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VIDEO: Kurt Mumm provides views of Pappajohn Sculpture Park

Kurt Mumm, president and CEO of NAI Optimum, provides an aerial view of the Pappajohn Sculpture Park while describing the applications of their DJI Fantom 2 Vision + quad-copter drone.

 

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The buzz about drones

Someday, drones could fly around Greater Des Moines and the rest of Iowa in swarms, delivering pizzas and packages; checking crops, bridges and buildings; and assisting journalists and real estate agents with still photos and …

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Telemedicine firm is first Square One DSM resident

West Des Moines telemedicine company Certintell became the first resident of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Square One DSM accelerator on Monday.

 

Square One Executive Director Mike Colwell said accelerator leaders had considered Certintell …

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DMACC Foundation extends entrepreneurship contest deadline

The Des Moines Area Community College Foundation has extended the deadline for the first round of the DMACC Foundation Entrepreneurship Competition to May 29. The competition is open to DMACC students and alumni who live in Iowa …

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University Research

University Research Overview:

Every day, the professors and researchers at Iowa’s colleges and universities go to work on a series of projects and research efforts. Their work often gains high-praise within the educational community and …

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CenturyLink expands big data analysis platform

CenturyLink Inc. announced Tuesday its acquisition of Orchestrate, a Portland, Ore.-based company that offers a fully managed database service for rapid application development. The acquisition enhances the CenturyLink Cloud platform with new Database-as-a-Service capabilities and adds Orchestrate’s …

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HyperStream to hold annual Olympics

The Technology Association of Iowa and Iowa State University will stage the annual high school Hyperstream/IT Olympics Friday and Saturday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. Nearly 1,000 Iowa students, teachers, club advisers, tech mentors and volunteers from …

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DMACC offers accelerated IT certificate; targeting women

Des Moines Area Community College will begin accepting applications June 1 for an accelerated information technology certificate, with special outreach to women. DMACC reported that a study published this month by the National Center for …

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10th annual Prometheus Awards announced

The 10th anniversary edition of the Prometheus Awards honored some familiar names among technology observers in Iowa. 

The awards are for organizations, innovations and people whose technological breakthroughs improve the lives and futures of people …

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Partnership plans new accelerator: Square One DSM

The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans to open a new business accelerator, Square One DSM, on May 1.

The new facility, located in the East Village’s Northwestern Hotel near the Global Insurance Accelerator, will look …