Since 2000, the United States has lost over five million manufacturing jobs, more than 70,000 manufacturing plants, and only 1 in 10 Americans work in manufacturing compared to 1 in 4 back in the [...]
Austin-based software company Banyan Water knows water is essential to human life. It’s integral to our sanitation, energy, food, and health systems yet in the United States, water infrastructure [...]
Scientists from The University of Texas (UoT) in Dallas, in collaboration with researchers from Hanyang University in South Korea, have developed a new fabric that generates energy: twistron. A [...]
Competitive Differentiation We are all beyond aware of the rapidity of innovation today. In less than twenty years we have seen the technological dreams of Sci-Fi favorites come to life. Just [...]
According to the U.S. Green Building Council, over a third of all non-residential construction and design today is considered green. The council is predicting for more than half of all [...]
Since the discovery of the Spindletop Oilfield in 1901, Texas has been a hub for energy production in the U.S. The Texas energy industry is made up of three sub-industries: oil and gas [...]
On April 17, 2015 the IRS gathered in Washington to hear the newly proposed R&D regulations on Internal Use Software (IUS). The new regulations were introduced on January 20, 2015 and were [...]
South Carolina Patent of the Month - August 2020
Smartphones and smart devices have become increasingly popular ways to scan images, like barcodes, because of their highly functional camera technology and ubiquity. However, there are issues with focus and lighting; often, what shoul [...]
South Carolina Invention Index - August 2020
The Invention Index measures a country’s or state’s innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth. South Carolina Invention Index August 2020: 6.74% (A+ grade)South Carolina Invention [...]
