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When Shale Gas Met Software

September 17, 2014
Getting shale gas out of the ground is one thing. But taking it to customers is quite another.
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Brinnon Garrett Mandel: Global Health Innovation at Work — A New Approach to Cancer Screening

Brinnon Garrett Mandel Jhpiego
September 16, 2014
Innovation is the buzzword of the decade. Touted by government officials, corporate and civic leaders and entrepreneurs, the word has become a stand-in for anything cutting edge or trend setting.
 

But for those of us working in the field of global health, innovation is the driving force behind transformational change that can propel the most promising solutions to the world’s relentless health challenges.

Does Your Brain Need a Few Reps at the Gym?

September 15, 2014
Some muscles are easier to flex. Athletes can hit the weight room to run a faster 40-yard dash, but what about engineers looking to improve their memory and problem-solving skills?
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Running on Waste Heat

Mit News
September 12, 2014

Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines.

It’s estimated that more than half of U.S. energy — from vehicles and heavy equipment, for instance — is wasted as heat. Mostly, this waste heat simply escapes into the air. But that’s beginning to change, thanks to thermoelectric innovators such as MIT’s Gang Chen.

 
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Margareta Drzeniek: Why U.S. Competitiveness Is on the Rise

Margareta Drzeniek World Economic Forum
September 11, 2014
For an economist whose job it is to measure countries’ success (or otherwise) in laying the foundations for long-term prosperity, the concept of green shoots for me takes on a different meaning to those most often reported in the press as harbingers of better times.
 

Increases in gross domestic product, falls in joblessness and upticks in new housing starts are of course good and welcome, but taken alone these indicators offer us little insight into how the U.S. economy will be doing in five or ten years’ time.
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Stacey Jarrett Wagner: Change May be Hard, but Failure Stinks

Stacey Jarrett Wagner The Jarrettwagner Group
September 10, 2014
Slater Mill, built in 1793 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is considered the starting point of America’s Industrial Revolution. When Slater substituted water power for human labor, manufacturing output, distribution and profits improved — and the modern manufacturing business model was ignited.
 
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Perspectives

Getting Proactive Against Corruption — Q&A with Leslie Benton

Leslie Benton Create Org
September 09, 2014
The global economy has sparked unprecedented efficiency and innovation, but the age-old problem of corruption has also flourished along global supply chains — particularly those that traverse markets with weak rule of law.
 

It is a problem that undermines the functioning of the free market and hinders economic development where it is most needed, says Leslie Benton, vice president of advocacy and stakeholder engagement at the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade (CREATe.org).

Die Cast’s 3D Printing Makeover

September 08, 2014

Die casts are industry’s unsung workhorses, giving functional form to a whole host of manufactured goods — from belt buckles to car engines — that people largely take for granted.

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Michael H. Posner: Why It Pays for Businesses to Boost Sustainability

Michael H Posner Nyu Stern School Of Business
September 05, 2014
In recent weeks, Samsung suspended its operations with a key supplier in China because of allegations of child labor in its production facilities. Major oil companies faced environmental challenges in the fields where they operate, from the Amazon to West Africa, and internet providers continued to respond to intense public pressures to enhance privacy protections for their users in the aftermath of the Snowden/NSA disclosures.
 
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Jennifer Brant: Protecting Trade Secrets to Stimulate Knowledge Flows

Jennifer Brant Innovation Insights
September 04, 2014
As part of a debugging project, an employee of an Indian company, Geometric Ltd., was given access to software source code owned by SolidWorks, a U.S.-based client of the firm.
 

After leaving Geometric, the employee was caught trying to sell the software code to SolidWorks’ competitors. Because Indian law does not recognize the misappropriation of trade secrets, it was not possible to sue the individual. Since the source code belonged to SolidWorks — not Geometric — he technically had not stolen from his employer.
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