Building 331 UpdateThrough the spring, there has been significant progress made in the construction of Building 331. The roof is nearly finished, and windows are being installed this week.  Interior framing is underway, and the boulevard extension has begun with the removal of the existing cul-de-sac. The storm water drainage system for the new boulevard extension and the building parking lot are also in progress.

On Tuesday, June 2, the TechCelerator at State College held its final presentations and award ceremony. With many talented, innovative teams developing cutting edge technology and services, two companies tied for first place: Future Edge Consulting and Project TEAM. The two companies split the $10,000 award.

Open-Door Policy, Convenience, and Care Delights Innovation Park Families
By Eileen Wise

DaybridgeManaging childcare can be a challenge for working parents, especially when kids are infants. Fortunately for parents employed by companies in the park, one of Centre County’s top-rated childcare centers is located in the heart of Innovation Park. Daybridge Child Development is a NAEYC-accredited facility with programs for infants through school-age kids, and Director Bettie Miller says the center is truly a special place for families.

Now, by drawing a line on your iPad or iPhone, you can fly a drone anywhere you want. Ares Drones, a new drone manufacturing startup, has made the process of a flying a drone simpler and more automated—so automated that a toddler could do it. This technology has the potential to make drones a part of our everyday lives. The app also follows FAA regulations for flight safety. The app will warn you of bad weather conditions and if you’ve drawn your flight path through a no-fly zone. These safety features will be updated regularly as the FAA and local authorities regulate airspace.

Want see how it works? On Kickstarter, you can watch a video about this revolutionary app and choose to back this project financially.

Article from Centere Daily Times.

Ben Hall can show the world the chemistry inside anything.

Cement. A human bone. A wheel bug.

Hall’s company, Lasers for Innovative Solutions, puts objects in a whole new light.

The technology he uses — a combination of a picosecond laser, optics and fluorescent imaging — can take us through a journey we could only imagine by watching “The Magic School Bus” 20 years ago.

“This is our baby right here,” Hall said earlier this week with his hand on what looked like an ordinary metal box. “It’s our picosecond laser, in that it produces a trillionth of a second-long pulses that are millions of watts. When you pulse that down onto surfaces of any material it will vaporize it.”

A camera focused on the object being vaporized takes pictures, which pop up on a computer screen in ultraviolet colors. The images are made into a video of 2D and 3D models.