Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services.
The future holds good news for those who like to remain comfortable. Recent technological developments in the air-conditioning climate control industry indicate that society is in for some slightly more environmentally responsible, financially savvy, air conditioning in the future. Most of our current air conditioners use refrigerants in order to operate. However, these involve high…
I truly love my career – well, most of the time and in most aspects of it anyway. I enjoy the thrills of running my own consultancy firm and being in command of my destiny – even when (perhaps especially when) I need to react to the unexpected. It seems that I am at my…
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Simplicity – we know it when we see it — but what is it, exactly? In this witty and entertaining talk, George Whitesides, Chemist and pioneer in microfabrication and nanoscale self-assembly, shares his thoughts and vision for a world in which health tests can be administered at almost no to little cost in developing countries….
New electric car innovations are changing the way we thing about vehicles – how they are designed and specifically how they are manufactured. But due to certain limits and possibilities associated with electric propulsion, it isn’t clear which technologies will lead. However, one group of engineers are pioneering the way forward, with what they call…
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Having RAW data available at your fingertips is a very powerful tool, it can change lives for the better. Tim Berners-Lee explains the endless possibilities and encourages us to get involved in this trend at his TED talk called “raw data now”. Tim explores a few interesting results, of when government, scientists, institutions and even communities…
There’s a massive debate going on in the medical world, with regards to the BRCA patent. Many claim that the two gene patents, unlawfully stifle both innovation and basic science. But given the history of patent rulings in America, that has been a fringe argument—until now. Federal district court judge Robert Sweet in New York made a ruling…
