Academic Inventions Funded by Industry Benefit Innovation – IEEE Spectrum


IEEE Spectrum

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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Watch Bill Nye and Andy Samberg Judge Invention Ideas at SXSW – TIME

Watch Bill Nye and Andy Samberg Judge Invention Ideas at SXSW
TIME
If you missed TV educator Bill Nye's legendary debate with Ken Ham, then you can still catch Nye at SXSW in Austin, Texas, this weekend. Along with Andy Samberg, he will be judging production submissions from Quirky, an online community for aspiring 

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IIIT Students Display Their inventions – The New Indian Express

IIIT Students Display Their inventions
The New Indian Express
The International Institute of Information Technology- Hyderabad (IIIT-H) is holding a two-day exhibition titled 'R&D Showcase-2014' from Saturday to showcase the kind of research that is being carried by students and the works of students which have

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