The business community needs to be more actively involved in determining the future of electronics recycling policy in Wisconsin, which must benefit both business and the environment, says Neil-Peters-Michaud, chief executive of a Madison-based electronics recycling company. The alternative? Leave it entirely up to the...
So just how old is the biotech industry? The July 2006 edition of MedAd News maintains that the industry hit its 30th birthday this year, but it has reached other key milestones as well. ...
Inventors may or may not pay a price for being tardy in patenting their inventions, but they are better off not leaving things to chance. In this opinion piece, Chicago attorneys Bratislav Stankovic and Donald Silvert say it's wise to heed recent judicial interpretations of...
While some municipalities are fighting AT&T about Project Lightspeed and others are looking at Wi-Fi applications, others are looking at major fiber-optic investments. While these fiber investments have paid off in Utah as we mentioned in last week's column, there are others that we don't...
With several Midwestern states repositioning their region as the "Bio-belt," their representatives recently met in Madison to see if they can map out the suddenly bright future of biofuels. During their stay, they compared notes on what has worked and what hasn't worked in the...
Patents may contain the force of law, but they are not full proof, as Madison attorney Christopher Rogers explains in this commentary. Rogers lays out 10 common misconceptions that people have about life-science patents, and misconceptions two and three are related to the legal...
In his most recent article, Michael Rosen mentioned that the medical device market (which he thought included the IVD market) probably broke the $200 billion sales revenue mark last year. In fact, according to a market research firm, sales for 2005 topped $220 billion and...
Are you confused about the available choices for educational software? To help parents cut through the online clutter, NeruonFarm President Mina C. Johnson-Glenberg offers two words - pedagody and generativity - and reminds us of where learning and computers intersect. ...
Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still weighs in on the national stem cell debate, calling for passage of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act now being debated in the United States Senate....
No one likes waiting in line and the Internet is no exception. Express Payment options from PayPal and Google provide online shoppers with what they're looking for - a secure, hassle-free shopping experience - and they provide advantages to many merchants, too. ...