Category Archives: Innovation

Limits of Causation Models in Technology Transfer

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

There is an article by Jonah Lehrer in the latest Wired magazine that is worth the read. It’s called “Trials and Errors” with the subtitle “Dead-end experiments, useless drugs, unnecessary surgery. Why Science is Failing Us.” Lehrer discusses the growing … Continue reading →

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The Effect of University Monopoly Licensing in 3d Printing

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Inkjet powder 3d printers provide a useful case study for the effects of university exclusive patent licensing.  In the early 90s, MIT researchers developed inkjet 3d printers. They built off much of the technology platform used for selective laser sintering … Continue reading →

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Shanzhai Rules

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Over at the LinkedIn Post-Industrial Design group, there’s a little discussion started by Matt Sinclair on a report called The Future of Open Fabrication from the Institute For the Future. The report calls out the Shanzhai approach to manufacturing in … Continue reading →

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Feeling Festive and Innovation Optimistic

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

The year is winding down and it’s holiday time.   Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and festive solstice! Folks will have different perspectives on research enterprise and innovation, and its worth having some frank and firm arguing about it, but the whole … Continue reading →

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Fixin' for Some Bayh-Dole Fixing

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s more in the wild on vesting interpretations of Stanford v. Roche.  Written by a suit of attorneys at the firm of Bracewell & Guiliani, it gets a piece of the Supreme Court decision right, does a decent job summarizing … Continue reading →

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Innovation Fiction

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Gerald Barnett

“Bewilderment, in its ancient and literal sense of being cast away in a trackless wild, was the lot of the explorer….”  Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver (p. 47 in the paperback edition). If you happen to be looking for a framework in … Continue reading →

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