It was a ride to the gym in August of 2020 that launched Nick Borrego’s latest entrepreneurial venture. Borrego and a friend were driving together to get a workout in…
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For Atlanta-based SOIL, Curiosity Is Key To Bringing Power & Connectivity To More People
Atlanta’s Kenyon Hall is looking to bridge the digital divide. An electronics engineer by training, Hall is now the founder and CEO of SOIL, a CleanTech hardware and software startup…
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Entrepreneurs often turn every nook and cranny of a home or garage into a space for product testing or experimentation. For the team behind WasteWizer, the pandemic turned a co-founder’s…
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Smart City Testbed ‘Curiosity Lab’ Opens Right Outside Metro Atlanta
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaYesterday morning, two autonomous drones carried a bright red ribbon along the street at Technology Park Atlanta, an office park in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. The ribbon was carefully lowered for…
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How These Rocket Scientists Are Helping Farmers Increase Yields and Use Less Water
by Muriel Vegaby Muriel VegaFarming accounts for a full 70 percent of the water consumed around the world. Irrigation practices are often inefficient and data incomplete, leaving farmers with high water bills or sub-optimal…
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From Smart Bug Farms to Plant Data, Atlanta AgTech Challenge Kicks Off On the BeltLine
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinAgribusiness is Georgia’s number one industry, and is important across the Southeast at large. But with a projected 70 percent of the world’s population condensing in urban areas by the…
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The Southeast’s Value Proposition for the IoT Data Revolution
by Tom Snyderby Tom SnyderThe Internet of Things (IoT) has been hyped for several years as the 4th Industrial Revolution and the next tidal wave of the economy. In large part, this excitement is…
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This Nightlight-Sized Sensor Helps Keep Seniors Safe In Their Homes
by Holly Beilinby Holly BeilinThough Lili Varzi’s mother was aging and needed some assistance, she wanted to remain in her own home. Living just two miles away from Varzi and her husband, Fereydoun Taslimi,…