Jake Ward, UMaine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald analysis on offshore wind farms. According to the article, a project affiliated with the University of Maine, called Maine Aqua Ventus, could get another shot at the federal Department of Energy’s $47 million grant to help build an […]
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https://youtu.be/C8rPA-2KUqo Transcript James Gallagher has friends in sweet places. Take Eliza Butler, co-founder of Specialty Sweets candy in Bangor and an alum of the Top Gun Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program at UMaine. It was on her recommendation that Gallagher joined the Top Gun program to help grow his business. As president and chief baker at the […]
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Researchers at the University of Maine have created a unique computer memory architecture that increases system performance by nearly 40 percent. It is designed for use in Phase Change Memory (PCM) systems, which is important because PCM is one of several contenders under development to become next-generation memory technology for computers, phones and other devices. […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on Scratchpad, a new startup accelerator program offered by the University of Maine and Maine Technology Institute. The pilot program aims to help people who want to develop a startup company in the Bangor area. The program, known as a “seed accelerator,” works to provide entrepreneurs with funding and mentors, according […]
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https://youtu.be/aBgAB-kVDrs Transcript Chuck Donnelly, CEO of RockStep Solutions in Bar Harbor, Maine, has a software product that could potentially transform the way scientists and companies conduct their research. With CLIMB, the Cloud Information Management Bundle, organizations like pharmaceutical companies and university laboratories can immediately access their data anywhere in the world with a mobile device. […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a five-session workshop about taking a specialty food product to market, 5:30–9 p.m., Thursdays, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, at UMaine Extension Cumberland County office, 75 Clearwater Drive, Falmouth. Topics include licensing, safely preparing and packaging food products, assessing potential profits and locating resources to support […]
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The Innovative Media, Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center at the University of Maine is offering a new workshop series using the various technology available at the center. The IMRC Center serves as a technology and start-up incubator for local communities by providing training and access to cutting-edge technology. Summer/fall workshops include: Wooden Automata — Blending […]
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Acadia Harvest Inc., a startup business housed at the University of Maine’s Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was included in the Huffington Post blog article, “As Maine’s waters warm, a seafood investor fosters climate resiliency.” Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit community development lender based in Wiscasset, has provided capital for a […]
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Mainebiz reported on a new startup accelerator program offered by the University of Maine and Maine Technology Institute. The pilot program, called Scratchpad Accelerator, starts Aug. 31 in Bangor for up to three startups that have “high-growth potential.” Scratchpad is accepting applications online through Aug. 14. After the deadline closes, Scratchpad will choose businesses that […]
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UMaine alumnus, inventor on 11 patents creates company to develop convenient vision aids for reading product label information.
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