SU Labs | Singularity University:
Check out Singularity University… Exponential growth in information and technologies.
Here is the introduction of the Singularity University at the TED conference by Ray Kurzweil in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMYVH-hBGWg
Very cool
This is interesting changes in technologies and technologies.
BP to Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Spill Claims http://www.wsj.com/articles/bp-agrees-to-pay-18-7-billion-to-settle-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-claims-1435842739 Put a huge amount of the BP litigation behind it. This would be the same as all the profits that the company has made since 2012. However the payment schedule is 1.1 million dollars per year. Yes, BP was pretty irresponsible back then. But it still makes one wonder what if it were not such a big company that can afford to make…
Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up. There has…
For decades Monsanto has enjoyed Intellectual Property (IP) protection on both sides of the plant-agro business. The dominant herbicide in the world, RoundUP, and the Genetically Engineered (GE or GMO) crops that shrug off the active ingredient – glyphosate – in RoundUp. Patented Product (herbicide) that relies on Patented Products (GE crops) Monsanto started using their glyphosate product in the 1970’s, a product that would become widely marketed under the branded and trademarked name of…
April 22, 2025 marks the 55th Earth Day. That’s 55 years since millions first took to the streets in 1970 to demand a cleaner, more just, and more sustainable future. But this year, we don’t just mark the day—we recommit to the journey. From Sustainability to Regeneration Sustainability was the starting point. But sustaining broken systems is no longer enough. We need to regenerate—our ecosystems, our communities, and our approach to progress. That’s the heart…
No PTA For Divisional Application | PharmaPatents: When does a 20 year patent turn out to be more than a 20 year patent… Patent Term Adjustments. Okay, so under certain situations, an extension can be requested to the 20 years that the US has for patent applications after 1995. The idea is that for such applications as pharma the long lead time in all approvals through the PTO and the FDA and more… can significantly…
Iris: Setting up a smart home gets a whole lot easier. This helps to monitor the home energy use as a kind of side benefit. One of the advantages of doing this security and home management stuff yourself (DIY) is that the likelihood of actually utilizing it, and utilizing it well increases. The cost is about $10 per month for more services and longer record times, however? This probably can’t replace the home monitoring system…
