En historie om Colorado State University nævner Bryan Willson på Solix (alger) fame :
Yalin ville vide. USA Patent & Trademark Office i marts ydet Yalin og en dræbte af samarbejdspartnere, herunder EECL co-direktør Bryan Willson, et patent på teknologi erstatter traditionel sparkplugs med lasere i store, højtryksstråler naturgas motorer.
Artiklen nævner også Bayh-Dole Act:
I 1980 kongres har vedtaget en lov, de Bayh-Dole Act, som effektivt kræves universiteterne til at være mere aggressive på shepherding deres opfindelser på markedet.
Den grundlæggende teori bag denne lov er, at kapitalismen er den bedste måde at adskille nyttige opdagelser fra dem, der er simpelthen interessant.
"Der er en iboende værdi i grundforskning, inden skaffe mere viden. Det er, hvad de fleste forskere komme i arbejde tænke på. Men det er sagt, vi arbejder i en jord-tilskud institution, der handler om uddannelse og forskning og formidling, "sagde Bill Farland, CSU's Senior Vice President for forskning og engagement.
Man kan spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt Bayh-Dole Act "kræves" universiteterne til at være mere aggressive. Det var eftergivende.
Af møtrikker og bolte af IP på CSU, artiklen bemærkes:
i årenes løb, CSU har skabt en kultur, hvor forskere opfordres til at arbejdet med den virkelige verden løsninger på problemer, ifølge flere forskere og administratorer. De ser det som en naturlig outgrowth af jord-tilskud mission.
CSURF kontrakter med CSU at medvirke til at styre opfindelsen proces. CSURF og dens underordnede CSU Ventures, arbejder sammen med forskere at identificere lovende udvikling, kontrol for at se, om nogen andre har patenteret tilsvarende teknologi, og arbejder sig derefter igennem patentering proces, som kan tage mange år og i hundredtusindvis af dollars.
Når et patent er meddelt, CSURF og CSU Ventures arbejde på at finde en privat virksomhed eller anden enhed interesseret i licensering af teknologi til praktisk anvendelse.
"Vi bistår i forbindelse med udvinding af viden fra universitetet , "sagde Mark Wdowik, som heads up teknologioverførsel og kommercialisering aktiviteter på vegne af CSU. "En del af problemet med at gøre innovation til et produkt er, at det er en lang proces. Jo hurtigere vi kan få det ud, jo hurtigere markedskræfterne kan komme til at bære."
Penge, der kommer ind fra licensudstedende opfindelser er delt fire måder: 40 procent til CSURF til juridisk og anden støtte, 35 procent til opfinderen, 15 procent til Farland kontor, og 10 procent til kollegiet eller afdeling, hvor forskningen er kommet fra.
** Og noget nyt ->
Men begynder næste år, der vil være en ny drejning. Wdowik er at starte en venture-kapital fond investerer i CSU-tilknyttede forskning.
Den fondens investorer vil blive holdt privat, så vil deres investeringer. Enkeltpersoner vil kunne købe i for $ 50.000, og virksomhederne for $ 100.000, Wdowik sagde.
"Hvis vi kan lægge nogle penge på ... så må vi presse på, at (forskning) ud på markedet hurtigere, "tilføjede han. "Det er en avantgarde tilgang ."
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Obesity
Obesity is when a person is carrying too much body fat for their height and sex. A person is considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) - weight in kilograms divided by their height in meters squared - of 30 or greater. Obesity can happen when you eat more calories than you burn off over a period of time.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.