The people who knew Michael Kocher in his 32 years describe him as being so many different things: An Eagle River kid. A U.S. Marine Corps reservist who served in Iraq.
These brilliant women revolutionized the fields of rocket science, medicine, and home coffee brewing-all on top of raising families. Here are 10 inspiring moms whose inventions are worth recognizing.
With patent reform likely back on the docket for 2017 once Congress finishes with bigger ticket items like Obamacare repeal, you can count on hearing a lot of easily debunked nonsense from various confused "conservatives" about the patent system. Predictably, many will try to frame any reform of that system as an attack on patents themselves, which they will claim is really cover for an assault on property rights generally.
CES 2017 had it all - from the LoveBox to the smart sommelier, and Bluetooth in a bottle to underwear unplugged There are gadgets which, once you've seen them, seem like they might be really useful. And others which just make you wonder, why? Crowdfunding campaigns are full of them - and there was also no shortage at CES 2017, the world's largest consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas, US, in January.
With impressive creativity, the piece attempts both to dismiss the clear evidence that is presented by ultrasound images and to imply that inanimate medical tools are motivated by a subversive pro-life agenda. Though the Democratic party and its vast pro-abortion wing cling fiercely to , The Atlantic 's bizarre offering reveals the truth: that being pro-abortion requires the resolute denial of science in order to facilitate a rejection of the unborn child's humanity.
When certain actors are in high demand, scheduling becomes a serious problem. For Benedict Cumberbatch, it has been a big issue for years now and has prevented him from doing more "Sherlock" episodes than fans would like.
A man claims Cadbury has pinched his idea after the chocolate giant created an Oreo Creme Egg after he tweeted them with the idea. The flavour combination has prompted headlines across the country but now, in a surprising twist, Nick Allam is claiming to have invented the Oreo Creme Egg.
I share David Post's sense that the libel lawsuit by the supposed "inventor of email" Shiva Ayyadurai against TechDirt - which called Ayyadurai a liar for this claim - is generally pretty weak. But there's one paragraph in the complaint that just jumped out at me: At the time of Dr. Ayyadurai's invention of email, software inventions could not be protected through software patents.
Recently, a Chinese school gave a hilarious moment to its pupils that shall invite a smile upon their faces every time they will recall it. In a bid to stop the school kids from cheating by peeping into each other's answer sheets, they were forced to wear `newspaper hats' throughout the course of the exam.
As any multitasker knows, it can feel impossible to sit at a computer and focus on work that needs to get done. What if something happens on Facebook? How can you focus until you know who's on the Wikipedia page of left-handed historical figures? To force concentration, many resort to draconian measures like limiting Internet use or going offline altogether.