Welcome
The purpose of this website is threefold:
- Highlight the world's most innovative growth companies
- Highlight major new innovations still in the early stages of development and commercialization
- Monitor developments in three key growth areas:
Top Innovations to Watch
Solar Power
- Low Cost Solar Leases for Homes and Businesses
- Low Cost Thin Film - Based Solar Cells
- High Efficiency, High Power Solar Cells
Fuel Cells
- Bloom Energy--With Fuel Cell Power by the Hour
- Harvard develops thin-film solid-oxide fuel cell
- Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd wins innovation award
- Neah Power silicon-based fuel cell design
Nanogenerator
Use your body to charge your gadgets
New Medical Treatments
- Dendreon Provenge -- First "Vaccine", using immune system to fight prostrate cancer
- Geron -- Has first embryonic stem cell treatment in U.S. to reach clinical trials
- New Treatments for Sickle Cell Anemia and Other 'Orphan Drugs' from GlycoMimetics
- Vertex blockbuster new hepatitis C drug Incivek gets FDA approval
- New blockbuster Lupus Drug from Human Genome Sciences
Engineered Organs
Transplanted trachea, born in lab
Innovative New Mobile Phone Apps
- Image Recognition
- Google Goggles--Take a picture, get info about it,
- Wikitude World Browser (with 'augmented reality')--Take a picture of your surroundings, see info about the neighborhood
- Mobile Commerce & Mobile Payment Systems
- Google Wallet -- pay for things by swiping your phone
- clearXchange -- transfer money from person to person
- Square Mobile Payment System-
- Run Your Computer, Access Files From Your Phone
Cloud-Based Software and Services
News to Note: Republic Wireless to Offer Unlimited Voice and Internet Access for $19/month, using combination of WiFi hot spots and Sprint network, beginning November 8, 2011
See: Republic Wireless, Forbes
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