This year's winners of the Ig Nobel Prize were announced Thursday at Harvard University. The award is given by Annals of Improbable Research magazine to oddball but often surprisingly practical scientific achievements. Winners include: Nutrition Massimiliano Zampini and Charles Spence for demonstrating that food tastes better when it sounds better. Peace The Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology and the citizens of Switzerland for adopting the legal principle that... [More Info]
The deadline for participation in the 18th annual Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies has been extended to Friday, October 17th.. The survey questionnaire is posted at www.KnowledgeBank.us.com and is co-sponsored by HRTC. Respondents can either complete the data entry form online or download a copy for subsequent completion and submission. Participants will receive a free copy of the summary results, which will be published in November. The annual survey is... [More Info]
Senate Appropriations Committee version for NASA funding in FY 09 includes $14-million for new launch pad infrastructure improvements to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility. The federal monies are essential to the continuing growth and development of commercial space launch business capability within the Commonwealth of Virginia. Several of our counterparts from the Southwestern Virginia Technology Council have already pledged their support by sending... [More Info]
Old Dominion University's Professional Development Center will hold an ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor Training held on Oct 28 and 29th. Course Benefits: Instructors with ISO implementation and audit experience in diverse industries and organizations of different sizes and complexities. Course can be tailored to meet the needs of your own organization. Process-based vs. ISO clause auditing methodology tied to organizational strategy. Textbooks included in the cost of the course... [More Info]
KnowledgeBank, Inc., an award-winning provider of innovative human capital management, organizational effectiveness, consulting and outsourcing services, has acquired the Total Compensation Survey of Mid-Atlantic Technology Companies from a State College, PA based consulting firm. KnowledgeBank will continue to focus the survey on emerging and mid-market technology companies, while increasing survey participation of Mid-Atlantic companies seeking information regarding competitive market-based... [More Info]
The 2008 Hampton Roads Cyber Security Conference is being held October 21st in the Hampton Roads Convention Center. As part of National Cyber Security Awareness month the National Security Cyberspace Institute (NSCI) and City of Hampton are co-sponsoring this one day event. The goal is to bring together professionals from government, industry and academia for thought provoking presentation on current cyberspace issues and best-practices to facilitate improved cyber security. The... [More Info]
U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) announced before industry representatives here today at a Tidewater Association of Service Contractors (TASC) luncheon that it will hold a re-competition for one of the command’s larger contracts. USJFCOM’s Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9) contract is set to expire next summer and the re-competition should allow more companies, large and small, to compete for multiple contracts to support the command's experimentation efforts... [More Info]
Patent Basics Patents prevent the unauthorized use by others of an inventor's patented discovery. While mere ideas are not patentable, patents come closer to any other form of intellectual property except trade secrecy to protect ideas. The US Supreme Court has noted three specific exclusions from patent protection -- laws of nature (e.g., gravity), natural phenomena (e.g., lightning), and abstract ideas -- with abstract nature not being easy to define. And, there are additional regulations... [More Info]
VIRGINIA TRADEMARK BASICS WHO MAY APPLY: Any individual, business entity, partnership, association, union or other organization owning the mark. TRADEMARK & SERVICE MARK RESOURCES: Go to the Commonwealth of Virginia's Sate Corporation Commission website Virginia State Corporation Commission website. TRADEMARK USED IN VIRGINIA WHEN: Any word, name, logo, symbol or device, or any combination used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods and to indicate the source of the... [More Info]
Virginia Trademark Basics WHO MAY APPLY: Any individual, business entity, partnership, association, union or other organization owning the mark. TRADEMARK & SERVICE MARK RESOURCES: Go to the Commonwealth of Virginia's Sate Corporation Commission website Virginia State Corporation Commision website TRADEMARK USED IN VIRGINIA WHEN: Any word, name, logo, symbol or device, or any combination used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods and to indicate the source of the goods. It... [More Info]
As with any technology, the Internet itself is neutral, but at Enough Is Enough (EIE) we have seen how this tremendous resource has been hijacked by those wishing to bring harm to our children. Fortunately, the U.S. Senate is poised to vote on S.1738, The PROTECT Our Children Act, which would provide key funding to law enforcement efforts to combat child exploitation and Internet victimization. The online sexual exploitation of children is at epidemic levels. Through the Internet, predators... [More Info]
Based on the tremendous success of the pilot program, Virginia Space Grant Consortium and NASA Langley Research Center, with the assistance of the Virginia Department of Education and industry support, will partner to provide another exciting opportunity for students in Virginia in 2009. Open to Virginia high school juniors with an interest in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, students will complete exploration themed online coursework and attend a 7-day residential Summer... [More Info]
Secretary of Technology Aneesh Chopra announces the launch of Virginia's Community Broadband Toolkit, a web-based resource to assist localities in attracting broadband service providers, especially in the more remote communities where coverage gaps remain. The toolkit is a product of the Broadband Roundtable led by Former Governor Mark Warner and Secretary Chopra who were charged by Governor Kaine to support his goal of providing universal access to broadband services for all Virginia... [More Info]
Washington (September 15, 2008) – Entering the debate on several contentious science issues, John McCain today answered the 14 top science questions facing America, according to ScienceDebate2008.com, the group leading an effort to make science issues a larger part of the election. His answers join those of Barack Obama, who answered the same questions two weeks ago. Most of America’s major unsolved challenges revolve around these 14 questions. To move America forward, the next president... [More Info]
As Congress and the Bush Administration try to find solutions to the financial crisis facing the U.S. and global economies, the Williams... [More Info]
Leira…Beyond Words, a member of the Hampton Roads Technology Council Incubator System, is pleased to announce that it is now offering its... [More Info]
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