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    Apr 22, 2013 |Story| S-S

  1. Head: Oakland Park students head to White House to showcase invention to President Obama

     
      Two students from Oakland Park’s Northeast High traveled to the third annual White House Science Fair on Monday to showcase their Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam project to President Obama.    According to a news release, the students were among...

    Tags: Intel Corp., Science, Politics, Scientific Invention, White House

    2. Apr 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Margaret Atwood connects across the lines

    <em>Atwood&nbsp;will appear at the Festival of Books in conversation with Michael Silverblatt at 11 a.m. on Saturday. More information: <a href="http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/" target="_self">latimes.com/festivalofbooks</a></em>
    Atwood will appear at the Festival of Books in conversation with Michael Silverblatt at 11 a.m. on Saturday. More information: latimes.com/festivalofbooks If you want a sense of how Margaret Atwood operates, you could do a lot worse than to watch her...

    Tags: Authors, Electronics, Literature, Arts and Culture, Canada

    3. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Prizing success in aerospace innovation

    The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity and innovation more than a combination of incentive and challenge: a reward for achievement, combined with the urgency of a dare to succeed and the reality that we must race against others. We are at our best when we compete.
    The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity...

    Tags: Labor Markets, Technology, Science, Air Transportation, University of Maryland, College Park

    4. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes

    WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them.
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...

    Tags: Judges, Medical Research, John G. Roberts, Jr., Science, Drugs and Medicines

    5. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Supreme Court seems opposed to granting patents on human genes

    WASHINGTON &mdash; The Supreme Court took up a deceptively simple question in a case brought by breast cancer patients and medical researchers: Are human genes patentable?
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court took up a deceptively simple question in a case brought by breast cancer patients and medical researchers: Are human genes patentable? The answer appeared to be "no" during Monday's oral arguments. The justices...

    Tags: Eryn Brown, Science, Pathology, Medical Specialization, Justice System

    6. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Supreme Court to consider validity of patents on genes

    WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal Monday from breast cancer patients and medical researchers who say the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a mistake when it granted a Utah company an exclusive right to profit from testing genes that signal a high risk of cancer.
    WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal Monday from breast cancer patients and medical researchers who say the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a mistake when it granted a Utah company an exclusive right to profit from testing genes...

    Tags: Judges, Drugs and Medicines, Biotechnology, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Specialization

    7. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The Supreme Court looks at gene patents, worries about biotech

    When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-supreme-court-patents-human-genes-20130415,0,2991661.story">whether genes could be patented</a>, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes cuts both ways, leading to a potential split among the justices.
    When the Supreme Court took up the question Monday of whether genes could be patented, the justices were clearly concerned about preserving innovation in medicine and biotechnology. But the issue presented by Myriad Genetics' patents on the BRCA genes...

    Tags: Medical Research, John G. Roberts, Jr., Science, Technology, Awards and Prizes

    8. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Who should own DNA? All of us

    Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so many of us are simply struggling to get by.
    Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money can seem painfully irrelevant, especially when so...

    Tags: Preventative Medicine, Polio, Politics, Biotechnology, Medical Specialization

    9. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| AM News

  9. Corning honored to be called 'disruptive'

    CORNING, N.Y. &mdash; Being called &ldquo;disruptive&rdquo; is a good thing for Harrodsburg&rsquo;s Corning plant.
    CORNING, N.Y. — Being called “disruptive” is a good thing for Harrodsburg’s Corning plant. The company says great innovators are willing to challenge traditional thought. They take chances. They try new methods. They invent...

    Tags: Science, Google Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, IBM

    10. Apr 7, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Groupon co-founder Keywell taping radio pilots

    Serial entrepreneur and Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell has begun taping pilots for a new 30-minute radio program he would host on WBEZ-FM 91.5, a public radio station. "It would be a Saturday morning show," said Jessica Malkin, executive director of...

    Tags: Radio Industry, Politics, Charlie Rose, Entertainment, Sales

    11. Mar 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. White House reiterates its support for cellphone unlocking. Now what?

    The White House drew plaudits from Internet advocacy groups Monday for supporting a petition to make cellphone unlocking legal. But consumers shouldn't get their hopes up about being free to use cheaper foreign SIM cards overseas or selling their unlocked...

    Tags: Marketing, Politics, Federal Communications Commission, PROTECT IP Act, Crime, Law and Justice

    12. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Genius on Hold': An inventor, his jewel thief son and Steve Jobs

    Most likely you've never heard of Walter L. Shaw. But it's just as likely that his inventions have been a regular part of your life.&nbsp;
    Most likely you've never heard of Walter L. Shaw. But it's just as likely that his inventions have been a regular part of your life.  Here are a few things Shaw invented: Call forwarding. Conference calling. Touch-tone dialing. The answering machine....

    Tags: FBI, Criminals, Steve Jobs, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

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