- this is whom has done most synthetic biology and is famous for his evil work. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=638289632886625&l=15f28bd1a6
Congress hears benefits of synthetic biology
The researchers, an ethicist and members of Congress agreed the technology does not pose immediate environmental, security or ethical concerns.
By Maggie Fox, Reuters Thu, May 27, 2010IT’S ALIVE: J. Craig Venter, left, and Dr. Hamilton Smith stand in their lab. The scientists announced May 20 that they had produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA, a step toward the possibility of constructing artificial life. (Photo: ZUMA Press)WASHINGTON, D.C. - Synthetic biology can be used to make nonpolluting fuel, instant vaccines against new diseases and inexpensive medicines, but it will take time, collaboration and a nurturing regulatory environment, scientists said Thursday.The researchers, along with an ethicist and members of Congress, agreed the technology does not pose immediate environmental, security or ethical concerns but said everyone needs to keep an eye on developments.Most of the hearing before the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee was spent outlining the potential of the technology.The hearing was scheduled last week after a team at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had used an artificially synthesized genome to bring back to life a bacterium that had its own genetic material scooped out."It is not life from scratch," Venter, who founded the institute, told the hearing, calling the work "a baby step" in the field of synthetic biology, with the eventual goal of building organisms directly to order from digital DNA.As BP battled an enormous oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, prompting questions about where to look for oil and what threats petroleum products pose to the environment, scientists held out the prospect of microbes that can synthesize clean fuel and gobble up pollutants."Our optimistic estimates are that it is going to be at least a decade before there are replacements for gasoline and diesel fuel," said Venter, whose privately held Synthetic Genomics Inc. has a contract with Exxon Mobil Corp to try to make algae that can produce biofuel.New ventures
Jay Keasling of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California and the University of California Berkeley Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center said his team's work had already been used as the foundation for two biofuel companies -- Emeryville-based Amyris Biotechnologies and South San Francisco-based LS9, the Renewable Petroleum Company.Keasling said vaccine maker Sanofi Aventis has licensed technology to make engineered brewer's yeast that produces the anti-malarial drug artemisinin. He expects production to provide the drug at cost to the developing world within two years.Venter said microbes engineered to make fuel from carbon dioxide could solve energy needs by pulling excess gases from the atmosphere that contribute to global warming.The same technology could be used to design new vaccines in the computer, he added. But changes to human biology are far away. "It's a gargantuan leap from what we did to human," Venter said.He defended moves to patent the technology. "This is clearly the first life form out of a computer and invented by humans," he said.
Some researchers have said they fear Venter or other groups could patent the process and lock them out.Bioethicist Gregory Kaebnick of the nonpartisan Hastings Center said he saw no immediate ethical challenges."I believe concerns about the sacredness of life are not undercut by the science," Kaebnick told the hearing. "We are just talking about microbes at this point."Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, agreed and said there were no special worries about biological attacks using the technology, noting that it took Venter's team years to make their organism."We also must keep in mind that nature itself is already an expert at creating microbes that can cause great harm to humans," Fauci said. "Do not overregulate something that needs care, integrity and responsibility," he urged the committee.(Editing by Julie Steenhuysen and Xavier Briand)Copyright 2010 Reuters US Online Report Health News 
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Scientist accused of playing God after creating artificial life by making designer microbe from scratch - but could it wipe out humanity?
By FIONA MACRAE UPDATED: 09:33 EST, 3 June 2010Scientists today lined up to air their fears over a genome pioneer's claims that he has created artificial life in the laboratory.In a world first, which has alarmed many, maverick biologist and billionaire entrepreneur Craig Venter, built a synthetic cell from scratch.The creation of the new life form, which has been nicknamed 'Synthia', paves the way for customised bugs that could revolutionise healthcare and fuel production, according to its maker.But there are fears that the research, detailed in the journal Science, could be abused to create the ultimate biological weapon, or that one mistake in a lab could lead to millions being wiped out by a plague, in scenes reminiscent of the Will Smith film I Am Legend.While some hailed the research as 'a defining moment in the history of biology', others attacked it as 'a shot in the dark', with 'unparalleled risks'. The team involved have been accused of 'playing God' and tampering 'with the essence of life'.Dr Venter created the lifeform by synthesising a DNA code and injecting it into a single bacteria cell. The cell containing the man-made DNA then grew and divided, creating a hitherto unseen lifeform.Kenneth Oye, a social scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S., said: 'Right now, we are shooting in the dark as to what the long-term benefits and long-term risks will be.'Pat Mooney, of the ETC group, a technology watchdog with a special interest in synthetic biology, said: 'This is a Pandora's box moment - like the splitting of the atom or the cloning of Dolly the sheep, we will all have to deal with the fall-out from this alarming experiment.'Dr David King, of the Human Genetics Alert watchdog, said: 'What is really dangerous is these scientists' ambitions for total and unrestrained control over nature, which many people describe as 'playing God'.'Scientists' understanding of biology falls far short of their technical capabilities. We have learned to our cost the risks that gap brings, for the environment, animal welfare and human health.'Professor Julian Savulescu, an Oxford University ethicist, said: 'Venter is creaking open the most profound door in humanity's history, potentially peeking into its destiny.'He is not merely copying life artificially or modifying it by genetic engineering. He is going towards the role of God: Creating artificial life that could never have existed.'He said the creation of the first designer bug was a step towards 'the creation of living beings with capacities and a nature that could never have naturally evolved'. The risks were 'unparalleled',' he added.And he warned: 'This could be used in the future to make the most powerful bioweapons imaginable. The challenge is to eat the fruit without the worm.'
Dr Venter, who was instrumental in sequencing the human genome, had previously succeeded in transplanting one bug's genome - its entire cache of DNA - into another bacterium, effectively changing its species.He has taken this one step further, transplanting not a natural genome but a man-made one. To do this, he read the DNA of Mycoplasma mycoides, a bug that infects goats, and recreated it piece by piece.The fragments were then 'stitched together' and inserted into a bacterium from a different species.There, it sprang to life, allowing the bug to grow and multiply, producing generations that were entirely artificial.The transferred DNA contained around 850 genes - a fraction of the 20,000 or so contained in a human's genetic blueprint.In future, bacterial 'factories' could be set up to manufacture artificial organisms designed for specific tasks such as medicines or producing clean biofuels.The technology could also be harnessed to create environmentally friendly bugs capable of mopping up carbon dioxide or toxic waste.Dr Venter, a 63-year-old Vietnam War veteran known for his showman tendencies, said last night: 'We are entering a new era where we're limited mostly by our imaginations.'But the breakthrough, which took 15 years and £27.7million to achieve, opens an ethical Pandora's box. Ethicists said he is 'creaking open the most profound door in humanity's history' - with unparalleled risks.
Dr Venter, whose team of 20 scientists includes a Nobel laureate, likens the process to booting-up a computer.Like a program without a hard drive, the DNA doesn't do anything by itself. But, when the software is loaded into the computer - in this case the second bacterium - amazing things are possible, he said.Like diamonds, they can be grown into crystals - and you certainly cannot crystallise baboons. Most biologists say viruses are not alive, and that true biology begins with bacteria.So is Synthia, Venter's tentative name for his new critter, alive? It is certainly not the result of Darwinian evolution, one of the (many) definitions of life. It is more 'alive' than any virus but it is the product of Man, not of evolution. Its genetic code is simple enough to be stored on a computer (but then again, so is ours).Whatever the answer to this fundamental question, Venter's breakthrough is certainly the final rebuttal to the old notion of a vital spark - a mysterious essence that divides the quick from the dead. If you can carry around a genome on a computer memory stick and make a cell using a few simple chemicals, then the old idea of 'vitalism' is truly dead.
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Geoengineering and Weather Modification Patents | The ResoNation
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Geoengineering and Weather Modification Patents
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Weather Modification Patents
- 1891 – 0462795 – method of producing rain-fall
- 1914 – 1103490 – rain maker (balloon images)
- 1917 – 1225521 – protection from poisonous gas in warfare
- 1920 – 1338343 – process and apparatus for the production of intense artificial clouds, fogs, or mists
- 1924 – 1512783 – composition for dispelling fogs
- 1927 – 1619183 – process of producing smoke clouds from moving aircraft
- 1928 – 1665267 – process of producting artificial fogs
- 1932 – 1892132 – atomizing attachment for airplane engine exhausts
- 1933 – 1928963 – electrical system and method (for spraying chemtrails)
- 1934 – 1957075 – airplane spray equipment
- 1936 – 2045865 – skywriting apparatus
- 1936 – 2052626 – method of dispelling fog (mit)
- 1937 – 2068987 – process of dissipating fog
- 1939 – 2160900 – method for vapor clearing
- 1941 – 2232728 – method and composition for dispelling vapors
- 1941 – 2257360 – desensitized pentaerythritol tetranitrate explosive
- 1946 – 2395827 – airplane spray unit (us. dept. of agriculture)
- 1946 – 2409201 – smoke-producing mixture
- 1949 – 2476171 – smoke screen generator
- 1949 – 2480967 – aerial discharge device
- 1950 – 2527230 – method of crystal formation and precipitation
- 1951 – 2550324 – process for controlling weather
- 1951 – 2570867 – method of crystal formation and precipitation (general electric)
- 1952 – 2582678 – material disseminating apparatus for airplanes
- 1952 – 2591988 – production of tio2 pigments (dupont)
- 1952 – 2614083 – metal chloride screening smoke mixture
- 1953 – 2633455 – smoke generator
- 1954 – 2688069 – steam generator
- 1955 – 2721495 – method and apparatus for detecting minute crystal forming particles suspended in a gaseous atmosphere (general electric)
- 1956 – 2730402 – controllable dispersal device
- 1957 – 2801322 – decomposition chamber for monopropellant fuel
- 1958 – 2835530 – process for the condensation of atmospheric humidity and dissolution of fog
- 1959 – 2881335 – generation of electrical fields (haarp – for re-charging clouds!)
- 1959 – 2903188 – control of tropical cyclone formation
- 1959 – 2908442 – method for dispersing natural atmospheric fogs and clouds
- 1960 – 2962450 – fog dispelling composition (see references)
- 1960 – 2963975 – cloud seeding carbon dioxide bullet
- 1961 – 2986360 – aerial insecticide dusting device
- 1962 – 3044911 – propellant system
- 1962 – 3056556 – method of artificially influencing the weather
- 1964 – 3120459 – composite incendiary powder containing metal coated oxidizing salts
- 1964 – 3126155 – silver iodide cloud seeding generator (main commercial ingrediant)
- 1964 – 3127107 – generation of ice-nucleating crystals
- 1964 – 3131131 – electrostatic mixing in microbial conversions
- 1965 – 3174150 – self-focusing antenna system (haarp)
- 1966 – 3257801 – pyrotechnic composition comprising solid oxidizer, boron and aluminum additive and binder
- 1966 – 3234357 – electrically heated smoke producing device
- 1966 – 3274035 – metallic composition for production of hydroscopic smoke
- 1967 – 3300721 – means for communication through a layer of ionized gases (haarp)
- 1967 – 3313487 – cloud seeding apparatus
- 1967 – 3338476 – heating device for use with aerosol containers
- 1968 – 3410489 – automatically adjustable airfoil spray system with pump
- 1969 – 3429507 – rainmaker
- 1969 – 3430533 – aircraft dispensor pod having self-sealing ejection tubes
- 1969 – 3432208 – fluidized particle dispenser (us air force)
- 1969 – 3437502 – titanium dioxide pigment coated with silica and aluminum (dupont)
- 1969 – 3441214 – method and apparatus for seeding clouds
- 1969 – 3445844 – trapped electromagnetic radiation communications system (haarp – raytheon)
- 1969 – 3456880 – method of producing precipitation from the atmosphere
- 1970 – 3517512 – apparatus for suppressing contrails
- 1970 – 3518670 – artificial ion cloud
- 1970 – 3531310 – production of improved metal oxide pigment
- 1970 – 3534906 – control of atmospheric particles (dow chemical co)
- 1970 – 3545677 – method of cloud seeding
- 1971 – 3564253 – system and method for irradiation of planet surface areas (space solar mirrors)
- 1971 – 3587966 – freezing nucleation
- 1971 – 3601312 – methods of increasing the likelihood of precipatation by the artificial introduction of sea water vapor into the atmosphere winward of an air lift region
- 1971 – 3608810 – methods of treating atmospheric conditions
- 1971 – 3608820 – treatment of atmospheric conditions by intermittent dispensing of materials therein
- 1971 – 3613992 – weather modification method
- 1971 – 3630950 – combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process
- 1972 – 3647710 – method for dispersing fog with phosphate salt compositions
- 1972 – 3653383 – algin sponge and process therefor
- 1972 – 3659785 – weather modification utilizing microencapsulated material (gross)
- 1972 – 3666176 – solar temperature inversion device
- 1972 – 3677840 – pyrotechnics comprising oxide of silver for weather modification use
- 1972 – 3690552 – fog dispersal
- 1973 – 3722183 – device for clearing impurities from the atmosphere
- 1973 – 3769107 – pyrotechnic composition for generating lead based smoke (are you serious?)
- 1974 – 3784099 – air pollution control method
- 1974 – 3785557 – cloud seeding system
- 1974 – 3795626 – weather modification process
- 1974 – 3808595 – chaff dispensing system
- 1974 – 3813875 – rocket having barium release system to create ion clouds in the upper atmopsphere (nasa)
- 1974 – 3835059 – methods of generating ice nuclei smoke particles for weather modification and apparatus therefore
- 1974 – 3835293 – electrical heating aparatus for generating super heated vapors
- 1975 – 3877642 – freezing nucleant
- 1975 – 3882393 – communications system utilizing modulation of the characteristic polarization of the ionosphere (haarp – us navy)
- 1975 – 3896993 – process for local modification of fog and clouds for triggering their precipitation and for hindering the development of hail producing clouds
- 1975 – 3899144 – powder contrail generation
- 1975 – 3902934 – gas generating compositions
- 1976 – 3940059 – method of fog dispersion
- 1976 – 3940060 – vortex ring generator
- 1976 – 3990987 – smoke generator
- 1976 – 3992628 – countermeasure system for laser radiation
- 1976 – 3994437 – broadcast dissemination of trace quantities of biologically active chemicals
- 1977 – re29142 – combustible compositions for generating aerosols, particularly suitable for cloud modification and weather control and aerosolization process
- 1977 – 4035726 – method of controlling and/or improving high-latitude and other communications or radio wave surveillance systems by partial control of radio wave et al (haarp – cornell univ.)
- 1977 – 4042196 – method and apparatus for triggering a substantial change in earth characteristics and measuring earth changes
- 1978 – 4096005 – pyrotechnic cloud seeding composition
- 1978 – 4111911 – method of hardening liquid resols
- 1978 – 4129252 – method and apparatus for production of seeding materials
- 1979 – 4141274 – weather modification automatic cartridge dispenser
- 1979 – 4167008 – fluid bed chaff dispenser
- 1981 – 4269637 – high-performance mhd solid gas generator
- 1982 – 4347284 – white cover sheet material capable of reflecting ultraviolet rays
- 1982 – 4362271 – procedure for the artificial modification of atmospheric precipitation as well as compounds with a dimethyl sulfoxide base for use in carrying out said procedure
- 1983 – 4402480 – atmosphere modification satellite (space)
- 1983 – 4412654 – laminar microjet atomizer and method of aerial spraying of liquids
- 1983 – 4415265 – method and apparatus for aerosol particle absorption spectroscopy
- 1983 – 4373391 – relative humidity sensitive material
- 1984 – 4470544 – method of and means for weather modification
- 1984 – 4475927 – bipolar fog abatement system
- 1986 – 4600147 – liquid propane generator for cloud seeding apparatus
- 1987 – 4633714 – aerosol particle charge and size analyzer
- 1987 – 4643355 – method and apparatus for modification of climatic conditions
- 1987 – 4653690 – method of producing cumulus clouds
- 1987 – 4684063 – particulates generation and removal
- 1987 – 4686605 – method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth’s atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere (haarp – raythen)
- 1987 – 4704942 – charged aerosol (anti-airborne biological warfare agent)
- 1987 – 4712155 – method and apparatus for creating an artificial electron cyclotron heating region of plasma (haarp – raytheon)
- 1988 – 4744919 – method of dispersing particulate aerosol tracer
- 1988 – 4766725 – method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor
- 1989 – 4829838 – method and apparatus for the measurement of the size of particles entrained in a gas
- 1989 – 4836086 – apparatus and method for the mixing and diffusion of warm and cold air for dissolving fog
- 1989 – 4873928 – nuclear-sized explosions without radiation (haarp – raytheon)
- 1990 – 4948257 – laser optical measuring device and method for stabilizing fringe pattern spacing
- 1990 – 4948050 – liquid atomizing apparatus for aerial spraying
- 1990 – 4959559 – (united states) electromagnetic or other directed energy pulse launcher
- 1991 – 4999637 – creation of artificial ionization clouds above the earth (haarp – raytheon)
- 1991 – 5003186 – stratospheric welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming
- 1991 – 5005355 – method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor
- 1991 – 5038664 – method for producing a shell of relativistic particles at an altitude above the earths surface (haarp – raytheon)
- 1991 – 5041760 – method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration
- 1991 – 5041834 – artificial ionospheric mirror composed of a plasma layer which can be tilted (haarp – raytheon)
- 1991 – 5056357 – acoustic method for measuring properties of a mobile medium
- 1991 – 5059909 – determination of particle size and electrical charge
- 1992 – 5104069 – apparatus and method for ejecting matter from an aircraft
- 1992 – 5110502 – method of suppressing formation of contrails and solution therefor
- 1992 – 5148173 – millimeter wave screening cloud and method
- 1992 – 5156802 – inspection of fuel particles with acoustics
- 1992 – 5174498 – cloud seeding
- 1993 – 5245290 – device for determining the size and charge of colloidal particles by measuring electroacoustic effect
- 1994 – 5286979 – process for absorbing ultraviolet radiation using dispersed melanin (wow!)
- 1994 – 5296910 – method and apparatus for particle analysis
- 1994 – 5327222 – displacement information detecting apparatus
- 1994 – 5357865 – method of cloud seeding
- 1994 – 5360162 – method and composition for precipitation of atmospheric water
- 1995 – 5383024 – optical wet steam monitor
- 1995 – 5425413 – method to hinder the formation and to break-up overhead atmospheric inversions, enhance ground level air circulation and improve urban air quality
- 1995 – 5434667 – characterization of particles by modulated dynamic light scattering
- 1995 – 5441200 – tropical cyclone disruption (hurricanes!)
- 1996 – 5486900 – measuring device for amount of charge of toner and image forming apparatus having the measuring device
- 1996 – 5556029 – method of hydrometeor dissipation (clouds)
- 1997 – 5628455 – method and apparatus for modification of supercooled fog
- 1997 – 5631414 – method and device for remote diagnostics of ocean-atmosphere system state
- 1997 – 5639441 – methods for fine particle formation
- 1998 – 5762298 – use of artificial satellites in earth orbits adaptively to modify the effect that solar radiation would otherwise have on earth’s weather (space)
- 1999 – 5912396 – system and method for remediation of selected atmospheric conditions (solar powered blimp to ionize clouds)
- 1999 – 5922976 – method of measuring aerosol particles using automated mobility-classified aerosol detector
- 1999 – 5949001 – method for aerodynamic particle size analysis
- 1999 – 5984239 – weather modification by artificial satellites (space)
- 2000 – 6025402 – chemical composition for effectuating a reduction of visibility obscuration, and a detoxifixation of fumes and chemical fogs in spaces of fire origin
- 2000 – 6030506 – preparation of independently generated highly reactive chemical species
- 2000 – 6034073 – solvent detergent emulsions having antiviral activity
- 2000 – 6045089 – solar-powered airplane
- 2000 – 6056203 – method and apparatus for modifying supercooled clouds
- 2000 – 6110590 – synthetically spun silk nanofibers and a process for making the same
- 2001 – 6263744 – automated mobility-classified-aerosol detector
- 2001 – 6281972 – method and apparatus for measuring particle-size distribution
- 2001 – 6315213 – method of modifying the weather
- 2002 – 6382526 – process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers
- 2002 – 6408704 – aerodynamic particle size analysis method and apparatus
- 2002 – 6412416 – propellant-based aerosol generation devices and method (us army)
- 2003 – 6520425 – process and apparatus for the production of nanofibers
- 2003 – 6539812 – system for measuring the flow-rate of a gas by means of ultrasound
- 2003 – 6553849 – electrodynamic particle size analyzer
- 2003 – 6569393 – method and device for cleaning the atmosphere
- 2011 – 7965488 – methods of removing aerosols from the atmosphere (ionizing antennas)
Geoengineering Patents
- 1991 – Stratospheric Welsbach seeding for reduction of global warming
- 1999 – Process for sequestering into the ocean the atmospheric greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by means of supplementing the ocean with ammonia or salts thereof
- 1999 – 6200530 – Water-bouyant particulate materials containing micronutrients for phytoplankton
- 2000 – WO/2000/010691A1 – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
- 2001 – Method of sequestering carbon dioxide with spiral fertilization
- 2001 – US20010022952 – METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
- 2009 – US20090177569 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE RISK MANAGEMENT OR ECOLOGICAL ALTERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Read more: Hurricane Hacking: The Department of Homeland Security enters the weather modification business
INVENTORS:
BOWERS, JEFFREY A. (KIRKLAND, WA, US), CALDEIRA, KENNETH G. (CAMPBELL, CA, US), CHAN, ALISTAIR K. (STILLWATER, MN, US), GATES III, WILLIAM H. (REDMOND, WA, US), HYDE, RODERICK A. (REDMOND, WA, US), ISHIKAWA, MURIEL Y. (LIVERMORE, CA, US), KARE, JORDIN T. (SEATTLE, WA, US), LATHAM, JOHN (BOULDER, CO, US), MYHRVOLD, NATHAN P. (MEDINA, WA, US), SALTER, STEPHEN H. (EDINBURGH, GB), TEGREENE, CLARENCE T. (BELLEVUE, WA, US), WOOD JR., LOWELL L. (BELLEVUE, WA, US)
A METHOD OF MANAGING RISK INCLUDES SELLING INDIVIDUAL INSURANCE POLICIES REGARDING AREAS TO BE PROTECTED BY STORM SUPPRESSION EQUIPMENT.
- 2005 – 6890497 – METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
- 2009 – WO/2009/086559A1 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
- 2009 – US20090173386 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE APPLICATIONS AND METHODS
- 2009 – US20090173404 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM
- 2009 – US20090173801 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING BELOW SURFACE VALVES OR WAVE REFLECTORS
- 2009 – US20090175685 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE MOVEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
- 2009 – US20090202413 – CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND HYDRIDE
- 2010 – 7655193 – APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING AND SEQUESTERING CARBON DIOXIDE
KEN CALDEIRA, GREGORY RAU – THIS APPLICATION IS A DIVISIONAL OF U.S. NON-PROVISIONAL APPLICATION SER. NO. 09/759,781, FILED JAN. 11, 2001, WHICH IS A CONTINUATION-IN-PART OF U.S. APPLICATION SER. NO. 09/314,220, FILED MAY 19, 1999, WHICH CLAIMS THE BENEFIT OF U.S. PROVISIONAL APPLICATION NO. 60/096,846, FILED AUG. 18, 1998.
- 2010 – WO/2010/138195A1 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING HEAT TRANSFER CONDUIT
- 2010 – US20100300560 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING HEAT TRANSFER CONDUIT
- 2011 – 8012453 – CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND HYDRIDE
- 2011 – 8048309 – SEAWATER-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE DISPOSAL
A DEVICE SUITABLE FOR RETENTION IN A NASAL PASSAGE OF A RUMINANT, THE DEVICE BEING ARRANGED TO PASS A RUMINANT EXHALATION, THE DEVICE INCLUDING A FIRST STRUCTURE CONFIGURED TO OXIDIZE METHANE GAS IN THE RUMINANT EXHALATION, THE DEVICE BEING FURTHER ARRANGED TO PASS PRODUCTS OF THE OXIDIZED METHANE GAS TOWARD A NASAL PASSAGE EXIT.
- 2012 – WO/2012/064367A2 – TREATMENT OF RUMINANT EXHALATIONS
- 2012 – WO/2012/064367A3 TREATMENT OF RUMINANT EXHALATIONS
- 2012 – US20120115240 – TREATMENT OF RUMINANT EXHALATIONS
- 2012 – EP2435633A1 – WATER ALTERATION STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM HAVING HEAT TRANSFER CONDUIT
- 2012 – 8152091 – PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF RADIATIVE FORCING AGENTS
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Regina E. Dugan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Regina E. Dugan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Regina E. Dugan (born March 19, 1963) is an American businesswoman, inventor, and technology developer. She served as the 19th Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). In March 2012, she left government to take an executive role at Google. Just prior to the acquisition, it was announced that she would create, and lead, the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group at Google-owned Motorola Mobility. In January 2014, Google announced the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Lenovo but retained Dugan and her skunkworks team.[3]
In 1993 Dugan was awarded a PhD by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech); her thesis was titled, “Axisymmetric buoyant jets in a cross flow with shear transition and mixing.” [1]
California State University, Fullerton presented Dugan with an honorary degree in 2011.
While a part of Motorola, ATAP developed and shipped several products including the Motorola Skip – part of an authentication portfolio that is also exploring digital tattoos and pills[7]—and the augmented reality shorts, Spotlight Stories, which were featured at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It was there that ATAP announced the development of Project Ara, a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones.
Additionally, in an effort to streamline research projects, foster greater collaboration with the university research community, Dugan and her deputy, Dr. Kaigham (Ken) Gabriel, negotiated the Multi-University Research Agreement with, initially, eight leading public and private universities.[8][9]
From July 2009 to March 2012, Dugan served as the 19th Director of DARPA; she was the first woman to lead the Agency. As Director she advanced strategic initiatives in the fields of cyber security, social media, advanced manufacturing. She also led an active operational deployment in direct support of the war in Afghanistan.
“Regina does bring in outside perspective specifically related to projects that are leaps, versus incremental steps,” Seattle-based wireless analyst Chetan Sharma recently told Technology Review.[19]
In a New York Times article entitled, "New Force Behind Agency of Wonder", John Markoff noted that Dugan is "credited with having a knack for inspiring, and indeed insisting on, creative thinking.[20] DARPA is often discussed as a place of innovation, which was addressed during a Washington Post Live summit on US Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. Talking about DARPA's innovation was likened to talking about Picasso’s impressionism.[21][22]
Based on their work at DARPA and then Motorola, Dugan and Gabriel co-wrote Special Forces Innovation for the Harvard Business Review’s October 2013 issue.[23]
Dugan partly attributes DARPA’s success to an unwavering dedication to Pasteur's quadrant. The term, coined by political scientist Donald E. Stokes in his 1997 book by the same name, describes innovation that advances both basic research and solves practical problems. It is contrasted with Bohr’s quadrant, which seeks foundational knowledge about the world without any consideration for practical application and with Edison’s quadrant in which purely practical problem solving is attempted.
The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Ashton Carter, and the Department of Defense, General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, stated in a letter dated May 2011 addressed to Dugan, "based on what we know, we are satisfied that, given your disqualification from matters related to RedXDefense and the procedures you have put in place, there has been no violation of conflict of interest laws or regulations in the selection or funding of RedXDefense's proposals while you have been Director of DARPA".
Prior to entering the Department of Defense, potential political appointees disclose their business investments and holdings for review.[35] Senior ethics officials in the Office of the Secretary of Defense General Counsel, Standards of Conduct Office (OSDGC, SOCO) determine what procedures are required to address potential conflicts. The procedures are designed to ensure that companies are neither favored nor disfavored and to permit talent to be attracted to government service.
Regina E. Dugan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Regina Dugan | |
|---|---|
 19th Director of DARPA | |
| Born | Regina Elvira Dugan March 19, 1963 New York, New York, USA |
| Residence | McLean, Virginia, USA |
| Institutions | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Axisymmetric buoyant jets in a cross flow with shear: Transition and mixing (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | E. John List[2] |
| Notable awards | PhD (1993)[1] |
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[hide]Education[edit]
Dugan obtained her Bachelor of Science (1984) and Master of Science (1985) degrees in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia. In May 2013, she was inducted in to the Virginia Tech College of Engineering’s Academy of Engineering Excellence.[4]In 1993 Dugan was awarded a PhD by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech); her thesis was titled, “Axisymmetric buoyant jets in a cross flow with shear transition and mixing.” [1]
California State University, Fullerton presented Dugan with an honorary degree in 2011.
Career[edit]
Google[edit]
Dugan’s advanced technology group was not a part of the Lenovo acquisition of Motorola Mobility.[5] In February 2014, Dugan rejoined Google as Vice President of Engineering, Advanced Technology and Projects.Motorola[edit]
Shortly after the Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility closed, Dugan was tasked with creating the Advanced Technology and Projects group, a skunkworks-inspired team chartered to deliver breakthrough innovations for the company. In an interview with the New York Times, Dugan described ATAP as “a small, lean, and agile group that is unafraid of failure,” she said, and that it will “celebrate impatience.”[6]While a part of Motorola, ATAP developed and shipped several products including the Motorola Skip – part of an authentication portfolio that is also exploring digital tattoos and pills[7]—and the augmented reality shorts, Spotlight Stories, which were featured at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It was there that ATAP announced the development of Project Ara, a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones.
Additionally, in an effort to streamline research projects, foster greater collaboration with the university research community, Dugan and her deputy, Dr. Kaigham (Ken) Gabriel, negotiated the Multi-University Research Agreement with, initially, eight leading public and private universities.[8][9]
DARPA[edit]
Experienced in counterterrorism and defense against explosive threats, Dugan first served as a DARPA program manager from 1996 to 2000. During her first DARPA tour, she directed a diverse $100 million portfolio of programs including the Dog’s Nose program, which focused on the development of an advanced, field-portable system for detecting the explosive content of land mines.From July 2009 to March 2012, Dugan served as the 19th Director of DARPA; she was the first woman to lead the Agency. As Director she advanced strategic initiatives in the fields of cyber security, social media, advanced manufacturing. She also led an active operational deployment in direct support of the war in Afghanistan.
Boards[edit]
In 2013, Regina was appointed to the Board of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR),[10] and in July 2014 she was appointed to the Board of Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA).[11]Honors[edit]
- CNBC NEXT List (2014)[12]
- Fast Company Most Creative People in Business 1000 (2014)[13]
- CNN “Top 10 Thinkers” (2013)[14]
- The Verge 50 (2013)[15]
- FierceWireless “Influential Women in Wireless” (2013)[16]
- Virginia Tech Academy of Engineering Excellence (2013)[4]
- Washingtonian Magazine “Tech Titan” (2011)[17]
- Joint Meritorious Unit Award by the Secretary of Defense for “outstanding heroism during war”
- Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Service and the Award for Outstanding Achievement
- Bronze De Fleury Medal by the Army Engineer Regiment (2000)
- DARPA Program Manager of the Year (1999)
Innovation[edit]
“Disruptive innovation is the kind that unhinges old ways of operating, juices competition and creates new growth. One of the world’s leading experts on the subject is Regina Dugan” wrote Pattie Sellers in her Postcards blog.[18] Dugan has widely spoken and written about DARPA’s non-linear style of innovation, which she brought with her to Motorola Mobility and Google.“Regina does bring in outside perspective specifically related to projects that are leaps, versus incremental steps,” Seattle-based wireless analyst Chetan Sharma recently told Technology Review.[19]
In a New York Times article entitled, "New Force Behind Agency of Wonder", John Markoff noted that Dugan is "credited with having a knack for inspiring, and indeed insisting on, creative thinking.[20] DARPA is often discussed as a place of innovation, which was addressed during a Washington Post Live summit on US Competitiveness in Washington, D.C. Talking about DARPA's innovation was likened to talking about Picasso’s impressionism.[21][22]
Based on their work at DARPA and then Motorola, Dugan and Gabriel co-wrote Special Forces Innovation for the Harvard Business Review’s October 2013 issue.[23]
Dugan partly attributes DARPA’s success to an unwavering dedication to Pasteur's quadrant. The term, coined by political scientist Donald E. Stokes in his 1997 book by the same name, describes innovation that advances both basic research and solves practical problems. It is contrasted with Bohr’s quadrant, which seeks foundational knowledge about the world without any consideration for practical application and with Edison’s quadrant in which purely practical problem solving is attempted.
Other Work[edit]
Dugan has delivered keynote addresses and moderated panel discussions at events as such as:- TED[24]
- All Things Digital D9[25] and D11[26] conferences
- Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting[27]
- Clinton Global Initiative America’s Meeting
- EY Strategic Growth Forum
- FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit[28]
- Qualcomm Uplinq[29]
- Washington Post Live[30]
- World Maker Faire[31]
Potential conflict of interest[edit]
In March 2011, an article in Wired magazine stated that Dugan held stock in RedXDefense, her previous firm. In accordance with DoD policy, Dugan disclosed and recused from matters involving her former firm. A DARPA spokesperson stated that Dugan had no involvement in a 2010 contract award to RedXDefense, and that the contract was vetted by the agency’s top lawyer to assure there was no conflict. Subsequently the LA Times and Wired reported that her company had received around $1.8M in DARPA contracts and that Dugan held a promissory note from RedXDefense in the amount of $250,000.[32] Others have argued that the Wired reporters' accusations are unjustified.[33] In August, 2011, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense(DoD) began an investigation to ensure the procedures had been followed,[24] and to examine DARPA's general policies on conflict of interest as well as a specific concern that DARPA Director Regina Dugan retains financial ties to her former firm, which has won some $6 million in contracts with the agency, $4.3 million of which was awarded prior to her position as Director.[34]The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Ashton Carter, and the Department of Defense, General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, stated in a letter dated May 2011 addressed to Dugan, "based on what we know, we are satisfied that, given your disqualification from matters related to RedXDefense and the procedures you have put in place, there has been no violation of conflict of interest laws or regulations in the selection or funding of RedXDefense's proposals while you have been Director of DARPA".
Prior to entering the Department of Defense, potential political appointees disclose their business investments and holdings for review.[35] Senior ethics officials in the Office of the Secretary of Defense General Counsel, Standards of Conduct Office (OSDGC, SOCO) determine what procedures are required to address potential conflicts. The procedures are designed to ensure that companies are neither favored nor disfavored and to permit talent to be attracted to government service.
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Dugan, Regina Elvira (19993). Axisymmetric buoyant jets in a cross flow with shear: Transition and mixing (PhD thesis). California Institute of Technology. Check date values in:
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- Jump up ^ Gayomali, Chris. "GOOGLE IS SELLING MOTOROLA MOBILITY, BUT KEEPING THE MOST INTERESTING AND HIGH-TECH DIVISION". Fast Company. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering inducts new academy members, honors outstanding young alumnus". Virginia Tech College of Engineering. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- Jump up ^ Davies, Chris. "Motorola’s digital tattoo developing skunkworks will stay at Google". Slashgear. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- Jump up ^ Miller, Claire (13 August 2012). "Motorola Set for Big Cuts as Google Reinvents It". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ Gannes, Liz. "Electronic Tattoos and Passwords You Can Swallow: Google’s Regina Dugan Is a Badass". Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- Jump up ^ Kalil, Tom. "Partnering at the Speed of Business: University-Company Partnerships". White House. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- Jump up ^ Stix, Gary. "Motorola/Google’s Tech Development Strategy Starts to Emerge". Scientific American. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- Jump up ^ http://newsroom.varian.com/2013-11-18-Regina-E-Dugan-Appointed-to-Board-of-Directors-of-Varian-Medical-Systems
- Jump up ^ http://investor.zynga.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=858927
- Jump up ^ http://www.cnbc.com/id/102058732#.
- Jump up ^ "The Most Creative People in Business". Fast Company.
- Jump up ^ "The CNN 10: Thinkers". CNN.
- Jump up ^ "The Verge 50". The Verge.
- Jump up ^ "Regina Dugan, senior vice president, Google's Motorola Advanced Technology and Projects division - 2013 Women in Wireless Read more: Regina Dugan, senior vice president, Google's Motorola Advanced Technology and Projects division - 2013 Women in Wireless - FierceWireless http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/regina-dugan-senior-vice-president-googles-motorola-advanced-technology-and#ixzz2tq3x5oob Subscribe at FierceWireless". Fierce Wireless. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- Jump up ^ Graff, Garrett. "Tech Titans 2011". Washingtonian. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- Jump up ^ Sellers, Patricia. "How to innovate? Google exec explains". Fortune. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- Jump up ^ Epstein, Zach. "Google aims to outthink Apple with new DARPA-like research team". BGR. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- Jump up ^ Markoff, John (12 April 2010). "New Force Behind Agency of Wonder". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- Jump up ^ Eblin, Scott. "3 Lessons in Leading Innovation From DARPA’s Regina Dugan". Business Management Daily. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- Jump up ^ Jordan, Mary (23 February 2012). "Amid gloom about U.S. competitiveness, reasons for optimism". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- Jump up ^ Dugan, Regina. ""Special Forces" Innovation: How DARPA Attacks Problems". Harvard Business Review.
- Jump up ^ "DARPA’s Regina Dugan Talks Nerds, Failure and Flight at TED". Experts Exchange. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- Jump up ^ Swisher, Kara. "DARPA’s Regina Dugan Takes It to Mach 20: The Full D9 Interview (Video)". All Things D. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- Jump up ^ Fried, Ina. "Motorola’s Dennis Woodside and Regina Dugan: The Full D11 Interview (Video)". All Things D. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Game-Changers in Technology". Clinton Global Initiative. Retrieved 2013.
- Jump up ^ "2011 Speakers". Fortune.
- Jump up ^ ""Windy Day" featured at Qualcomm’s Uplinq". Digital Fish. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- Jump up ^ Kolawole, Emi. "Technology experts talk ideas and innovations". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- Jump up ^ "The Future is What We Choose to Make". Fora. Retrieved 2013.
- Jump up ^ Schactman, Noah; Spencer Ackerman (7 March 2011). "Darpa Chief Owns Stock in Darpa Contractor". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- Jump up ^ "Wired Reporters Trash Unsung DoD Science Hero". Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- Jump up ^ Clark, Charles S. "DARPA director under investigation for conflict of interest". Government Executive. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Jump up ^ Marcum, Cheryl Y.; Lauren R. Sager Weinstein; Susan D. Hosek; Harry J. Thie. Department of Defense Political Appointments; Positions and Process. RAND. ISBN 0-8330-2986-X.
External links[edit]
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- RedXDefense Home Page
- La Times article
- Official Darpa biography (PDF)
- Pentagon Probes Possible Conflict of Interest by Research Group
- "Regina Dugan's Innovative Strategy For DARPA," Fast Money, November 17, 2011
- Regina Dugan at TED
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