“Docker is an inspiration, an enabler and a learning tool.” So proclaimed Zephaniah (“Zeph”) Gardler, 11, who gave a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation at DockerCon 2016 this afternoon...
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Meet UpRope: A fitness and route tracking system for indoor rock climbers
Climbing gyms are on the rise and one Seattle...
Meet John Stanton: What you need to know about the new Mariners CEO
To those in the Seattle tech community, the...
Meet NCAM, the researchers helping NASA go “to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond”
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MICHOUD, La.—Obviously, NASA's novel plans for its Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion capsule require state of the art tools and engineering. But all those strategies, machines, and flight hardware don't appear out of thin air. While much of NASA's work is built on the shoulders of giants so to speak, they also find partners to continuously perform essential research and...
Meet the biologist who puts the scientific truth out there in ‘The X-Files’
If the truth is out there in this year’s reboot of “The X-Files,” microbiologist Anne Simon helped put it there. Simon, a researcher at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been a science adviser to “X-Files” creator...
Meet Portland’s newest VC firm: Elevate Capital looks to invest in Oregon startups
Entrepreneurs in Oregon — including those among underrepresented groups — have a new option to finance their startups. Elevate Capital launched today and is led by Managing...
Harbingers of failure: meet the customers you don’t want to love your product
A central premise in marketing seems so obvious that it doesn’t even bear scrutiny: if customers give you positive feedback on your product, that’s good. And if those people buy the product repeatedly, that's even better.
But what...
Meet SnapTransit: A private shuttle bus that wants to make your commute more productive
Large corporations in Seattle like Microsoft utilize a fleet of private shuttle busses that get workers to and from work everyday. Now, one startup wants to offer that service to the masses. SnapTransit is a new company hoping to help people ditch their cars and...
Meet ‘Joule’: Top chefs develop high-tech cooking device, aiming to spark a revolution in the kitchen
Measuring just 11 inches tall and 1.85 inches in diameter, with no digital display of its own, the cylindrical white device may not look revolutionary. But its developers — drawing from their experience in top restaurants and advanced aerospace labs — believe this high-tech tool could launch a new era in the kitchen,...