Thousands of free doses of an opioid overdose-reversal drug will be available to Iowans this Friday in a new statewide initiative, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports. During Free Narcan Access Day, approximately 2,000 two-pack Narcan kits will be freely available at more than 350 participating pharmacies across the state. Narcan is a nasal spray used […]
Communications Engineering Company (CEC) is launching a new continuing education program in collaboration with the IowaWORKS Center in Cedar Rapids, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship. The Technical Career Advancement Program provides employer-driven training that combines firsthand experience with classroom-style instruction provided by CEC. Interested participants should contact CEC’s TCAP administrator, Ryan […]
Studio Ghiblet team members Michael Casner and Lauren Kacere demonstrate the starting screen of ‘Spark,’ a one-player computer puzzle that challenges the user to piece together a dementia patient’s past based on photographs and audio clues. When imagining dementia as a desktop game, Lauren Kacere and her team thought of an art gallery. As the […]
Siemens AG and Lempäälän Energia will build a self-sufficient smart grid system in Marjamäki, Finland, Siemens announced on Tuesday morning. Project LEMENE will provide a cost-effective, environmentally friendly and secure energy supply to the community, Siemens said. The project will feature more than 15,000 solar panels, six gas motors and fuel cells. Siemens employs about […]
West Des Moines-based IT solutions company Zirous Inc. has announced a partnership with SailPoint Technologies Holdings Inc., a leading enterprise identity governance company. Under the agreement, Zirous will resell SailPoint’s identity governance solutions. “Partnering with SailPoint will allow us to extend our world class identity management practice to a broader range of customers,” Zirous CEO […]
Gross-Wen Technologies Inc., which commercializes an algal wastewater treatment developed at Iowa State University, accepted a $2 million investment from engineering firm Doerfer Corporation, GWT announced on Wednesday. The company expects to hire up to four more positions with the funds, including a vice president of operations, and sales and operations staff. GWT developed the […]
Iowa State University’s Startup Factory Network announced the second cohort in the experimental SUF Node program, a 52-week accelerator program piloted in northern Iowa with regional Small Business Development Centers. This year’s cohort includes iPet, Innovative Lockdown Education and TAG Tech, all of Mason City; Integrated Behavioral Health Services, Carroll; Ezmanufacturing, Charles City; EZ2Show, Sheffield; […]
Catch Des Moines communications manager Jordan Powers and director of development and partnerships Jen Cross advertise Brew Moines during happy hour at Monday, hosted by El Bait Shop. Catch Des Moines has a bit of a scavenger hunt available for Des Moines residents – as long as they’re 21 years or older, of course. Fans […]
DIGITAL TRENDS:. Digital Trends published illustrations made public in Microsoft’s Andromeda patent filing today, suggesting that our future phone’s most prominent display will be a hinged, dual-screen device (Is anyone else getting vague Sidekick flashbacks?). Aside from a few questions about cleaning the fingerprints off both screens and fitting a lifeproof-style phone case, it’s neat […]
Iowa billionaire Harry Stine, founder of Stine Seed Co., announced an investment of $5 million into an Ames startup focusing on driverless tractors, the Des Moines Register reports. Founded by 28-year-old Colin Hurd, Smart Ag aims to solve critical labor shortages in agriculture with a software system that automates tractors used during the harvest. Smart […]