Douglas DeAngelis, an alumnus of the University of Maine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will speak in Barrows Halls at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2. While a graduate student at MIT, DeAngelis founded FinishLynx, which produces fully automatic timing systems, line-scan cameras and athlete tracking technology for sporting events around the world. As a […]
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https://youtu.be/UKl-bs0nSF4 Transcript When podiatrist Dr. Todd O’Brien had an idea for a product that could help his patients, he knew he could come to UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center to turn that idea into a commercial product. O’Brien’s invention is the ETF128, an electronic tuning fork which measures sensitivity and sensation loss in the limbs of […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine have received a $1 million federal grant from the U.S Department of Agriculture to continue their efforts in boosting organic grain production in northern New England. “We are very excited by this new USDA award in that it recognizes the impact of the work we’ve done with farmers, millers […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported Lobster Unlimited, a company started by University of Maine researchers and an undergraduate, will take part in a business pitch contest hosted by AOL founder Steve Case on Oct. 2. Case announced earlier this year that his investment firm’s Rise of the Rest tour would count Portland as a stop, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on team-building exercises as part of Scratchpad Accelerator, a new Bangor-based business accelerator program of the University of Maine and Maine Technology Institute (MTI). The initiative helps guide and mentor entrepreneurs as they build their businesses, according to the report. CourseStorm of Orono; Double Blue Analytics of Orono and Brunswick; Tip […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaqZNnEbepg&feature=youtu.be Transcript Katherine Quinn of Cornville, Maine, knew she had a winning Bloody Mary recipe when she sold 16 gallons of her hand-crafted mix in one day at a restaurant on Sugarloaf Mountain. Since then, the famed bartender and UMaine alum has been selling her cocktail concoction, Ass Over Teakettle Bloody Mary Mix, in more […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a sea urchin restoration project being conducted at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in collaboration with the Department of Marine Resources and local fishermen. The project aims to restore the sea urchin population in Cat Ledges, which is located in the Boothbay Harbor area. “I […]
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The Scratchpad Accelerator, a pilot program of the University of Maine in collaboration with the Maine Technology Institute, has selected four companies to participate in a seed accelerator, the first of its kind in Maine. CourseStorm of Orono; Double Blue Analytics of Orono and Brunswick; Tip Whip, LLC of Old Town; and L&K Manufacturing of […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported four startups have been selected for Scratchpad Accelerator, a new business accelerator program in Bangor. Scratchpad is a pilot program of the University of Maine and the Maine Technology Institute. The first of its kind in the state, the program was created to help nurture and provide mentorship to promising […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation is part of a group of innovation organizations that aim to build on momentum in the state’s startup community with an initiative that strengthens partnerships and leverages new sources of money. Maine Accelerates Growth (MxG) is a partnership among the Foster […]
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