MIT Technology Review Releases 50 Smartest Companies List for 2014

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Feb 18, 2014, 08:17 ET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, MIT Technology Review publishes its annual 50 Smartest Companies list, highlighting the world's most innovative technology companies. The honorees are nominated by MIT Technology Review's editors, who look for companies that have demonstrated original and valuable technology over the last year, are bringing that technology to market at significant scale, and are clearly influencing their competitors. The companies on the list represent the disruptive innovations most likely to change our lives.

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Jason Pontin, publisher and editor in chief of MIT Technology Review, states, "At times it seems impossible to keep pace with important emerging technologies. This issue celebrates companies from 11 U.S. states and six countries—organizations at the forefront in displaying 'disruptive innovation' that will prove to surpass the competition, transform an industry, and change our lives."

The honorees listed below will be featured in the March/April edition of MIT Technology Review, published online today and available on newsstands worldwide starting March 4.

1.	Illumina	18.	Qualcomm	34.	Aquion Energy
2.	Tesla Motors	19.	Kaggle	35.	IBM
3.	Google	20.	Second Sight	36.	Jawbone
4.	Samsung	21.	SpaceX	37.	Medtronic
5.	Salesforce.com	22.	Kickstarter	38.	Valve
6.	Dropbox	23.	Hanergy Holding Group	39.	Genomics England
7.	BMW	24.	Siemens	40.	D-Wave Systems
8.	Third Rock Ventures	25.	1366 Technologies	41.	Siluria Technologies
9.	Square	26.	Uber	42.	Kaiima Bio-Agritech
10.	Amazon	27.	Evernote	43.	Datawind
11.	Tencent	28.	Baidu	44.	Freescale Semiconductor
12.	Snapchat	29.	GitHub	45.	Upworthy
13.	Cree	30.	Xiaomi	46.	LG
14.	Box	31.	Oculus VR	47.	Expect Labs
15.	BrightSource Energy	32.	Qihoo 360 Technology	48.	AngelList
16.	Wal-Mart Stores	33.	Monsanto	49.	Arcadia Biosciences
17.	General Electric			50.	Ripple Labs

Other features in the issue reveal the technology endowing an artificial hand with real feeling and explain how genome surgery could lead to cures for our most deadly genetic diseases. As always, the magazine is packed with stories, reviews, and demos identifying important new technologies and explaining why they matter.

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