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Revenue Generated by University Patents
EE Times Research

Purdue University
Source	$Million
Federal	67.98
State	57.81
Industry	49.23
Other	5.83

Massachusetts Inst. Tech.
Source	$Million
Federal	155.12
State	81.00
Industry	42.34
Other	18.92

Univ. of IL Urbana-Champ.
Source	$Million
Federal	149.41
State	5.63
Industry	22.67
Other	0

Georgia Inst. of Tech.
Source	$Million
Federal	89.85
State	60.30
Industry	31.16
Other	24.03

University of S. California
Source	$Million
Federal	107.71
State	8.15
Industry	20.30
Other	11.26

Pennsylvania State
Source	$Million
Federal	77.80
State	14.06
Industry	16.75
Other	8.82

Univ. of TX at Austin
Source	$Million
Federal	54.84
State	13.76
Industry	16.49
Other	13.74

Univ. of WI Madison
Source	$Million
Federal	70.27
State	10.90
Industry	18.90
Other	4.38

Patent Applications
EE Times Research

Year	# of Patents
2005	409,532
2004	378,984
2003	355,418
2002	353,394
2001	344,717
2000	311,807
1999	278,268
1998	256,666
1997	237,045
1996	206,276
1995	236,679

Melting Points of Semiconductor Elements & Compounds

Elements
Name	°C	°F
Arsenic	817	1503
Gallium*	29.8	85.6
Germanium	938	1721
Silicon	1414	2577
Carbon	3527	6381
Pure Compounds**
Name	°C	°F
GaAs	1238	2260
SiGe	1176	2149
SiC	2830	5126

* Ga is liquid at RT

** At typical mixtures

Company-Paid Perks
Earned in 2005
Electronic Design Research

Type	Users
Health Benefits	66%
401(k) Match	61%
Stock Options	22%
Stock Purchase	20%
Continuing Education	26%
Tuition Reimbursement	20%
Cellphone / Internet	13%
Car / Allowance	7%
Health Club	7%
Certification	5%
Sabbatical	4%
Day Care	2%
Other	6%

A Powerful Candy Bar
Popular Science Excerpt

"A king-size Snickers has 541 Calories. That’s Calories with a capital 'C,' or 1,000 lowercase calories. A small-'c' calorie represents the energy required to heat one gram of water by one degree Celsius. So that Snickers could theoretically heat a gram of water 541,000 degrees or, more realistically, bring a gallon and a half of water from nearly freezing to nearly boiling."

PC Shipments (millions)
Desktop vs. Mobile
EE Times Research

Year	Desktops	Mobiles
2004	132.2	178.6
2005	144.0	208.1
2006	146.1	230.4
2007	149.0	256.5
2008	152.8	281.4
2009	153.8	302.1
2010	159.0	332.6
Not sure how projections (aka WAGs) can be accurate to 4 places, but that is what was presented.

Gross Domestic Product
& Grain Consumed*
Per Person - 2005
Scientific American Research

Country	GDP $US	Grain kg
China	4,600	292
India	2,500	173
Europe	26,900	561
Japan	29,400	354
U.S.	40,100	918
* Many countries consume much more non-grain and fish than others

Cybercrime in the U.S.
IEEE Research

Statistic	Qty
Estimated financial losses from attacks	$67B
Actual reported financial losses	$32B
Losses from viruses & worms	$12B
Portion of organizations attacked	90%
Portion with virus problems	84%
Portion with spyware attacks	79%

Motorola = Motor+Victrola
In 1928, Paul Galvin and his brother, Joseph Galvin, formed the Galvin Manufacturing Corp. to produce battery eliminators. It employed five people and had net sales for the year totaling $63,000. Eventually, the company became known as Motorola, a concatenation of the word motor and the suffix "ola", as in Victrola, to signify sound in motion for their automobile radio products. The name is validated still today in their cellphone and mobile radio lines.

U.S. R&D Budget ($B)
Science News Research

Agency	FY06	FY07
DoD	71.9	74.2
NIH	28.4	28.4
NASA	11.4	12.2
DoE	8.6	9.2
NSF	4.2	4.5
USDA	2.4	2.0
Commerce	1.1	1.1
DHS	1.5	1.5
Interior	0.64	0.60
EPA	0.60	0.56
Other	3.1	2.8
Total	133.7	137.2