Lonestar Lunar's aspiration for the world’s first physical data center on the Moon has reached another milestone. Wednesday evening, they were part of the successful launch by Intuitive Machines. This is the second time this Hub tenant had made history. They were first to transmit data to and from space in February 2024.
2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report ranked Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (JHACH) nationally in seven pediatric specialties—neonatology, diabetes and endocrinology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and lung surgery and cancer.
A group of 40+ Tampa Bay business and nonprofit leaders, academics, and government representatives joined us on June 24th to discuss the NOAA Ocean-Ready Climate Resiliency Accelerator grant. Their guidance helped us to craft what we hope to be a winning proposal.
Saildrone and NOAA captured video from inside Hurricanes Helene and Milton from saildrone SD-1083.
Imagine a day when you jump in an electronic, autonomous air taxi in St. Pete and head to Tampa International Airport or even to Orlando. This concept is not as far off as you would imagine.
Ocean Exchange, a partner of the Innovation District, whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions for healthy oceans and the sustainable blue economy announced the winners of their annual prize competition. We were proud to be part of the voting jury for this important event.
Orlando Health, the private non-profit that runs Bayfront Hospital, recently announced the latest addition to Innovation District: The Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute – Bayfront.
Kudos to the Tampa Bay Innovation Center for its recent additions. Nine bay area tech startups are part of the Fall 2024 cohort
The last couple of months have been challenging - physically, emotionally and mentally. Small moments of normalcy like celebrating Halloween are strange and welcome - at the same time.
COMIT is a five-year, $9 million cooperative agreement with NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey.
FHSP, whose mission is to advance racially equitable health outcomes in South St. Petersburg, is collaborating with Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital to empower local nonprofits.
In July of 2024, researchers at FIO gained access to a sophisticated remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Taurus. ROVs have led to exciting discoveries in the deep-sea environment.
Florida has one of the longest coastlines in the U.S.—second only to Alaska.
GDX Development, Virtru, Saildrone and Lonestar Lunar updates.
Creating meaningful opportunities for data/technology startups to develop novel solutions in areas such as hazard mitigation, water-based renewable energy, pollution.
The 2024 Small Business Survey has been launched with support from the JPMorgan Chase and Pinellas Community Foundation's Diverse Ventures program.
The Innovation District master planning project has begun!
Imagine a day when you jump in an electronic, autonomous air taxi in St. Pete and head to Tampa International Airport or even to Orlando.
USF St. Petersburg welcomed around 770 students during its 2024 summer semester.
Kudos to Collaborative Labs!
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The Dali Museum is once again leveraging innovative technology to engage the audience in a deeper understanding of Dali. A recent NPR profile highlighted: Ask Dalí, a new installation based on a copy of Dalí's iconic Lobster Telephone sculpture, allows visitors to pick up the crustacean-shaped receiver, ask a question, and hear Dalí's response. The artist's voice, speaking in heavily-accented English, is made possible through generative artificial intelligence. The artist's AI voice was trained on voice samples taken from archival interviews Dalí did in English over his career.
Kudos to the Tampa Bay Innovation Center, a technology incubator, accelerator and coworking office operating the ARK Innovation Center in the Innovation District. They recently announced the startups that will participate in their spring accelerator program. These startups offer a variety of intriguing solutions, many based in the Tampa Bay region. Keep an eye out for a showcase featuring these companies in July.
Kudos to the Volunteers of America Florida, City of St. Petersburg, and Pinellas County for the recent opening of the new downtown apartments, located in the Innovation District called Innovare. Innovare’s 50 apartments provide stable homes for individuals and families who earn 60 percent or less of the Area’s Median Income (AMI), including many who are transitioning from homelessness.
Thank you to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (JHACH) for sponsoring and hosting our inaugural Morning Sparks: Innovation X-change breakfast. The event was kicked off by Alicia Schulhof, President of JHACH, and followed by an overview of the topic - Artificial Intelligence - by Dr. John Licato of USF's Advanced Machine and Human Reasoning Lab.