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WICD-TV Features Dioxide Materials
Article Source: WICD, James Fillmore CHAMPAIGN– Dioxide Materials is located within Research Park at the University of Illinois. The company has discovered new technology for carbon dioxide sensing and remediation. C.E.O. Rich Masel says, “One of the key things we’re trying to do is to lower the amount of electricity used, lower your utility bill, Read more »
UC2B
Information Source: UC2B website What is UC2B? UC2B is an intergovernmental consortium of the University of Illinois and the cities of Urbana and Champaign dedicated to building and operating an open-access fiber-optic broadband network throughout the Champaign-Urbana area. The project is made possible by a $22.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Read more »
Scott R. White’s Self-Healing Circuits
Article Source: Bloomberg Businessweek January 26, 2012, By: Karen A. Frenkel The University of Illinois engineering professor creates self-healing materials, and has successfully applied the idea to electronic circuits. Scott R. White has an unusual distinction for a scientist: His work has inspired jokes on late-night TV. Researchers “have developed a plastic that repairs itself,” said Jay Read more »
SBDC has two certified FastTrac® facilitators
Greg Gonda and Chirag Shah with the Small Business Development Center at the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation have been certified as facilitators in the Kauffman Foundation FastTrac® workshops. FastTrac® programs are practical, hands-on business development courses designed to help entrepreneurs hone the skills needed to create, manage and grow successful businesses. FastTrac® participants don’t Read more »
MADE IN AMERICA
Source: World News with Diane Sawyer Diane Sawyer has compiled a coast-to-coast list of products being made in the US. Thirty-seven, here, in Illinois. Made in America Map