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...long way to go before it lifts itself off the bottom of Germany's prosperity list, and one science park does not amount to a new Industrial Revolution. Since unification, Germany has spent on the former East a staggering $1.46 trillion, much of it squandered, but Halle's high-tech development shows that not all of it was wasted. The presence of world-class companies like Probiodrug proves that even the most downtrodden town can shake off years of lethargy and begin a comeback. If Halle can do it, can the rest of Germany be far behind...
...also rare for a North American to go to Germany to start a high-tech business; usually, the traffic in entrepreneurs goes the other way. Cenix demonstrates how far Germany has come over the past few years as it tries to promote the creation of science-based businesses and stem an outflow of its best minds to the U.S. Max Planck had been a "large, slow-moving beast," says Echeverri, but when the idea for Cenix was born, it was Max Planck that acted as the midwife and pushed Echeverri into becoming an entrepreneur. "Cenix Bioscience would never have come...
...visionary behind some of the flashiest high-tech buildings in the Ginza district (Chanel's new 10-story flagship) or along Omotesando Avenue (Louis Vuitton's 36,000-sq.-ft. monolith), but when New York City--based architect Peter Marino heads to Tokyo, he seeks out the city's more traditional--and simple--sites, including the shitamachi, or low city. "This city is a succession of villages, and in each one the atmosphere is that of a different world," he explains. One of his favorite routes is from Waseda University down to the Minowabashi station on the Arakawa tram line...
There's a lesson here for all of us, doctors and patients alike: we should never order or submit to a high-tech medical test without weighing both the benefits and the risks...
...digital music store, expanding soon into Hong Kong, India and Taiwan, its download numbers are still modest. Meanwhile, Asia's other pioneering online stores, like Max MP3 in Korea and iBiz in Taiwan, remain small and local. Japan, with its $4.16 billion music market and love of all things high-tech, should be an obvious opportunity for online-music sales. A survey by Japan's Nikkei Business Daily found that 47% of respondents would buy music from iTunes if they could. But Sony, the obvious candidate for market leadership (after all, Sony invented the portable music market with the Walkman...