By Alison McLennan & Matthew Rimmer The field of synthetic biology poses a number of challenges for patent law. With promises of improved medical treatments, greener energy and even artificial life, the field of synthetic biology has captured the public imagination and attracted significant [...]

Many people in Washington are worried that America’s strength in developing new technology is waning, harming our future competitiveness. While disaster is far from imminent, there is cause for concern. We are less productive at inventing new technologies than several key competitors. There are many ways to measure a nation’s prowess at inventing [...]

Jonas Ceelen has been building guitars for 15 years and teaching others to do the same for seven. It’s been a quiet, mellow existence, but the business is poised to get a lot bigger as the shop brings to life a totally new guitar design. Jonas Guitars sits just past 75th Street on Arapahoe Avenue, [...]

During the Super Bowl a representative of Eli Lilly posted on the ­company’s corporate blog that the average cost of bringing a new drug to ­market is $1.3 billion, a price that would buy 371 Super Bowl ads, 16 million official NFL footballs, two pro football ­stadiums or tickets to fill every seat for every [...]

This is an edited version of my February 10 post, The Truly Staggering Cost of Inventing New Drugs, as it appeared the March 12, 2012, issue of Forbes Magazine. I’m including it here for completeness. During the Super Bowl a representative of Eli Lilly posted on the ­company’s corporate blog that the average cost of [...]

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During the Super Bowl a representative of Eli Lilly posted on the ­company’s corporate blog that the average cost of bringing a new drug to ­market is $1.3 billion, a price that would buy 371 Super Bowl ads, 16 million official NFL footballs, two pro football ­stadiums or tickets to fill every seat for every [...]

This is an edited version of my February 10 post, The Truly Staggering Cost of Inventing New Drugs, as it appeared the March 12, 2012, issue of Forbes Magazine. I’m including it here for completeness. During the Super Bowl a representative of Eli Lilly posted on the ­company’s corporate blog that the average cost of [...]

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We just had a moment similar to the time we first saw content-aware scaling in action, but this time it’s even better — we’ve seen the future of programming tools and it looks awesome. Check out the video above of Bret Victor‘s recent talk, “Inventing on Principle.” Victor has worked on experimental UI concepts at [...]