13 Traits of Inventors Whom Master Craft Inventions and were Born for Success

""To master any profession, determination is needed. There are no shortcuts. No one can bestow upon you all of the knowledge you need. You have to do the work yourself -- which is why achieving success is so gratifying. The best advice I can offer you is to learn how to enjoy the journey.

I’ve met many successful inventors throughout my career. I’ve also had the pleasure of watching aspiring inventors thrive and prosper. I’ve often wondered what sets those who succeed apart from those who don’t. Making it as a professional isn’t for the faint of heart!

This is what I have learned about successful inventors after years of observation.

1. They don’t fall in love with their ideas.

Your ideas are not your children. Successful inventors understand the importance of detaching themselves from their ideas. Inventing is a numbers game. Some of your ideas will be profitable, but others won’t. You need to be able to tell the difference between the two.

If you become too emotionally or financially involved, walking away will become more and more difficult. Don’t get me wrong: I love all of my ideas. I want them to succeed. But I’m also pragmatic. If you want to do this for a living, you have to be able to assess your ideas critically.

2. They test their ideas.

Will your idea make money? How can you be sure? Successful inventors seek out proof of demand early on.

3. They keep their ideas to themselves.

The only opinion that truly matters is that of the company you are showing your idea to, after all.

4. They understand how to use intellectual property to protect their ideas.

To become a successful inventor, you must teach yourself how copyrights, trademarks and patents work. It’s not enough to hire a lawyer and assume he or she will take care of your needs.

5. They don’t file patents right away.

To be clear, I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. But in my experience, successful inventors file provisional patent applications first. They need time to determine whether the idea is going to be profitable, after all.

6. They stick to one industry.

The successful inventors I know don’t jump around much. Instead, they focus on becoming experts and forging mutually beneficial relationships within an industry. This strategy is incredibly effective. As trust deepens, companies begin to approach them with their creative needs. Familiarizing yourself an industry means your timing will never be off.""

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Vegan Party Time: Super Bowl's Most Popular Food, Well, Vegetable Dishes the Most!

""Super Bowl XLIX kicks off Sunday, Feb. 2. The football pinnacle has grown so popular it's a national holiday. Beyond game excitement is half-time feasting! As the Patriots take on the Seahawks, there's hot competition among Super Bowl foods, too. What do you think is the hottest Super Bowl appetizer? Wings? Pizza? Nope. Vegetables are the most popular Super Bowl food, reported Associated Press Jan. 30.

So it's not the junk food we always think of that fans favor. They want healthy. Here are veggie appetizers and vegetable tray recipes to feed hungry football fans.

Set out a Super Bowl worthy super-sized vegetable tray with favorites and non-traditional crudite options. Pare and spear green, red, orange, yellow and purple peppers. Slice avocado. summer squash, zucchini, portabello mushrooms, Cut small carrot (don't peel, just clean). Cut celery spears (de-string and clean with a potato peeler). trim scallions, Serve cut broccoli, broccoflower (green and purple) and cauliflower flowerets. Look for yellow cauliflower too.

Make your own healthy dill dip mixing Greek yogurt, light mayonnaise, Mrs. Dash and Spike salt-free seasoning and dill weed. Make healthy vegetable spinach dip blending canned spinach, fresh chopped kale, water chestnuts, light mayo, Greek yogurt and Knorr's dried vegetable soup mix.""

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DNA of Youth Coaxed by Telomere-extending Proteins on Chromosomes Maintaining Natural RNA Sequence Cell Preservation

Turning Back the Internal Clock

""To do it, a research team led by Helen Blau delivered a bioengineered version of messenger RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. In this case, the RNA contained a coding sequence called TERT, which is the active component of telomerase.

After this treatment, the cells performed as if they were much younger than the untreated cells; they happily multiplied away instead of degrading or dying as per usual. Overall, the treated cells were able to divide up to 40 more times than untreated cells.

"Now we have found a way to lengthen human telomeres by as much as 1,000 nucleotides, turning back the internal clock in these cells by the equivalent of many years of human life," noted Blau in a release. "This greatly increases the number of cells available for studies such as drug testing or disease modeling."

The 1,000 nucleotide addition represents a 10% increase in the length of the telomeres.

The new technique has been applied to such cell types as fibroblasts (common cells of connective tissue) and myoblasts (cells that give rise to muscle cells), and is currently being tested on stem cells.

A Temporary Effect By Design

Importantly, the treatment is temporary, lasting about 48 hours. The modified RNA reduces the cell's immune response to the treatment to allow the TERT-encoding message to hang around longer than an unmodified message. This means the cells were not immortalized; after a couple of days, the modified telomeres revert back to normal. As noted in the release, this transient effect is akin to:

...tapping the gas pedal in one of a fleet of cars coasting slowly to a stop. The car with the extra surge of energy will go farther than its peers, but it will still come to an eventual halt when its forward momentum is spent. On a biological level, this means the treated cells don't go on to divide indefinitely, which would make them too dangerous to use as a potential therapy in humans because of the risk of cancer.

Indeed, increased telomerase activity in humans has been linked to cancer. Clearly, there will be limits to how this new biotechnology can be used to combat various aging-related diseases.""

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Virtual Reality Gaming Tech Coming to the Fold with New Worlds, Simulations and Entertainment

""New ways to game and interact with virtual worlds are popping up every day. Across the gaming industry, VR is making a huge impact on the way we experience games and entertainment, and it's just getting started.

Sony's Project Morpheus, Samsung's Gear VR, and of course, the Oculus Rift, are all pushing the limits of virtual reality and how we interact with the everyday world.

But those big names are just the tip of the arrow when in comes to reality-altering technology. During a recent Upload VR event, dedicated to showcasing advancements in that field, IGN got the chance to go hands-on with the new tech that's ushering in the virtual age.

The STEM System
If you’ve ever wanted to wade into battle gripping dual lightsabers with blaster-deflecting precision, the STEM System is something to keep an eye on.

Developed by Sixense Entertainment, the STEM System is a collection of wireless, motion-tracking devices that work together to monitor your position, movement, and orientation in three-dimensional space.

STEM System - Lightsaber Demo
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While the potential of this technology could be applied to any industry, it's a natural extension to the virtual-reality gaming space, which I got to experience firsthand in Sixense's lightsaber demo.

Using the STEM System, coupled with the Oculus Rift, I was impressed with just how effectively the motion tracking was relayed into the headset. I immediately grabbed two lightsabers and waved them around independently, then watched them sizzle and spark as I touched the blades together in front of my face.

But the most intriguing part was how natural it felt to deflect incoming blaster shots from the demo's hovering droid. Each time a shot came at me, I tilted one saber and deflected the blast, bopping the droid with the other when it got too close. The relationship between my eyes and my muscles was as close to one-to-one as I've ever experienced in virtual reality.

And the hand controllers themselves are as intuitive as you want for gaming. They're lightweight, with a trigger and bumper set under your index finger, and a number of face buttons and an analog stick resting on top of the device, accessible by your thumb.

Modular Motion Tracking System
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The STEM system with virtual reality game support could soon find us in a future where we battle our friends in lightsaber duels, or slay dragons in Skyrim with sword and shield in hand. Who knows, maybe we’ll even get the chance to fight the Xenomorph Queen from Aliens, piloting the mechanical arms and legs of Ripley’s Power Loader suit.

Possibilities for interactive engagement in a virtual environment are limitless, and if the STEM system is any indication, they’re a lot closer than you might think.

FOVE - Eye Tracking Head Mount Display
The FOVE headset combines head position and orientation sensing with eye tracking technology. It also allows you to destroy things, just by looking at them.

FOVE Eye Aiming

During a live demo of the FOVE eye tracking head mount display, my eyes were quickly calibrated by the software, and I was immediately thrown into a short game where I overlooked a futuristic city.

Nearly everywhere I looked, a targeting indicator followed my vision. Shortly thereafter, hovering droves began to appear all over the screen, and when my gaze connected with a drone, a laser burst forward and the drone disappeared in a cloud of sparks and debris.

In other words, the FOVE headset turned me into Cyclops for a brief minute of childhood dream fulfillment, and destroying things with my eyeballs is now my preferred method of virtual destruction.

And while the tracking occasionally slipped and I found myself flicking my eyes off-target and back on in order to re-engage, the idea is sound and the technology backs it up. But blowing up virtual stuff is just one potential application.
  
The FOVE headset's ability to track your vision can simulate a better depth of field. In virtual worlds, it could even allow for a more potent artificial intelligence by "anticipating attack, participating in psychological warfare, and making realistic eye contact." All of which is incredibly cool, and a little terrifying.

And in the real world, the FOVE headset can help those with disabilities communicate with their eyes, by typing on a virtual keyboard, or interacting with a custom user interface.

Consistent eye tracking has a ton of practical applications in both the real world, and virtual ones, and the FOVE head mount display is a great step in that direction.

Reel FX - Jaeger Pilot VR Experience
Reel FX, an animation and virtual reality development studio, has collaborated with Legendary Pictures and Guillermo Del Toro to create the Jaeger Pilot VR Experience based on the robots-fight-monsters blockbuster Pacific Rim.

And unlike so many virtual or three-dimensional "experiences" you might find at amusement parks, Reel FX's creation actually feels like an experience.

Guillermo Del Toro Reveals Details About Pacific Rim 2 - Comic Con 2014
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I took the Jaeger Pilot VR Experience for a test drive running on a Samsung mobile device through the Gear VR goggles. Test drive is a fitting term, because when the "neural handshake" loading screen finished and the scene booted up, I was occupying the left control port inside the head of a giant Jaeger.

Looking to the right I saw my copilot, who was barking instructions while every thumping step of the giant triggered the shock pad attached to my chair and kicked me in the back. Before I could really process everything, we were punching giant Kaiju in the face with the infamous "Elbow Rocket."

After a few short tangles, the massive horn on the monster's head pierced the windshield of our Jaeger, crushing my copilot, and ripping him out into oblivion along with the right half of the Jaeger's face.""

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Quantum Chemistry Nanomedicine Theoretical and Computational Future Technologies

The absurd world of the electrons

The quantum chemical calculations solve the Schrödinger equation for molecules. This equation is fundamental to all chemistry and describes the whereabouts of all electrons within a molecule. But here we need to pay attention, for things are really rather more complicated than that. Your high school physics teacher will have told you that electrons circle the atom. Things are not that simple, though, in the world of quantum physics. Electrons are not only particles, but waves as well. The electrons can be in many places at the same time. It's impossible to keep track of their position. However, there is hope. Quantum chemical models describe the electrons' statistical positions. In other words, they can establish the probable location of each electron.

The results of a quantum chemical calculation are often more accurate than what is achievable experimentally.

Among other things, the quantum chemical calculations can be used to predict chemical reactions. This means that the chemists will no longer have to rely on guesstimates in the lab. It is also possible to use quantum chemical calculations in order to understand what happens in experiments.

Enormous calculations

The calculations are very demanding.

"The Schrödinger equation is a highly complicated, partial differential equation, which cannot be accurately solved. Instead, we need to make do with heavy simulations," says researcher Simen Kvaal.

The computations are so demanding that the scientists use one of the University's fastest supercomputers.

"We are constantly stretching the boundaries of what is possible. We are restricted by the available machine capacity," explains Helgaker.

Ten years ago it took two weeks to carry out the calculations for a molecule with 140 atoms. Now it can be done in two minutes.

"That's 20,000 times faster than ten years ago. The computation process is now running 200 times faster because the computers have been doubling their speed every eighteen months. And the process is a further 100 times faster because the software has been undergoing constant improvement," says senior engineer Simen Reine.

This year the research group has used 40 million CPU hours, of which twelve million were on the University's supercomputer, which is fitted with ten thousand parallel processors. This allows ten thousand CPU hours to be over and done with in 60 minutes.

"We will always fill the computer's free capacity. The higher the computational capacity, the bigger and more reliable the calculations."
Thanks to ever faster computers, the quantum chemists are able to study ever larger molecules.

Today, it's routine to carry out a quantum chemical calculation of what happens within a molecule of up to 400 atoms. By using simplified models it is possible to study molecules with several thousand atoms. This does, however, mean that some of the effects within the molecule are not being described in detail.
The researchers are now getting close to a level which enables them to study the quantum mechanics of living cells.

"This is exciting. The molecules of living cells may contain many hundred thousand atoms, but there is no need to describe the entire molecule using quantum mechanical principles. Consequently, we are already at a stage when we can help solve biological problems."

Hunting for the electrons of the insulin molecule

The chemists are thus able to combine sophisticated models with simpler ones. "This will always be a matter of what level of precision and detail you require. The optimal approach would have been to use the Schrödinger equation for everything."

By way of compromise they can give a detailed description of every electron in some parts of the model, while in other parts they are only looking at average numbers.

"We are always having to find a good balance between the details we need and those we don't need."

Simen Reine has been using the team's computer program, while working with Aarhus University, on a study of the insulin molecule. An insulin molecule consists of 782 atoms and 3,500 electrons.

"All electrons repel each other, while at the same time being pulled towards the atom nuclei. The atom nuclei also repel each other. Nevertheless, the molecule remains stable. In order to study a molecule to a high level of precision, we therefore need to consider how all of the electrons move relative to one another. Such calculations are referred to as correlated equations and are very reliable."
A complete correlated equation of the insulin molecule takes nearly half a million CPU hours. If they were given the opportunity to run the program on the University's supercomputer, the calculations would theoretically take two days.
"In ten years, we'll be able to make these calculations in two minutes."

Medically important

Vice Rector Knut Fægri at the University of Oslo points out that quantum chemical calculations may become important to life sciences.
"Quantum chemical calculations can help describe phenomena at a level that may be difficult to access experimentally, but may also provide support for interpreting and planning experiments. Today, the calculations will be put to best use within the fields of molecular biology and biochemistry," says Knut Fægri.
Associate Professor Michele Cascella at the Centre for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry has recently been recruited from Italy to introduce quantum chemistry into life sciences.

"Quantum chemistry is a fundamental theory which is important for explaining molecular events, which is why it is essential to our understanding of biological systems," says Michele Cascella.

By way of an example, he refers to the analysis of enzymes. Enzymes are molecular catalysts that boost the chemical reactions within our cells.
Cascella also points to nanomedicines, which are drugs tasked with distributing medicine round our bodies in a much more accurate fashion.
"In nanomedicine we need to understand physical phenomena on a nano scale, forming as correct a picture as possible of molecular phenomena. In this context, quantum chemical calculations are important," explains Michele Cascella.

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2015 Air Force One Replacement Selection of the 747-8 is a Much-needed Boost for Boeing, Updating the Presidential Airlift Recapitalization Program Mobile Defenses Office

""The president of the United States will continue to be flown in an American-made plane, as the US Air Force has announced the next presidential aircraft will be produced by Boeing.

The service, in consultation with acquisition chief Frank Kendall, has selected the Boeing 747-8 design for its Presidential Airlift Recapitalization program.

In a statement announcing the selection, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James called the presidential aircraft "one of the most visible symbols of the United States of America and the office of the president of the United States."

"The Boeing 747-8 is the only aircraft manufactured in the United States [that] when fully missionized meets the necessary capabilities established to execute the presidential support mission, while reflecting the office of the president of the United States of America consistent with the national public interest," James said.

The president is flown in a heavily modified Boeing 747-200B. When he is on board the plane, it is known as Air Force One.

The selection of Boeing is not a shock, given the desire for a four-engine aircraft that met the criteria. The only two companies with realistic offerings for the program were Boeing and Airbus, whose A380 is manufactured in Toulouse, France.""

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