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"Personal Flight Systems (PFS) has recently been awarded the patent for personal flight using ion electronic air propulsion - a clean technology that has none of the dangerous explosive risks inv

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"...the discovery that a single protein can inhibit aging holds implications for human longevity and for treatment of some of the world's most feared diseases."

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"There's a new wrinkle in the argument over patenting life: can you patent synthetic life?"

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"...at the first sign of danger, the transducers could be activated with the flick of a switch. They would vibrate the fluid, increasing its overall stiffness and boosting the protective strength

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"How would you like to watch a television screen that is also soft and pleasant to the touch? Welcome to Furry TV." By the love of all that is good and right, may this never make it into pro

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"Sticking to an exercise regime is always easier if there's some sort of reward or punishment involved. Well, Sony Ericsson reckons that a phone or PDA could provide just the right incentive.&quo

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"So for the 3 weeks or so before the forgers can find a way around this technique I guess they’ll have to rely on ripping off the thousands of companies who don’t immediately adopt this printing

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Here's a novelty - Michael Crichton talking sense, in this case about genetic patenting. Guess technophobes can come in handy occasionally.

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"Thanks to a patent the USPTO granted to Amazon [on] Tuesday [...] showing you images of pages from a book you've purchased may someday trigger a patent infringement lawsuit." Crafty.

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"High-velocity ice bullets could someday be used to weld everything from car parts to industrial components. The trick could provide an alternative to heat, electric arcs or bulky hydraulics for

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"For more than 30 years, patent sleuth Barry Fox has trawled the US patent applications for New Scientist. Here we provide a round-up of his most interesting, surprising and sometimes alarming, d

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"The soles of his new shoes have several hollow bladders, connected via narrow tubes, and filled with a deformable and electrically-activated liquid – such as an ester or amide of a phosphorous-b

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"They're writing patents that cover broad, general topics that totally unrelated ideas can be described as infringing -- and which can then be used to set up toll booths to slow down innovation.&

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"The burger company says owning the 'intellectual property rights' would help its hot deli sandwiches look and taste the same at all of its restaurants." This patents business is getting rid

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"Conventional tags get their power from a radio signal transmitted by a reader. The new tags will instead draw power from a laser beam produced by a reader, a photocell on top of the tag converti

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"Well, we don't really have a whole lot to tell you, but our pals at the Federal Communications Commission have all but confirmed the existence of what appears to be the new Nokia internet tablet

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"Simply gather together a stack of magnetrons ripped out of consumer microwave ovens, and lock their output together so that they combine into one coherent beam." Patent application now live

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" ... a prototype in which humans can use their feet in order to mimic cursor movements more traditionally handled by the keyboard's right-hand man." Good call.

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"Having trouble remembering your computer passwords? Perhaps you would find it easier to remember shapes instead." I *so* need this to get off the ground, I hate having to remember passwords

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Another day, another poorly-thought-through patent. Yay.

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