External Links
 useful for innovators


Math
 
Convert Units (free, online-no downlaod required)
http://www.unitconversion.org/
 
2-D Plotting (free, online -no download required)
http://fooplot.com/


Law
 
Patent Search (free, quick, includes patent figures)
http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html
 
Trademark Search (free, quick)
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=m3dr9i.1.1


Graphics
 
PDF file reader (free, faster than Adobe reader)
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
 
3-D Drawing Application (free, from Google)
http://sketchup.google.com/download.html



Technology
 
NIPS (The Neural Information Processing Systems)  
(Often considered the best conference for machine learning)
http://nips.cc/
 
US National Nanotechnology Strategic Plan (Dec 2007)
http://www.nano.gov/NNI_Strategic_Plan_2007.pdf

Nanotechnology -Foresight Nanotech Institute
http://www.foresight.org/



Quality
 
"House of Quality" Introduction
http://www.gsm.mq.edu.au/cmit/qfd-hoq-tutorial.swf

Free Excel templates for "House of Quality"
http://www.qfdonline.com/templates/qfd-and-house-of-quality-templates/