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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 5d ago

A very nice review of Innovation and Nanotechnology

At the Librarian’s Review of Books: http://librariansreviewofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/koepsell-david-innovation-and.html It concludes: “Well-written, reasonably effectively-presented, given the complexity of its subject matters, and expertly-argued by a scholar, who focuses on interdisciplinary et
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 7M ago

Logic apparently off limits in the law

Recently, I was banned from IPWatchdog.com by its founder, Gene Quinn. At one time, I had posted there as a guest contributor on the issue of gene patents, but it became clear quickly that any amount of questioning or imposing … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 9M ago

Nanotech: around the corner?

I take great pains in Innovation and Nanotechnology to point out that the sci-fi vision of molecular nanotechnology is a long ways off. While the utopian visions of Drexler and Kurzweil are, I believe, ultimately achievable, MNT may never be … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 9M ago

Graphene: why you can legally make it from girl scout cookies

Graphene is a form of carbon that promises to be extremely useful in nanowares, being highly conductive, extremely flexible, and very strong. It is an atom-thick sheet of carbon, essentially the buckminsterfullerene molecule made two-dimensional. As I wrote about in … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 10M ago

MakerLegoBot – a project for the family in nanowares

I just ran into this wonderful tool that bridges the gap between toys and nanowares. It is a fully-functional lego-based MakerBot. It looks like it would be a wonderful way to demonstrate the joy of home-fabrication and the DIY mentality, … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 10M ago

Open source manufacturing: profitable and common

Those who object that the open source path to innovation is just giving away the store, and unprofitable, ignore the centuries of success and profitability of shunning expensive and unwieldy Intellectual Property schemes. The early car industry, as I and … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 10M ago

The duty to mod and make

The only way we are going to take control of our economy, and our places in it, is to become creative. Your ability to create is limited most by your capacities, and we must build upon our own capacities to … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 10M ago

Top Ten reasons why innovating and filing patents are not the same thing

Here’s an interesting list reported by Gene Quinn at IP Watchdog, it is the list of top-ten innovating countries this past year according to the Global Innovation Index: 1 Switzerland 2 Sweden 3 Singapore 4 Hong Kong (SAR) 5 Finland … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 11M ago

Well, now, that didn’t take long…

In my last post, I noted that the Shapeways website offers a new marketplace for inventors who want to sell 3D specs for others to replicate objects through 3D printing. Stephan Kinsella at C4sif.org now calls attention to an IP … Continue reading →
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Nanowares - David Koepsell, author · 11M ago

Now THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about!

In my new book, Innovation and Nanotechnology, I argue that new markets, not for things, but for models of things, will enable rapid distribution of ideas, and profiting without the need for IP. Apple’s AppStore, iTunes, and the previously black … Continue reading →
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