He got a patent for his invention in 2008 and now sells his machine all over India and in other emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America.

BBC: Indian Farmer builds frugal technology

Historically, Nokia has been a highly efficient manufacturing and logistics machine capable of churning out a dozen handsets a second and selling them all over the world.

ECONOMIST: Nokia at the crossroads: Blazing platforms | The

The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM) draws hundreds of experiments made from basic biology toolkits from undergraduates all over the world.

FORBES: Should Synthetic Biology Be Policed?

While calls went out to reporters all over town, Sperling ran up and down the stairs to the fax machine, sending out his memo and Panetta's statement.

CNN: It's All In The Timing

Perhaps that is because the formidable Labour Millbank machine did all it could four years ago to lay into any minor fiddle or question of probity hanging over the head of any Conservative MP.

BBC: The 'wrong' type of question

Our trouble is not the over-all absence of smartness but the intractable power of pure stupidity, and no machine, or mind, seems extended enough to cure that.

NEWYORKER: The Information