Archive | April, 2008

The Latest on U of M Technology Innovation and Commercialization

19. April 2008

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The University of Minnesota is among the top patent producers in the world, ranking #4 on Scientist Magazine’s list of “Patent Powerhouses,” behind only three other major American universities. Yet, quantity of patents hardly paints the entire picture. What about helping to start up companies to commercialize those patents? According to the U’s own business [...]

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Tumblon.com – Parenting Site Focused on Child Development

15. April 2008

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Tumblon.com – the new project from Jonathan Dahl of Hopkins-based web application development shop Slantwise Design – quietly opened it’s doors earlier this month. Unlike other parenting-oriented websites or general-purpose weblog engines, Tumblon focuses on child development milestones as the structure for sharing.

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Emerging Digerati Showcase at U of MN

4. April 2008

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Today was the Emerging Digerati Showcase at the University of Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum. The focus was a College of Liberal Arts, new media festival featuring digital technology, art and research. It was inspiring to see the innovation and boundary pushing being done in this market and the passion people are bringing to digital technologies. [...]

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Twin Cities is First with New Comcast ‘Wideband’ Internet

2. April 2008

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When given the chance to be among the first couple of companies in the Twin Cities to receive an install of Comcast’s new DOCSIS 3.0-driven high speed service (50 megabits per second download speed and 5 megabits per second upload!), do you think they had to ask twice!?! If you haven’t heard of DOCSIS 3.0 [...]

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Emerging Digerati Week at the UofMN

2. April 2008

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All this week, the University of Minnesota Institute for New Media Studies is holding Emerging Digerati Week 2008 with multiple venues showcasing everything from digital vision and display technologies to virtual reality to new media. Though it would’ve been nice to have time to cover the entire week-long event, Minnov8 will be covering the New [...]

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