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You have heard it all-everyone is talking about the VOIP technology and how it is outpacing the telephones companies and even the cellular companies. So what is all the talk about?

VOIP allows you to make your entire local, long distance and international telephone calls over your high-speed internet connection. All of this for just one low price that can be rolled up into your monthly internet cable invoice. The technology is changing rapidly and there are a lot of new features available to people savvy enough to get in on the ground floor for this new technology.

So, what should you do? How different will your VOIP technology be over your regular telephone company? If you listen to the advertisements, you will realize that they are a lot alike, but there are also some benefits that VOIP technology now offers.

For your VOIP telephone phone, you can have voice mail, 3-way calling, speed dialing, call forwarding, simultaneous ring, call waiting, caller ID, call return, caller ID block, anonymous call rejection, do not disturb feature, and last number redial. If changing to the VOIP system you can take your existing telephone number, get great international rates, make it possible for people overseas to call you with it being a local call for them (gone are the long distance rates), you get free in-calling network and can manage your account online.

Well, this sounds a lot like the other phone companies, so what really makes the VOIP technology better? It is debatable as to whether or not this is better. It is definitely different, however; recently, there was a press release on http://News. com that “A technical review conducted by the British government has found several security flaws in products that use VOIP and text messaging, including those from Microsoft and Cisco Systems. ” So, there can be a problem with the VOIP technology.

There is also concern that the VOIP does not full support their own encryptions yet. This means that it is easy to eavesdrop on VOIP telephones and to even change what is being said. Experts are working on security options, but have not yet found one that is completely reliable to take care of this problem.

If you look at it only one way, you would say, this is a major problem and I can not deal with that. However, consider the cyper terrorists. They can and will disrupt any communications system-all it takes is the time and patience to find a single flaw and everything can come crashing down.

The choice is yours to decided whether or not the VOIP technology is advanced enough for you to use this as your primary means of communicating on the telephone. Take your time and really think about whether or not this new VOIP technology will do everything you need it to do. If not, you might want to wait a few years until the technology has advanced more before changing over to the new VOIP technology. You know that technology will only change and be improved for the better.

There are no direct financial fruits from merely owning a patent. There are a lot of patents and products which are lying useless in federally funded universities and research laboratories across the country. A patent or product must be adopted, purchased or leased by a corporation for development.

The Technology Transfer Agents are present to complete the cycle of innovation by bringing to the market, products and services resulting from federally funded research institutions. They are also considered the catalysts for innovation.

The only reason for being a transfer agent is to make federally funded research available to private industry, for discovering new applications for new inventions, technologies, and products. To return royalties and revenue back to the research agency.

More than 700 laboratories and research centers apply their research and development skills and expertise for the advancement of science and represent almost all federal departments and agencies- conducting over $100 billion in research and development annually and employ more than 100,000 scientists.

Their science makes our lives safer, more convenient, and more fulfilling from medicine to transportation to communications, these research facilities investigate everything that is known and extract knowledge from the previously unknown. These scientists’ efforts, desires, and creativity are unparalleled.

But all of this work is for nothing if the talents of the genius are not unleashed. It is really necessary that the mind-blowing developments happening behind laboratory doors be transferred from the logical existence to practical existence.

To take full advantage on the nation’s investment in federal research, the expertise and technology should be brought to the marketplace, which not only enhances the nation’s socioeconomic well-being in the global marketplace, but security and prominence is also secured.

This transfer is accomplished through the outstanding work of scientists, agency representatives, and technology transfer professionals. This achievement requires a vision, a plan, and a methodology.

In 2003, LipidLabs acquired and commercialized the Advanced Lipoprotein Fingerprinting Screening technology that allows doctors to better identify health risks. After maturing the technology, it was sold it to Spectracell Laboratories, Inc. for $354,000 and retained a royalty interest, which is then distributed to the prior shareholders as a dividend.

Built on the strength of success, Lipid continues to capitalize, keep alive and deliver the next generation of technology from R&D Facilities like Texas A&M to the marketplace.

LipidLabs, Inc, partners with Fortune 500 companies, small enterprises, universities, and research institutions bringing innovations to market. Finding or funding private and publicly held corporations LipidLabs turns research into reality.

LipidLabs has the vision, plan, and methodology with the tools and services to ensure that the efforts of federal engineers and scientists are not left on a shelf. LipidLabs develops and tests transfer methods, addresses barriers to the process, helps the marketing process, and provides additional funds for necessary product development. LipidLabs offers capitalization, private funding, and fast track commercialization.

Three distinct R&D Commercialization Segments form the foundation of LipidLabs Technology Transfer Services: 1) Nano-Technology and Applied Materials; 2) Bimolecular Sciences, Medical Health and Wellness; and 3) Manufacturing, Transportation and Storage.

In most cases, LipidLabs will obtain an exclusive license and marketing rights from the university or research facility that will provide for royalty payments to the university from profits generated by that technology. In some cases, LipidLabs actually purchases the patents to products under development.

LipidLabs Growth Strategy is the first strategy to simply increase number and value of technology transfers valuations. Second strategy is to expand customer and university supplier base.

LipidLabs expects to continue to develop new technologies and to leverage on the millions of dollars of research grants that universities spend developing these products.