PML's Pernstich develops open-source software to automate test equipment
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The Indian who wants to revolutionise web telephony
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Siemens mails offer and take-over bid circular to RuggedCom shareholders and RuggedCom mails directors' circular ...
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Congress Earns Mixed Grades for Reaction to Carrier IQ Controversy
Stephen B. Wicker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Cornell University, conducts research in wireless information networks and how regulation can affect privacy and speech rights. Wicker comments on proposed legislation to limit the use of embedded software on mobile phones that can detect and record keystrokes.
Anyone can learn to be more inventive, says UMass Amherst cognitive researcher
( University of Massachusetts at Amherst ) After studying common roadblocks to problem-solving, Anthony McCaffrey has developed a toolkit for enhancing anyone's creativity and inventiveness.
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element14 and Microchip Accelerate Ethernet Development
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Cloud Storage Startup Symform Adds Two Top Seattle Execs to Team
SEATTLE, WA-- - Symform, a revolutionary cloud storage and free cloud backup service, today announced two additions to its executive team, rounding out a proven leadership group that brings global experience ...
Anyone can learn to be more inventive, cognitive researcher says
There will always be a wild and unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says Anthony McCaffrey, a cognitive psychology researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, because an "Aha moment" is rare and reaching it means overcoming formidable mental obstacles. But after studying common roadblocks to problem-solving, he has developed a toolkit for enhancing anyone's skills.
Anyone Can Learn to Be More Inventive
There will always be a wild, unpredictable quality to creativity and invention, says cognitive psychology researcher Anthony McCaffrey, because reaching an "Aha moment" means leaping tall mental obstacles. But he has developed a tookit for overcoming common roadblocks and improving problem-solving.