The player: an engineer reinvents herself as a video-game developer
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Engineer Tobi Saulnier started out as a contract programmer at GE's research center before joining the video game developer Vicarious Visions after earning her PhD. Saulnier credits her engineering education for giving her the problem solving skills that are needed for video game production.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2007
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Why are so many patents pending? Spectrum visits the U.S. Patent Office to find out
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The challenge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) how to use the existing system to shorten the 24 months that it now takes to process most applications.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2003
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The Insomniacs
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The development of the computer game, Insomniac Games, by programmers at Sony Corp., is described.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2006
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