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Renewable Energy Powers Progress

Blue energy technology brings affordable, renewable electrification and jobs to remote places.

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Teams Prepare for X Prize Car Race

More than 60 teams are building cars that can go at least 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a gallon (3.8 liters) of fuel to try to win $10 million in a unique race.

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On The Record

Quote Beginning Mistakes are the portals of discovery. End Quote

James Joyce, Irish writer

Quiz

What accomplished innovator and inventor helped to create several General Motors concept vehicles?

A. Michael Callahan
B. Mathias Craig
C. Adrian Chernoff
D. Amy Jaffe

Which great leader of the American Revolution was also a consummate inventor?

A. Thomas Jefferson
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. George Washington
D. Benjamin Franklin

In the last decade what percentage of successful U.S. high tech companies were founded by immigrants?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 25
D. 50

Innovation Nation: A Selection of Innovative Cities in the United States

From small towns, to big, bright metropolitan areas in the United States, businesses, local governments, scientists and everyday people are developing innovations that are making people's lives healthier, easier, more prosperous or simply more interesting. Here is a sampling of the innovation hot spots in the United States.

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