Process of Invention

Dreaming the Possible Dream

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USA-centric but world important
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The thing I love most about America is that there’s always somebody who doesn’t get the word — somebody who doesn’t understand that in a Great Recession you’re supposed to hunker down, downsize and just hold on for dear life. I have a couple of [...]

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6 Months, $90,000 and (Maybe) a Great Idea

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THE print hanging behind the receptionist’s desk at Foundation Capital screams,
“Our greatest thrill is to loan you money” — in chunky, capitalized red letters. That’s encouraging news for Michael Bauer, because he wants money and has put himself in a prime position to get it.
Mr. Bauer has set up [...]

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Willow Garage offers free robots to researchers

Imagine if every time someone wanted to develop a new piece of software, they first had to design and build a computer to run it.
Not only would this greatly add to the time and expense required for software development, but it would also mean that all of us consumers would have [...]

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Synaptics debuts Fuse next-generation mobile phone concept

Last December, the world was introduced to the Synaptics Fuse, a new concept in mobile communications. The prototype smartphone is the result of a collaboration between Synaptics, Texas Instruments, Immersion, TheAlloy and The Astonishing Tribe (TAT). What makes this phone so special is its user/phone interface. It takes Synaptics’ pioneering [...]

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The Public Domain Manifesto

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Preamble
“Le livre, comme livre, appartient à l’auteur, mais comme pensée, il appartient—le mot n’est pas trop vaste—au genre humain. Toutes les intelligences y ont droit. Si l’un des deux droits, le droit de l’écrivain et le droit de l’esprit humain, devait être sacrifié, ce serait, certes, le droit de [...]

Tags: copyright protection, Democracy, free speech, james boyle, public domain, victor hugo
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