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Sometimes reporters can sense something big is going to happen. And we know to stake our claim to the coverage. I began writing weekly Innovations columns for the Enquirer in April 2010. I’d profile the founders of local startup companies – from food...
Posted: 10/8/2011 7:19 AM in EnterChange
Will we grow our great ideas?
Ahmed Shuja had a big idea. He’d transform the computer world with breakthrough technology that could cool the most powerful laptop processors – extending indefinitely the lifespan of devices. Shuja’s discovery came in an electrical engineering lab at...
Posted: 10/8/2011 7:19 AM in EnterChange
My story: An entrepreneur who left
Entrepreneur Ahmed Shuja earned three engineering degrees at the University of Cincinnati, but couldn’t find local funding to take his discoveries from laboratory to marketplace. Today, his high-intensity LED lights, developed in California, are illuminating...
Posted: 10/8/2011 7:19 AM in EnterChange
Children’s mines research
About 20 Ph.D.s spend their days at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center manipulating cells and reprogramming genes in hopes of curing diseases in children. Wearing white astronaut-like suits, they occupy a multimillion-dollar sterile lab on...
Posted: 10/8/2011 7:18 AM in EnterChange
UC encourages global ideas
The brightly colored displays of the world’s first roll-up e-reader device may come from an engineering lab at the University of Cincinnati. A partnership between UC, Professor Jason Heikenfeld’s startup company Gamma Dynamics, St. Bernard-based Sun Chemical...
Posted: 10/8/2011 7:18 AM in EnterChange
Tech drives development at NKU
The call from San Ramon Valley, Calif., came late in 2009. Firefighters there were interested in work at Northern Kentucky University to develop iPhone applications. The firefighters wanted a mobile app that could alert CPR-certified bystanders to nearby...
Posted: 10/8/2011 7:18 AM in EnterChange
How other cities innovate
Several cities around the nation are making innovation and entrepreneurship the keys to creating jobs and growing their local economies. Among best practices: CHICAGO When: Chicago has many big, established businesses and traditionally few dealmakers...
Posted: 10/7/2011 8:48 PM in EnterChange
Fisher joins CMH Regional Health System
Cheryl Fisher has been named community outreach representative for Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System in Wilmington. Fisher also acts as a liaison for CMH with other health care providers, employers and nursing homes, according to CMH president...
Posted: 10/7/2011 2:20 PM in Business People
Dr. Akbik joins Mercy Medical Associates
Humam Akbik, M.D. has joined Mercy Medical Associates as an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist. Dr. Akbik is acting medical director of the Department of Pain Medicine and offers office locations in Mason, Kenwood, and Fairfield. Mercy Medical...
Posted: 10/7/2011 12:19 PM in Business People