A number of people have commented about a recent story on Andre Geim, the inventor of graphene and new Nobel Laureate in physics, and his decision to not pursue a patent. One widely read recent tweet linked to a discussion on Slashdot that allegedly “Puts the lie to the claim that patents help small inventors.”…
What most companies don’t know about using low-cost intellectual asset strategies pdma Visions Magazine, October 2010
Innovationedge is pleased to be playing a role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship for chemical engineers at the AIChE 2010 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. On Wednesday, Nov. 10, Innovationedge’s Jeff Lindsay will chair a session featuring four outstanding speakers on topics that should be of interest to many chemical engineers. If you are…
Facial recognition systems are not new, but you may be surprised at how far the technology has come over the past decade. A facial recognition system is a computer application that verifies a person’s identity from his or her digital image. That image can be your driver’s license, a single frame from a store’s surveillance…
Here’s a trend that I find interesting: The ability to purchase gold through ATM-like machines branded Gold To Go. We first saw these machines appear this spring in Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace Hotel and in Germany. I remember wondering about the kind of investors who would seek out these machines. As it turns out, the…
Cheryl Perkins will present the following session at Georgia Institute of Technology’s FutureMedia Fest 2010 at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2010: Collaborative Experiences Creating Business Value Opening up organizations to outside ideas has led to commercial success for many organizations. Innovation in the social and mobile media space has relied heavily on innovation…
Thanks to our phones, we’re becoming tightly drawn together as a global society. With half a billion users on Facebook and nearly as many on Twitter, our humanity and the way we connect is undergoing a seismic shift. Some predict that Google and Bing will no longer be our favorite search engine sites. Instead Twitter…
Innovationedge President, Cheryl Perkins, will present at the Consumer Goods Growth & Innovation Forum at 10:55 a.m. on September 23, 2010 in Miami Beach, FL. Cheryl will moderate the General Session “Developing Leadership & Talent” Moderator: Cheryl Perkins, President, InnovationEdge Panelists: 1. Bennett L. Brenton, Chief Innovation Officer, Snap-on Incorporated 2. Barry Calpino, Vice President,…
Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent: Cheryl Perkins, InnovationEdge By Cheryl Perkins, President, Innovationedge LLC More and more companies are facing talent management challenges. Downsizing, the aging of the workforce and the ongoing retirement of resources with years of institutional knowledge are making it even harder for them to have the right people, with the right…
Apple’s commercial success has often been linked to its intellectual property. Today IP and apples’ success is in the news again–the other apple, the kind you eat. The story involves the theme of tension about the way universities pursue technology transfer. The story begins with the University of Minnesota and their agricultural research that led…
