Stanford Engineering Library Blog

French scientists have invented a prototype for the first fully autonomous artificial heart. Beating in a similar fashion to a real heart the artificial heart uses sensors to monitor and control blood flow and heart rate.

Full article on CNN.com

Tom Kelley, General Manager of IDEO and author of two best selling books on innovation, will be on campus to give a talk, “Young at Heart: How to Be an Innovator for Life." In addition, Tom will help us kick off this year's Global Innovation Tournament.

November 12, 4:30-6:00 PM
Kresge Auditorium
Free and open to the public

Make plans to participate in the Tournament. It is fast and fun, lasting only four days. Each team will be charged with creating as much value as possible using an everyday object. We will unveil the mystery object after Tom Kelley's talk. Teams produce a short video showing what they have done. Come with a team or form one after the launch event.

The first year of the Tournament, the mystery object was Post-it Notes, and last year it was rubber bands.... You can see last year's winners at: http://eweek.stanford.edu/2008/winners.html

Prizes include once-in-a-lifetime experiences, such as playing Deathball with Tim Draper or playing ice hockey with Guy Kawasaki. Winning submissions will be announced and showcased on Wed , Nov 19, from 4:30-6:00 in Kresge Auditorium.

Learn more and sign up in advance at http://eweek.stanford.edu .

Developing Creativity in Science, Engineering and Medicine, Prof. Martin L. Perl, Stanford University / SLAC, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Physics.

The speaker will touch upon the following topics in his talk: The special nature of Creativity in Science, Engineering, and Medicine - Necessary Conditions for Creativity - How to Develop a Good Idea - Colleagues - The Art of Obsession in Science, Engineering, and Medicine - The Technology You Use Now - Future Technology

Location: George E. Pake Auditorium at the Palo Alto Research Center [PARC], 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Free and Open to the Public

Directions to PARC: http://www.parc.com/directions

ONLINE ARCHIVE of past Forums: http://www.parc.com/events/forum/archive.php

The library is currently running a trial of Scopus (http://www.scopus.com). Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. It includes many tools that allow you to look at what articles are being cited, examine new trends in research literature, and the ability to create alerts to notify you when new articles are published in any research area.

If you have any feedback, please send us an email at engreference@stanford.edu.

We had to share this article from The Scientist entitled, "Secrets from science librarians that can save you hours of work." It not only gives great insight into the services your librarian can provide but also some great tips on using library resources.

Full article:
http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/55128/

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Stanford students were challenged to use an everyday object to create as much "value" as possible. The mystery object was revealed to be water bottles. The videos below are the Stanford recognized entries:

Winners of the Global challenge will be announced December 5.