April 18, 2024
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NASA grant helps UCF team develop method to extract lunar ice
Lunar mining will grow ever important as the United States seek to establish a presence on the moon.
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Published on 7/27/2020
Finfrock Industries uses 3-D software to save time and money
When Allen Finfrock's grandfather founded Finfrock Industries in 1945, the Apopka company supplied precast concrete components...
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Published on 6/25/2020
Todd Roberts invents a pen sanitization device: the CleanBlock
Todd Roberts was at a doctor's appointment in 2011 when the receptionist handed him a pen that a coughing patient had just used.
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Published on 5/27/2020
Embry-Riddle develops drone program to fight mosquitoes
Jonathan Hale, a senior in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems program and an intern with Volusia County, is developing a drone program to assist the county’s mosquito control efforts....
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Published on 4/27/2020
AdventHealth Nicholson Center opens Prototype Lab to help physician inventors
Each year, doctors from around the world come to AdventHealth Nicholson Center in Celebration to practice surgical techniques using robots and other high-tech devices.
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Published on 3/25/2020
BB&T and SunTrust merger
In a recent interview, Sandy Hostetter talks about the $28-billion merger that “solidified” Truist as the biggest bank in Central Florida and the sixth-largest in the country.
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Published on 2/26/2020
Imec working on blood analysis device for future astronauts
Belgium-based nanotechnology research firm Imec is working on a disposable blood testing device that may one day help monitor astronauts' health in space.
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Published on 1/27/2020
Central Florida - Transportation, affordable housing, health
Says Mark Wiese, Manager NASA's Gateway Logistics Element, Kennedy Space Center, about the lunar focus: "Our whole Artemis campaign is to return to the moon, this time to stay..."
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Published on 12/26/2019
$16.4-million sailing and conference center proposed in Eustis
$16.4-million sailing and conference center proposed in Eustis to replace the city's community center downtown.
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Published on 11/26/2019
Citrus-Levy-Marion region's October jobless rate continues to fall
The unemployment rate in the CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion region was 3.5 percent in October, down 0.2 percentage point over the month and 0.6 percentage point lower than the same time last year.
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Published on 11/15/2019
Daytona State College Announces New Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
Program is scheduled to begin in fall 2020
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Published on 11/15/2019
Orlando's sustainability director Chris Castro
As Orlando's sustainability director, he's overseeing Mayor Buddy Dyer's vision to make Orlando one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable cities in the country.
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Published on 10/25/2019
Osceola County's school district signs on to RosenCare
RosenCare, as it's now called, has grown to operate a freestanding
medical center with full-time physicians and staff who provide comprehensive health care services...
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Published on 10/25/2019
Orlando's co-working expansion takes off
Downtown Orlando is seeing an explosion of co-working space.
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Published on 9/25/2019
Clermont plans sport- and wellness-themed community: Olympus
For years, the small city of Clermont, a bedroom community west of Orlando and north of Walt Disney World, has tried to separate itself from other suburbs
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Published on 8/26/2019
Python detection cameras in Florida
From its new U.S. headquarters in Osceola County's NeoCity technology district...
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Published on 7/26/2019
$70 million CytoSen deal
CytoSen deal could be worth $70 million.
Central Florida, which has invested heavily in life sciences over the past decade and a half, reached a milestone in June: Kiadis Pharma,...
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Published on 7/26/2019
Consolidated-Tomoka selling off undeveloped land to buy developed land
Founded more than 100 years ago to sell turpentine and pitch to ship owners and groceries to sailors, Consolidated-Tomoka Land...
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Published on 6/24/2019
3-D printed rocket to launch from Cape Canaveral
A few weeks into the new year, Relativity, a startup that makes 3-D-printed rockets...
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Published on 5/28/2019
Counter-Drone Technology to be Commercialized by Embry-Riddle and Drone Defense Systems LLC
New technology that detects and commandeers unauthorized drones, guiding them to land safely, will be commercialized under a licensing agreement between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Drone Defense Systems LLC of Daytona Beach, Fla.
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Published on 5/15/2019
Full Sail University opens video gaming competition arena
Gamer-Dome
Full Sail University, the for-profit entertainment industry school in Winter Park, opened a $6-million arena for video gaming competitions that school executives say is the largest e-sports arena on...
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Published on 4/26/2019
A New Home: Floating Bungalows builds houses for unconventional dreamers
In 2016, Cynthia and Warren Billings started building a floating bungalow to live in...
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Published on 3/27/2019
Property-value boost from SunRail offers hope
SunRail, metro Orlando's 4-year-old commuter train, faces an uncertain future.
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Published on 2/25/2019
Uber, Mears work together
A first-of-its-kind partnership betwen a ride-sharing company and a traditional taxi firm.
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Published on 1/25/2019
Orlando Region: Tourism
Vacation Capital of the World?
George Aguel, president and CEO of Visit Orlando, along with other executives in tourism have diligently worked with economic-development officials throughout the region with the...
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Published on 12/28/2018
