Here's a cool site in which a modern 3D animation guru has undertaken building of virtual embodiments of Leonardo da Vinci's work:

http://jpixl.blogspot.com/

Stanford magazine has run this article on TWELV:

http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2007/mayjun/red/time.html

We have received notice from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that a patent for the Chronaissance (TM) birthstone wristwatch is being granted. You can visit http://www.twelv.com for other technologies related to horology.

Attorney Shelton Harrison (http://www.sheltonharrison.com) is the inventor on the filing. Harrison is founder of BarRev(TM) LLC (http://www.barrev.com), which provides California Bar Exam Review services and also offers the Law School Academic Preparation Program (http://www.LSAPP.com), called the "law school bootcamp."

When the Inventerprise team is not developing technologies, we work on other stuff. One project -- fourteen years in the making -- is coming to fruition in the form of a new book entitled PLUTONOMICS: A Unified Theory of Wealth. Visit http://www.plutonomics.com for more information. See also, http://plutonomics.wordpress.com .

Jatalla Goes to MIT

Less than two weeks after its groundbreaking prototype was made publicly viewable, the Jatalla search engine has been invited to showcase in the Technology Review Emerging Technologies Conference 2006 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Jatalla was created by Los Angeles-based research and development firm Inventerprise LLC.

“We are honored and thrilled to be included in this event,” Inventerprise founder Shelley Harrison remarked. “It’s really a testament to the promise of user-generated, user-controlled content.”

Unlike conventional search engines, which rely upon automated webcrawlers and computer analysis, Jatalla provides search results derived from rankings performed by actual, living human beings. Through Jatalla, any World Wide Web user can cast a “lexivote”, which consists of two parts: (i) a word or phrase and (ii) at least one URL. Thereafter, when a search query is submitted, all lexivotes matching the search query are counted, and associated URLs are ranked according to the number of lexivotes they receive.

Vincent Caprio of Technology Review commented that he was also “honored” to have an innovation such as Jatalla represented at the conference, which is being held on September 27 - 28 at the MIT campus.

Search engine commentators have picked up on a number of unique features of Jatalla. One such feature is what the company calls “planned inefficiency.”

“Automation is increasingly the problem, not the solution, for technology users,” explains Harrison. “I don’t know anybody who enjoys being caught in an automated phone tree system talking to a voice-activated computer.”

“By the same token, the quality of search results generated by computers will remain far below that of search results generated by humans, at least as long as the latter are smarter than the former,” he continued. “That’s why every decision on Jatalla – such as whether or not to cast a lexivote on the plural form of a word – is made by an individual human user, inefficient as that may sound at first.”

The essential Lexivote system was created in 1999 in an ambitious but ultimately failing attempt to produce a 100% human-programmed “artificial conscience” called the “Ethicode.” Patent filings in 2003 and 2004 disclose not only the current Jatalla.com search engine but also numerous functions not yet deployed.

People who would like to try the new paradigm in search technology can visit http://www.jatalla.com and begin casting their own lexivotes. For more information, see http://jatalla.wordpress.com.

Inventor Patents New Way to Tell Time: Colorful Display Ideal for Cell Phones, Wearable Audio Players, and Mobile Electronic Devices

Inventerprise(R) LLC announced today the granting of a United States patent on a new way to tell time. The newly patented system breaks from centuries-old tradition, dispensing altogether with the use of any hour hand or hour digit. Instead, each individual hour of the day is represented solely by one of twelve unique colors.

As a result, the new time format -- called "TWELV" -- requires much less display monitor space than conventional formats. This smaller footprint makes TWELV ideal for use on mobile phones, portable consumer electronics, head-mounted displays, wrist-watches, and other wearable computing and communications devices.

"The prototype is stunningly simple and elegant," a company representative commented. "Colors are not only more pleasing visually, but they can also be correctly recognized from much greater distances than can individual numerals or clock hands."

In some TWELV embodiments, the minute hand or digit is also eliminated. Instead, a moon serves as the minute indicator, waxing from a slender crescent at the beginning of an hour to a full orb at the end. This embodiment also allows virtually any other monochromatic image -- such as a company logo, a silhouette, or a musical note -- to serve as the minute indicator.

Inventerprise arranged for designer Christopher Tjalsma to create the first prototype of the moon-based embodiment of TWELV. This prototype is now available for viewing via the web site: http://www.twelv.com.

"The sun and moon are probably the earliest time indicators used by the human race," the representative continued. "Christopher's design somehow taps into humanity at that very deep level. It feels a thousand generations old."

The patent announcement comes on the heels of the company’s headline-making roll-out of Jatalla.com (http://www.jatalla.com), a prototype search engine that uses no Web crawlers and no document analysis software, instead relying solely upon relevancy rankings performed by living human beings.

Watches and clocks based on the TWELV(TM) system, including the Tjalsma Intuitime(TM) design and the hybrid TIKR(TM) design -- which provides minute but no hour digits -- are expected to be made available commercially in two to four years. All TWELV displays also include an override feature, allowing users to display time in standard 4-digit format if needed.

View the latest paradigm in horology at http://www.twelv.com.

Los Angeles, CA August 29, 2006 --

Jatalla, the first Web search engine to deliver 100% user-generated relevance rankings, has been made available today in prototype form at www.jatalla.com. Unlike conventional search engines, which rely upon automated webcrawlers and computer analysis, Jatalla provides search results derived from rankings performed by actual, living human beings.

Through Jatalla, any World Wide Web user can cast a "lexivote", which consists of two parts: (i) a word or phrase and (ii) at least one URL. Thereafter, when a search query is submitted, all lexivotes matching the search query are counted, and associated URLs are ranked according to the number of lexivotes they receive.

"All the text and image evaluation algorithms are executed in people’s heads," commented a company representative. "And in that way, the lexivote methodology fulfills some of the Web's longest-standing but previously untapped potential. Jatalla is –- and is only -- as good as people make it."

Drawing upon the collective intelligence of an entire planet’s human minds, Jatalla.com has -- at least in theory -- exponentially more processing power than any other search engine. But the creators of the site are the first to admit that their biggest challenge is to grab those first few users.

"We hope that Jatalla will one day serve as an easy way to interview the whole world through a single search query," the company representative continued. "But right now, we've got to focus on early adopters, especially those who believe that humans are still smarter than computers."

Toward that end, the Jatalla prototype is quite simple, providing only core functions, like search and lexivote submission. However, the Jatalla support blog, hosted by WordPress (http://jatalla.wordpress.com), indicates that more complex features will arrive when formal launch takes place. Nonetheless, visitors find the simplicity of the site refreshing, particularly the absence of advertisements and other clutter.

Announcement of the lexivote ranking methodology in June, 2006, created an international buzz within the industry. But the new prototype represents the first time that anyone has gotten to test drive a lexivote-based search engine. People who would like to try the new paradigm in search technology can visit http://www.jatalla.com and begin casting their own lexivotes.

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New Search Engine Uses Distributed Computing System --
And the Computers Are Human

Los Angeles, CA June 19, 2006

In a coup for the "Web 2 .0" movement, a new search engine announced today provides search results that are 100% user-generated. The site, called Jatalla.com, is expected for beta release in July.

Through Jatalla.com, any registered user can submit a vote called a "lexivote", which consists of two parts: (i) a word or phrase and (ii) a list of up to three URLs. This lexivote is counted along with all other lexivotes that include the exact same term. Thereafter, when a user queries the search engine using that term, a list of URLs -- ranked according to these lexivotes -- is returned. Each user is limited to only one lexivote per search term.

The service was developed by Inventerprise LLC, a national award-winning product development company based in Los Angeles, California, and Viking Web Development, based in Fargo, North Dakota. The essential system was created in 1999, and patent filings in 2003 and 2004 disclose not only the current Jatalla.com search engine but also numerous functions not scheduled for deployment until next year. "We’re excited, and we’re counting on users to make the project a success," an Inventerprise representative noted. "Just like a wiki, a social bookmarking service, or a folksonomic tagging system, Jatalla.com offers 100% user-created and user-maintained content. We provide the vessel; users themselves provide the search results."

In leveraging the collective intelligence of Internet users worldwide, the Jatalla.com search engine can be likened to a distributed computing system, except that all the search algorithms are contained in people's heads. Such an approach departs from the computer-based algorithms that drive the dominant search engines of today and leverages increased demand for adding the consumer’s voice to the media chorus.

"We believe that people are still smarter than computers, and that people are better researchers than are computer algorithms," the representative continued. "Jatalla.com is like a modern 'John Henry' story."

Another noteworthy benefit the new search engine provides is immediate responsiveness. Unlike search engines that rely on automated web crawlers to find new content on the World Wide Web, the Jatalla.com system instantaneously responds to lexivotes, so that Web pages pertaining to a particular news event can appear in search results moments after being posted.

To view screenshots of the beta model, visit http://www.jatalla.com.

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