Innovation from The Sunshine State
Check out some of the products and innovations coming your way from Florida companies and how they may impact your life and your business.
In Orlando, Hydromatic Technologies has invented the first energy-efficient clothes-drying technology, which can be built into new dryers and retrofitted into old ones. The devices use water or other fluids to transfer heat from one location to another -- without using the vents standard to traditional clothes dryers.
› Online at: http://www.dryermiser.com/dryer.asp
Take a look at the $10-million, 150-passenger commercial hovercraft being developed by Green Cove Springs-based Atlas Hovercraf.
› Online at: http://www.atlashovercraft.com
Miami inventor Sayo Isaac Daniel's line of shoes are embedded with GPS technology that sends out a distress signal when the wearer presses a panic button.
› Online at: http://www.feleonline.com/
Piper Aircraft may build this jet in Vero Beach:
› Online at: http://www.newpiper.com/piperjet/
TC Modular Docks' advance in dock construction technology may yield price and design advantages.
› Online at: http://www.tcdocks.com
For students 13 to 21 in Polk County who want to find a job or volunteer, there's a new website founded by a 16-year-old in Winter Haven.
› Online at: www.sweatmonkey.com
Clearwater's APSI BioMetrics specializes in access control systems that let you use your fingerprint as a key.
› Online at: http://www.apsibiometrics.com/BiometricResidentialLockLanding.html
A 1,200-sq.-ft. home in three days? Check out Global Modular Concepts in Bradenton, which is marketing aerated autoclave concrete.
› Online at: http://www.globalmodularconcepts.com/
By this spring, Delray Beach-based DayJet expects to be operating an air-taxi service in Florida promising point-to-point service on demand.
› Online at: http://www.dayjet.com
[update: DayJet has since ceased operations. For alternatives, see JetCharters.com]
› On FloridaTrend.com:"The Mini-Jet Era Dawns"
Benedict Engineering, based in Tallahassee, has developed a new system to lift, organize and transfer big storage containers, along with boats, cars and personal items.
› Online Video: Click here to view a video of the system in action