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LAUNCH:Energy Super-Charged!

November 19, 2011

Sparks fly when innovative thinkers join together to address critical issues — like solving the world’s sustainability problems.  ...

LAUNCH of New Ideas To Generate, Store, and Distribute Energy

November 15, 2011

Rebecca Taylor serves as Senior Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Office of the Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State. She is a member of the LAUNCH core team and the LAUNCH Council.

As I look back on the high speed whirlwind of the LAUNCH: Energy Forum, I have deep admiration, respect, and gratitude for the vision and persistence of the original members of NASA and its partners who drove the formation of LAUNCH. …

LAUNCH: Energy Forum—Fueling Ideas, Propelling Innovation

November 13, 2011

During the second day of the LAUNCH: Energy Forum, the mood was a bit lighter, as the group had bonded the previous night over an informal dinner.  ...

LAUNCH: Energy Forum—An Update From Mission Control

November 11, 2011

During the first day of the LAUNCH: Energy Forum, innovators from around the world gathered in one of NASA's Mission Control Rooms to present their energy-related technologies. In the audience, I was joined by more than 30 government and business leaders from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the private sector. ...

U.S. Department of State Partners to Host LAUNCH: Energy Forum

November 10, 2011

The U.S. Department of State is partnering with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), NASA, and NIKE, Inc. to host the LAUNCH: Energy Forum November 11-13, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  ...

Washington Post Profiles mChip LAUNCH: Health Innovation

November 07, 2011

Rapid, cheap HIV test finds success as first of its kind tested in the field

The first field trial for a “lab on a chip” accurately detected both HIV and syphilis among a Rwandan population, researchers reported Sunday. ...

Press Release: USAID and Partners Announce Launch: Energy Innovators

November 04, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC -  The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) along with fellow founding partners NASA, the U.S. Department of State, and NIKE, Inc. announced today the ten innovators selected to participate in their LAUNCH: Energy challenge. ...

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