A video game idea designed to get children interested in energy sciences and technology has won this semester’s Vol Court pitch competition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Charles Chin, a UT graduate student, took top honors. He also secured $1,000 in startup money for a company that will produce and sell the new educational (read more)
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Eye on the Future
By Susan Stewart What happens when University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians collaborate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists? The genesis of TRIAD, a novel, computerized assessment of eye disease, is just one example. Telemedical Retinal Image Analysis and Diagnosis, or TRIAD, was named by R&D Magazine in July 2010 as one of (read more)
America Invents Act Explained
President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) on Sept. 16, 2011, setting into law the most momentous changes to the U.S. patent system since 1952. AIA changes the U.S. patent system from a “first to invent” system to a “first to file” system, which more closely aligns the U.S. laws with international laws. (read more)