A community broadband equity pilot project between the city of West Des Moines, Microsoft Corp., T-Mobile and other partners is entering phase two of the ambitious three-year plan, officials said at a news conference Wednesday. The city now offers free public Wi-Fi, managed by Ovation Network, from the West Des Moines Business Incubator on Fifth Street […]
Clue, Eve, Flo, Dot, Ovia, Cycles. If you are a man, there is a good chance you have never heard of these before. If you are a woman, there is a better chance you’ve read about them — if you use a menstrual app, you might have tracked the last three years’ worth of blood […]
Football legend and solar entrepreneur Tim Dwight stopped by the administrative building of Iowa City Community Schools with four solar panels on a trailer to support elementary, middle and high school students striking, reports the Iowa City Press-Citizen. A small number of students have staged a walkout every Friday for the last five weeks, pledging to […]
Five Deere & Co. employees have earned designation as a John Deere Fellow in 2019, the highest individual honor bestowed by the company, reports the Corridor Business Journal. Noel Anderson, August Altherr, Martin Kremmer, Carol Lewis and Adrian Rantilla are recognized for deep expertise, demonstrated leadership and reputation in and outside of the company. The John […]
NASA is sending Iowa-grown algae from the DMACC Biotechnology Lab to space on the next International Space Station resupply load, Des Moines Area Community College announced today. Julie González, DMACC biology professor and chair of the biotechnology program, will hand-deliver the algae to NASA officials this weekend at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, […]
Students and researchers at the University of Iowa are using the same laser scanning technology that mapped Notre Dame to document Iowa landmarks, reports the Des Moines Register. UI professor and geographic information systems (GIS) analyst Adam Skibbe is leading students in laser-mapping landmarks such as Kinnick Stadium and the Maquoketa Caves using the LiDAR […]
The Iowa AgriTech Accelerator is searching for its next executive director, the Board of Directors announced on Monday. The new executive director would work closely with interim director Kerty Levy for the 2019 cohort and take full responsibility after the cohort’s end. A hiring decision is expected to be made in May. Details on the […]
Google announces $1M Impact Challenge for Iowa nonprofits Nonprofits in Iowa will collectively receive $1 million through Google’s new Impact Challenge Iowa, Google announced Monday as part of the company’s Grow with Google initiative at Central Library. Google.org first launched its Impact Challenge in Illinois, but Iowa will be the second state nationwide granted $1 […]
When attorney general William Barr delivers the Mueller report to members of Congress, it will arrive on compact discs, reports Wired. That might be raising eyebrows, but Wired makes the case why digging out the CD-ROM drive works for a report of this size. IN OTHER NEWS: As the devastating Notre Dame fire burned on […]
The Technology Association of Iowa is seeking presentation proposals for the third annual Iowa Technology Summit, to be held Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in downtown Des Moines. Session content will be selected by a committee comprised of technology professionals in multiple industries across the state, TAI said in an announcement. Successful proposals will demonstrate […]