Technology
Agriculture: Future Farmers
Across the centuries, the tools farmers use have morphed from horse-drawn plows to enclosed-cab tractors equipped with GPS systems and onboard computers. As farmers struggle to manage more animals and more acreage at lower cost, they are accelerating their adoption of new technology by drawing on the latest advances from artificial intelligence to aeronautics and…
Spotlight: Self(ie) Starter
Give Seahawks fans at CenturyLink Field a way to make a statement using smartphone photos, hashtags and social media, and you have the basic ingredients behind the Spokane-based business, Photoboxx. Launched just over a year ago, Photoboxx (photoboxx.me) sets up photo-printing stations at public events. The kiosk prints out keepsake photos taken on mobile devices…
Bright Idea: Why Not Hydrogen?
Hydrogen has been the holy grail of energy for decades because it can be produced relatively simply using electricity and water and creates only water as a byproduct when used. Unfortunately, the high cost of liquefying and storing the gas has made it uneconomical for all but a few specialized applications. So while Honda, Toyota…
Infographic: Code Ninjas are Secret Weapon in Bridging Washingtons Talent Gap
According to the Washington Technology Industry Association’s Information & Communication Technology Economic & Fiscal Impact Study, WA states tech industry talent gap for occupations such as Application Software Developers and Programmers has ballooned to an annual shortage in excess of 3,000 workers. Homegrown code ninjas are the states best secret weapon for bridging this gap,…
Bright Idea: Growing Concern
Farmers who can raise crop yields while responding to issues like climate change and water scarcity have a significant advantage. Toward that end, a Pullman firm launched in 2012 by scientists at Washington State University sells hardy plantlets it grows in a lab using secret sauces of nutrients. Think of [plants in] a jar with…
On Reflection: The Lambo Leap
The University of Washington made considerable marketing hay from having the Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory (ACSL) on its campus, and why not? Aside from the association with the maker of some of the fastest and coolest cars on the planet, having the lab on campus put the UW squarely in the middle of…
Seattle area tech leaders ask state to allocate money for a new computer science building
A who’s who of 23 Seattle area leaders including executives from F5, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Redfin, Concur, Zillow and Apptio sent a letter today to the Washington State Legislature in support of a $40 million capital appropriation for a downpayment on a second building for UW’s department of Computer Science and Engineering. The remainder…
2015 will be the year when every moment is mobile
https://seattlebusinessmag.com/sites/default/files/Marla-Schimke_Zumobi_V…Attorney, Paradigm Counsel We are at the intersection of content and mobile. What does this mean? All eyes have moved to the small screen with U.S. adults spending nearly two full days per month using apps or web browsers on their phones, according to Nielsen research. Thats roughly 2,880 minutes a month, 720 minutes a…
Bright Idea: What’s For Dinner?
Creating a grocery list can be as stressful as shopping itself, especially if youre on a budget and providing for a family. Creating a shopping list of healthful foods can seem near impossible when your wallet is on a diet. Mary Egan, a former SVP at Starbucks, believes in a stress-free food-shopping experience. Last year,…
WSU establishes first industry and university cooperative research center for bioplastics
Here’s some interesting news from WSU: PULLMAN, Wash. – Plastics… Theres a great future in plastics. That line from the 1967 movie, The Graduate, could be revised to say that the future is now in bioplastics. Washington State University, in collaboration with Iowa State University, is establishing the first industry and university cooperative research center…
Bright Idea: Predictive Analysis
As the big data phenomenon continues its march toward business world ubiquity, many enterprises are compiling as much information as possible on their customers, on their operations and anything else that seems potentially relevant. But what to do with that data once theyre collected? How can they be used to make high-level, effective decisions? Enter…
How to prepare your business for unexpected winter storms.
As winter approaches, every business owner should make business continuity a priority. The exercise of building and testing a plan will help your business thrive should the unthinkable happen. According to the 2013 Quorum Disaster Recovery Report, natural disasters typically make up only 5 percent of the outages that can affect a small business. Man-made…
Cancer Cure Inc.
Immunotherapy research is rebooting Seattle's biotech sector. It might even save your life.
Many of the biggest achievements in this city fly under the radar because Seattle is a casual place. Nobody brags. Nobody struts. Yet a historic effort to cure cancer and other challenging diseases that could change the course of medicine has been going on for years right under our noses. Juno Therapeutics recently launched a…