The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Georgia Tech’s state-funded startup incubator, will launch a Healthtech-focused industry vertical program with a gift of a “significant amount” from Blue Cross Blue Shield-owned health IT company NASCO. This will be ATDC’s third industry program following the launch of fintech in 2016 and retail tech in 2017. ATDC’s Interim General […]
A survey of more than 1,000 U.S. K-12 teachers showed that 86 percent feel it is a challenge to keep students engaged in the curriculum. When asked specifically about what technologies could help engage kids, 93 percent said their students would be excited to use virtual reality, and 60 percent are interested in making VR part […]
Siemens has selected Georgia Tech as one of six universities nationwide to host their on-campus FutureMakers Challenge to bolster the company’s innovation pipeline and empower the nation’s top talent. Georgia Tech was selected based on its technical strengths, match to Siemens’ projects and history of collaboration. The FutureMakers Challenge will focus on Augmented Perceptions and Manufacturing Design […]
Student entrepreneur and Georgia Tech sophomore Akash Moozhayil is on a mission to turn your local restaurant food waste into the best compost out there — and he’s using worms to do it. Vermicompost, the product of the composting process using species of worms, is a highly-efficient, affordable and year-round form of composting, and Moozhavil, along […]
After six years in the U.S. Air Force, Kenneth Barnes wanted to come back to his original social work-oriented career path — with a tech twist. Upon realization of how technology could help the family services field from document submission to case management, Barnes decided to enroll in Georgia Tech’s coding bootcamp. With his graduation nearing next month, […]