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Federal Circuit Summary
Before Newman, O’Malley, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: When resolving an obviousness... Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced approval of Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for certain diabetes patients. ... Read More »
Written by Scott R. Seeley and Andrea Cheek
The Federal Circuit upheld an IPR final written decision by the PTAB holding that MindGeek’s claims were... Read More »
The iPhone 5 debuted this week, causing underwhelmed responses to the latest toy from Cupertino. As the first big iPhone release since the death of Steve Jobs, Apple... Read More »
A team of engineers at Stanford University, in new research published in the Journal of Applied Physics Letters, have reported the development of a tiny... Read More »
The dominant method for evaluating rust characteristics of a metal in a certain environment is dead simple. Museums keen on the condition of their metal artworks, for ... Read More »
Nearly 300 million people worldwide live with diabetes, and regular testing is a crucial part of many of their lives. Purdue university researcher Jonathan Claussen... Read More »
A wristwatch-like device that measures a person’s “bioimpedance” helps nurses and doctors
keep patient’s identity straight. Developed by... Read More »
Soon, household users will be able to remotely control household appliances via their smartphone or PC. The Internet-enabled power outlet that supports the new IPv6... Read More »
A tiny vibrating cantilever sensor could soon help doctors and field clinicians quickly detect harmful toxins. The list includes bacteria certain types of cancer from ... Read More »
International European researchers from the NanoBioTact and NanoBioTouch projects have created a sensitive artificial finger. The goal of these projects is to improve ... Read More »
Pre Show
It’s opening night and the show is about to begin. The performers are warming up, getting ready for the spectacle of a lifetime. Google, Amazon... Read More »
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Daniel PorterLooks like NYC is stepping up it's Wifi game above ground, too: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/07/11/nyc-wifi-hotspots-hit-streets/
Jul 12, 2012
A short update this week, here's a rundown of what's been drawing attention and making headlines.
Patents, patents, patents
I should start by wishing... Read More »
Beaming 2.5 terabytes per second across a meter of air, an international team of researchers has cracked large scale wireless transmitting. The group managed the feat by ... Read More »
When purchasing a digital camera, one important measurement is the number of pixels on the camera's sensor. Historically, this is measured in megapixels, or... Read More »
Robots now have the sense of touch, thanks to University of Southern California researchers Jeremy Fishel and Gerald Loeb. The robotic fingers are modeled after our... Read More »
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Ann ConkleSeems like programming these robots to detect textures humans prefer would be relatively simple compared to the other complex tasks they have already accomplished. Very exciting work!
Jun 21, 2012
Among technology's previous generation of Next Big Things, we heard a lot of talk about the potential of NFC (Near-Field Communication). Smartphone manufacturers... Read More »
A team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken steps to ensure a powerful color-based imaging technique performs as well when discerning... Read More »
Granular materials -- flour, sand, mortar -- exhibit peculiar behavior. Not quite solid and not liquid, you can pile these materials just as easily as you can pour them. ... Read More »
A critical step in preventing the spread of influenza virus must be effective detection, but current methods are generally too costly or too cumbersome. Brown professor... Read More »