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Celebrating Accomplishments — a “New” New Year Tradition
Lafarge & Egge Celebrates New Facility Expansion Celebrate what you want to see more of.Tom Peters, Author of In Search of Excellence. New Year tradition holds that it is a time to begin work toward our ambitions, not a time for realizing them. Well, the team...
As easy as A, B, V.
Anyone who plans to travel to an event knows the story well. If the event is here, how far is the nearest affordable hotel? And, if I need to get to the event and back, what will that cost me? Viata, a new Seattle startup, knows your pain and has just launched its new...
Microsoft new data centers to use CLT.
Cross-laminated timber has been around for some time now, but it’s finally getting some love from the technology industry that is dedicated to reducing its carbon footprint. Microsoft has announced that it will build two new data centers using floors and ceilings made...
UW joins Northwest Region Hub.
A new innovation hub dedicated to commercializing and deploying technologies in medical tech, energy, clean test, agricultural and food tech and maritime is coming to the University of Washington. The UW joins seven other universities to form the Northwest Region Hub...
One way or the Otter…
There are a lot of satellites floating around the Earth. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, there are 11,300 satellites in orbit. Nearly 3,000 are no longer in service, and either need to be repaired or sent back into the atmosphere to...
Small businesses embrace AI.
The artificial intelligence industry as a whole may still be figuring out how to make AI profitable, but small businesses are already using it to boost their bottom lines while reducing costs. A recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce study showed that 98% of small businesses...
Group 14 gets $200 million to expand.
Chalk up another win for advanced battery production in Washington State. Group 14 Technologies landed a $200 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant will allow the company to build a new plant to produce silane gas, an essential ingredient in...
Talk about a diehard.
Remember the old Sears commercials where their Diehard batteries would start a car in the worst winter weather imaginable? The Voyager 1 spacecraft makes this look like kid stuff. This diehard is still working in temperatures of -454.81 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus...
We couldn’t have said it better.
Given the topic of this blog, we decided to let ChatGPT do a little rewrite of our original draft. Not bad for an artificial intelligence. Not bad at all. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the driving force behind some of the most significant innovations in the tech...
State hydrogen production balloons.
Now that the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub has received its first cache of cash, Douglas County is putting the finishing touches to its new hydrogen fuel facility, one of eight projects to be greenlighted by the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) as part...
More sustainable fuel on the way.
The BP refinery at Cherry Point will become a major producer of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) thanks to a $26 million grant from the federal government. Spearheaded by U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, the funds will not only increase the supply of...
Energy research on steroids.
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has cut the ribbon on its new grid-scale energy storage research facility. The $75 million center brings together researchers and industry partners to work on grid-scale energy storage...