Read more innovation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5700/innovation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:01:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74151/us-innovation-stagnates-survey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost Americans are anxious about a future they believe will be fueled by innovation—innovation they are doubtful will come easily in this country without major changes to the education system. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the recession has hobbled the country’s ability to innovate, and just 41% see the...http://www.newser.com/story/74151/us-innovation-stagnates-survey.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 14:08:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72106/now-driving-innovation-in-india-the-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And...http://www.newser.com/story/72106/now-driving-innovation-in-india-the-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 13:04:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66844/music-legend-les-paul-dead-at-94.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMusical innovator and guitar legend Les Paul died today in White Plains, NY. He was 94. A “virtuoso guitarist” himself, in the early 1940s Paul pioneered the “log” guitar, “probably the first solid-body electric guitar," writes Jon Pareles of the New York Times . His popular Gibson Les Paul guitar and...http://www.newser.com/story/66844/music-legend-les-paul-dead-at-94.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 13:05:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66085/top-american-inventions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has called on Americans to innovate their way to a speedy economic recovery. In that spirit, Live Science rounds up the top 10 US innovations: Flight. The Wright Brothers’ 12-second flight in 1903 ushered the world into the age of aviation. Atomic bomb. The Manhattan project left a...http://www.newser.com/story/66085/top-american-inventions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 17:06:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65550/rejection-of-google-iphone-app-sets-dumb-precedent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple has rejected Google’s application to distribute its Voice application through the App Store, and that shows that Apple is dead-set against innovation, Adam Pash writes on Lifehacker. The official line is that Google Voice “duplicates features already on the iPhone—namely the Phone and Messages app,” but that’s malarkey....http://www.newser.com/story/65550/rejection-of-google-iphone-app-sets-dumb-precedent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 17:20:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58547/how-to-free-creative-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTough times tend to foster innovation. If your wallet is feeling a pinch, capitalizing on your creativity may be a way to help, says ABC News. Here are some tips on how to get your brain moving: Let your thoughts wander. Allowing your ideas to roam freely can "trigger a...http://www.newser.com/story/58547/how-to-free-creative-you.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 7:57:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55427/rd-dollars-flow-even-as-revenues-slump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRevenues may be plummeting, but US companies spent as much on research and development in 2008’s fourth quarter as they did in 2007's, the Wall Street Journal reports. Analysts point to products like the iPod, introduced during the last recession, as proof that continued R&D outlay can lead to recovery...http://www.newser.com/story/55427/rd-dollars-flow-even-as-revenues-slump.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 11:11:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50300/astronaut-slams-nasa-bureaucracy-in-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA is abuzz over a satirical video posted on YouTube that takes on the space agency’s innovation-stifling bureaucracy, reports NPR. Written, shot, and edited by astronaut Andrew Thomas and starring NASA employees and contractors, the video tells the fictional story of a young engineer’s frustrating attempts to propose a new...http://www.newser.com/story/50300/astronaut-slams-nasa-bureaucracy-in-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 11:04:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49241/time-to-give-netflix-its-dot-com-due.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite plenty of naysayers, Netflix boasts success like few other dot-coms, Chris O’Brien writes in the San Jose Mercury News . The movie-rental service reported record earnings despite the recession, “a neat trick that eBay and Yahoo could only dream of emulating.” Netflix’s innovative distribution system, inventory management, and prescient web-to-TV...http://www.newser.com/story/49241/time-to-give-netflix-its-dot-com-due.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Jan 2009 16:47:02 CST