Apr
8
Free Stem Cell Patent Database
Posted by Irene Soto at 6:38 am under Innovation, Internet, Patent, Wikinomics.
Stemcellpatents.com announced the launch of its updated stem cell patent database. The site includes summaries and analysis of over 1275 expert-selected patents identified as relevant to stem cell commercialization.
According to the website, this database is an effort to exploit the infinite potential of stem cell therapeutics. “Unfortunately, due to the nature of current day science, […]
Mar
21
Multilingual websites now easier
Posted by Dirk Avery at 1:41 pm under Innovation, Internet, Wikinomics.
Google has announced a new AJAX Language API which allows for translation and language detection. Like its other AJAX APIs, Google aims to provide website developers access to its substantial software resources enabling a new generation of web applications.
The number of languages included is impressive with such common languages as English, Spanish and German, […]
Mar
17
YouTube Awards
Posted by Irene Soto at 9:19 pm under Events, Internet, Wikinomics.
Google is hosting the second annual YouTube Awards. Vote for your favorites in the following categories:
Short Film
Comedy
Series
Sports
Creative
Politics
Music
Instructional
Inspirational
Commentary
Eyewitness
Adorable
Make your selections before 11:59 pm PT on Wednesday. You can vote once per day. Winners will be announced on the 21st and all will be invited to a special YouTube gathering later this year.
I’m not particularly impressed with […]
Feb
27
LG continues collaboration push
Posted by Dirk Avery at 9:44 am under Patent, Wikinomics.
LG Electronics is a leader in collaborating with other companies partnering last week with the sixth largest US corporation, GE. Both companies are able to use the refrigerator and cooking appliance patents of the other without paying a royalty. Wikinomics authors Dan Tapscott and Anthony Williams contend that sharing intellectual property is one of four […]
Feb
19
Wikinomics in action
Posted by Dirk Avery at 10:03 pm under Copyright, Incentive, Wikinomics.
The Library of Congress has launched a pilot program with photo-sharing site Flickr to enable people to enhance the metadata on visual materials in its collection.
According to a blog posting by Matt Raymond, director of communications, the program is starting modestly — with 3,000 photographs that are out of copyright from two of the Library’s […]