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  • Newlight Technologies (8 February 2014) Founded out of Princeton University and Northwestern University in 2003, Newlight Technologies, LLC. is an Irvine, CA based company that develops technologies to convert air and greenhouse gases into high-performance bioplastics. Inspired by the carbon-capturing processes ...
  • Google laptop (7 February 2014) First introduced in 2011, the Google laptop is a personal computer running Chrome OS as its operating system. Also called a Chromebook, the device is designed to be used while connected to the Internet, though there are a variety of apps that can be run offline. All the ...
  • ghost white baby (5 February 2014) A baby born with almost no blood giving the infant a ghost like white appearance. The syndrome is caused by fetal-maternal hemorrhages that block blood flow to the unborn baby. Although some fetal blood loss happen in all but 2 percent of pregnancies, the ghost white baby ...
  • Goodwill Industries (4 February 2014) Founded in 1902 in Boston by Rev. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister and early social innovator, Goodwill Industries is a nonprofit organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for people of limited ...
  • methanol burning (4 February 2014) Methanol, also known as wood alcohol, is an alternative liquid-fuel source. It can be made from a variety of fossil fuels, including natural gas, which is cleaner than coal or oil. Currently, many central-heating systems in countries such as China are dependent on coal, ...
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman (4 February 2014) Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 2005 biographical film Capote. He also received three additional Oscar nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category for his ...
  • Year of the Horse (30 January 2014) The Horse is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese calendar. Recent Horse years include 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026 and 2038. Occupying the 7th position on the Chinese Zodiac, the Horse symbolizes such character traits as strength, energy, ...
  • Deep Mind Company (28 January 2014) DeepMind is a cutting edge artificial intelligence company. We combine the best techniques from machine learning and systems neuroscience to build powerful general-purpose learning algorithms. Google Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire privately held artificial ...
  • soylent (28 January 2014) Soylent is a bland shake filled with every micro- and macro-nutrient one needs to survive. The idea of creating this according to the creator, Rob Rhinehart is: independence from the financially taxing, time sucking, and sometimes even anxiety inducing act of choosing, ...
  • fully autonomous navigation and parking (28 January 2014) At the opening of the Washington Auto show, Ford C.O.O mentions that drivers will be able to experience its fully autonomous navigation and parking feature in the near future. Ford is working with M.I.T, and Standford University on the technical challenges."In the long ...

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