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In the race to sequence genes and in the fries land a robot in the moon that can transmit images back to earth. today foundation has new prize to develop technology to clean up oil spill on the ocean's surface. right now, i'm geeking out on an x-prize challenge that three years after it started, is in its final stages. it is a contest to develop hyper efficient cars. the winning cars have to get the equivalent of 100 miles a gallon, be able to travel 200 mile on single tank or electric charge. they have to be safe to drive and commercially produceable. 131 cars entered the contest in 2007. now...

Technology to clean up oil spills on the ocean's surface. right now, i'm geeking out onçn x-prize challenge that three years after it started, is in its final stages. it's a contest to develop hyperefficient cars. the winning cars have to get the equivalent of 100 miles a gallon, be able to travel 200 miles on a single tank or electric charge, they have to be safe to drive and commercially produceable. 131 cars entered the contest back in 2007. now, after some rigorous road testing last week at the michigan international speedway, we are down to nine. here to tell us more about what may be t...

Fire up his base, a very union pro-obama crowd there were shouts of four more years, et cetera. in terms of previewing the speech, the president said little that is new. he talked about more infrastructure spending. extending the payroll tax cut, we've heard that before. he was road testing, if you will some of the lines he may use thursday night about taking on republicans on issues like tax cuts. take a listen. >> the president: show us what you got! [ cheering and applause ] >> the president: the time for washington game is over. the time for action is now. no more manufactured crises, no m...