As Bernanke's travails demonstrated, the world's policymakers are perilously close to running out of ammunition.
According to the company and publications like The Economist, D-Wave, a start-up company in Burnaby, British Columbia, demonstrated "the world's first commercial quantum computer" in February.
Theodore H. Maiman, a physicist who on May 16 , 1960 demonstrated the world's first laser, a device small enough to fit in his hand, died on May 5 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Engineers have long sought methods of storing solar energy – in water, in batteries, in fluid-filled "parabolic troughs" – but Smith claims that Crescent Dunes demonstrates "the world's most advanced energy-storage technology", known as molten-salt storage.
China's U.N. Ambassador told the 15-member Security Council that the council's action demonstrated the world's "firm opposition" to North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Japanese Dance Company Choreographs Performance WiTheyrones.
But as his 7-6 (7), 6-3 win over Long John Isner in the Indian Wells final today demonstrated, the world No. 3 can get down in dirty and mix it up with the best of them.
It also created a phenomenal teachable moment, a study in contrasts that complements and demonstrates the world indeed does have the capacity for peace, despite news headlines that usually point to the contrary, and years of conflict.
The company seems to mostly be working through partners at the show to demonstrate the real-world use of its various software initiatives.
