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"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6255579 | Method and apparatus for utilizing heat dissipated from an electrical device Embedded electronics (102) are operated under normal operating conditions, with power being supplied to embedded electronics via a power source (205). Heat is generated via the normal operation of the embedded electronics (102), and a voltage (117) is gen... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6084173 | Method and apparatus for the generation of charged carriers in semiconductor devices A technique for enhancing the generation of carriers (ex. electrons and/or holes) in semiconductor devices such as photovoltaic cells and the like, receiving radiation from a heated surface, through the use of micron juxtaposition of the surface of the de... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5949176 | Electron heat converter A device that utilizes the difference in NEAF values between two plates to generate voltage is disclosed. The difference in NEAF values is created by shaping or varying the thickness of two plates to create a voltage differential which is available to dri... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5712886 | Device for detecting and monitoring perforation of the bottom head of the vessel of a nuclear reactor The detection device includes at least one thermocouple (10) arranged aligned with the bottom head of the vessel of the nuclear reactor, having a first branch (9) made of a first metallic material and at least one second branch (11) made of a second metal... | 01/27/1998 |
| 4168716 | Solar-powered thermionic-photoelectric laser A solar-powered thermionic-photoelectric current generator is disclosed employing a paraboloidal telescope for collecting and concentrating sunlight into a narrow beam which is incident upon a thorium-doped tungsten cathode target within an evacuated enve... | 09/25/1979 |
| 3977909 | Solar heat energy conversion system A self-sustaining solar energy conversion system for converting solar heat energy to electrical energy comprising a finite heat sink having a first heat exchange means and drive means disposed therein. The finite heat sink comprises an enclosure having a ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3957541 | Implantable thermoelectric generator having thermopile compression wires Thermopile mounting comprising elongated thermoelectric elements with insulation therebetween arrayed into a thermopile block, electrical interconnections for said elements, a hot plate and a cold plate at each end of the thermopile and a plurality of ten... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3945854 | Long-life thermoelectric generator Thermoelectric long-lasting microgenerator which may be implanted in the human body, using a cylinder containing a radioactive isotope as a heat source and the human body as a cold source. The connection between the heat source and the thermoelectric elem... | 03/23/1976 |
