May 17, 2024
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Florida A&M creates 3-D printed human cornea cells
Research by Florida A&M University pharmaceutics professor Mandip Sachdeva has led to the creation of a device that allows the 3-D printing of human cornea cells.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Financing Florida's clean energy upgrades for homeowners
In 2010, the Legislature passed a law allowing cities and counties to implement a new type of financing program to help homeowners pay for clean energy upgrades.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Cheryl Miller makes history as first woman CEO of publicly traded auto retailer
Auto retailer AutoNation promoted CFO Cheryl Miller to CEO and president, making AutoNaion the largest Florida company with a woman CEO.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Oil drilling in the Everglades
An appellate ruling clears the way for a company to drill in the Everglades, but obstacles remain.
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Published on 8/26/2019
UF's vet school's new canine cardiac care program
This fall, the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine will launch a training program...
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Published on 8/26/2019
Florida women in construction
To encourage women to seek jobs in the construction sector, Hillsborough Community College's SouthShore campus...
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Published on 8/26/2019
Required solar panels in South Miami
In 2017, South Miami became the first municipality in Florida and the first in the U.S. outside California to require solar panels on new houses.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Duke Energy plans to use lithium-ion battery technology for power grids
Duke Energy Florida is planning to use the same lithium-ion battery technology that power most cell phones and laptops to supplement its power grid...
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Published on 8/26/2019
GE's Pensacola assembly plant advances wind power in Florida
GE's Wind Energy plant in Pensacola assembles 2.5 megawatt turbines, each with the capacity to provide the annual power needs for up to 1,500 homes.
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Published on 8/26/2019
OUC studies shutting down two coal-powered plants
In the suburbs of east Orange County, two 50-foot concrete cooling towers at the Orlando Utilities Commission's Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center loom over the surroundings.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Reviving Miami's Swim Week
The world's largest swimwear industry show, SwimShow, takes place every summer at the convention center in Miami Beach.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court Fred Lewis
Former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court; professor at Florida Southern College, Tallahassee/Lakeland; age 71
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Published on 8/26/2019
What happened to auto company Rivian?
Florida Trend discovered auto company Rivian in 2011.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Research Florida: Around the State
The city of Winter Haven says it has embarked on a Smart City initiative to improve government operations
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Published on 8/26/2019
Tampa's University Mall gets redeveloped into “research village”
University Mall in Tampa was once a go-to shopping destination. But the suburban-style mall eventually fell out of favor as other shopping centers opened in the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Space Florida's rocket science financing
Some of the deals that spurred redevelopment of the Space Coast have involved creative use of tax incentives.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Orlando's self-driving startup, Luminar Technologies
Can an Orlando startup overcome a host of challenges to help Central Florida make a name in self-driving autos?
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Published on 8/26/2019
Tampa Bay has high hopes for Erik Maltais' Immertec virtual reality startup
A former high-school dropout and Marine security guard now leads a tech startup in Tampa that's attracted investments from Steve Case and customers like Johnson & Johnson.
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Published on 8/26/2019
At Shortstop, W. Ockham
Theories strike out in trying to explain baseball's low attendance in Florida.
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Published on 8/26/2019
A debt of gratitude
The Alliance of Area Business Publishers has awarded Florida Trend five excellence awards.
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Published on 8/26/2019
Clermont plans sport- and wellness-themed community: Olympus
For years, the small city of Clermont, a bedroom community west of Orlando and north of Walt Disney World, has tried to separate itself from other suburbs
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Published on 8/26/2019
Tampa Bay
In 2018, the University of South Florida ranked seventh nationally among public universities and 16th worldwide in U.S. patents granted for new technologies, tools and objects, according to the National Academy of Inventors and Intellectual Property Owners Association.
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Published on 8/19/2019
People to Know
A list of people to know in Florida's High-Tech Corridor
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Published on 8/19/2019
A High-Tech Walk Across Florida
Spanning 23 counties across the center of the state, Florida's high-tech corridor is a national hotspot for cutting-edge technology.
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Published on 8/19/2019
Space Coast
Behind the aeronautical and space giants of Lockheed Martin and Boeing at Florida's Space Coast are homegrown innovators such as David Nesbitt, whose Matrix Composites manufactures components that help keep flying things in the sky.
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Published on 8/19/2019
