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Cardboard bicycle can change the world, says Israeli inventor
Reuters MOSHAV AHITUV, Israel (Reuters) – A bicycle made almost entirely of cardboard has the potential to change transportation habits from the world's most congested cities to the poorest reaches of Africa, its Israeli inventor says. Izhar Gafni, 50, is an … |
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INVENTIONS: Don't write off the perfect pen
Press-Enterprise … Classifieds · Place Classified Ad · Legal Guide · Legal Notices · Local Business Offers · Shopping · Home > Business > Business Headlines. October 11, 2012 04:15 PM PDT October 11, 2012 04:15 PM PDT INVENTIONS: Don't write off the perfect pen … |
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Worries Over Defense Dept. Money for ‘Hackerspaces’ — This fall, 16 high schools in California started experimental workshops, billed as a kind of “shop class for the 21st century,” that were financed by the federal government. And over the next three years, the $ 10 million program plans …
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Patent Law Analysis by Professors Dennis Crouch and Jason Rantanen
Patently-O Before the America Invents Act (AIA), the Patent Act included a specific prohibition on patenting something the purported inventor did not actually invent. According to the statute, "[a] person shall be entitled to a patent unless … 102(f) he did not … |
In many ways, graphene is one of technology’s sickest jokes. The tantalizing promise of cheap to produce, efficient to run materials, that could turn the next page in gadget history has always remained frustratingly out of reach. Now, a new process for creating semiconductors grown on graphene could see the super material commercialized in the next five years. Developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the patented process “bombs” graphene with gallium, which forms droplets, and naturally arranges itself to match graphene’s famous hexagonal pattern.
Then, arsenic is added to the mix, which enters the droplets and crystallizes at the bottom, creating a stalk. After a few minutes of this process the droplets are raised by the desired height. The new process also does away with the need for a (relatively) thick substrate to grow the nanowire on, making it cheaper, more flexible and transparent. The inventors state that this could be used in flexible and efficient solar cells and light emitting diodes.
Source: New process for nanotube semiconductors could be graphene’s ticket to primetime