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Jordin Kare, Tom Nugent and Dave Bashford are developing laser power beaming systems to transmit electricity without wires.

The founders of LaserMotive are on the verge of a technological breakthrough, one that will not only permit unmanned aerial vehicles to stay up in the air indefinitely but also permit the beaming of limitless solar energy from space to Earth.  "Imagine what you could do if you could take the wires out of electricity," poses Nugent.  "You would have electrical power on-demand without bringing in fuel, without bringing in batteries, and without running a wire."

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Nick Burke and Jerroll Harewood are providing a marketplace to bring physical training into your living room.

Direct Trainer has created a marketplace for personal trainers to provide live, customized workouts for their customers in the privacy of their own home via web cam.  "We want people to throw out those old workout videos and be held accountable," says Burke.  "And we make it easy for them by taking care of the scheduling and payments so that all they need to do is show up."

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Femi Akinde is relieving the burdens associated with everyday transactions in developing countries.

Slimtrader is the first platform in Africa that allows consumers to purchase services or shop for goods with their mobile devices.  "Instead of searching for products with a computer, we make it possible to query a retailer's inventory by text message," says founder Akinde. "You are sent the results and can then buy via text as well."

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