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1. Once años en una relación que nunca ocurrió

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A los 50 años conocí al amor más grande de mi vida. Si tan solo no hubiese sido un producto de mi trastorno delirante. Según los médicos, no es habitual [...]

Published
2023

2. The Best Relationship That Never Happened

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Social aspects, Personal narratives, Mentally ill persons -- Social aspects, Romantic love -- Personal narratives, Mentally ill -- Social aspects
Abstract

At 50, divorced and suffering from delusions, I experienced the greatest love I had ever known. If only it were real. It is unusual, doctors tell me, for a woman [...]

Published
2023

3. My 11-Year Relationship That Never Happened

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Officials and employees, Mental disorders, Mentally ill persons, Mentally ill, Mental illness
Abstract

At 50, divorced and suffering from delusions, I experienced the greatest love I had ever known. If only it were real. It is unusual, doctors tell me, for a woman [...]

Published
2023

7. Lynette McFadden

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Hair dryers -- Intellectual property, Personal care appliances industry -- Intellectual property
Published
2000

8. The Aveda Corporation

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Aveda Corp. -- Intellectual property, Cosmetics industry -- Intellectual property
Published
2000

10. Works in progress by young inventors

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Inventors -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, College students -- Innovations, Washington, D.C. -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Published
2000

16. A car temperature alarm is designed to cry out to save the life of a child who cannot

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Innovations, Achievements and awards, Safety and security measures, Causes of, Safety equipment -- Innovations -- Achievements and awards, Children -- Safety and security measures -- Achievements and awards, Electrical engineers -- Achievements and awards, Car parking -- Safety and security measures -- Achievements and awards -- Innovations, Fever -- Causes of -- Safety and security measures, Automobile parking -- Safety and security measures -- Achievements and awards -- Innovations, Hyperthermia -- Causes of -- Safety and security measures
Abstract

DURING the month of August so far, at least six children in the United States have died of hyperthermia after being shut up in a car on a warm day. [...]

Published
2004

17. A patent owner claims to be owed royalties on much of the Internet's media content

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Streaming media technology, Acacia Research Corp. -- Intellectual property -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Streaming media -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Patent law, Venture capital companies -- Intellectual property -- Licensing, certification and accreditation
Abstract

IMAGINE being able to set up a tollbooth on the Internet. Now imagine collecting a small fee every time anyone in the United States clicked on the Web to watch […]

Published
2004

21. For a group of researchers at Sandia National Labs, sugar in the gas tank isn't such a bad idea

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Usage, Innovations, Research, Intellectual property, Fuel cells -- Research -- Innovations -- Intellectual property -- Usage, Energy research -- Usage, Glucose -- Usage -- Research, Blood glucose -- Usage -- Research, Dextrose -- Usage -- Research, Energy development -- Usage, Blood sugar -- Usage -- Research
Abstract

YOU may not be able to refuel your car with corn syrup or charge your computer by plugging it into a bottle of Coca-Cola anytime soon. But to Stanley H. [...]

Published
2004

22. A Canadian company appeals in court for the right to keep selling BlackBerries in the U.S

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Company legal issue, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, BlackBerry Ltd. -- Intellectual property -- Cases, NTP Software Inc. -- Cases -- Intellectual property, Research in Motion Blackberry (Smart phone) -- Intellectual property -- Cases, Computer software industry -- Cases -- Intellectual property, Computer industry -- Intellectual property -- Cases
Abstract

IS it really possible that Bill Gates, Pamela Anderson and phalanxes of stockbrokers, lawyers and Congressional staff members will have to give up one of their most treasured possessions: their […]

Published
2004

24. The Lemelson Foundation, named for a prolific inventor, aims to reward inventions that help poor countries develop

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
National Academy of Sciences -- Conferences, meetings and seminars -- Services, Sustainable development -- Services -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Inventors -- Compensation and benefits -- Achievements and awards -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Charitable foundations -- Aims and objectives -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

AT a reception last week at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, featuring a performance by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the Lemelson-M.I.T. program awarded two of the biggest prizes […]

Published
2004

26. For speed in swimsuits, add bumps? Yes, say two big makers, but they disagree on how

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
SpeedoUSA.com -- Product introduction, Swimwear -- Design and construction -- Product introduction, Clothing industry -- Product introduction, Swimmers -- Clothing
Abstract

EARLIER this month at Pressure, a Manhattan nightclub, buff Olympic swimming hopefuls -- including 18-year-old Michael Phelps, who won four gold medals at last year's World Championship -- struck superhero […]

Published
2004

27. When Necessity Meets Ingenuity: Art of Restoring What's Missing

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Smithsonian Institution -- Exhibitions -- Innovations, Exhibitions, Innovations, Prostheses and implants -- Exhibitions -- Innovations, Prosthesis -- Exhibitions -- Innovations, Implants, Artificial -- Exhibitions -- Innovations
Abstract

Just as the needs of 60,000 amputee soldiers from the Civil War spurred innovation in artificial limbs in the late 19th century, war injuries from Iraq are stimulating developments in [...]

Published
2004

29. As shown by recent cases argued in the courts, properly crediting an inventor can be murky business

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Company legal issue, Symbol Technologies Inc. -- Cases, Eolas Technologies Inc. -- Cases, Computer software industry -- Cases, Laser industry -- Cases, Patent infringement -- Cases
Abstract

LANDMARK decisions in two of the biggest continuing battles in the world of invention were made in January. Eolas v. Microsoft and Symbol Technologies v. Lemelson both evoke David versus […]

Published
2004

33. Idea for Online Networking Brings Two Entrepreneurs Together

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Cable television/data services, Patent/copyright issue, Online services, Dating services -- E-commerce -- Intellectual property, Online services -- Intellectual property -- E-commerce, Patents
Published
2003

34. Investor creates software that can turn a computer into a cyberpoet

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Software quality, Product defect/failure, Software -- Innovations -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Inventors -- Speeches, lectures and essays -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Product quality -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

INVENTING is about catching the wave,' said Ray Kurzweil, who addressed a national convention of inventors in Philadelphia last Monday. 'Most inventions fail not because the inventor can't get them […]

Published
2003

35. New Taser Finds Unexpected Home In Hands of Police

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Taser International Inc. -- Product introduction -- Intellectual property, Nonlethal weapons -- Product introduction -- Innovations, Security systems industry -- Product introduction -- Intellectual property
Abstract

In 1995, Rick Smith, then a 25-year-old entrepreneur with a newly minted master's in business administration, got a telephone call from an official with the Czech National Police Academy. Could […]

Published
2003

36. A device points the way to Mecca and plays calls to prayers

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Patent/copyright issue, Muslims -- Equipment and supplies, Copyright -- Equipment and supplies, Electronics in navigation -- Innovations -- Equipment and supplies, Patents -- Equipment and supplies
Abstract

THE Koran requires Muslims to pray five times a day while facing Mecca, the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad. Traditionally muezzins climb the minarets of mosques to call out prayer […]

Published
2003

38. An economist strolls through history and turns patent theory upside down

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Officials and employees, Technological innovations -- Research -- Economic aspects -- International aspects, Patent law -- Research -- International aspects -- Economic aspects, Economic development -- Research -- International aspects -- United States, Economists -- Research -- Economic aspects
Abstract

CAN a theoretical stroll through the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851 in London -- at which thousands of inventions from countries around the world were on display -- tell us […]

Published
2003

39. Implanting hair is tedious, exacting work -- the perfect work for a robot

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Restoration Robotics -- Innovations -- Intellectual property -- Equipment and supplies, Innovations, Intellectual property, Equipment and supplies, Hair transplantation -- Equipment and supplies, Robotics -- Intellectual property -- Equipment and supplies, Hair -- Transplantation
Abstract

HAIR implants are not exactly brain surgery. Yet a Houston neurosurgeon, Philip Gildenberg, hopes to revolutionize the baldness industry with his invention: a robot that he says will one day [...]

Published
2003

40. Switching to the power of the sun to help limit blackouts and save money too

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Worldwater Corp. -- Innovations, Solar energy industry -- Innovations
Abstract

ANAND RANGARAJAN'S claims are not modest. His company's technology, he says, not only has the potential to limit power blackouts but also promises to reduce pollution and save billions in […]

Published
2003

41. On a diet and craving French fries? Inventor has a low-carbohydrate version that contains cauliflower

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Nutritional aspects, Innovations, Patent/copyright issue, Diet foods -- Innovations, French fries -- Innovations -- Nutritional aspects, Patents -- Innovations -- Nutritional aspects, Copyrights -- Nutritional aspects, Dietetic foods -- Innovations, Copyright -- Nutritional aspects
Abstract

CAN there be such a thing as a healthy French fry? Randy Blaun, a writer and self-proclaimed foodie living in Manhattan, claims to have invented just that: French fries that [...]

Published
2003

43. 'Funky A.T.M.' is designed to let you pay cash for that purchase made online

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Online shopping, Online banking, Online shopping -- Intellectual property -- Services, Electronic funds transfer systems -- Services -- Intellectual property, Automated teller machines -- Services -- Intellectual property, Electronic banking -- Services -- Intellectual property
Abstract

IN the 1997 science-fiction movie 'The Velocity Trap,' the interstellar banking system is so decimated by electronic crime that the only way to exchange money is in cold hard cash. […]

Published
2003

45. A new table-saw attachment should nearly eliminate the risk of accidents, its inventor says

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Patent/copyright issue, Copyright -- Safety and security measures, Power tools -- Safety and security measures -- Intellectual property -- Innovations, Woodwork -- Safety and security measures -- Intellectual property, Patents -- Safety and security measures
Abstract

IN the 1970's and 1980's, as a Baptist missionary working in Tanzania and Ghana, Dr. Larry Loo treated all manner of wounds. Some were inflicted during machete fights, others were […]

Published
2003

47. A series of inventions to help soothe the cries of a baby, and perhaps even the cries of the parents, too

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Government regulation, Patent/copyright issue, Copyright -- Product information -- Equipment and supplies -- Laws, regulations and rules, Infants' supplies industry -- Innovations -- Product information -- Equipment and supplies -- Laws, regulations and rules, Infants' supplies -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information -- Innovations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Patents -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Equipment and supplies -- Product information, Infants -- Equipment and supplies
Abstract

DOUGLAS AND DIANA THARALSON designed their first baby crib 21 years ago, when their first child was born. 'Diana said, 'I want to put the baby in the bed with […]

Published
2003

48. Tracking termites by monitoring their digestive problems and using hot chili peppers to kill them

Author

Riordan, Teresa

Subjects
Patent/copyright issue, Copyright -- Statistics, Hot peppers -- Innovations -- Statistics, Inventors -- Innovations -- Statistics, Patents -- Statistics, Termites -- Control -- Statistics, Jalapeno -- Innovations -- Statistics
Abstract

TERRY CLARK, whose family runs a pest-control empire in Lodi, Calif., believes he has a better way to find termites: monitoring the methane they expel. 'Termites eat a lot of […]

Published
2003

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