PTO 101 worst management Practices. Workers bilked the government of millions by playing hooky, watchdog finds – The Washington Post

ByBizMan

Patent office workers bilked the government of millions by playing hooky, watchdog finds – The Washington Post: The USPTO wins, hands down. They have implemented 101 of the all time worst management practices, all at one time. It may be worthy of a method patent application since no one has ever considered implementing all know mis-management practices at once in one organization. In reading the Washington Post article by Lisa Rein, you move from groan…

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ipZine: The world’s first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike

BySustainMe

ipZine: The world’s first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike: This posted over at ipZine. ( The world’s first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike: ) Even cooler than the Segway, and multiple times as functional. Give a look at this YikeBike. When you see this bike, you will say Yikes! It is reminisce of the old High Wheeler bikes with the monster wheel in front, and no gears (1-speed). But with a twist. The question to ask…

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The world's first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike

ByBizMan

The world’s first super light folding electric bike | YikeBike: Even cooler than the Segway, and multiple times as functional. Give a look at this YikeBike. When you see this bike, you will say Yikes! It is reminisce of the old High Wheeler bikes with the monster wheel in front, and no gears (1-speed). But with a twist. The question to ask is this new bike a true invention? Is it innovation? Or is it both? It…

2015 Earth fails another annual physical. Ugly Temp Rise!:-(

BySustainMe

BAMS State of the Climate | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as National Climatic Data Center (NCDC): State of the Climate: Earth fails another annual physical. Or, maybe better stated, human activity resulted in another horrible annual reading of Earths temps. Beyond time to move Earth from a Private room to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Unfortunately, 2015 blasted past all records set in 2014. The El Nino effect help somewhat, and…

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Outa Time, the tic-toc of Intel and modern computing.

ByDel Phi

Ed Jordan’s dissertation research looked at the future of computing. He was inspired by the thought that Gordon’s law (Moore’s law) of computing — 18 months to double speed (and halve price) — was about to break down because of the limitations of silicon chips as the go below the 14 manometer level. Since Intel lives and dies based on the silicon chip, his research was really a story into the future. When will the…

Stronger Chinese Patent Laws Also Help U.S. Companies – WSJ

ByBizMan

Stronger Chinese Patent Laws Also Help U.S. Companies – WSJ: China is blasting past the USA in the patent world. They have already been the most busy patent office in the world for several years. But now they are the office with the most issued patents: 359,000 issues, up 45% from 2014. WoW! And we, in the USA are down 1% to below 300k. Interesting that they pay up to $4,500 (30,000 yuan) for patents….