Monthly Archives: June 2010
IP in 3D Printing
This article looks at IP in low cost 3D printing from the UK perspective. The upshot is, as long as you are not aiming to sell 3D printers and you aren’t trying to sell copyright or trademark-protected objects without permission, … Continue reading
Empathy and Innovation
Thought this piece by Dev Patnaik is an interesting development of the idea of empathy in design. How do we build a limbic system for innovation in a university world dominated by process-bound technology administration? One way is to allocate … Continue reading
AUTM Finds Itself North of the DMZ
If we look at AUTM as a membership organization, where the dues are largely paid on behalf of the members by their employers, and ask what positions it has taken recently, we find that overwhelming those positions are with policies … Continue reading
Rejecting Foreign Assistance, Too
Here is another article showing why the US is rejecting foreign assistance. And here’s a piece discussing how adding a criminal investigation will make it harder to try anything at all! A federal panel could gatekeep to say: here is … Continue reading
Gatekeeper Dysfunction and the Second Amendment
ThinkProgress reports that Don Abrams of OilSpillVolunteers.com has compiled a list of nearly 8000 volunteers, many with significant expertise in oil spills, hazmat, and the like. BP hasn’t contacted any of them. Of course there are many experts available and … Continue reading
Gulf Commons
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be now 100m gallons and is a decade or worse-class disaster. The question arises whether university research has anything to contribute to mitigate the adverse effects of the spill. One would … Continue reading
Baird Asks a Key Question
Brian Baird (Washington 3d District) made some important contributions to the House Science and Technology subcommittee hearings last Thursday. His challenge for university research is that bright people too often end up doing meaningless things. Baird asks, “Isn’t there a … Continue reading
House Hearing
The House Committee on Science & Technology subcommittee on Research and Science Education held a hearing this morning. The charge document is here.
Science and Alchemy
Both chemistry and alchemy involve “research”. Both can be referenced to markets. Perhaps it’s all good, even if there’s no science involved. There’s a claim that science is progressive, cumulative, self-critiquing, and given to a kind of Schumpeterian self-dismantling based … Continue reading
The Best Discussion
Best Linkedin discussion of tech transfer these days is at the SpinOut group.