Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Entrepreneurship

THE FUND has made many investments in successful companies including NABsys, above, where President/CEO Barrett Bready, left, is shown conferring with VP of R&D John Oliver. /

The financing that makes great things possible

Carrying the torch of innovation for Rhode Island is an organization that searches for and detects innovative leadership, creativity and vision in individuals and...
ADAM STANDLEY, the 2007 Student Innovator, has contributed to the creation of a less expensive and more conducive substrate material. /

Perfecting superconductors to change the world

In true entrepreneurial fashion, Adam Standley spends sleepless nights thinking about the research he is conducting at Brown University. A candidate for an M.S....
MATT GRIGSBY and his Ecolect co-founder, Joe Gebbia, were still students at Rhode Island School of Design when they began talking about developing a clearinghouse for information about sustainable materials that designers could use in their projects. /

Making it easier to pick sustainable materials

Once the Ecolect Web site is launched, designers will have a valuable tool to assist them in making their projects, and/or their clients’ projects,...
ROBERT A. RABINER holds up a glue-filled balloon, activated by light, that promises to help orthopedists heal broken bones more quickly. /

How to fix broken bones? <br>With glue, of course

Innovation isn’t a new idea for Robert A. Rabiner – he’s a serial entrepreneur who has led medical device companies and held executive positions...

Rallying the geeks to promote IT collaboration

Brian Jepson had attempted to form a number of groups before the Providence Geeks. However, by his admission, they never really went anywhere. Maybe it’s...
2007 HONOREES for excellence in commuter benefits include Grow Smart Rhode Island, Kent Hospital, NUWC Division Newport, Rhode Island Housing and the East Boston office of Gilbane Inc. /

5 R.I. organizations win commuter-program honors

BOSTON – One hundred and fifty-three employers, representing a total of 222,843 employees, are honored on the fifth annual list of New England’s Best...
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Here’s a tip: Good service deserves a reward

At a recent dinner party I hosted, a diner wanted to set me straight on the practice of restaurant tipping. Taking a $20 bill...
SUCCESSES in Phase I, over the past 2 years, include paring the rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections in adult intensive-care patients statewide by 58 percent. /

ICU initiative improves care for R.I. patients

PROVIDENCE – Health care leaders from across the state gathered in Providence today to mark the end of Phase I of the Rhode Island...

MJSA seeks entries for 2008 Vision Awards

PROVIDENCE – The Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America is accepting entries for its 17th annual MJSA Vision Awards design competition. The contest is divided...

FarSounder wins $2M grant for sonar research

WARWICK – Three-dimensional sonar specialist FarSounder Inc. today announced it has been awarded a 2.75-year, $2 million grant by the National Institute of Standards...
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