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Cold War relics land at Dayton museum
1/25/2012 3:07:28 PM | by Tana Weingartner
Three formerly classified reconnaissance satellites are going on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton. Curator Doug Lantry says the satellites used specially designed fi...

Keywords: Cold War | Air Force | satellites

New business accelerator to boost area informatics industry
1/17/2012 12:59:05 PM | by Tana Weingartner
Northern Kentucky University and area business leaders are launching a business accelerator program aimed at attracting high-tech jobs. UpTech says it's committed to funding 50 start-ups over five...

Keywords: job growth | informatics | UpTech

UpTech looks to fuel the economy
1/17/2012 5:00:00 AM | by Ann Thompson
Greater Cincinnati business and education leaders will announce later today an effort to grow 50 start-up companies, specializing in informatics. A news conference is scheduled for 11:00 at Northe...

Keywords: UpTech | informatics

Fueling Ohio's biotech industry
1/10/2012 3:54:58 PM | by Ann Thompson | Listen
Ohio Pharmaceutical companies are beginning to grow very rapidly, thanks in part, to a government retraining program. Wendy Terwilliger was unemployed for two years before deciding she wanted to w...

Keywords: biotech | economy

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From Focus on Technology

Sunday, January 29, 2012
Spiders eavesdrop on courting males via ipod to get the girl. Ann Thompson explains in this week’s Focus on Technology.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
There's new hope on the horizon to help thousands of soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Focus on Technology, Ann Thompson reports improvements in stem cell collection could eventually help soldiers regrow tissue and recover from severe wounds.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
More and more people think freezing things, and themselves, is the answer to greater productivity. Ann Thompson, in Focus on Technology, reports on the science of cryogenics.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
There is new information about what happens to the brain after a traumatic injury, and the sounds to go with it, as Ann Thompson reports in Focus on Technology.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
During this holiday shopping season, store clerks are on the lookout for possible counterfeit money. In Focus on Technology, Ann Thompson reports that while the amount being passed remains the same, more people are counterfeiting it with standard laser printers.
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Facebook's IPO And The Average Investor
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
The social network filed to go public earlier this week and is hoping to raise $5 billion in a huge IPO. The markets are buzzing, but what might it mean for an individual investor? Melissa Block gets the story on how high profile IPOs work from Dennis Berman, Marketplace editor at The Wall Street Journal.
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How Did That Ad Make You Feel? Ask A Computer
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Rosalind Picard specializes in something called affective computing. She designs technology that can measure and communicate human emotion. Her work started with autistic children, and from there, she moved on to using computers to assess people's emotional connections to brands.
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Drone Technology Reaches New Heights
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are replacing boots on the ground in some wars. Commercially, UAVs are being used for things like crop-dusting and flood mapping. Experts discuss advances in drone technology and how to address legal and privacy concerns that stem from their use.
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