Computer geek Leonardo Bonanni PhD, came upon this problem as a Visiting Scientist at MITs Media Lab, and decided the way best way foster true transparency was to map out product supply chains, one product and company at a time.

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In November 2010 North Korea revealed a modern uranium enrichment facility equipped with more than 1, 000 centrifuges to a visiting top US scientist.

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"There are loads of ideas floating around, and they're serious about implementing them, " said UK space scientist John Zarnecki, who is a visiting professor at Beihang University, the new name for the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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