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For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 for powering space missions

Posted on December 22, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

By producing 50 grams of plutonium-238, Oak Reidge researchers have demonstrated the ability to resume providing an energy source for deep-space missions. (Credit: ORNL)

After a 27-year gap, the U.S. Department of Energy has resumed producing plutonium-238, the radioactive fuel that powers...

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In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees

Posted on December 20, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Federal court in Marshall, Texas. (credit: Joe Mullin)

The most litigious "patent troll" of 2014 has been effectively shut down, and will have to pay attorneys' fees to several defendants.

US District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who hears more patent cases that any other federal judge, issued an order (PDF) on Thursday saying that the behavior of eDekka LLC qualified...

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Space station gets its first ‘official’ British astronaut (plus an American and Russian)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Today the International Space Station’s crew welcomed aboard its first “official” British astronaut, Tim Peake, just hours after he blasted off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft alongside U.S. and Russian spacefliers. Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri...

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Seattle gives Uber and Lyft drivers the right to unionize — first law of its kind in the nation

Posted on December 15, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

The Seattle City Council today unanimously passed legislation that gives Uber, Lyft, taxi and other “for-hire” drivers the right to unionize — the first such law in the nation. The ordinance, which still needs a signature from Mayor Ed Murray, gives drivers the ability to negotiate...

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Amazon launches new era with opening of first tower at new Seattle campus

Posted on December 14, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Amazon's new Doppler building opened on Monday. (GeekWire Photo)

Amazon employees made their way into the company’s new Doppler office tower near downtown Seattle for the first time on Monday morning, free T-shirts in hand and blue name badges swinging around their necks. “Good morning folks,” a...

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GeekWire Giveaway: Here’s your chance to win Microsoft’s first laptop

Posted on December 12, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Microsoft’s Surface Book is arguably the best Windows laptop ever made. It sports a beautiful 13.5-inch touchscreen, buttery smooth trackpad and unique removable display to turn it into a tablet. But starting at $ 1,500, it’s not exactly the cheapest device out there....

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Magic Leap looks to enter unicorn territory before it even reveals first product

Posted on December 10, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Mysterious augmented reality startup Magic Leap is looking to raise $ 827 million in a Series C funding round, according to a Delaware filing given to Forbes. If able to raise that much, Magic Leap would have about $...

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Boeing rolls out its first 737 MAX jet in Renton, thronged by the workers who built it

Posted on December 8, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Thousands of Boeing employees turned out today for the rollout of the first Boeing 737 MAX jet, a redesigned version of the long-lived model that’s way more fuel-efficient. The freshly painted blue-and-white MAX No. 1 had its coming-out party at Boeing’s final assembly factory in Renton, Wash. – sparking a flurry of tweets from attendees: Congrats Propulsion...

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It’s a first! Atlas 5 rocket sends Cygnus cargo ship (with HoloLens) to space station

Posted on December 6, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

After waiting out Florida’s weather for three days, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket lofted supplies to the International Space Station today for the first time ever. The Atlas rose from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 4:44 p.m. ET (1:44 p.m. PT), sending Orbital ATK’s uncrewed Cygnus crew capsule into orbit. The space station’s...

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Amazon’s first major film, Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq,’ getting panned and praised by critics

Posted on December 3, 2015 by verx in Science & patent news

Photo via imdb.com/'Chi-Raq' movie poster

It seems that critics are either loving or hating Spike Lee’s new movie Chi-Raq. In a review titled, “F**k you, Spike Lee,” The Stranger‘s film critic is not messing around. The Seattle alt-weekly’s writer loathed Lee’s film, the first for Amazon Studios, coming out this Friday. Chi-Raq is based on the ancient Greek play Lysistrata, in which women...

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