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Technical
News about inventions and patents, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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An Elephant in the Room
An innovative toy aids difficult conversations, alerting those present that there is an unspoken issue.
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For Innovators, There Is Brainpower in Numbers
True invention requires the meeting of minds from myriad perspectives, even if the innovators don’t always realize it.
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Samsung Is Hit With Patent Suits
A struggling Silicon Valley maker of flash memory chips filed a pair of sweeping patent infringement suits against Samsung.
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Carl D. Keith, a Father of the Catalytic Converter, Dies at 88
Dr. Keith was a co-inventor of the three-way automotive catalytic converter a major advance in eliminating the toxic tailpipe emissions that once blanketed cities in smog.
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Helping America Keep Its Innovative Edge
Is there a role for foundations in advancing an innovation agenda? And, if so, what?
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The Bullet Machine
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Court Rules Business Concept Cannot Be Patented
The decision that a man’s business concept was too vague for patent protection could reshape the way banks and high-tech firms protect their intellectual property.
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If No One Sees It, Is It an Invention?
Sharing an idea through a video posted on YouTube has been an essential part of an inventor’s success.
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Intuition + Money: An Aha Moment
The discovery of a new material called black silicon offers a lesson in government financing of science and technology.
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Samsung Offers $5.85 Billion for SanDisk
SanDisk, maker of flash memory cards, has some 860 patents in the United States and 550 overseas. Samsung currently pays SanDisk $440 million a year to license those patents.
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When Academia Puts Profit Ahead of Wonder
The University Small Business Patent Procedures Act is under increasing scrutiny by swelling ranks of critics, who charge that it has distorted the fundamental mission of universities.
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Mister Jalopy Wants to Make a Better World
Manufacturers should make products that consumers can easily maintain, repair, repurpose or even reinvent.
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Entrepreneurs Find Ways to Make Technology Work With Jewish Sabbath
New products approved by rabbis are helping the world’s more than 1.5 million Orthodox Jews use the conveniences of modern life.
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Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown
Judy Estrin’s book is the latest call to action by scientists, technologists and political leaders worried about the country’s future competitiveness in technology.
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In Settlement, Nokia Will Pay Royalties to Qualcomm
Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia can use all of Qualcomm’s patents in its mobile phones and network equipment, and in return it agreed not to use its patents against Qualcomm.
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Effort for Lower Drug Prices Would Focus on Gaining Patents
Unitaid is endorsing the creation of a panel of experts to explore the feasibility of a “patent pool” to try to make drugs at lower costs for poor countries.
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Doubleday and Darwin
I could put a round bat on a round ball with accuracy. But my ability to succeed at the next level of baseball would be predicated on a lot more than numbers.
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A Personal Call to a Prosthetic Invention
Van Phillips may get to see athletes compete in the Summer Olympics using the Cheetah foot, a carbon graphite prosthetic he invented.
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Where the Whole Agenda Is Innovation
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