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Actor LeVar Burton to keynote DMACC’s Celebrate Innovation Week

Actor LeVar Burton will be the keynote speaker at Celebrate Innovation Week 6 March 3-6 at Des Moines Area Community College’s West Des Moines campus. Burton, known for his roles in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Roots”…
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Building Entrepreneurship

It’s a hot time for entrepreneurship on campuses. 

Schools have taken varying approaches, but their goals typically boil down to this: Teach students how to explore new ventures, attract the capital needed to sustain them, …

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Green chemistry founder to speak at ISU

John Warner, a founder of green chemistry, will be the keynote speaker for Iowa State University’s Symposium on Sustainability Feb. 23. The Environmental Protection Agency defines green chemistry as the design of chemical products and …

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Watch what you say; the (Samsung) TV is listening

Many Samsung “SmartTVs” come equipped with voice recognition, which allows you to bark commands at your TV, CNN Money reported. Since the television is always listening for your voice, Samsung has warned its SmartTV customers that …

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Ranking the world’s big discoveries and inventions

What was the bigger deal, the science behind cloning and gene sequencing, or the invention of the transistor, microprocessor or the Internet?

 

A new paper by researchers at the University of Waterloo and Stanford …

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Untangling the web

Now more than ever, nonprofit organizations must strive to find new, innovative ways to reach potential donors. 

This is especially true in Greater Des Moines, where the donor pool is smaller than in larger communities …

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NYT offers obit for Google Glass

Google Inc.’s announcement last month that it would sideline its trumpeted Glass wearable computer ended a run that started with media fanfare and ended with internal strife and lousy reviews, The New York Times reported.

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Broadband bill introduced in Iowa House

Legislation that carries much of Gov. Terry Branstad’s “Connect Every Acre” plan to expand high-speed Internet access into rural Iowa has been introduced in the Iowa House of Representatives.

 

House Study Bill 104 creates …

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Iowa.Net User Group to hold brainstorm at Gravitate on Thursday

The Iowa.NET User Group will hold an information-sharing event and future meeting planning session beginning at 5:45 p.m Thursday at Gravitate, 206 Sixth Ave.  Members will talk about what they are working on and the lessons they’ve …

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EntreFEST announces keynote speakers

EntreFEST, a May 20-22 gathering of entrepreneurs and innovators in downtown Iowa City, has announced its first keynote speakers. They include Ben Milne, CEO of Dwolla Inc.; Jacquie Berglund, CEO of Finnegan’s Beer; and Trevor Owens, …