Still time to sign up for Barcamp Little Rock. This year's event from Startup Arkansas runs from 10 to 4 on Saturday, June 20, from the Reynolds College of Business at UALR, and Innovate Arkansas is a sponsor.
Barcamp Little Rock rolls Saturday, June 20, from 10 to 4 at the UALR Reynolds College of Business. IA is among a bevy of Arkansas startup ecosystem heavyweights sponsoring the event.
Arkansas tech pioneer and Innovate Arkansas supporter James Hendren will receive the Fribrourgh Award from UALR. Hendren has supported IA and all efforts to build a tech startup ecosystem since before the foundation for such a thing even existed.
The VR technology that anchors the EAC at UALR is straight out of science fiction, and it'll be on full display later this spring when it will be fully functional and "rocking and rolling."
Jeff Stinson, director of Fund for Arkansas' Future, presented at 1 Million Cups Little Rock. Stinson also directs UALR's commercialization efforts through TechLaunch, and he's excited about the future of tech startups in Arkansas.
UALR startup Poly Adaptive has been awarded a $36,000 grant from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority to scale up its Electro-Dynamic Shield (EDS) technology for large-scale solar panel applications.
UALR researcher Allan Thomas has received an Arkansas Science & Technology Authority grant to develop a solar cell material into a stable source of renewable energy. The grant is for $46,500 and involves Thomas' work with cuprous oxide.
The Arkansas Small Business & Technology Development Center at UALR is hosting an SBIR/STTR Phase 1 proposal writing workshop on Feb. 20, and the early bird rate is available through Feb. 6.
UALR's computer science departmnent has received a grant from global aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman to help meet IT needs at DHS and fund a course in model-driven development.
Get in a little moon gazing the night of Saturday, Sept. 6. It's all part of International Observe the Moon Night, and it's free, family-friendly, and goes down from 7-10 p.m. from 6th and Main in Argenta.
