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Innovation

Space & Rocket Center marks milestone with Space Camp Ops Center

Jerry Underwood -
HUNTSVILLE — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center, a global leader in STEM training for students, is blasting into the future with a new...

Alabama duo speak at Deep Space Food Challenge

Kimberly Ballard -
WASHINGTON -- Deep Space Food Challenge - this competition won't be on the Food Network, but is really out of this world. Angela Herblet, project...

Alabama company launches production of ultra-low-carbon concrete blocks

Alabama NewsCenter -
Alabama-based Blair Block has begun producing the world’s first, ultra-low-carbon concrete blocks at its facility in Childersburg. The blocks, which cost no more to produce than...

Third round of SBIR/STTR funding opened by Innovate Alabama

Austen Shipley -
Innovate Alabama is continuing its push to help fund small businesses throughout the state of Alabama. The organization announced this week that it will be...

Tquila Automation to create 200 high-tech jobs in new Birmingham hub

Jerry Underwood -
Alabama officials announced this week that Tquila Automation plans to open a regional delivery center in an historic downtown Birmingham building, creating 200 jobs over...

Alabama-based SAIC wins Edison Award

Kimberly Ballard -
HUNTSVILLE -- SAIC recently received the Edison Gold Award for Product and Service Development and Innovation for its Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems. The Edison Awards,...

UAH hits record $169.5M in R&D funding

Staff Report -
The University of Alabama in Huntsville notched a record $169.5 million in research and development expenditures for Fiscal Year 2022, a 13% increase over...

Fueling innovation: Economic program for summer interns

Bud McLaughlin -
Fuel Alabama (FuelAL), in a partnership with Innovate Alabama, is working with nine Alabama communities to offer summer programming for college students. The communities will...

Polaris Alabama ships first all-electric, ATV Ranger XP Kinetic

Kimberly Ballard -
HUNTSVILLE – Polaris will be shipping the first of its all-new electric Ranger XP Kinetic vehicles from its Huntsville manufacturing plant this week. Polaris manufactures...

Alabama’s Tango Tango bridges gap in first responders’ communication

Mecca Musick -
“The technology available to consumers that allows us to communicate with ease everyday is vastly ahead of the resources available to first responders, the...

This tag is it: Drive Electric license plate available

Grayson Everett -
A new campaign is charging up support from drivers across the state. The Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition debuted an official Alabama license plate available for...

Two UAB startups receive grants from Innovate Alabama

Amy Jones -
The Alabama Innovation Corporation awarded two University of Alabama at Birmingham startups with grants during the second round of Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant awards. The Innovate Alabama Supplemental...

Toyota Alabama launches $49 million solar project for engine plant

Jerry Underwood -
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Toyota Alabama’s engine manufacturing facility will soon be relying on the sun to generate over 70% of its power needs thanks...

Innovation Portal hosts Techstars Startup Weekend Mobile

Alabama NewsCenter -
It’s inspiring to see what aspiring entrepreneurs can do in just 54 hours. From Friday evening to Sunday evening, a group ranging from 16-year-old students...

Alabama’s HudsonAlpha stays on forefront of newest genomic sequencing technology

Neil Lamb -
Researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will create genomic data at a scale beyond anything previously possible, thanks to a new PacBio Revio sequencing machine. HudsonAlpha researchers...

Rocket City Electric Bike Rentals wins Launch Tank competition

Kimberly Ballard -
ATHENS -- The drama and anticipation were soon replaced with humor Monday when Nathan Tucker and Ash Moorer, founders of Rocket City Electric Bike...

Drake State students printing 3D lunar structure

Bud McLaughlin -
HUNTSVILLE -- With an eye to the moon, students at Drake State Community & Technical College are using robotics to 3D-print a structure that...

Innovate Alabama awards more than $3M to small businesses

Kimberly Ballard -
Nineteen small businesses in Alabama have been awarded more than $3 million in grants from the second round of Innovate Alabama’s Supplemental Grant Program. Alabama...

Poole: Investing in Alabama’s Innovation Economy

Bill Poole -
Gov. Kay Ivey has clearly established economic development as a top priority for her administration since her first day as Governor, and we’ve certainly...

Launch 2035 announces Launch Tank competition finalists

Kimberly Ballard -
ATHENS -- Eight small business finalists are circling the Singing River Trail Launch Tank Competition sponsored by Launch 2035. The public is invited to come...

HudsonAlpha to use innovative system to improve crop species

Kimberly Ballard -
One of the first clients to receive Revio shipments is the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. HudsonAlpha will use Revio systems in its plant and...

Huntsville company has technology to help protect nation’s power grid

Kimberly Ballard -
Observation Without Limits, headquartered in Huntsville, said it has developed technology to help utility companies protect against orchestrated power grid attacks and routine intrusions...

Innovate Alabama board hears of continued progress, plans for future

Mark Kelly -
The mission of Innovate Alabama is to build a more resilient, inclusive, and robust economy through retention, attraction, and development of talent and resources in entrepreneurship,...

Alabama Launchpad chooses finalists for Cycle 1 2023

Bud McLaughlin -
Alabama Launchpad is proud to announce that Launch Advisors have selected 10 finalists to participate in Cycle 1 2023. The finalists will compete for a...
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