Weekly Staff Picks, December 18, 2011

Here our staff picks.   We have some really interesting links for you this week.   One is even art from a scientist.      

Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on Wikipedia   America Invents Act summary on Wikipedia - a must read for anyone interested in inventing, patenting, or using inventions. - Evan

Engadget   &   Stratolaunch.com   Paul Allen is backing another space vehicle launch system with Scaled Composites. - Gregg

MIT News   A one trillionth of a second shutter speed camera to photograph individual photons from a laser beam. - Gregg

How to Start the First Night of Hanukkah   This is from 2010, but still relevant today. - Anon

Flight Opportunities   Working on technology that’s beyond this world?   NASA is now providing opportunities for you to get it tested! - Evan

Stratasys video about animations using the Stratasys 3D printers. - Brandon

Jon Hiller works with “digital materials” - writing software and making 3D printers that can build shapes out of discrete bits (small spheres), but he’s also a great guitarist and has made carbon fiber acoustic guitars. - Evan