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Re: FIRST Selected for Google's Project 10^100
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Originally Posted by BrendanB View Post
At the North Carolina Regional this past year Dean introduced the CEO's of a company that produces florescent light bulbs but they are brighter and use even less energy than other florescents. He mentioned that they plan to partner with the company (it is slipping my mind it has been 6 months) and have teams sell them just like girl scout cookies to consumers but I haven't heard anything about it since NC.
I believe that the company was Cree and it was an LED light bulb. Like you said, it has been a good time since the regional, but I believe that was the company Dean had there with him to unveil this new venture that he is trying to start up.
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