Short stories of human inventions
Archive for April, 2010
Guide to Current Patent Reform Legislation
Apr 22nd
Legislation that would dramatically overhaul U.S. patent law appears to be on a fast track in Congress, with Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) leading the charge.
But legal and business groups are finding themselves at odds over the legislation, with some saying it would reduce patent litigation costs and improve patent quality while others say it would do just the opposite. Everyone, it seems, can find parts of the measure to love and others to hate.
In April, identical bills were filed in the Senate and House, each titled the Patent Reform Act of 2007. In the Senate, Leahy More >
Future Medical Inventions – What Next?
Apr 18th
Who can argue that the cell phone hasn’t changed our lives. And the changes we’ve experienced are nothing compared to what some third world countries have experienced with the cell phone. In many countries there is no infrastructure to support land lines, and thus outside of the cities there is basically no phone service. Not anymore, now cell phones are popping up everywhere, providing a service we take for granted.
Cell phones were great, smart phones are better…what’s next?
So getting back to future inventions, how about even more amazing cell phone devices? I’ve just recently obtained an iPhone, and it is More >
What Will the Next Economic Drivers Be?
Apr 14th
From 1982 to 2007 the U.S. economy had an unprecedented expansion. The twenty five year period was driven by innovation, economic global expansion, favorable economic policy, increase in population and expansion of debt. During this period most of the current professional started their careers. The resulting concern is the current professionals are not trained to offer advice in anything other than a near perfect economic environment.
Briefly, let’s review the 5 aforementioned economic drivers from 1982 to 2007 Dr. Albert Niemi, Jr. Dean of the Edwin L Cox School of Business at the Southern Methodist University. The first driver was innovation. More >
Ideas For New Products And Inventions
Apr 8th
How many new products and inventions can you dream up with in thirty minutes? At least a few if you know the techniques of innovation and creative problem solving. The following are thirty minute’s worth, with some notes at how they were arrived at.
New Products and Inventions From Old
A fast way to invent new things is to start with existing concepts and find new applications. With the concept of inflatable things, the first thing that comes to my mind is inflatable shelters for emergency situations, such as after earthquakes or hurricanes. Such shelters could be transported easily, and erected quickly More >
Sacrificing to the Minotaur
Apr 4th
In the current economic crisis people are tempted to fall back to conservative ideologies affirming the existing capitalist system. With the fall of the Stalinism any ideological alternative has evaded people’s imagination. People suffered the consequences from the greatest economic crisis since World War II, in which global banks, the flag ships of world capitalism, collapsed and governments had to intervene with unprecedented measures using public funds to prevent a total economic downfall. And as people fear the threats of economic downfall, politicians within the social-economic status quo advertise two responses. The first Keynesian reflex is to spend money and More >
Fire
Apr 1st
Fire is the mother of all invention. Without fire, human can not make torch to lightened their night and lead from darkness. Human need fire to cook, boil and bake their food.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for More >
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