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Parkinson’s meds are hard to grab, so TikTok users crowdsourced a solution

The Verge

He started sketching designs for a 3D-printable bottle that would remove the need to dig for an individual pill. Alldridge has graphic design experience, but he had never tried making a 3D-printable object before. But the 3D printmakers of TikTok had already latched on to the idea. Illustration by Brian Alldridge. And it didn’t.

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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

GeekWire

Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using the company’s hardware and software, which was first developed at the University of Washington. ThruWave’s sensors mount alongside conveyor belts and make 3D images of the items inside via antennas and what the company calls “compressive sensing.”

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

CTOvision

In order to compete with other states and globally, we must focus on early stage economic development. Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Norfolk), Development of Hybrid Boron Nitride/Carbon Nanotubes Supercapacitors for High-Density Energy Storage , Dr. Gon Namkoong, $100,000, Energy. BlueTherm Corp.

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Paul Allen estate sells remaining Living Computers artifacts and systems to museum near Atlanta

GeekWire

The nonprofit closed in 2020 just before the pandemic and never reopened. The move serves as a final development for Living Computers, a museum and educational space started in 2012 by Allen, the late Microsoft co-founder, as a hands-on, hometown showcase for rare computers and other technology. CMoA is located in Roswell, Ga.,

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Microsoft unveils Mesh, betting on mixed reality for gatherings and collaboration across platforms

GeekWire

Announced at Microsoft’s virtual Ignite conference, Mesh promises to let people use headsets, computers and handheld devices to connect in virtual, 3D spaces, represented by both animated and photorealistic avatars. Telemedicine in Microsoft Mesh. Microsoft Photo).

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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

GeekWire

She also worked at iLink Digital for nearly two years and helped run a software development services company. After selling her startup OwnTrail, Seattle tech vet Rebekah Bastian joined Seattle 3D printer maker Glowforge as senior vice president of product.

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

GeekWire

He was also founder and CEO of i3D, which enhanced the interconnectivity of web platforms with the virtual 3D world of the product Second Life, and was an engineer at Redmond, Wash.-based Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.