Ames-based Smart Ag has developed a cloud-based platform for driverless tractors in a move designed to build on a trend toward automation in agriculture. The recently released application, AutoCart, automates grain cart tractors, allowing farmers to increase efficiency through better timing and use of existing equipment, the company reports. AutoCart is part of a system […]
We have some exciting news to share. The Business Record is increasing the size of its newsroom through an investment in a new reporter, and will be launching a new weekly innovationIOWA e-newsletter that will arrive in your inbox on Thursday, Feb. 1. The investment in a new reporter, who will focus primarily on covering […]
An Iowa Department of Education task force has begun meeting to formulate computer science standards for Iowa’s schools. The Computer Science Standards Review Team, established as part of Senate File 274 enacted last year, met Tuesday for the first time. “Computer science is a basic skill in today’s economy, and the goal behind this new […]
To increase STEM interest and achievements throughout the state, the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council was developed in 2011 and is made up of leaders in higher education and business, pre-K through 12th-grade educators, and state and local government officials. The STEM council is led by Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Kemin Industries President and […]
The Iowa Restaurant Association reports that many of us, especially millennials, often choose restaurants based on their online menus. But when we get to the place, we want to be able to discuss our order with a human rather than an iPad. The National Restaurant Association found that for 60 percent of patrons looking for restaurants, […]
About three-quarters of women who work in computer programming and other computer-related jobs say they’ve experienced discrimination on the job, according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center and reported by Recode.By comparison, 16 percent of men reported discrimination.Respondents to a poll reported sexual harassment, pay disparity and other discrimination.The results come as […]
As the Global Insurance Accelerator begins its fourth class this month in Des Moines, New York-based MetLife has announced the launch of its own insurtech accelerator. The company will host the MetLife Digital Accelerator on its technology campus in Cary, N.C., Digital Insurance reported. The 13-week program, created in partnership with global entrepreneurial network Techstars, follows […]
Jeff Weld, executive director of the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, has accepted a one-year role with the National Science Foundation and the University of Northern Iowa. Weld will be senior policy adviser and assistant director for STEM Education at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and staff associate in the Directorate […]
You have through Feb. 2 to make nominations for the latest round of Prometheus Awards organized by the Technology Association of Iowa and LWBJ. The awards acknowledge individuals and companies influencing Iowa’s $11 billion technology industry, which accounts for 8.8 percent of the state’s GDP and employs over 76,000 workers. In one change, the Manufacturing […]
The state needs to establish an Iowa Bioscience Development Center as one piece of a four-part strategy for advancing its growth in the biosciences sector, according to a new consultants’ report released Tuesday by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg unveiled the economic development road map for Iowa’s bioscience industry during a news conference with […]
