This document is intended to give a very brief overview of what patents are and what the process is to get one. In addition to this 5" booklet, there are additional presentation materials for the classroom and a quiz. |
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Cool Stuff  popcorn and a warm fire to support the innovation process. The result of all of this planning is a collaboration portal called the visionfactory Eco-System Builder or ESB. And, we selected the very first eco-systems to build: Mobile Applications and 3D Printing as a Service. This year's GURU camp out is September 19-20. To find out more, click here. Can We Make Things that Make Themselves?  MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly — the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us three in-the-lab projects that hint at what a self-assembling future might look like. Click on the picture to go to TED's website and view the presentation. |
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