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September 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—It's podcasting meets proton penetration beams when tomorrow's technology converges in Los Angeles this week as Wired presents NextFest inviting visitors to "experience the future" today. The National Podcasting System, NPS, is there covering it all.
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Google's $30M X Prize Highlighted at NextFest
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September 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—Google is using the backdrop of tomorrow's technology at Wired NextFest in Los Angeles to encourage explorers to reach the moon.
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NextFest's Opening Day Dedicated to Students
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September 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—If kids are our future, then NextFest, whose motto is "Experience The Future" is where they should be. Appropriately, the doors opened first at Wired NextFest to children and Education Day.
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NextFest Opens With a Blast
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September 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—NextFest opened on Thursday with a blast—a jet blast, that is, from a man flying overhead using a backpack jet pack.
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Remote Eyes Extend Security View
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September 14, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—Being able to see beyond walls and other obstacles give law enforcement and military personnel the ability to extend their security posture. Minneapolis-based robotics company is allowing them to do just that.
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NextFest Exhibitor Allows Anyone to Create Own Books
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September 14, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—In a world where most everything is on-line and requiring a computer to see, it's refreshing, and now easy, for people to create their own books. Wired NextFest exhibitor Blurb creates software and provides the means for users to self-publish actual books.
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Future of Green Technologies Showcased at NextFest
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September 14, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—Spinning works of moving modern art, updated power meters and pond scum can all provide new and more efficient sources of energy and reduce greenhouse gases according to exhibitors and the crafty products they are demonstrating at Wired NextFest.
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Hitachi Showcases Futuristic Developments in a Variety of Areas
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September 14, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—Hitachi showcased a wide variety of products and systems in development now that will benefit people in the near future. Amidst the setting of Wired NextFest in Los Angeles, the Hitachi "Inspiration" exhibit pavilion provided glimpses into the future of transportation, medicine, civil engineering, security and more.
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Clinical Analyzer Promises Prompt Results
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September 14, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—A desktop clinical analyzer promising quick results of diagnostic tests was demonstrated at Wired NextFest in Los Angeles this week. The breadbox-sized device, produced by Alfa Wasserman Diagnostic Technologies, analyzes and reports clinical test results in moments while sitting in a doctor's office.
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NextFest Demonstrates the Future Today
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September 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—From a straw that filters non-potable water into drinking water to computer-assisted, advanced prosthetics to video "games" that provide serious military and emergency response crew training, Wired NextFest provides a very real look at tomorrow's technology today.
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LifeStraw Provides Access to Clean Drinking Water
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September 13, 2007, Los Angeles, CA—With nearly a billion people not having ready access to safe drinking water, an affordable, easy-to-use method to provide potable water is needed. A Swiss company is saying that it can go a long way in meeting that need with its LifeStraw personal water filter.
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