In the world of IP, there is a list of questions that never seem to be answered to the satisfaction of all particularly when there is generational change in who is running the corporation. Foremost among the questions is what is the revenue per patent and is it worth the time, energy and resources that must be applied not only for a patent but protect in the marketplace from infringement that may result in costly litigation. IAM presents 20 corporations with extensive patent portfolios and the revenues per patent at http://www.iam-media.com/blog/detail.aspx?g=d37195bc-4870-406d-81cc-f9e74c6e17b8. Among the points worth noting is that Apple has the least number of patents among the 20, but blows all away in the revenue it realizes for each patent.
All of those listed make sizable revenues. It is clear that the effort to patent from beginning to end is of demonstrable value to the corporation.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Prepare to have your mind blown as bridge is 3D-printed over Dutch canal - AOL.com
Prepare to have your mind blown as bridge is 3D-printed over Dutch canal - AOL.com:
Like (printing) a bridge over troubled waters.
There's some really KQQL additions in this technology. First, it is thinking outta the box. Taking the printer out of the box allows it to build endlessly using robot technology.
So the plan is to build the bridge as you go.
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Like (printing) a bridge over troubled waters.
There's some really KQQL additions in this technology. First, it is thinking outta the box. Taking the printer out of the box allows it to build endlessly using robot technology.
So the plan is to build the bridge as you go.
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Monday, June 15, 2015
First Solar Achieves World Record 18.6 % Thin Film Module Conversion Efficiency | Business Wire
First Solar Achieves World Record 18.6 % Thin Film Module Conversion Efficiency | Business Wire:
Wow.
The technology is really moving up. FirstSolar's thin film is really working its way up. That means you can produce more power with a smaller foot print. Or produce much more power with a bigger footprint.
Very cool to see solar gaining on wind (and, of course, non-renewable sources of power).
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Wow.
The technology is really moving up. FirstSolar's thin film is really working its way up. That means you can produce more power with a smaller foot print. Or produce much more power with a bigger footprint.
Very cool to see solar gaining on wind (and, of course, non-renewable sources of power).
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Miami No. 2 in startup activity, Kauffman report says | Miami Herald Miami Herald
Miami No. 2 in startup activity, Kauffman report says | Miami Herald Miami Herald:
This is a very interesting, but telling report.
Miami is way up there in startups, about 250 per 100,000 people. Cleveland, not so much so, with less that 100 per.
It is a little surprising that Orlando fell 12 ranks down to 33rd. Makes you wonder if it is Orlando losing ground or other metros gaining very rapidly. I would guess mostly the latter.
I'm sure this also has a lot to do with how mature in the turn-around from recession each area is as well.
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This is a very interesting, but telling report.
Miami is way up there in startups, about 250 per 100,000 people. Cleveland, not so much so, with less that 100 per.
It is a little surprising that Orlando fell 12 ranks down to 33rd. Makes you wonder if it is Orlando losing ground or other metros gaining very rapidly. I would guess mostly the latter.
I'm sure this also has a lot to do with how mature in the turn-around from recession each area is as well.
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Thursday, May 28, 2015
Nation’s Startup Activity Reverses Five-Year Downward Trend, Annual Kauffman Index Reports | Kauffman.org
Nation’s Startup Activity Reverses Five-Year Downward Trend, Annual Kauffman Index Reports | Kauffman.org:
Business Startups are up.
That's great. Entrepreneurship and new business formation is a great advantage to the economy.
The olde adage: the worst time to start a business is at the onset of a recession. The correlate to that is: the best time to start a business is at the end of a recession. Well, it has taken 6 years but the end of the Great Recession has finally past. Those people who had jobs didn't want to give them up. Now maybe they are willing to step out on their own. Those people who didn't have jobs, may have formed companies out of necessity, not out of strength.
It is interesting that 63% of the new startups were by men. Part of that would be because of the rebound in construction and factories where men dominate. But also, women are generally more risk averse than men. Maybe they will just take another year of healthy economy before they take the plunge.
Minorities, especially Hispanics were up. Blacks and whites, not so much so.
They are saying that 3 out of every 1,000 adults started a business in 2014. That must be annually. (Something said monthly which seems very high; that would be 3.6 out of 100.)
No matter the number, better and more quality businesses that survive and thrive is always better than a large number of startups when most of them fail.
It is always good to see strong healthy signs of progress in an economy that is sputtering a bit.
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Business Startups are up.
That's great. Entrepreneurship and new business formation is a great advantage to the economy.
The olde adage: the worst time to start a business is at the onset of a recession. The correlate to that is: the best time to start a business is at the end of a recession. Well, it has taken 6 years but the end of the Great Recession has finally past. Those people who had jobs didn't want to give them up. Now maybe they are willing to step out on their own. Those people who didn't have jobs, may have formed companies out of necessity, not out of strength.
It is interesting that 63% of the new startups were by men. Part of that would be because of the rebound in construction and factories where men dominate. But also, women are generally more risk averse than men. Maybe they will just take another year of healthy economy before they take the plunge.
Minorities, especially Hispanics were up. Blacks and whites, not so much so.
They are saying that 3 out of every 1,000 adults started a business in 2014. That must be annually. (Something said monthly which seems very high; that would be 3.6 out of 100.)
No matter the number, better and more quality businesses that survive and thrive is always better than a large number of startups when most of them fail.
It is always good to see strong healthy signs of progress in an economy that is sputtering a bit.
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Sunday, May 17, 2015
Intel science winners... cool inventions... and patents
Meet the teen who just won $75,000 for inventing a system to keep germs from spreading on airplanes http://wapo.st/1d3L2Eo
Wang, the young winner, created a way to give everyone on an airplane their own space, with kind of air walls around them.
His simulation shows a 55 times reduction in the air transmittable diseases. The retrofit for an existing airplane? It takes one evening and cost a whopping $1000! With the reduction in sick time, the airlines will make it back from employees in one single trip.
And what does Wang want to do when he grows up? He wants to go to college and study engineering and business!
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Moore’s Law Shows Its Age - WSJ:
Moore’s Law Shows Its Age - WSJ:
This is a great story of 50 years of computing with geometric growth in speed and halfing price of costs.
Of course the cost of a factory has gotten a little bit pricey!...
Here is a sister article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-promise-at-technologys-powerful-heart-1429310535?KEYWORDS=moore%27s+law
There are some physical limitations that really kick is as very small levels, say 12 nanometers. Getting smaller at that point is no longer as "easy" as it has been.
Many people think that Moore's Law is going to Peter out. Other's like Ed Jordan (2010) in a Delphi Study found that the technology will likely need to change in the future. That the limitations of silicon will require a move to other technologies to reach that next BIG jump in smallness.
Jordan's 2010 study of computing technology experts found that,
Hall and Jordan (2013) talk about the next big leap in computing technologies and what impact that will have for computing intensive companies and those companies that make computing products.
It seems like about 50 years since we have had a truly disruptive technology innovation!...
Well, maybe 3-D printing... We will see.
References
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This is a great story of 50 years of computing with geometric growth in speed and halfing price of costs.
Of course the cost of a factory has gotten a little bit pricey!...
Here is a sister article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-promise-at-technologys-powerful-heart-1429310535?KEYWORDS=moore%27s+law
There are some physical limitations that really kick is as very small levels, say 12 nanometers. Getting smaller at that point is no longer as "easy" as it has been.
Many people think that Moore's Law is going to Peter out. Other's like Ed Jordan (2010) in a Delphi Study found that the technology will likely need to change in the future. That the limitations of silicon will require a move to other technologies to reach that next BIG jump in smallness.
Jordan's 2010 study of computing technology experts found that,
"a technology to replace silicon dioxide would most likely
emerge sometime during the next 30 years" likely within 15 years... "the emerging
technology would mostly likely be biologic, probably protein based." (Hall & Jordan, 2013, p. 110)
emerge sometime during the next 30 years" likely within 15 years... "the emerging
technology would mostly likely be biologic, probably protein based." (Hall & Jordan, 2013, p. 110)
Hall and Jordan (2013) talk about the next big leap in computing technologies and what impact that will have for computing intensive companies and those companies that make computing products.
It seems like about 50 years since we have had a truly disruptive technology innovation!...
Well, maybe 3-D printing... We will see.
References
Hall, E. B., & Jordan, E. A. (2013). Strategic and scenario planning using Delphi: Long-term and rapid planning utilizing the genius of crowds. In C. A. Lentz (Ed.), The refractive thinker: Vol. II. Research methodology (3rd Ed.). (pp. 103-123) Las Vegas, NV: The Refractive Thinker® Press.
Jordan, E. A. (2010). The semiconductor industry and emerging technologies: A study using a modified Delphi Method. (Document No. 3442759, University of Phoenix). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 184. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/853641948
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