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Twelve teams present at StartupTucson’s 24 Hour Hackathon

April 29, 2013 in Gangplank Tucson, Hackathon, Tucson Tech, Xerocraft by Elliot Ledley

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The Startup Tucson Hackathon was full of interesting ideas, real world solutions, and funny projects.  Each group worked hard over the 24 hours to build a device or app that fit the theme “Interacting with the Real World”.  Each project used at lest one sensor so their idea had to interact with the world around them.  The event culminated with project demos accompanied by a video demonstration.  The winners were determined by a crowd favorite vote as well as a panel of expert judges who picked the overall winner based on four factors:

  • How many people will be impressed
  • How cool is this on a scale from not to a lot
  • How much did the team accomplish
  • Interpretation of the Theme “Interacting with the Real World”

And the winner(s) were…



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by Bob Hagen

Medical Research & Technology Company to Relocate to Tucson

August 16, 2012 in Articles, Bioindustry, News, News Releases, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen

Biotech firm Accelr8 to move HQ to Tucson

Inside Tucson Business

August 16, 2012

By Patrick McNamara

Article Summary: Accelr8 Technology Corporation plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from Denver to Tucson. The medical diagnosis and instrumentation firm intends to have its new facility in Tucson up and running early next year. It will be located at 3950 S Country Club Rd near the University of Arizona Medical Center – South Campus.

For more details, visit the full ITB article at the link below:

http://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/news/biotech-firm-accelr-to-move-hq-to-tucson/article_1227cbf4-e7c2-11e1-9e83-0019bb2963f4.html

 

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Local “Hackathon” Served as Preliminary Event to Upcoming Startup Weekend 2012 in Tucson

August 14, 2012 in Articles, Hackathon, Hackathon, IT, Startup Tucson, Startup Weekend 2012, Technology, Technology Business Development, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen

Tucson tech: Hacking apps in 24 hours

August 14, 2012

Author: David Wichner Arizona Daily Star

Over the weekend, about 35 programmers and assorted computer nerds got together in Tucson to compete for bragging rights and prizes in the Old Pueblo’s first “hackathon.”

The object of the 24-hour event at the Spoke6 co-working space was to complete a new mobile , game or other software project from start to finish.

But there was more to the exercise than just throwing together some computer code for grins.



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UA-developed Virtual Agent Being Used to Screen Border Crossers at Nogales

August 13, 2012 in Articles, IT, News, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech, U of A by Bob Hagen

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Avatar interviewing Nogales border crossers

Tech avatar being used to screen applicants for streamlined entry

AUGUST 12, 2012 12:00 AM  •  JOSEPH TREVIÑO ARIZONA DAILY STAR

NOGALES, Sonora – With his black tie, dark hair and light blue eyes, a dapper new agent is one of U.S. Customs’ latest tools in screening border crossers

But this handsome, if ethnically ambiguous fellow, who started work Tuesday at the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales, is less – and more – than human. He is a virtual agent, an android and a kiosk all rolled into one.

Created by scientists and researchers from the University of Arizona, the artificial agent is called an AVATAR (short for Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real-Time). His job is to screen border crossers without prejudice or bias while freeing human agents to address more pressing matters, said Aaron Elkins, one of the scientists who developed the AVATAR.



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UA-operated HiRISE Camera Successfully Captures Picture of Curiosity Rover Landing on Mars

August 7, 2012 in Aerospace, Articles, News, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech, U of A by Bob Hagen

Curiosity Rover Parachuting to Mars

UA-run HiRISE camera snaps parachuting rover of Mars rover as it lands

Source: Arizona Daily Star

Date/Time: August 7, 2012

Author: TOM BEAL

HiRISE has done it again.

The UA Lunar and Planetary Lab team that operates the high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a clear, stunning image of the Mars rover Curiosity descending by parachute toward the surface of Mars on Sunday night.

The single image had been planned for months, and after Curiosity, formally known as the Mars Science Laboratory, landed at 10:31 p.m. Sunday, the Tucson-based team waited for it.

About 1:30 a.m. Monday it received it. It clearly showed the Curiosity capsule suspended from its giant parachute, plunging toward the Martian surface.

It was the second image of a Martian landing caught by the HiRISE team, led by Alfred McEwen. HiRISE had also captured the descent of the Phoenix Mars Lander in May 2008.

The photo was planned months in advance, said McEwen of the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Lab.

The orbiter and the HiRISE camera had to be carefully positioned at the right place at the right time. The time delay in transmissions left no room for last-minute changes.



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Voice Analysis Technology Developed by UA Being Used at Arizona-Mexico Border to Facilitate Crossings

August 7, 2012 in Articles, IT, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech, U of A, UA MIS by Bob Hagen

Scientific American

Avatar Officer Installed at Arizona-Mexico Border Station

A new kiosk is expected to streamline applications for frequent traveler benefits, freeing up human officers to catch drug smugglers

By Larry Greenemeier  | Monday, August 6, 2012

AVATAR AGENT: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) is installing an updated kiosk in Nogales, Ariz., to test its ability to help enroll applicants in its Trusted Traveler program at the Mexican border. Unlike its predecessor, the new Nogales kiosk speaks and understands both Spanish and English (rather just English) and wears a tie rather than a black T-shirt.

People crossing the Mexican border into Nogales, Ariz., this week will have a chance to meet U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s newest officer—a polite yet no-nonsense bilingual gatekeeper with a thick shock of black hair and a striped gray tie. He may not have a name or join his fellow officers for coffee or lunch breaks, but his presence will likely be welcomed both by them and the commuters who regularly pass through this southern Arizona outpost on their way to and from Mexico.



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by Dr. Patrick Marcus

JLAB Audio, Former INC 5000 Leaves Tucson

August 7, 2012 in Local Companies, News, Technology, Technology Business Development, Tucson, Tucson Tech, Uncategorized by Dr. Patrick Marcus

JLab moves from Tucson to Oceanside to hire talented workers, INC 5000 Article

JLab LLC, a maker of headphones and earbuds, recently moved from digs in Tucson, Ariz., to offices in Oceanside to tap the active lifestyle of San Diego County and a larger base of workers.

“As we grew, and we wanted to hire a deeper talent pool, San Diego came to everyone’s mind,” said Josh Rosenfield, 35, the JLab founder and CEO. “It wasn’t hard to convince our board.”

Rosenfield said that his seven-year-old company was purchased in January by Ada, Okla.-based Mach Speed Holdings LLC, a private equity-owned firm that makes digital media players.

Dallas-based Transition Capital Partners, which has a portfolio of more than 40 companies under its belt, this week purchased a third company that will complement JLab and Mach Speed’s market, according to Rosenfield. The third company, Bentonville, Ark.-based Bear River, as well as Mach Speed and JLab, are expected to generate a combined annual revenue of $100 million, he said.



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Kickoff Event for Next Round of AZ Innovation Challenge Grants to be Held August 15th

August 4, 2012 in Arizona Commerce Authority, News, Startups, Technology, Technology Business Development, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen

August 3, 2012

Join us in Downtown Phoenix for the opening of the Fall 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge.

The kickoff event for the Fall 2012 Arizona Innovation Challenge will be held August 15th from 3:30-7:00PM at the Levine Machine Building at 605 E. Grant St. Phoenix, AZ 85004. This event will feature speakers: DOUG DUCEY – Arizona State Treasure/ Chairman of iMemories / former CEO & Chairman of Cold Stone Creamery and CLATE MASK – CEO and Co-Founder of Infusionsoft.

The Arizona Innovation Challenge is the country’s largest monetary challenge of its kind.The Arizona Commerce Authority awards $1.5 million twice yearly to companies with the most promising ideas that grow business, create quality jobs and drive wealth creation in Arizona.

Come join your colleagues and peers as we kick off the fall competition to find the next great innovation and celebrate Arizona’s premier entrepreneurial ecosystem. 



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Raytheon Awarded Two Contracts Totaling Nearly $130 Million for Work to be Performed by RMS in Tucson & Germany

August 2, 2012 in Aerospace, News, Raytheon Missile Systems, Technology, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen

 

 

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August 2, 2012 - Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star

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Raytheon wins 2 contracts totaling almost $130 million

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has won two contracts totaling nearly $130 million for a new missile interceptor and a ship-defense missile system, the Pentagon announced.



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Local Startup Founded in 2000 Awarded SBIR Contracts from USDOE in the Amount of $2 Million

July 31, 2012 in Articles, Local Companies, News Releases, Technology, Technology Business Development, Tucson, Tucson Tech by Bob Hagen

Tucson tech: Firm gets $2 million contracts for special chips

Ridgetop’s radiation-hardened micro-device being developed for particle accelerators

July 31, 2012  • David Wichner Arizona Daily Star

A Tucson-area company that has long specialized in predicting failure is prognosticating success with technology to help scientists unlock the secret life of atoms.

Ridgetop Group recently won two Small Business Innovation Research contracts worth $1 million each from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop analog-to-digital signal processor chips for particle accelerators used in research.

Particle accelerators are used by physicists to smash sub-atomic particles together to learn about the elemental building blocks of matter – sometimes discovering whole new classes of particles in the process.



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