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How To Stop 3D Printing’s Race To The Bottom

Image (1) 4d_ultrasound_3d_printing.jpg for post 68424Today’s big news, courtesy of Quartz, is about the expiration of laser sintering patents that will change the face of 3D printing in 2014. In short, the reason “good” 3D printers – namely the ones that create solid, injection-molded style pieces – aren’t cheap or readily available is that older 3D printing companies have held the laser sintering process hostage. For example, the Form One printer by Form Labs infringes on these patents even though they detail a printer that uses a laser to fuse fine powder to create an object and the Form One uses a liquid.

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Turn off an iPad or iPhone without touching the power switch

My friend Frank works for Canon in Manhattan, and occasionally gives demos in a room with locked-down iPads. Sometimes those iPads need to be rebooted—but Frank has no access to the sleep/wake switch ostensibly required to power off an iPad.

In the past, I’ve suggested that Frank “reset” something (under Settings -> General -> Reset) that’s easy to set again; resetting Location & Privacy settings doesn’t mess too much up, and it restarts the iPad when you tap it.

But there’s a better way. Also in the Settings app, head to General -> Accessibility, and and turn on Assistive Touch. That adds a draggable dot control to your screen, meant for people with physical challenges that prevent them from triggering certain iOS actions the traditional way. Tap the dot, then tap Device, and finally tap and hold Lock Screen—a software equivalent of the sleep/wake button. After a few moments, the familiar Slide to Power Off message appears, and you can shut the iPad down.
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Drafting License Agreements: Agreement Unenforceable Post-Patent-Expiration Even When Contract Says Otherwise

By Dennis Crouch Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises Inc. (9th Circuit 2013) File Attachment: kimbleMarvel.pdf (341 KB) Kimble’s patent covers a pretty-cool web-shooting toy designed to mimic (in toy form) spider-man’s super powers. U.S. Patent No. 5,072,856. Following a typical David-and-Goliath…

via Patent Law Blog (Patently-O) Drafting License Agreements: Agreement Unenforceable Post-Patent-Expiration Even When Contract Says Otherwise

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The Next Best Thing to Showering With a Dental Hygienist

The Next Best Thing to Showering With a Dental Hygienist

Until we’re all able to shower from bed, Waterpik’s new Showerpik is the next best thing for simplifying our morning routines. It works like any other Waterpik, blasting the spaces between your teeth clean like a dental floss fire hose. But since it taps into your existing shower head you don’t need to keep a reservoir of water nearby.

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