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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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The patent success in South Africa was thanks to Thaler’s attorney, Ryan Abbott. Abbott, a physician as well as a lawyer, is a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey’s School of Law. If that person couldn’t prove he or she was the inventor, the patent couldn’t be enforced.

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Access South Africa’s Leading Research Journal’s Entire Collection

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He is a professor and a deputy vice chancellor for research and internationalization at the University of Johannesburg. The majority of the authors are from Africa. In collaboration with the IEEE Africa Council , special issues focus on areas such as East Africa.

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Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

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The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. Connected vehicles Personal Transit Sustainability Urban mobility'

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Tom Wigley, and Christopher Green questioned the relevance of the reference emissions scenarios that the IPCC used in the Fourth Assessment Report to underpin estimates of future warming trends. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., Earlier post.) and 5.0%.

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Nielsen global survey finds concerns about climate change slipping behind concerns over other environmental issues; air and water pollution top worries, pesticide use #3

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Boykoff, Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. Globally, Latin Americans remain the most concerned about climate change/global warming, at 90% up from 85% in 2009, while Middle East/Africa consumers posted the highest increase regionally as concern grew from 69 to 80% in the two year span.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.