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Prototype of world’s first microchip goes up for auction at $1,000,000
Designed by Jack Kilby and built by Tom Yeargan, the chip is made not from silicon, but germanium
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Continuing our series about growing food on balconies, patios and
window sills, the VV man gets a taste for edible florals
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Ibiza unites against oil prospectors
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