May 5, 2024

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What you need to know about Florida today

| 12/4/2015

› Argonne National Labs partners with Osceola high-tech center
The high-tech manufacturing center taking shape near Kissimmee is partnering with Argonne National Laboratory with a $400,000 grant to develop sensors, emitters and other photonic devices that use so-called thin-film technology.

› Back to the future is now: Sime MIA highlights Silicon Valley thinking, doing
Custom 3D-printed houses, full-body transplants, a cure for cancer through engineering — is this the future? It’s the future and it’s closer than we think if inventors and entrepreneurs continue to commit to working on “moonshots,” or innovation that could change the world.

› Miami Dolphins, South Florida officials present bid for Super Bowl 2019, 2020
The South Florida Super Bowl Bid Committee and representatives from the Miami Dolphins presented the region's bid for the 2019 and 2020 Super Bowl at the National Football League's headquarters in New York this week.

› Solar customers race to beat credit deadline
As global leaders discuss ways to reduce carbon emissions at the Paris climate talks, some Central Floridians are acting locally by selling 16 megawatts of power generated by rooftop solar arrays on homes and businesses, as well as commercial ground arrays, to Gainesville Regional Utilities.

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