Hello, A hybrid event on Tue, 11 March, at 7pm Pacific Time (Wed, 12 March at 2am GMT) will feature author Dr. Kate Epstein about how both the British and US government stole intellectual property in the interests of defense. *In this talk, which draws on her new book Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo222008444.html>, Katherine C. Epstein will explore a little-known but important chapter in the history of analog computing, and its surprising connections with today’s world of digital devices and great-power competition.* *In the decade before World War I, two British civilians named Arthur Pollen and Harold Isherwood invented an artificially intelligent analog computer for aiming the big guns of battleships. Rather than pay for their invention, however, first the British navy and then the US navy pirated it. When the inventors sued for patent infringement, both governments invoked legal privileges to withhold evidence on the grounds of national-security secrecy. The US lawsuits became entangled with high-level Anglo-American diplomacy during World War II and with the Manhattan Project. The talk will thus speak to several major—and timely—issues: the intersection of computer technology and geopolitical rivalry, the impact of patent laws on defense innovation, and the scope of government secrecy.* Register for this event at https://californiaconsultants.org/event/analog-superpowers-how-20th-century-... _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg@StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design - LinkedIn Profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianaberg/> 180 Lithia Way, Suite 201, Ashland, OR 97520 USA 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite J, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505 Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents FMS Technical Chair: www.FutureMemoryStorage.com IEEE Milestones Subcommittee <https://www.ieee.org/about/history-center/history-committee.html> Past Chair IEEE Region 6 <https://ieee-region6.org/about-us/region-6-officers/> History/Milestones Chair Curator: www.SiliconValleyMilestones.com IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ieee.org/scv/> Past Chair / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.CaliforniaConsultants.org> Board Director IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.SiliconValleyHistory.com/> Vice-Chair Co-Organizer: Celebrating 50 Years of the Internet <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ieee_ieee-activity-7221529803944771586-HB7S/> _________________________ Brian Berg FMS Technical Chair 408.568.2505 brian.berg@FutureMemoryStorage.com www.FutureMemoryStorage.com