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What is the best age for innovation?
Apr 8, 2013
Are you more innovative in your 20s or your 50s? Tom Agan, managing partner at innovation and brand consultancy Rivia, has come up with answer that might surprise you.
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As the cellphone turns 40, the story behind the famous first call
Apr 4, 2013
40 years ago the cellphone was invented by Martin Cooper at Motorola, much to the dismay of a competing team at AT&T's Bell Labs.
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Patent race: Patent rules switch from first-to-invent to first-to-file
Mar 18, 2013
Monday is the first day on which patents will be awarded to the first filer of the patent not the first person to come up with an idea. Many worry this will favor applicants with big money behind them.
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Big prize if you invent a Star Trek tricorder
Jan 13, 2012
Live longer and prosper more
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IBM shows off new storage techniques
Jan 13, 2012
Zeros and ones packed into a handful of atoms.
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U.K. survey: iPhone more important invention than toilet
May 19, 2010
iPhone or washing machine? iPhone or space travel? iPhone or internal combustion engine? If you had to pick between the pairs, which would be the...
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