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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The sparks fly for Puget Sound innovators

Intellectual Ventures Lab director Geoff Deane holds a section of cones from a towering chamber his inventors built inside the company's Bellevue lab to test a promising new satellite antenna. Even with billions of dollars in funding, IV Lab operates like a garage business, with employees fabricating their own models and using parts purchased online in some cases.