Call for Abstracts - "Patents for Humanity" |
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In recognition of the USPTO’s Patents for Humanity program, we will be publishing a special issue highlighting influential humanitarian technologies, including the innovation and imagination seen in the Patents for Humanity contest submissions. To this end, T&I is soliciting articles or commentaries on humanitarian patents. Abstracts should be submitted by June 8, 2013. The abstract submission should contain: title, author affiliation, abstract of no more than 250 words, key words, and corresponding author’s contact information. Upon approval, full manuscripts will be due by August 23, 2013. For more details, see the Special Issues Section. |
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| Posted: 2013-05-08 | |
Technology Transforms Health Care |
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| The current special issue of Technology and Innovation devoted to studies on medical technology and health care delivery, focuses on a wide range of topics, from new technologies to reduce the cost of health care, preventing and curing mental illnesses, and understanding the human microbiome. For more information and full press releases, please visit here and here. | |
| Posted: 2013-04-23 | |
New Issue of Technology and Innovation |
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| The latest issue of Technology and Innovation, Volume 15, Issue 1, Technology and Healthcare Delivery, is now available. Visit Cognizant Communication Corporation's website for a full table of contents and article abstracts. | |
| Posted: 2013-04-23 | |
National Academy of Inventors inaugural conference highlights innovative technologies |
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| The current special issue of Technology and Innovation (Volume 14, Number 3/4) is devoted to presentations from the Inaugural Conference of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), hosted by the University of South Florida, Feb. 16-17, 2012. The keynote address for the conference was provided by David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). | |
| Posted: 2013-01-09 | |
Call for papers - 'Innovations in Rural Regions' |
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We are currently soliciting manuscripts for a special issue of Technology and Innovation: ‘Innovations in Rural Regions’. For this issue, we are interested in articles and reviews addressing advancements and improvements of various technologies associated with rural areas. Relevant topics include: (1) Inventions/products originated from the needs of specific rural regions (agriculture, healthcare, environmental safety, transportation, communication) and (2) Novel applications of region-specific resources (alternative fuels, water purification and/or decontamination systems, wind/solar power, unique landscapes). All manuscripts should clearly address the issues and challenges of a specific rural region. Deadline for abstract submissions is March 1, 2013. The abstract submission should contain: title, author affiliation, abstract of no more than 250 words, key words, and contact information. Abstracts should be emailed to Dr. Nagamoto-Combs (kumi.combs@med.und.edu) with Ginger Johnson cc’d (gjohnso4@usf.edu). Selected authors will be contacted with further instructions on full manuscript submissions. |
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| Posted: 2012-12-11 | |
New energy technologies promise brighter future |
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| In three studies published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation, innovators unveil creative technologies that could change our sources of energy, change our use of energy, and change our lives. |
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| Posted: 2012-11-20 | |
Online submission to T&I |
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Technology and Innovation is now accepting new submissions online using Open Journal Systems software provided by the Public Knowledge Project. Register your username and password with T&I to begin the submission process or Log In to your account. |
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| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
America Invents Act is a game changer |
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| In an article published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation, Janet Gongola, Patent Reform Coordinator for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), describes the process of implementing the America Invents Act (2011, H,R. 1249), the first patent law reform in 60 years. | |
| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
The search for medical technologies abroad |
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| The search for medical technologies through 'medical travel' can change the lives of patients and their family members, according to medical anthropologists Cecilia Vindrola-Padros and Linda M. Whiteford, who examined the lives of Bolivian and Paraguayan families in the current issue of Technology and Innovation. | |
| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
8-millionth patent awarded by US Patent and Trademark Office |
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In a paper published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation, Ram R. Shukla, PhD, a supervisory patent examiner at the USPTO, not only describes the Argus® II, the device awarded patent number eight million, but also explains the nuts and bolts of patenting. |
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| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
Tai Chi Wheelchair Brings Mobility, Self-esteem, Better Health to Practitioners |
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| An innovative 13-postures Tai Chi designed wheelchair described in the current issue of Technology and Innovation has brought the traditional Chinese martial and healing arts to people with ambulatory impairment. | |
| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
Academic inventors critical to American innovation |
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In an article published in Volume 13 Number 3 of Technology and Innovation, Richard Maulsby, associate commissioner for innovation and development for the USPTO's Office of Innovation Development, advocates for promoting American academic innovation. |
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| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
Should patents and commercialization activities by university faculty members count toward tenure and promotion? |
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| Increasingly, institutions of higher learning are including faculty member patents and commercialization activities in their calculus for offering tenure and promotion; however, a report published in Volume 13 Number 3 of Technology and Innovation finds that 75 percent of institutions surveyed do not include patent and commercialization considerations in their tenure and promotion criteria. | |
| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
Cold War's nuclear wastes pose challenges to science, engineering, society |
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| Seven papers published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation report on efforts by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure continued safe and secure storage and disposition of 50 years worth of spent nuclear fuel, surplus nuclear materials, and high-level wastes at DOE facilities. | |
| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
Stem cell transplantation offers 'sea of opportunity' for treating debilitating diseases |
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An article in the current issue of Technology and Innovation reports on the bright future and enormous need for stem cell therapeutics that may offer hope for those suffering from debilitating and deadly diseases. |
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| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
Federal peer review may be overstretched and error prone |
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| The federal peer review system, by which research proposals are judged worthy for funding, may be "over stretched" and "susceptible to error," said Elmer Yglesias, a researcher at the Science and Technology Policy Institute and author of "Improving Peer Review in the Federal Government," published in the current issue of Technology and Innovation. | |
| Posted: 2012-09-21 | |
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