Speaking at the headquarters of the 3M Company, which makes products ranging from post-it notes to high-tech fuels cell components, he called for tax credits for business research, increased money for federal science programs, and he talked about the need to improve math and science skills of American high school students.

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Sastri's talented multitudes reside on the servers of HelloBrain.com, an "intellectual capital exchange" in Santa Clara, California, where high-tech companies post engineering projects and freelance engineers around the world bid on the work.

FORBES: Hello brain. Good-bye rules.

General Motors this evening took the wraps off the seventh generation Chevrolet Corvette, a 450-horsepower high-tech American sports car that says as much about GM in the post-bankruptcy era as any financial spreadsheet or marketing campaign.

FORBES: New Corvette Is A Sign Of The Times At GM

Research published by Jones and his colleagues in 2011 found that 15.4% of Virginia Tech students experienced high levels of post-traumatic stress three to four months after the shootings.

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