What Is The Outlook For American Manufacturing For 2024
The ISM Purchasing Manager’s Index was below 50% for the 14th consecutive month in December. In particular, new orders and backlogs were contracting in December. A figure below 50% is an indication of a contracting economy. ISM doesn’t make any predictions in their reports. What is interesting is that the contraction coincides with the Fed […]
Ironman Has Taken A Bite Out Of The Apple
In the Spring of 2023, I met Joe Kiani, an inventor and owner of Masimo. I flew from Denver to Orange County with the one intention of sharing my story with Joe and with Congressman Correa. Little did I know I was about to meet my biggest hero. The Masimo building is a spectacle! The […]
China, the Once Great Silicon Valley, and the Petri Dish Effect
My dad worked at Fairchild from the late 1950’s through the 1960’s. His second level boss was Robert Noyce, the inventor of planar technology, which placed my dad on the team that put the first integrated circuit into mass production. Noyce left Fairchild to start up Intel in 1968. Shortly afterwards, Noyce offered my dad […]
How Could We Reduce Inflation and Balance Foreign Trade & The Federal Budget?
We are now nearing the end of the second year of high inflation, and many are wondering why it has been so hard for the Fed to kill inflation. Could the Fed improve the efficiency of its inflation and avoid causing a recession? Could it do so in a way that balances both foreign trade […]
A Rogue Farm Trade Group Threatens to Destroy Farm Property.
We are at a pivotal moment. China now leads the United States in 37 of 44 technologies critical to our national security and economic growth. These technologies range from artificial intelligence to crop seeds, and everything in between, including technologies key to the Broadband Equity and Access Deployment (BEAD) program. Ironically, Burton Eller, Legislative Director […]
Sounding the Alarm at the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
MIT Media Lab Innovator Gauri Nanda—Inventor of Clocky®—Needs TLO Support. Technology transfer plays a critical role in technological progress and innovation. Universities and university-based researchers are responsible for creating some of this country’s most important technological innovations. The internet browser (Netscape), the internet search engine (Google), and numerous biotechnologies all were developed at U.S. universities. […]
USI’s Position on PERA: Serious Matters Require Serious Discussions.
What is the USI’s PERA Position? US Inventor (USI) disclosed its position on the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) in September 2023. Gene Quinn, founder of IP Watchdog, took issue with USI’s position in what can only be called a hit-piece intended to shut down constructive debate. He has since refused to publish anything from […]
PERA is Dangerous to U.S. Innovation.
What is the public policy justification to restrict US innovation in ways that no other country does? No legislation should be introduced without a fully debated and clearly articulated public policy justification. To do so is bad lawmaking that brings dangerous consequences. A prime example of bad lawmaking is the America Invents Act of 2011 […]
Situational Morality And Pulse Oximetry: Apple Watch Infringement And Human Nature.
As a nerdy kid, I used to read popular science magazines in the checkout line, waiting for my mom to finish buying groceries. It was the early 1980’s. I remember picking up the latest Psychology Today issue and flipping through it. I read a short blurb about a “morality” experiment. The details are fuzzy. But […]