April 24, 2024
Technology/Innovation
DeTect adapts its bird-tracking radar to follow drones
Panama City-based DeTect got its start in 2003 designing and manufacturing bird detection radar systems for the U.S. Air Force.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Getting a logistics boost in Jacksonville
The promise of a new 800,000-sq.-ft. Amazon facility is significant because in a city that touts itself as a logistics center...
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Published on 10/26/2016
Orange County launches a tech offensive
Orange County this summer announced that it distributed nearly 75,000 computers to students.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Data storage facility proposed in Palm Beach County
In the age of the cloud, Netflix and online everything, much of the data generated and used in Florida resides in huge data centers in other states.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Babcock Ranch: A place in the sun
Babcock Ranch's solar center will be ready for the community's first residents next year.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Gulf Coast State College's Unmanned Vehicle Systems program earns accreditation
Gulf Coast State College has received approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to offer an Associate in Science in Unmanned Vehicle Systems, the first to receive that designation in the Florida College System/FCS.
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Published on 10/4/2016
Sharecare acquires Sarasoat virtual reality company to transform patient engagement and medical education
Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, today announced at Advertising Week 2016 that it is acquiring BioLucid, the leading developer of virtual reality and immersive healthcare technology, including the YOU® VR experience available for HTC VIVE.
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Published on 10/4/2016
Nova Southeastern University opens new Center for Collaborative Research
215,000-sq.-ft. facility is a focal point for research and discovery in South Florida.
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Published on 9/26/2016
Fact Sheet – Moon Express Payload Review Determination
On April 8, 2016, Moon Express, Inc. submitted a request to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a Payload Review and Determination on the MX-1E spacecraft. On April 21, 2016, the FAA accepted this application and proceeded with review.
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Published on 8/4/2016
Course correction: USF's medical simulation center switches strategies
USF's medical simulation center switches strategies.
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Published on 7/27/2016
UF researchers discover first-ever method to farm Pacific blue tang
Finally, it may be possible for regular folks to find their own Dory.
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Published on 7/21/2016
Extortion extinction: Researchers develop a way to stop ransomware
Ransomware – what hackers use to encrypt your computer files and demand money in exchange for freeing those contents – is an exploding global problem with few solutions, but a team of University of Florida researchers says it has developed a way to stop it dead in its tracks.
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Published on 7/7/2016
A record-breaking year for moving UF technologies to market
The University of Florida's Office of Technology Licensing signed a record 122 licenses and options and launched 17 startup companies in fiscal year 2015-16, topping last year's total of 85 licenses by 43 percent.
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Published on 7/6/2016
High-tech law & intellectual property
Lawyers who specialize in patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property disputes are in high demand as the innovation economy grows in Florida.
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Published on 6/28/2016
Raytheon-developed satellite begins 12-year mission to improve GPS
Newly launched satellite payload sustains improved GPS navigation availability and accuracy
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Published on 6/16/2016
Avoiding deep impact: UCF, NASA study spaceship teamwork
It's estimated that a round trip to Mars will take at least two years. That's why NASA is investing millions of dollars trying to figure out the right recipe for creating highly effective, collaborative teams that can troubleshoot themselves out of any problem.
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Published on 5/24/2016
FIU and FPL unveil one-of-a-kind solar research facility
Solar array powers the grid while research initiative will help further advance solar generation in Florida
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Published on 4/28/2016
Video diagnostics via telemedicine
Predictions call for the U.S. telemedicine market to grown more than 50% annually to $1.9 billion by 2018.
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Published on 4/27/2016
Code red: Computer 'boot camps' are springing up across Florida
You don't need a four-year degree to program a computer. ‘Boot camps' have sprung up all over the state offering crash courses in coding.
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Published on 4/27/2016
Running the numbers: Using analytics to gain a legal edge
Members of the legal profession are increasingly adopting the use of data analytics.
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Published on 2/26/2016
Student-run hackathon to inspire entrepreneurship, innovation
During the first weekend in March, 250 college students will hack day and night to make a new piece of technology that can help make the world a better place, or at least more entertaining.
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Published on 2/23/2016
Researchers: Testosterone treatment effective for older men
a team that included UF Health researchers has established testosterone's benefits in a study published February 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Published on 2/18/2016
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction
University of Florida scientists' role essential to LIGO discovery that opens new window on the universe with observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes. The taxpayer-funded National Science Foundation support for the Florida LIGO group began in 1997 and has continued since then. The NSF has supported both instrument science and data analysis research.
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Published on 2/11/2016
MIA Mobile App Version 2.0 uses geo-location technology to make travel easier
Passengers at Miami International Airport can now travel easier and smarter with MIA Airport Official 2.0, the airport's upgraded mobile app that is also your personalized travel assistant.
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Published on 2/10/2016
Cyber-security at Florida's public and private universities
Like owners of a vaccine in a time of virus, Florida's public and private universities and colleges see gold in cyber-security.
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Published on 1/27/2016
