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Cleveland Innovation | A top city for tech workers | Why Duo calls Ann Arbor home
Buckle up! Innovation is taking off in Flyover Country. A new innovation district in Cleveland, tech opportunities in Milwaukee, how UNeTech helps tech entrepreneurs, and funding for startups around the region.
Read MoreMaking touch screens safer | From IVF to COVID | A new look at donor plasma
Pandemic innovation in Flyover Country: Making touch screens safer, Pittsburgh’s LifeAire Systems pivots to help stop the spread of COVID-19, Ohio University researchers are targeting COVID’s RNA, and more.
Read MoreThe Medical Mile | 3D printing | Indoor farming | Drive Capital
There is more innovation in Flyover Country than you think. Learn more about the Medical Mile, Case Western tech at CES, Drive Capital’s impact on Midwest startups, and funding announcements across the heartland. It’s all in this week’s Flyover Future.
Read MoreVector platform tech | Tracking vaccine supply | Robotics & testing
Michigan State University is researching vector platform technology to scale up vaccine production, Carnegie Mellon University unveils its Tartan COVID-19 Asymptomatic Testing Program, the University of Minnesota is helping test air purification technology, and other pandemic innovations from Flyover Country.
Read MoreTech that could feed the world | Machine learning & Rx | An Alzheimer’s breakthrough
Matrix Meats is using tech that could help feed the world, machine learning and prescription data, an Alzheimer’s breakthrough from Eli Lilly, and startup funding. Buckle up! Innovation is taking off in Flyover Country.
Read MoreEngineering & dental safety | Augmented reality for education | A digital vaccination card
Safety & the new normal: Engineering students at the University of Michigan used sensing equipment to develop COVID-19 guidelines to keep dental students safe, AR is being used at Wayne State University so medical and chemistry students can continue to learn, and a new digital vaccination card.
Read MoreTech behind better food | Organ regeneration | Augmented reality
Innovation is taking off in Flyover Country! Q&A with Benson Hill’s CTO Jason Bull about the tech behind better food, a healthy data strategy, Dayton named Air Force innovation hub, organ regeneration, and startup funding.
Read MoreMitigating future pandemics | Air treatment tech | Contactless payments
BioSTL has received almost $3 million in federal funding to mitigate future pandemics, UV Angel expands its air treatment tech, advancing contactless payment, and how not to forget your mask.
Read MoreFrom steel to space robotics | 2021 Midwest Venture Showcase | A move to Nashville
From steel to space robotics – the story how Pittsburgh’s Astrobotic launched with the help from Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance. Plus, Midwest startup investment and a move from Silicon Valley to Nashville. It’s time to land in Flyover Country for innovation.
Read MoreIU develops DNA tech | Business revival | Thermometer tech
Researchers at Indiana University continue to look for innovative ways to fight the pandemic, an Internet-connected contactless thermometer, and silver linings from COVID-19.
Read MorePreventing medical errors | Innovating for Space | HealthTech
A Midwest startup helping prevent medical errors, C2N Diagnostics patented an Alzheimer’s blood test, a Madison team is helping astronauts grow produce, and more innovations from Flyover Country.
Read MoreA COVID-19 & measles connection | Melatonin treatment | Wond’ry adjusts
A vaccine to protect us from COVID-19 and measles? Plus, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic study melatonin as potential treatment, Breathe99 recognized by Time Magazine, and Vanderbilt University’s Wond’ry adjusts so students can work from anywhere.
Read MoreZoom Town | Geospatial tech accelerates in St. Louis | CMU targets Parkinson’s
Rise in remote work benefits talent between the coasts, geospatial accelerator coming to St. Louis, Indy emerging as sports tech hub, Carnegie Mellon University researchers make progress on Parkinson’s, and funding throughout Flyover Country.
Read MoreDark chocolate & green tea | Security check | Pittsburgh pivots
You might want to pickup more dark chocolate and green tea! A North Carolina State University study suggests that they may be inhibitors to the virus that causes COVID-19. Plus, security tech and pivots from Pittsburgh to fight the pandemic.
Read MoreHoosier Angels | Data & GoodMaps | Funding for Midwest startups
We talk with Jason Lee Whitney from Indiana University’s Angel Network, a new Innovators Podcast: Serve the superuser, change the world, Pittsburgh #startup helps entrepreneurs connect with peers around the globe, and startup funding announcements from across Flyover Country. [
Read MoreFlight safety | Proximity tech for classrooms | Envelope proteins (we’ll explain)
3M and Safran Cabins join forces to ensure passenger safety, Tesseract Ventures and Lumen Touch leverage their tech to help educators, Vanderbilt University studying envelope proteins, and more.
Read MoreCell discovery | Wolverines & medical innovation | Energy innovation
The Ohio State University and University of Michigan team up to discover a new immune cell that could cure neurological diseases, how Kentucky became a leader in data, Wisconsin promotes energy innovation, funding startups across the Midwest, & more.
Read MoreScreening system | Nanobodies from a llama named Wally | Clean air
Protecting students at the University of Illinois using the “Shield”, nanobodies and a llama named Wally, cleaning indoor air from COVID-19, and more.
Read MoreIndiana manufacturing | Pittsburgh’s Digital Foundry | Touring a home with VR
Indiana to launch smart manufacturing hub at 16 Tech, a new #InnovatorsPodcast, New Kensington (PA) adds Digital Foundry to advance innovation, #VR helps keep the Omaha real estate market moving, and funding for Midwest startups.
Read MoreEli Lilly’s antibody treatment | A vaccine at WashU goes to phase 3 | Priorities for mayors
FDA clears emergency use for Eli Lilly treatment, COVID-19 vaccine trial moves to Phase 3 at WashU, study from US Conference of Mayors highlights key COVID-19 priorities, and more in Flyover Future’s pandemic report.
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