Frisco Kids Pitch Inventions – Shark Tank Style – CBS Local

Frisco Kids Pitch Inventions – Shark Tank Style
CBS Local
FRISCO (CBSDFW.COM) – Mark Cuban wasn't in the room, but several Frisco students recently got a chance to pitch products — Shark Tank style. From unusual headwear to innovative apps to something called a quad quencher, the students gave their best …

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First Listen: Inventions, ‘Inventions’ – NPR

First Listen: Inventions, 'Inventions'
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So it makes sense that Cooper and Smith would finally combine their talents as Inventions. On their first album together, the two don't reinvent their respective sounds — both of which can be musically abstract yet emotionally evocative — so much as

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Academic Inventions Funded by Industry Benefit Innovation – IEEE Spectrum


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Academic Inventions Funded by Industry Benefit Innovation
IEEE Spectrum
Industry money in university labs can raise eyebrows among researchers who worry that corporate interests might hoard academic inventions through exclusive licensing deals and stifle broader innovation. But a new study based on two decades of evidence 
Corporate-funded academic inventions spur increased innovationUC Berkeley
Study: Industry-sponsored academic inventions spur increased innovationR & D Magazine
Analysis: Industry-sponsored academic inventions spur increased innovationNational Science Foundation (press release)

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Step Right Up: 20 Very Silly Inventions Actually Pitched On ‘Shark Tank’ – NPR (blog)


NPR (blog)

Step Right Up: 20 Very Silly Inventions Actually Pitched On 'Shark Tank'
NPR (blog)
Shark Tank is a startlingly popular Friday-night show where people who have invented various strange things (and sometimes cool things) bring them to a group of rich people and beg for an investment. Some of the products make sense, some are sort of 

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Bill Nye and Andy Samberg, Odd Couple Judges for User Inventions at SXSW – ABC News (blog)


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Bill Nye and Andy Samberg, Odd Couple Judges for User Inventions at SXSW
ABC News (blog)
South by Southwest is known for its convergence of hipsters and geeks, and the hosts of the Quirky+GE Night of Invention event were emblematic of that odd couple vibe. The event was a sort of “Shark Tank” for new product ideas, and the panel of judges 
Debating self-cleaning toilets with Bill Nye, Andy Samberg, General Electric Fortune

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Commercializing UAF inventions, software and technologies helps us all – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Commercializing UAF inventions, software and technologies helps us all
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
The goal was to create an office that would work with private companies and entrepreneurs to market and license university inventions, proprietary software, and new technologies. Most universities in the United States have developed structures outside

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