Kodak scientist, inventor of Bayer filter, dies
(AP)—A retired Kodak scientist and the inventor of a widely used color filter array that bears his name has died. Bryce Bayer was 83.
Nov 23, 2012
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Researchers use 'digits' to change the channel
A team of inventors from across Europe have done away with traditional remotes and have developed a sensor about the size of a wrist watch which is able to track the 3D movement of the hand and allows the ...
Nov 08, 2012
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Microsoft applies for patent on technology to count users watching streamed content
(Phys.org)—Microsoft Corporation has applied for a patent on new technology that would use a Kinect-like device to count and even perhaps identify people as they watch streamed content. Its purpose would ...
Nov 07, 2012
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Wireless networks and security expert develops app to improve driving
You are driving along the interstate when your foot depresses the gas pedal. Almost immediately, a disembodied female voice from the smart phone on the center console beside you warns: "Sudden accelerate. ...
Nov 01, 2012
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Marblar site seeks to clickstart science uses
(Phys.org)—"That's a cool lab trick but what's its purpose?" Marblar wants to tease out great answers from those who log in to participate. With prizes, points and kudos in the mix. Marblar is a new web site that aims to ...
Oct 23, 2012
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Israeli inventor has backers for cardboard bicycle
(Phys.org)—Don't tell Izhar Gafni that a bicycle can't be made of cardboard. An Israeli engineer working in industrial design, he was always fascinated by the potential that comes from the interplay of ...
Oct 17, 2012
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'Molecular beacons' light up stem cell transformation
(Phys.org)—A novel set of custom-designed "molecular beacons" allows scientists to monitor gene expression in living populations of stem cells as they turn into a specific tissue in real-time. The technology, ...
Sep 11, 2012
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Physician, glove thyself: Med Sensation has exam tool (w/ Video)
(Phys.org)—An effort by two engineers and a medical student has resulted in a second glove prototype designed so that doctors can use it as enhanced data. The idea is to enable doctors to quantify touch, ...
Aug 31, 2012
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Professor on quest for India's hidden inventors
(AP) — It's 43 degrees Celsius (110 F), and Prof. Anil Gupta has been hiking the scorched plains of central India for hours. But he smiles widely as he enters a tiny village in search of another unsung ...
Jul 29, 2012
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Manipulating tiny animals with sound waves: Researchers develop a new kind of 'tweezers'
By using sound waves to push and pull matter like science fiction tractor beams, scientists have developed "acoustic tweezers" that can manipulate blood cells and microscopic worms on a platform the size of ...
Jun 26, 2012
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US inventor claims design for BP well cap stolen
(AP) — An inventor claims his design was the basis for the cap used to choke off the flow of oil to the Gulf of Mexico nearly three months after BP's undersea well blew in 2010. And he says it was stolen.
Jun 20, 2012
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Internet rights champions call for US patent reform
Internet rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Tuesday launched a campaign to reform the US patent system, which it argued has been "weaponized" to attack inventors.
Jun 19, 2012
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Google cleared in Oracle suit on patents (Update)
Google won a major victory Wednesday as jurors sided with the Internet giant in a high-stakes court battle over patents with business software titan Oracle.
May 23, 2012
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Gov. mistakenly says Facebook invented in Calif.
(AP) -- Apparently, California Gov. Jerry Brown forgot to rent "The Social Network."
May 18, 2012
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A physicist and an inventor
As a boy growing up in Croatia, Marin Soljacic wanted to be an inventor. But he wasn’t interested only in designing new products; he wanted to discover physical phenomena that would enable completely ...
May 14, 2012
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