Vinyl: Old Format, New Spin
Reel-to-reel evolved from magnetic recording, developed by U.S. engineer Oberlin Smith in the late 1870s and demonstrated some 20 years later by Danish engineer Valdemar Poulsen.
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The Impact of Microchip Technology? Let Us Count the Ways
Microchip technology changed the world, spawned the electronic handheld calculator. The team of Jack Kilby, Jerry Merryman and James Van Tassel applied for a patent for the electronic handheld calculator in September 1967, revising it in 1971 and 1972 before the patent was granted in June 1974.
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Spinning the Inventor Roulette Wheel
Odds favor ‘the house’ in many ways but can’t stop our determination.
What affects the odds perhaps most of all is our approach to inventing.
Seniors’ Impact on Inventing Grows
Older innovators often have unique knowledge, foresight.
Within a couple of decades, older people are projected to outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history.
Intellectual Property Awareness Summit, November 29 at Columbia University
The term “Intellectual Property” can sound intimidating, but its essential concepts are quite...
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The Soul of Patents Can Be Creepy
In situations where robots replace employees, they won’t be raising ethical objections about company activities that track our every move.
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5 Inventor Traits To Eliminate Immediately
Most inventors are wonderful people, but I find that most, if not all, exhibit some traits that are holding them back from getting their products to market.
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When Interests and Egos Collide
This is a true story. And like many stories, it has a protagonist, (the main character, usually a hero) and an antagonist, (the purported villain who opposes the hero). It also has a third important character who slips in and out of the story as the super-villain.
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