheels and elevator bolts. ...
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Smith: Handwriting obsolete?
Basehor Sentinel
The list of items relegated to museum shelves ranges from buggy whips, linotypes and auto running boards to more recent inventions, such as pagers, to name a few. I believe that cell phones and other electronic gizmos will make land line phones ...
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Wawasee Grad Invents Pocket Grill
Times-Union Newspaper
The invention works by being placed over an open fire and can fold up to fit inside a person's backpack or pocket. So how did Ashpole go from his job at the Department of Defense to creatinginventions for everyday use? After graduating from Wawasee, ...
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The Works seeks electronics donations
The Newark Advocate
Children use tools to take the components apart then reassemble them into new inventions. Donations may be dropped off at The Works' main entrance at 55 S. First St., Newark, from 9 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Friday. Receipts are available for tax ...
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Grand Challenges
Design News
I'm wondering what Mr. Truchard's list of Grand Challenges might have looked like 10 or 20 years ago, and what specific NI inventions helped solve those problems. I like his stuff. You need to have very big goals in order to do great things. ...
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Looking back across 50 years of microwave engineering
EE Times
An amazing number of inventions were the result of mistakes. You must be willing to admit mistakes and move on. Always bounce your ideas off your co-workers but don't give up on an idea if it does not get a good reception. ...
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EE Times
Scientific Research after January Revolution
Egypt SIS (press release)
It also seeks to remove obstacles to patenting inventions. In this context, the Academy of Scientific Research has launched a training program where talented youth could develop their skills and showcase their projects and inventions, the execution of ...
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Please sir, can I charge my electric car?
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk (blog)
The Victorians were known for their great inventions like the electric bulb and the period saw electricity become a household commodity for the first time. In that time, Cragside house became the first in the to be lit by hydroelectric power. ...
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A J Park | Patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Australia
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
The invention converts assessable criteria into a question and answer format for guiding an individual through the information gathering process. The responses may be collated and provided to a relevant training organisation for the purpose of ...
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Bringing technology home from the battlefield
St. Helens Chronicle
Our everyday world would be significantly different without the inventions that got their start in the military. Atomic energy, the jet engine and even the computer all were developed during World War II. The Cold War brought us the Internet and ...
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Sports diary made by inner westies
Inner West Courier
Picture: CRAIG WILSON A LOVE of sport and a conversation with one of our greatest athletes has resulted in one of the most Australian inventions to date - a diary dedicated to sport. Five Dock's Patrick Galloway and Burwood's Daniel Giorelando are both ...
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Inner West Courier
Tarzan Markaz wins award
The Nation, Pakistan
This award has been granted to the brand for its utmost services and inventions in agriculture and for the farmers of the country. The award ceremony was held in Governor House Karachi, where the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani granted ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
Biosensor provides rapid virus field tests
R & D Magazine
A drop in the ultrasound reading is then a strong indicator of the presence of the target pathogen in the sample. This invention won a Gold Award at the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland. This article was first appeared ...
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Rusnano's big nanotechnology secrets revealed
Russia & India Report
According to Chubais, it not only invests in nanotechnology inventions, but it also helps them become commercial enterprises. Rusnano accepts, on average, one in every 20 proposals it receives. All in all, more than 100 projects, picked from over 2000,...
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Russia & India Report
Genmark Automation Wins “YAW” Patent Infringement Judgment Against Innovative ...
Business Wire (press release)
We will continue that and other ground-breaking work – and also continue in our efforts to be fairly compensated for our patented inventions.” Additional information on this case, including a copy of the Judgment can be found at www. ...
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Vessel: New Physics Games For PC, PS3 and Xbox 360
GamingBolt
In Vessel, players take on the role of Arkwright, a renowned inventor whose inventions– living liquid creatures known as Fluros – have gone awry, turning on their users and disrupting machinery throughout the world. To fix the flawed Fluros and ...
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GamingBolt
Changes keep Pickerings Lifts on the top floor
nebusiness.co.uk
The company was one of the first to manufacture lifts from its base in Stockton and was behind a number of inventions now common to the sector. Pickerings Lifts was also a founding member of the national association, LEIA. Previous Maintenance Services ...
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Life saving exhibit opens at DCMM
Green Bay Press Gazette
Inventors continually canvassed the service to present their ideas and inventions, with hopes that the government would adopt them. The ideas for new life-saving equipment were many, sometimes strange and at times laughable. ...
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Home Theater, Internet Style
TIME
(See the 50 best inventions of 2010.) In short, the set offers an embarrassment of riches — although a few of its many offerings are embarrassing, period. For example, a page of video podcasts included outdated shows (Larry King Live! ...
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Louisville's DaVinci Institute partners with Edison Nation on $25M fund
Daily Camera
The innovation fund will provide an investment of up to $250000 for qualified inventions, Frey said, adding the investment comes with a 50-50 ownership split. “We have lots of inventors that have been coming to us that need help,” Frey said. ...
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Samsung Electronics, BAT, Virgin, Starfire, Google: Intellectual Property
Bloomberg
Should Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung pursue a bid, it would vie against Apple and Google to purchase all or part of a portfolio of about 8800 patents on inventions used in devices ranging from the iPhone to Google's Android-based handsets and ...
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See index earnings scaled down by 3-4%: StanChart Sec
Moneycontrol.com
The rural incomes are growing because of various other inventions which the government has been doing. There is a huge trend and up trading in consumer goods. Everyone wants to scale up to the next available and best brand which is driving the margins ...
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Montclair resident's company produces hot new drink
NorthJersey.com
None of those inventions was particularly successful — until, "purely out of frustration," he left chili pepper in water with a hint of lemon. "I tried it and it was really good," said Panchal. "It was kind of a 'eureka' moment. ...
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Company was huge in 1930s
Belleville News Democrat
Under the agreement, Johnson would concentrate on his inventions and production while Knapp would distribute the finished products nationwide. It proved so successful that Jan. 1, 1929, Knapp and Monarch decided to merge and move the company ...
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Paul Joseph DeVries
Pittsburg Morning Sun
He came up with several “time saving” inventions. The highlight of his week was the Friday morning auction he attended. He will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife of sixty-three years, Louise (Broadwater) DeVries; son Paul L. and ...
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Walking your dog on a leash properly takes the right tools
AnnArbor.com
The retractable leash, like all great inventions, began with a purpose. It was designed for tracking dogs — how practical. When dogs are tracking, they go way out in front of their human. Using a retractable keeps the leash from getting tangled and ...
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Facing the Loss of a Home, and a Quirky Experiment
New York Times (blog)
In the 1970s his inventions turned toward energy conservation and contraptions that harnessed solar power. “I'm basically an inventor, but if you tell people that, you're crazy,” he said, sitting in his front yard, which is filled with plants and a ...
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New York Times (blog)
SME Elects New Members to its College of Fellows program.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
Selection criteria include leadership in industry, education, research and development, inventionspublications and/or service to the profession. Visit sme.org/fellows to download a nomination form. About SME: The Society of Manufacturing Engineers ...
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DHS students earn first place in NASA contest
The Durango Herald
One of the inventions that came out of DHS' group was an adobe building material made out of martian dust that, because of its ionic charge, would protect humans from solar flares. Everything had to have a dollar cost and be chemically and physically ...
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Fifty is nifty for President Obama and other boomers
amNY
Despite age discrimination and the gutting of pensions and threats to Medicare, experts say that 50-somethings have it better than ever before, in part because of medical inventions such as joint replacements and technological advances that make ...
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National Center for Regenerative Medicine, Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland ...
Business Wire (press release)
CTEC's mission is to accelerate the rate at which new tissue engineering discoveries and inventionsare generated and translated into new treatments, products, companies and Ohio-based opportunities. CTEC investigators focus on translating tissue ...
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Canada Unable to Reach 2020 Emission Reduction Target
Inhabitat
Despite such innovative inventions, like the waste plant that runs on soda and beer, it seems that the climate policies adopted by the Canadian government will only half the emission reduction targets that were first introduced. To quote the report, ...
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Inhabitat
Recording of August 2011: Bon Iver
Stereophile Magazine
Auto-Tune, which corrects pitch or tunes voices, in the studio and onstage, of marginal hacks like Taylor Swift, was in 2010 rightfully voted one of the "50 Worst Inventions of All Time" by Time magazine. Its use as an effect by Vernon and others is ...
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Stereophile Magazine
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