Auburn at Epicenter of Next Industrial Revolution
3D printing — the process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file — has moved far beyond the sci-fi and hobbyist markets...
Culinary Creativity
With access to Alabama’s abundance of fresh fish, meats, cheese, vegetables and fruit, it’s no wonder Alabama chefs — from fine-dining...
Putting Personalized Medicine in Orbit
Modern health care is in a constant race to develop the best drug in the shortest amount of time for the lowest price. One...
Aerospace – Giants and Startups in Alabama Aerospace
Alabama’s aerospace industry has made significant strides in the last year, owing in part to the sheer diversity of its technology and manufacturing companies....
Dream Chaser – Spaceship Landing Zone in Huntsville
For decades, space vehicles have been designed and built in Alabama, but launched and landed elsewhere, usually in Florida or California. But a new...
ACES – Higher Yields with Social Media
Not so long ago, the big idea was for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System to build a website and populate it with content that...
Cyber Attack and Security: Managing the Risk of Cyber Attack
Editor’s Note: Gary Shertenlieb, of Palomar Insurance, died in early May, not long after talking with us for this article.
In 2013, cyber thieves hacked one...
Technology – Business Incubation Through Technology
Gone is the image of the university as an ivory tower, that metaphoric turret where professors and researchers labor in isolation far removed from...
Intellectual Property – How to Protect and Mine Your IP
Intellectual property is a growing and increasingly important realm in the business world — but exactly what is intellectual property?
A short answer might be...
Asterisk Phone System: Riding Telecom’s First Waves
Youthful naïveté played to Mark Spencer’s advantage in 1999, when the 21-year-old, working out of his Auburn University dorm room, launched Asterisk — an...
