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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore. Despite this collaboration, Netac subsequently sought and was granted a patent on the thumb drive within China.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Baua Electric

Mr. Wolen’s dishes are almost too impressive for a neighborhood spot like Boka, which recently turned 20 years old. His cooking — he was the chef de cuisine under Grant Achatz at Alinea — is meticulous and often surprising. His mother is Chinese, his father Creole. The best way to describe Lula Cafe?

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