Web 2.0 principles drive educational software firm
Like any developing technology, the new World Wide Web, better known as Web 2.0, can be challenging to define. What’s more, its potential can...
Astro-Med printers to be installed in new military planes
WEST WARWICK – Astro-Med Inc. makes printers for U.S. military planes that fly all around the world. Now, they will also be found in...
Uvex Safety changes its name
Uvex Safety Inc., the Smithfield-based maker and distributor of protective eyewear and other safety equipment, is changing its name to Bacou-Dalloz Eye & Face...
Specialty tech firms serving R.I.
In February 2004, five entrepreneurs met up in a San Francisco suburb and spent a long weekend thinking up ideas for a new technology...
Textron grants $400,000 to R.I. nonprofits
Textron Inc. recently announced 23 Rhode Island-based recipients of the company's 2006 grant program. Grants are awarded two times each year via the Textron...
NIH gives startup $2.8M for sepsis, anthrax trials
Every year, across the United States, nearly 800,000 people develop severe sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which the body is overwhelmed by infection, and...
Nanotech firm to open East Providence facility
Insulation production to lead to job growth
After nearly six months of construction and renovations, Aspen Aerogels is close to opening its new manufacturing plant...
Afferent taps new president
Company seeking more venture capital funding
Providence’s Afferent Corp. has tapped a veteran in the medical device industry to be its CEO and president and...
System lets medics be more mobile
East Providence startup takes product to market
Imagine a mobile medical system that enables a field medic to measure a patient’s vital signs and upload...
Papers’ online classifieds are given an added edge
Long a lucrative source of income for newspapers, classified advertising has been migrating to the Internet. Publishers have launched their own online efforts, but...
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