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Tele-Visionaries: The People Behind the Invention of Television (IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series)

John Wiley & Sons, 2005

An insider's view into the birth and evolution of television

The engineers and scientists who participated in the invention of television never dreamed of the staggering impact that it would have on society and culture. They were simply trying to bring moving pictures into America's living rooms.

Tele-Visionaries: The People Behind...

How to Value Your Business and Increase Its Potential

McGraw-Hill, 2003

How to Value Your Business and Increase Its Potential takes the complex ideas of value and valuation and places them in terms that virtually all business owners can understand and profit from. Whether you are curious about the monetary value of the business you've created and built, or looking for little-known tips and techniques that will...

Modern Cryptography: Protect Your Data with Fast Block Ciphers

A-LIST Publishing, 2003

This book gives a general picture of modern cryptography. At the same time, it covers specific issues related to developing fast block ciphers using software and/or hardware implementation in a way that is easily understandable to a wide circle of readers. The material dedicated to the meaning of cryptography in informational society, two-key...

Intellectual Property in Academia: A Practical Guide for Scientists and Engineers

CRC Press, 2011

Given the increasing role of intellectual property (IP) in academic research, it is important for academic scientists to gain greater awareness and knowledge of the various issues involved with IP resulting from their research and inventions. In addition, the line between academic and industrial research has been blurred, and a large amount...

Make: Paper Inventions: Machines that Move, Drawings that Light Up, and Wearables and Structures You Can Cut, Fold, and Roll

Maker Media, Inc, 2015

Paper is amazing stuff. It's cheap, easy to use, and easy to recycle. It's lightweight and easy to cut or tear--but incredibly strong when folded, layered, or rolled. It can stand stiff as a board, pop up like a spring, or hang softly like a silk scarf. It's disposable, but it can last for centuries. Its surface can be...

Curious Folks Ask: 162 Real Answers on Amazing Inventions, Fascinating Products, and Medical Mysteries

FT Press, 2010

“Dr. Seethaler has written an excellent book for any interested student of science. She answers great questions about the world around us in this fascinating book. As a high school science teacher, I encounter many of these from my own students. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who has pondered...

Innovate the Future: A Radical New Approach to IT Innovation

Prentice Hall, 2010

A Proven, Step-by-Step Method for Consistently Creating Revolutionary Products, Services, and Processes

When it comes to entering, creating, or dominating markets, disruptive innovation is the most powerful tool you have. Unfortunately, most companies find...

Computers and Productivity: How Firms Make a General Purpose Technology Work

Physica-Verlag, 2005

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) create potentials for considerable productivity gains and for higher economic growth. However, ICTs also pose varied challenges to firms in order to benefit from these potentials. Highlighting the importance of innovations, firm-sponsored training, and recruitment of high-skilled workers, this...

Cognitively Informed Systems: Utilizing Practical Approaches to Enrich Information Presentation and Transfer

Idea Group Publishing, 2006

We dance around in a circle and suppose, while the secret sits in the middle and knows. (Frost, 1971)

It is the laborious life of scientific research that requires us to continually presume, then find support for our presumptions, which either stand the test of time or fall prey to falsifying evidence only to be replaced by new ideas and...

Strategic Patent Planning For Software Companies

Althos Publishing, 2004

This report discusses the current status of international patent protection with regard to computer-implemented inventions, explains why relying on copyright is inadequate, and discusses how software patents promote innovation.

Strategic Patent Planning for Software Companies looks at the current patent and licensing strategies...

Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series)

Nomad Press, 2006

From armored tanks and gliders to "plastic glass" and drawing machines, this interactive book explores the incredible mind of Leonardo da Vinci through hands-on building projects and activities. Most of Leonardo's inventions were never made in his lifetime and remained sketches in his famous notebooks; kids examine some of these...

Patent Law for Computer Scientists: Steps to Protect Computer-Implemented Inventions

Springer, 2010

Patent laws are different in many countries, and inventors are sometimes at a loss to understand which basic requirements should be satisfied if an invention is to be granted a patent. This is particularly true for inventions implemented on a computer. While roughly a third of all applications (and granted patents) relate, in one way or another,...

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