Should Monsanto own patent rights on the elements of life? – Los Angeles Times: Few people realize how patent intensive the food industry has become. The top 10 seed companies account for 2/3 of all seeds sold. A huge % of the seed sold are patented. Wow! “Over an 11-year period, the cost per acre of planting soybeans has risen a dramatic 325%.” Ouch!…BUT if the yield is improved, then the added cost to sow…
Top 15 drug patent losses for 2013 – FiercePharma: In the usual search of the BIG patents that are about to drop off the cliff, it is always fun to see what comes up. This is a great assessment of the 2013 Patent Cliff. Wanna see what’s in store for the the next 4-5 years check out this report and forecast for pharma patents through 2018 by EvaluatePharma: http://www.evaluatepharma.com/worldpreview2018.aspx Just reviewing the past couple years you…
IBM is again the patent king with the most patents issued. Now just under 6,500 issued in a single year. That’s issued, not applications.IBM •Celebrated 101 years since its first patent •In 2012 was its 20th year as most US patents •In 2012 received 6,478 patents! (not applications!) •Spent $6B on R&D … roughly $1m per patent. •IBM makes $1B+ per year on IP sales/licensing!=> That is almost pure profit$! This is a fun article about the big…
Raspberry Pi RC Race Car Is Controlled With Cheese | Wired Design | Wired.com: Okay. You’ll have to read this by yourself. This combines the basics of an RC race care and a little bit of ingenuity in the controller… If you are looking for the food to integrate into your controller system, then cheese is the food that aims to please. I remember the day when food and drink were not the topic ingredients…
Asus and Leap Motion Bring Minority Report-Style Gestures to Life | Gadget Lab | Wired.com: Wow, look at this. Now ASUS is powering up with this really cool gesture input device. It could make the Kinect from Microsoft antiquated/obsolete? It tracks within 1/100th of a mil.! Wow.As an electro-techno-junkie… You gotta get that!… Games are certainly gonna want it. Note the preorder. ‘via Blog this’
Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers | David Gaughran: The (self) publishing business is pretty ugly, just like the inventor help business. Let’s take ’em for all they’ve got! When I read of this press announcement the other day, a flurry of questions flittered through my mind. And now that we have the skinny on it, hope that the warnings raised here by David twitter through cyberspace. “So crooked they can’t…
