Most often innovation is the culmination of several things: a sound idea, vetted through great process, refined by innovative application, and brought to market by outstanding leadership.

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Not only are the buggers capable of creating a byproduct which can quickly be refined into fuel for vehicles, but scientists say the process is carbon-negative -- it outputs less carbon than is required to produce it.

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Extracting meaning from datasets is a process data scientists and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have already refined.

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With the encoding process in the AK100 MQS Portable System, MQS music and sounds are more refined and pure.

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It's only through the process of disagreement and debate that bad ideas get tossed out and good ideas get refined and made better.

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In the spirit of design, it can be seen as a process of cultivating creative confidence, while seeing life as a series of prototypes that must be challenged and refined at every step.

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