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		<title>A Patent Reality Check:  Litigation Not a Viable Revenue Source for Most Inventors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Patent Reality Check:  Litigation Not a Viable Revenue Source for Most Inventors: &#8221;

Many inventors have a distorted view of how they can profit from patents.

The ability of an intrepid inventor to strike it rich from a great idea seems to be embedded in the DNA of many Americans.  Perhaps this view emanates from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=599&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wolfram Alpha Homework Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wolfram Alpha team is having an event dedicated to showing how Wolfram&#124;Alpha, a groundbreaking free website, is a powerful new discovery and
learning tool for students, parents, and educators.
Some of the highlights planned for Homework Day, include:
* Several interactive segments where Stephen Wolfram and the
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		<title>Most Expensive Food in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Knowing how to eat right irrespective of the cost is the best way to keep healthy. Even astronomical prices grow fainter for someone with a gastronomical palate eager to savor mouth-watering delicacies. Check out some of the most expensive foods in the world.
1.Caviar
The most expensive caviar is a type of Iranian Beluga called Almas. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=594&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are You an Inventor or an Entrepreneur?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are You an Inventor or an Entrepreneur?: &#8220;
Being an entrepreneur has more to do with a state of mind than a state of employment.  And when you think of being an entrepreneur, it doesn&#8217;t just mean starting a company — I&#8217;ve started over half a dozen successful companies but have also brought my experience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=592&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation in Sound Masking: Toward a Cone of Silence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innovation in Sound Masking: Toward a Cone of Silence: &#8220;In &#8216;&#8216;Cone of Silence&#8217; Keeps Conversations Secret&#8216; at New Scientist, Paul Marks describes a recent MIT invention of a system that can direct noise toward nearby people to make it difficult to overhear a private conversation. It&#8217;s a step toward a functioning version of the &#8216;Cone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=590&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Recycling The Solution? Or Will Bioplastics Be The Answer? Let&#8217;s Look At The Economics Of Recycling.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Recycling The Solution? Or Will Bioplastics Be The Answer? Let&#8217;s Look At The Economics Of Recycling.: &#8220;
Recycling is probably the number one thing consumer relates directly to &#8216;Green.&#8217; People are trying to figure out what incentives are required fo rthe mass to adapt recycling. A company called GreenOps has developed a tracking system that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=588&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Herschel, First Light, and why it matters [Starts With A Bang]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herschel, First Light, and why it matters [Starts With A Bang]: &#8220;
First light is one of the most important tests of any new telescope.  It allows you to look at a well-known object, see if there are any problems with your telescope, and to get a small glimpse of how good your telescope is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=586&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 Questions Every Change Agent Must Answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 10 Questions Every Change Agent Must Answer: &#8220;
As leaders, we have no control over how fast markets grow or how wisely banks lend. But we do control our own mindsets and &#8216;animal spirits&#8216; — the phrase coined by John Maynard Keynes in the depth of the Great Depression. If all you&#8217;ve got is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=584&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q&#38;A with Clay Shirky on Twitter and Iran: &#8220;

NYU professor Clay Shirky gave a fantastic talk on new media during our TED@State event earlier this month. He revealed how cellphones, the web, Facebook and Twitter had changed the rules of the game, allowing ordinary citizens extraordinary new powers to impact real-world events. As protests in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=582&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Synthetic cells get together to make electronics</title>
		<link>http://theswarm.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/synthetic-cells-get-together-to-make-electronics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Synthetic cells get together to make electronics: &#8220;A network of artificial cells that work together to act as a rectifier (AC to DC converter) has been built by researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

(Nature)
Like real cells, the protocells are droplets of watery fluid enclosed in an oily membrane, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theswarm.wordpress.com&blog=42050&post=580&subd=theswarm&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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