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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Garamond>FYI</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Garamond>kind regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face=Garamond>neil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dr Roger Neil Barton<BR><A
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=neil.barton@uclmail.net
href="mailto:neil.barton@uclmail.net">neil.barton@uclmail.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:29 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Veterans Rebuild IBM 1401, Patent Case of the Century, and
more</DIV></DIV>
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retired computer engineers worked together to
resurrect an antique IBM 1401 for the Computer
History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. Unlike
today’s computers, this 1960s-era model actually
lets you see all the moving parts that make it
work. This photo essay documents the team’s work
with the machine, which was donated to the museum
by computer enthusiasts who bought it for US $21
000 from the German eBay site. <STRONG><A
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century.” Could Isaac Newton have patented
calculus under U.S. patent law and created an
insurance-industry monopoly? Patent attorney Kirk
Teska describes the barrage of such questions from
U.S. Supreme Court justices and considers what it
bodes for the future of business-method patents.
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Bridges</A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>HP boosted
the sensitivity of MEMS acceleration sensors
1000-fold without increasing the cost. The secret
was borrowing technology from inkjet printers to
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Books</A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Google’s deal
to digitize books may be in legal limbo this week,
but a New York City–based start-up has pressed
ahead. On Demand Books' one-off bookmaking
technology is pressing pages in bookstores and
libraries around the world.<BR><A
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Smoke and
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father-and-son team thinks they’ve discovered the
next stage of microphone evolution: replacing the
vibrating mechanical diaphragm with a stream of
smoke. They measure changes in the stream’s shape
with a laser and a photodetector. Watch and listen
as the inventors give a demonstration of their
latest prototype. <BR><STRONG><A
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home-brew musical interface is like an invisible
multilevel keyboard that floats in the air in
front of you. It goes on sale early next year.
We’ve included video of the instrument in action.
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