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The Safety of Cell Phones

By Carole Matthews |  Jan 12, 2004

Do cell phones cause brain damage? A February 2004 article in Read more

A Start-up Plans to Make Mines Safer

By April Joyner |  Nov 1, 2008

Can this workplace-safety company raise $1 million in seed capital?  Read more

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By Inc. staff |  Nov 1, 2008

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Hoyle Schweitzer's Decade Of Discontent

By Robert A. Mamis |  Feb 1, 1982

When Windsurfing's president discovered that his product had already been invented, he applied for a new patent. But 20 competitors are betting it can't be e...  Read more

Captain Kirk And His Spatial Light Modulator

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Feb 1, 1984

Ron Kirk came back to Findlay, Ohio, with a fireman's commission and a deep curiosity about holography. Today his small company, Holotronics, holds the brigh...  Read more

Death to Cool

By Leigh Buchanan |  Jul 1, 2003

For years, iRobot designed stuff cool enough for the Sci-Fi Channel, but its new product sells on the Home Shopping Network. Here's how a boutique high-tech ...  Read more

Blue is the New Green

By Adam Bluestein |  Oct 1, 2008

Forget for a moment about carbon emissions. The world is facing a more immediate crisis -- it is running out of clean water. The prospect of widespread short...  Read more

He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry

By Melba Newsome |  Jan 24, 2007

Why wasn't anyone else interested in building a safer saw?  Read more

He Took On the Whole Power-Tool Industry

By Melba Newsome |  Jul 1, 2005

Why wasn't anyone else interested in building a safer saw?  Read more

Entrepreneur of the Year: Kevin Surace of Serious Materials

By Leigh Buchanan |  Dec 1, 2009

The founder of Serious Materials wants to save the world and make a billion dollars. And he just might pull it off.  Read more