U.S. Patent Office Honors Steve Jobs with iPhone-Shaped Exhibit

Full Story / Photo: Mashable 24 Nov

The demise of Apple's Steve Jobs made headlines when it happened. And since then, there have been so much written about him that has never been done so in internet's history. No doubt he was a visionary, inventor and a mentor.

No less than 323 Apple patents list Jobs among the inventors responsible for them. Now the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is honoring the Apple founder with a dedicated exhibit.

The Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs: Art and Technology that Changed the World puts Jobs’ patents on display in the USPTO’s National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum. Conceived by the nonprofit Invent Now, the exhibit has a look that’s instantly recognizable: 30 giant-size iPhones, lined up screen to screen in a simple rectangular formation, like a military salute designed by Jonathan Ive.

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World's Lightest Material Developed

Full Story: Yahoo News 18 Nov

A metal developed by a team of researchers from University of California at Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology is pictured below, resting on a dandelion fluff without damaging it in this undated publicity photo released to Reuters on November 17, 2011.

world's lightest material seen resting on dandelion fluff without damaging it (Photo: Reuters) 

 The metal, which is about 100 times lighter than styrofoam, is the world's lightest material, according to a press release by the team. Their findings will be published in the November 18, 2011 issue of "Science" journal. 

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