Each of 10 companies will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and get the chance to compete for up to $2 million.
Innovation
Face shield effort gains steam
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Volunteers with fast-growing Face Shields Roc are making the personal protective equipment at home on 3-D printers.
Innovation
Seed funding to boost health startup
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Heart Health Intelligence plans to use the $2.2 million to help bring to market its high-tech toilet seat.
Innovation
VPG Medical offers free wellness tracker
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The app uses cameras embedded in smartphones and tablets to track a person’s heart rate, which can be an early indicator of a fever.
Innovation
VisualDx earns Gates Foundation grant
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The Rochester company will use the funds to develop a version of its medical diagnostic tool for use in remote areas.
Innovation
The ‘winner-take-most’ economy
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Fewer than a half-dozen ‘superstar’ tech hubs today account for nearly all innovation-sector job growth—and Rochester is not one of them. But with help from Washington, could our region become a future star?
Innovation
Luminate semifinalists set to compete
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Twenty-two firms are slated to take part in Lightning Rounds tomorrow at the Strong Museum of Play. Ten will be chosen to participate in the startup accelerator program.
Innovation
The question to ask about the ‘new’ Gannett
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Newspapers first ventured online almost a quarter-century ago. Why are nearly all still struggling to find a digital news model that works—and can the merged Gannett-New Media operations crack the code?
Health & Science
New insight into traumatic brain injury
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UR researchers have found that like concussions, repetitive hits to the head in football and other contact sports can damage the brain.
Innovation
Building the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem
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At a recent RocGrowth event, Marnie LaVigne of LaunchNY and Nasir Ali of Upstate Venture Connect described what their nonprofit organizations are doing to help entrepreneurs be successful in Upstate New York. (video)
Four Questions
An innovation showcase
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The latest in optics, photonics and imaging technologies will be on display at Luminate’s “Light Tomorrow with Today” Demo Day. Slated for June 27, the startup accelerator program will also award $2 million in follow-on funding to its second cohort of startups.