The NFL has announced that it will hold its fourth annual startup pitch competition, set to coincide with Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. The “1st and Future” pitch event is being held in conjunction with Georgia Tech and the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the state of Georgia’s startup incubator. Also sponsored by electronics provider […]
Temiloluwa Adeniyi believes that engineers that bring diverse perspectives to the table can solve real world problems. She uses her own background, as a Nigerian-American from an immigrant family, as an example. “If a group is all from the same background working on a problem, you may not get diverse perspectives. If you grow up or […]
You walk out to your backyard and call after your pup — and nothing. Your four-legged best friend normally comes trotting back to the door, but not this time. You walk around and find a hole in the fence, and panic sets in. Sadly, this is a common occurrence. According to the American Humane Association, […]
After a four-month search across the country, Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) has named a new director in John Avery. The serial entrepreneur most recently served as an engineering manager at the Panasonic Innovation Center, as well as a mentor at the ATDC. Before his six years with Panasonic, Avery had a long startup […]
The New York Times reported this week that, due to rising ocean temperatures, the Northern California coast experienced a sudden surge of purple urchins — a pest that devoured 93 percent of the coastline’s kelp forest. Similar urchin outbreaks are occurring all over the world, from California to Maine to Australia. Why does this matter? […]