What Brought Norwegian Royalty to Silicon Valley

Norway's Crown Prince Haakon tests the Oculus Rift along with Crown Princess Mette-Marit; Jeanette Iren Moen, Deputy Minister Trade & Industry; and Soby Vindfallet, CEO of Making View AS. Photograph: Mikkel Aaland/Innovation Norway
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With Norway finally starting to feel the pain from Europe’s debt crisis, the oil-dependent country is looking for ways to diversify its economy, and -- surprise -- tech has emerged as a promising area of development.

That's a big reason for a visit by the crown prince and princess of Norway to Silicon Valley last week. They arrived at a small loft space called Innovation House, where Norwegian technology entrepreneurs gave them demos of some of the gadgets being worked on there.