But for all the talent involved -- the cast also includes Leslie Mann ("Knocked Up") and Stephen Root ("No Country for Old Men, " the TV series "NewsRadio") -- "Drillbit Taylor" has a problem.

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The winner among undergraduate inventors was a team of four students at Johns Hopkins University, Leslie Myint, Daniel Peng, Andy Tu, and Stephen van Kooten, for FastStich, a breakthrough handheld machine for sewing sutures in abdominal surgery both faster and more safely than traditional methods allow.

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