Revenue Generated by University Patents
EE Times Research | | Purdue University | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 67.98 | | State | 57.81 | | Industry | 49.23 | | Other | 5.83 |
| Massachusetts Inst. Tech. | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 155.12 | | State | 81.00 | | Industry | 42.34 | | Other | 18.92 |
| Univ. of IL Urbana-Champ. | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 149.41 | | State | 5.63 | | Industry | 22.67 | | Other | 0 |
| Georgia Inst. of Tech. | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 89.85 | | State | 60.30 | | Industry | 31.16 | | Other | 24.03 |
| University of S. California | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 107.71 | | State | 8.15 | | Industry | 20.30 | | Other | 11.26 |
| Pennsylvania State | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 77.80 | | State | 14.06 | | Industry | 16.75 | | Other | 8.82 |
| Univ. of TX at Austin | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 54.84 | | State | 13.76 | | Industry | 16.49 | | Other | 13.74 |
| Univ. of WI Madison | | Source | $Million | | Federal | 70.27 | | State | 10.90 | | Industry | 18.90 | | Other | 4.38 |
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Company-Paid Perks
Earned in 2005
Electronic Design Research | | Type | Users | | Health Benefits | 66% | | 401(k) Match | 61% | | Stock Options | 22% | | Stock Purchase | 20% | | Continuing Education | 26% | | Tuition Reimbursement | 20% | | Cellphone / Internet | 13% | | Car / Allowance | 7% | | Health Club | 7% | | Certification | 5% | | Sabbatical | 4% | | Day Care | 2% | | Other | 6% |
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| Patent Applications
EE Times Research | | Year | # of Patents | | 2005 | 409,532 | | 2004 | 378,984 | | 2003 | 355,418 | | 2002 | 353,394 | | 2001 | 344,717 | | 2000 | 311,807 | | 1999 | 278,268 | | 1998 | 256,666 | | 1997 | 237,045 | | 1996 | 206,276 | | 1995 | 236,679 |
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Melting Points of Semiconductor Elements & Compounds | | Elements | | Name | °C | °F | | Arsenic | 817 | 1503 | | Gallium* | 29.8 | 85.6 | | Germanium | 938 | 1721 | | Silicon | 1414 | 2577 | | Carbon | 3527 | 6381 | | Pure Compounds** | | Name | °C | °F | | GaAs | 1238 | 2260 | | SiGe | 1176 | 2149 | | SiC | 2830 | 5126 |
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U.S. R&D Budget ($B)
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| A Powerful Candy Bar
Popular Science Excerpt | "A king-size Snickers has 541 Calories. That’s Calories with a capital 'C,' or 1,000 lowercase calories. A small-'c' calorie represents the energy required to heat one gram of water by one degree Celsius. So that Snickers could theoretically heat a gram of water 541,000 degrees or, more realistically, bring a gallon and a half of water from nearly freezing to nearly boiling." |
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PC Shipments (millions)
Desktop vs. Mobile
EE Times Research | | Year | Desktops | Mobiles | | 2004 | 132.2 | 178.6 | | 2005 | 144.0 | 208.1 | | 2006 | 146.1 | 230.4 | | 2007 | 149.0 | 256.5 | | 2008 | 152.8 | 281.4 | | 2009 | 153.8 | 302.1 | | 2010 | 159.0 | 332.6 | Not sure how projections (aka WAGs) can be accurate to 4 places, but that is what was presented. |
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Gross Domestic Product
& Grain Consumed*
Per Person - 2005
Scientific American Research | | Country | GDP $US | Grain kg | | China | 4,600 | 292 | | India | 2,500 | 173 | | Europe | 26,900 | 561 | | Japan | 29,400 | 354 | | U.S. | 40,100 | 918 | * Many countries consume
much more non-grain
and fish than others |
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| Cybercrime in the U.S.
IEEE Research | | Statistic | Qty | | Estimated financial losses from attacks | $67B | | Actual reported financial losses | $32B | | Losses from viruses & worms | $12B | | Portion of organizations attacked | 90% | | Portion with virus problems | 84% | | Portion with spyware attacks | 79% |
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Motorola = Motor+Victrola
In 1928, Paul Galvin and his brother, Joseph Galvin, formed the Galvin Manufacturing Corp. to produce battery eliminators. It employed five people and had net sales for the year totaling $63,000. Eventually, the company became known as Motorola, a concatenation of the word motor and the suffix "ola", as in Victrola, to signify sound in motion for their automobile radio products. The name is validated still today in their cellphone and mobile radio lines. |
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