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- Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?
- Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?All patents must die [nt].The same dire cries were heard ....The same dire cries and predictions were heard decades ago whenthe "truth in lending" reforms were instituted for the financialsector.You have to admit, they do have a pointand it is a very valid one.Re: Patent...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
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- News to know: StumbleUpon; Facebook Apps; Satyam; Steve Jobs
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free Andrew Nusca: Top Facebook applications see 25% drop in...
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Dean Kamen cooks up bionic arm; Vets may benefit
- Dean Kamen cooks up bionic arm; Vets may benefitAwesome ArticleThat is some of the coolest tech I have seen in a long time. I really hope that repairing people and restoring full motor control becomes a reality for anyone who needs it.NiceGood job guys! This is the kind of thing...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Dean Kamen cooks up bionic arm; Vets may benefit
- When Dean Kamen invented the Segway it was quite a breakthrough. But U.S. military veterans may be remember Kamen much more for creating bionic arms that will replace the clunky prosthetics of today. 60 Minutes on Sunday detailed the Pentagon's $100 million program dubbed Revolutionizing Prosthetics." In...
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- (Photos: Firing up the British Steam Car)
- (Photos: Firing up the British Steam Car)AmazingThe Stanley Steamer did over 125 mph in 1906 using the technology of the time and here we are over 100 years later and they are still trying to beat that record - and they did it with one boiler in what passed...
- Discussion threads 2009-04-06
- Could robots become the open source hardware target?
- Most of you probably just glanced at yesterday's post about Texas Instruments supporting open source with its new OMAP chips, and if so you probably missed an important target market. Robots. (Picture from Willowgarage.com) The age of homebrew robotics has arrived. As with computing...
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- Twitter, Qik, Mogulus: you're all dead
- Twitter, Qik, Mogulus: you're all dead"Technology and its use"I shouldn't be allowed near anything without an edit button :)ahemMy point re: Mogulus was that it didn't do what was advertised on the Scoble tin ergo - dud. Ustream might have been no better. You guys know what I think about...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- If kids don't have electricity, will a laptop change their lives?
- If kids don't have electricity, will a laptop change their lives?Children Between Two Rocks and a Hard PlaceI am betting that the OLPC will be the spark that sets their imaginations on fire and symbolize hope for a chance at having a better life.Let's keep that hope going. That's...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- State Dept. policy wonks blog personal!
- The Washington Post's Al Kamen is a bit underwhelmed with the State Department's entre into the world of blogging, called Dipnote. That's short for "diplomatic note" but it does bring up other images ... This is what we've all been waiting for! No more media filters and distortions....
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Pixar's next movie: Wall-E
- Pixar has posted a trailer for their next movie, Wall-E, which is slated to hit theaters in 27 June 2008. The teaser trailer was released at 8pm ET last night. Kottke.org asks "Does it make sense even if you don't speak French?" Yes, because the movie isn't...
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- Segway's Kamen sponors FIRST Lego League Championship
- Legos might seem on the surface to be just bunch of tiny brightly-colored plastic blocks that get stuck in the vacuum cleaner, but kids in Colorado are putting them to good use by doing research in nanotechnology and robot-building, reports Your Hub.com Eighteen students at West Middle School are...
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- SOA: What would Dean Kamen do?
- SOA: What would Dean Kamen do?I agree absolutelyA bicycle is cheaper,lighter and more efficient compared to either the car or the Segway.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-19
- SOA: What would Dean Kamen do?
- "You dont need a two-ton car to move your 150-pound butt on crowded city streets." -Dean Kamen I just read an interview with Dean Kamen --inventor of the Segway and robochair -- in which he talks about his out-of-the-box philosophy toward innovation: ...
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
- Bill Joy: Pandemics, biofuels and the $10 PC
- The final day of PC Forum stared with a conversation between Esther and Bill Joy, Sun co-founder and now Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers venture capitalist. The discussion touched on how technology, the Internet and politics are impacting society and the planet. As a venture capitalist, Joy and his firm are...
- Blog posts 2006-03-14
- Vint Cerf sets the record straight on who controls the net
- Vint Cerf sets the record straight on who controls the netAbout who own the internetI would like to know how to add a server to the internet. What it entails? and is there a cost? If so who get the money? and about how nuch it cost?US holds the...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-23
- Competing in a flat world
- “We’re creating a country where people outsource their intellect to other countries, expecting the Indians, for example, to do all hard work while they sit at home and watch TV on broadband.” That’s what Esther Dyson, CNET's Release 1.0 editor, had to say about the U.S. falling behind other...
- Blog posts 2005-11-16
- The key to fresh water: imitation spleen proteins
- The key to fresh water: imitation spleen proteinsSolar stills"Some have predicted that, as with oil, the world will face drinking-water shortages in the coming decades. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway scooter, has come up with a system, based on a Stirling engine, that can create potable water. "I'm betting...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-24
- Best quotes so far from MIT EmergeTech
- So far, this is the best quote of the day from MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference: "It isn't the birthright of Americans to have a high standard of living, clean water, and good healthcare." Segway inventor Dean Kamen pictured above commenting on the fact that Americans are taking for granted...
- Blog posts 2005-09-28
- Google vs national security
- How good is Google Earth? Good enough to concern military leaders in Iraq and homeland security officials here that terrorists could use the high-quality images to plan attacks on US interests, notes Washington Post columnist Al Kamen. Kamen notes: U.S. military officers in Iraq -- and...
- Blog posts 2005-09-21
- Riding the open standards wave to lower costs
- Riding the open standards wave to lower costsOpen Standard ?Since when did Linux becomes an Open Standard ? I don't recall any standard body overseeing it. Last I heard, it is still up to Mr. Linus to decided WHAT goes into the final Kernal and what doesn't. ...
- Discussion threads 2003-10-16
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