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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Nov 27, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, November 27, 2013

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Lots of people are probably preparing to lose sleep tonight while they worry about whether their Thanksgiving feast will come out of the oven OK. Well, we wanted to talk turkey with a techie. So we called up Scott Heimendinger. He used to work for Microsoft and IBM. Today, he's the director of applied research for the Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. And, we talk with a mathematician from New York University who unveiled a new species of drone this week that flies like a jellyfish.

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Talking turkey with a techie

Nov 27, 2013
Scott Heimendinger of the Modernist Cuisine cookbooks talks Thanksgiving and Modernist Cuisine's new cookbook app with Marketplace Tech.

One Bitcoin now worth over $1,000

Nov 27, 2013
Undeterred by Senate hearings, the price of the virtual currency Bitcoin is soaring.

Lots of people are probably preparing to lose sleep tonight while they worry about whether their Thanksgiving feast will come out of the oven OK. Well, we wanted to talk turkey with a techie. So we called up Scott Heimendinger. He used to work for Microsoft and IBM. Today, he’s the director of applied research for the Modernist Cuisine cookbooks. And, we talk with a mathematician from New York University who unveiled a new species of drone this week that flies like a jellyfish.

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