Of Drivable Airplanes, Hair-Raising, OLPC, Card-Counting, Black Silicon, & More: New England’s Top Innovation Stories of 2008
Robert Buderi12/30/08Leave a CommentFollow @bbuderi
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potentially disruptive black silicon technology. Thanks to remarkable light-detecting properties, as Wade described it, black silicon could become “an ideal, and inexpensive, replacement for less-sensitive detectors in devices as varied as X-ray and CRT machines, surveillance satellites, night-vision goggles, and consumer digital cameras.”
5) Hair-Raising Adventures
Evidently few things are nearer and dearer to people’s hearts than their hair—and our two stories about Boston-based Follica, which has recruited top scientists to tackle baldness and other follicle disorders, have generated a ton of interest. Between the two of them, our story on the company’s launch, posted back in January, and an update about Follica’s latest fundraising efforts this summer, have generated more than 1,350 comments—and growing.
Editors’ Choices
Our readers are incredibly astute in picking great stories, of course, but here are a few that didn’t rank in the top five traffic-wise, but that our editors think are well worth another look.
The A123 Story: How a Battery Company Jumpstarted its Business
(Bonus choice: A123 Systems Co-founder Confirms Lucky 8 Influenced Timing of IPO Filing)
Boston Unblurred: Debunking the Google Maps Censorship Myth
EMC: Before Acquiring, Check the Wiring
Top 10 Mistakes By Entrepreneurs
Red Sox Owner’s Simulation Startup, iRacing.com, Waves the Green Flag
Are You Ready to Give Up Cable TV for Internet Video?
Twist of Fate-How A Band of VCs Recruited a Scientific Dream Team to Control Our Cells’ Destinies
Al Gore Eyeing Big Investment in Clean Energy Prize Winner
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