Technology growth brisk

Associated Press
Apr. 24, 2007 12:00 AM

SAN JOSE – California continues to employ far more technology workers, pay higher wages and attract more venture capital than any other state. But the overall U.S. tech sector is also growing at a surprisingly brisk clip – for now.

That’s the conclusion of a highly anticipated annual report by AeA, formerly the American Electronics Association, the country’s largest technology trade association. Researchers relied on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the bulk of which was from 2006.

According to the 2007 “Cyberstates” report being published today, the U.S. tech industry employed nearly 5.8 million people last year, up 2.6 percent from 2005.

UA effort may lead to safer food, water

Field test for E. coli faster, more accurate

ALAN FISCHER

Published: 04.19.2007

A technology developed at the University of Arizona could prevent widespread illness and even death by quickly detecting microscopic pathogens in food and water.

The Innovis detection kit can produce test results for E. coli and other pathogens in 10 minutes instead of the hours or days current tests take. Also, testing can take place in the field, said Olin Feuerbacher, operations manager at Innovis Technologies.

Innovis is a business created by students in the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship at UA’s Eller College of Management.

The patented technology was developed by Indraneel Ghosh, a UA chemistry professor.

Testing methods now in use can take up to two days to produce results, and material to be tested must be sent to a lab, Feuerbacher said.