April 23, 2024
Technology/Innovation
Weather warnings: Lightning protection in Babcock Ranch
Babcock Ranch, the community under construction on a parcel that straddles the Lee County-Charlotte County line, aims to be both the nation's first solar-powered city and the first to have its own lightning-protection system.
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Published on 10/26/2017
Florida Tech Receives $246M Siemens Technology Grant
Product Lifecycle Management software crucial for developing an advanced manufacturing workforce
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Published on 10/6/2017
Germ fighter
Justin Zhou worries about germs everywhere, including on athletic equipment like batting helmets. “There's no really good way to treat it,” says Zhou, president and cofounder of BlueWave.
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Published on 9/28/2017
Parking tech
West Palm Beach-based parking operations company One Parking has married automated parking garage payment with human interaction.
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Published on 9/20/2017
Research across Florida 2017
UF Danger, Danger, Danger
Good news for expecting parents everywhere on Zika. “Basically, the epidemic is over,” says Dr. J. Glenn Morris Jr., director of the University of Florida’s Emerging...
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Published on 9/11/2017
Smarphone users: Mote Marine Laboratory invites you to help report red tide outbreaks
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in Sarasota has created an app that make is easy for the public to report red tide outbreaks.
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Published on 8/31/2017
Space Florida and the Israel Innovation Authority Announce Fifth Joint Call for Projects
Another $2 Million in Research Fund Available for Viable Proposals Applications Accepted, August 30, 2017 – January 17, 2018
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Published on 8/31/2017
On a mission to get more women into engineering programs
As a recent mechanical engineering graduate at the University of Florida, Erin Winick would like to see more women join her in the maledominated profession.
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Published on 8/23/2017
MagLab reclaims record for strongest resistive magnet
The new 41.4-tesla instrument reclaims a title for the lab and paves the way for breakthroughs in physics and materials research.
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Published on 8/23/2017
Red Canyon Software, Inc., to Bring Jobs and More to Brevard
Plans for first regional office include revitalization of Historic Downtown Titusville site.
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Published on 8/15/2017
NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission
Experiments seeking a better understanding of Parkinson's disease and the origin of cosmic rays are on their way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following Monday's 12:31 p.m. EDT launch.
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Published on 8/15/2017
FPL installs first of 1 million new Treasure Coast solar panels as part of major statewide solar expansion
Three new universal solar energy centers in Indian River and St. Lucie counties will cost-effectively generate clean, emissions-free energy for customers starting early next year
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Published on 7/11/2017
Citrix Announces Leadership Transition to Accelerate Cloud Transformation, Enhance Profitability and Return Capital to Shareholders
David J. Henshall Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. Mark M. Coyle to Serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Board Forms Operations and Capital Committee with Focus on Margin Expansion and Capital Allocation. Robert Calderoni, Executive Chairman, to Lead Operations and Capital Committee. Reaffirms Guidance for the Second Quarter
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Published on 7/11/2017
Aurora Semiconductor and BRIDG form strategic alliance for high techology 200mm wafer production
Aurora Semiconductor, LLC and BRIDG have signed a Letter of Intent to collaborate in the Osceola-based Public-Private Partnership to support the technology development and manufacturing deployment of Aurora's 4D Heterogeneous System in Package (4DHSiP™) technology.
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Published on 7/11/2017
Corin USA expands headquarters in Hillsborough County, creating 100 new jobs
The company plans to add up to 100 new high-wage jobs by 2022.
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Published on 7/6/2017
DXC Technology acquires Florida-based IT company Tribridge
DXC Technology acquires Tribridge to solidify its position as a leading systems integrator for Microsoft Dynamics 365. Tribridge, a Florida-based IT company, will combine with Eclipse, a DXC technology company.
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Published on 7/5/2017
Leveraging research: David Day retires as UF's tech transfer expert
The University of Florida has reaped more than $250 million in royalties over the last four decades from the sale of Gatorade, famously created by UF professor Robert Cade.
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Published on 6/28/2017
Card games: Fattmerchant chips away at credit card fees
Suneera Madhani is a 30-year-old millennial, a new mom — and the founder of a 3-year-old Orlando company that aims to be the Netflix or Uber of the credit-card processing.
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Published on 6/28/2017
ReliaQuest's CEO Brian Murphy named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award Winner
ReliaQuest, a leading provider of IT security services, today announced that Brian Murphy, ReliaQuest founder and CEO, received the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Award for Florida.
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Published on 6/27/2017
Office Depot, Inc. Partners with Centriq Technology on Asset Management Platform
Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ:ODP), a leading provider of office products, services, and solutions, announced it is entering into an exclusive licensing agreement with Centriq Technology, Inc., to develop a unique business application utilizing their award-winning asset management platform.
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Published on 6/23/2017
New Screen Coating Makes Reading in Sunlight a Lot Easier. The Secret? Moth Eyes.
Nature-inspired film is scratch resistant, self-cleaning and could be used on flexible displays
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Published on 6/22/2017
Steve Wozniak, Armando Perez (Pitbull), And Other Tech Powerhouses Headline Miami Tech Conference eMerge Americas
eMerge Americas, the technology conference that connects revolutionary startups, cutting-edge ideas, global industry leaders and investors, rounded out its first day of programming yesterday with an impressive display of keynotes. The conference opened with keynote, Steve Wozniak, while many startup companies showed off their new technology and applications to potential investors.
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Published on 6/14/2017
SpeedETab Receives Majority Stake Investment From Paymentez
Partnership Will Expand Reach of Mobile Ordering and Payment App as Paymentez Enters US Market
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Published on 5/19/2017
FTC and Federal, State and International Partners Announce Major Crackdown on Tech Support Scams
Fraudsters tricked consumers into thinking their computers were infected, then charged them hundreds of dollars for removal of non-existent viruses, malware
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Published on 5/17/2017
ITelagen® Announces New Office Space in Sarasota, Florida
ITelagen embraces the old dot-com days to breathe new life and excitement into the workforce of Sarasota.
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Published on 5/2/2017
