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Feb 3, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, February 3, 2012

You might want to keep an eye on a site called Pinterest. It had 4,000 percent growth from July to December of this year and currently boasts 2.5 million members even though it’s still invitation-only. This is a meteoric rise reminiscent of the early days of, well, Facebook. Also in this program, Purdue University scientists are working on a way to harness the power of hip-hop bass beats to power medical devices.

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You might want to keep an eye on a site called Pinterest. It had 4,000 percent growth from July to December of this year and currently boasts 2.5 million members even though it’s still invitation-only. This is a meteoric rise reminiscent of the early days of, well, Facebook. Also in this program, Purdue University scientists are working on a way to harness the power of hip-hop bass beats to power medical devices.

Marketplace Tech Report for Friday, February 3, 2012