Monthly Archives: October 2022

Interactive Wearables is Not the 101 Case That You’ve Been Waiting For

On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court once again requested the views of the Solicitor General (SG) in a Section 101 case, Interactive Wearables v. Polar Electric Oy. Last summer, there was excitement in the patent community when the SG, whose advice the Court usually follows, recommended granting review in American Axle v. Neapco. Although that…

BMW will invest $1.7 billion to make EVs in the United States

Enlarge / BMW’s factory in South Carolina builds its X models—SUVs and crossovers—and now it’s going to build electric ones. (credit: BMW) Domestic lithium-ion battery manufacturing has received quite a shot in the arm in 2022. In May, the Department of Energy announced it would spend $3 billion to increase battery-making here in the US….

Refining the clock’s second takes time—and lasers

Meteorologists hope optical clocks will provide a redefined ‘second’ by 2030. Deposit Photos As technology progresses, so does our ability to more precisely delineate the passage of time. Since their introduction in 1967, the standard bearers of accurate timekeeping have been atomic clocks, whose caesium-33 atoms’ oscillations serve as a reference point for a single…