Above & beyond: James Brown

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James Brown flies an F-22 Raptor as a test pilot for Lockheed Martin Corp. where he was able to experience flying at 18,000 meters above the ground and subjecting his body to 9 g's. Brown has logged 7600 flight hours in 124 types of airplanes but his job entails working twelve-hour days and being in constant danger that something could go fatally wrong.

author: Karlin, Susan
Guided Missiles, Space Vehicles, Parts, Practice, Defense industry, Lockheed Martin Corp., Test pilots, Defence industry, Cover story, Defence industries, Brown, James

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Invention on demand: a fab four partnership brainstorms boisterously to spice up new but mundane products

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Richard Pavelle, George Freedman, Sol Aisenberg and A. Ze'ev Hed launched Invent Resources Inc, an inventions-on-demand company, in 1997. The company has so far produced about 50 revenue-generating agreements.

author: Karlin, Susan
Patents & copyrights, Management, Innovations, Economic aspects, Column, Intellectual property, Creative ability, Creativity, Company business management, Inventors, Invent Resources Inc.

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Mom vs. bomb

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The effort of engineer Naomi Zirkind in developing a robot that can be used by soldiers to detect and defuse explosive devices in war zones is discussed.

author: Karlin, Susan
Explosives, Explosives Manufacturing, Appreciation, Control, Works, Mobile robots, Zirkind, Naomi

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