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My million-dollar idea is based on the small-scale "Technology Centers" that exist throughout Spain today.  Similar to a public library, these centers are open to the public and offer resources for use, free of charge.  The resources are scientific instruments, computers, and technical-support specialists who can help you use them.  Engineers and scientists with ideas but no funding use these centers to boot-strap their innovations.  The technology centers are affiliated with research institutes and universities (like the "minor leagues") so that good innovations that bubble-up have a place to go for further development.  Picture that in a place like Hillsboro!

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