Patents traditionally have been perceived as the domain of industry and basic science the province of academia. Some separation of basic intellectual and commercial interest is desirable, but when ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 'The Dying Tecumseh,' a marble sculpture at the Smithsonian, depicts the Shawnee leader in a ...
Lonnie Johnson, NASA engineer and inventor of the best-selling water toy the Super Soaker, sits with his prototype and his patent. A curiosity of the innovation ecosystem is that while inventors are ...
September 25, 2023 - Should patent law permit an AI system to be named as an inventor on a patent? The question remains a hot topic, even though every international patent office and court has ...
Image Credit: Unknown author - CC BY-SA 4.0/Wiki Commons. Imagine what life would be like without your phone, the internet, or even something as simple as electricity. It’s hard to picture, right? We ...
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Remember the name Ethan Moore as he could become the next Thomas Edison. “I’m going to be a scientist when I grow up,” said Moore, who is only 7-years-old but already understands the science of ...
Paul Marks’s story about the imposition of patent prohibition orders struck a painful chord (9 July, p 24). Because the principal activity of my company is the development of equipment for defusing ...
MT. COMFORT — An ocean scientist or a space scientist – Hamza Housseyni isn’t quite sure what he wants to be when he grows up. But entrepreneur might be in his future too, thanks to hands-on learning ...
Author Suhani Dalela (center) with a team of classmates and fellow inventors. Photo courtesy of the author ...what Invention Convention values is the hard work put into the process that results in a ...
To U.S. scientists, the turning point of World War II was March 20, 1943. That was the day that U-boat sinkings began to sag like a beaten fighter. Bigger and bloodier battles have since been—and are ...