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How to Spark Innovation Why is it so hard to stimulate innovation inside big corporations, while at the same time VCs are awash in innovative business plans and people?   Nations:U.S.   Source:(BusinessWeek)   2008-08-19 French recording may be world's first At first listen, the grainy high-pitched warble doesn't sound like much, but scientists say the French recording from 1860 is the oldest known recorded human voice.   Nations:France   2008-03-28 Scientists make unique knee-brace power generator Talk about a knee-jerk reaction. Scientists in the United States and Canada said on Thursday they have developed a unique device that can be strapped on the knee that exploits the mechanics of human walking to generate a usable supply of electricity.   Nations:U.S.   2008-02-07 Inventors to be honored on Capitol Hill Inventors of the MRI, the Ethernet, the LP record and a popular weedkiller are among 18 people picked for induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.   2007-02-08 MetalWood bat founder seeks world markets Jimmy Tribble sets a block of Chinese-imported bamboo on a lathe, pops a floppy disk into a computer board and in seconds carves out an otherwise ordinary-looking wood barrel for a baseball bat.   Nations:U.S. Canada China   2006-07-02 Headlines How to Spark Innovation 2008-08-19 French recording may be world's first 2008-03-28 Scientists make unique knee-brace power generator 2008-02-07 Inventors to be honored on Capitol Hill 2007-02-08 MetalWood bat founder seeks world markets 2006-07-02 'Dorkbot' Meetings Develop Cult Following 2006-04-24 Chinese Premier calls for building innovation-oriented country 2006-01-12 Man Who Invented Intermittent Wipers Dies 2005-02-25 IBM Examines How Inventors Invent 2003-09-27 Inventors Hall of Fame Set to Open 2002-10-16 Most-viewed

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