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POLHEMUS, THE GLOBAL LEADER IN HIGH-FIDELITY MOTION TRACKING, OPENS ORLANDO SALES OFFICE

Posted on February 1, 2022 in Uncategorized,

POLHEMUS, THE GLOBAL LEADER IN HIGH-FIDELITY MOTION TRACKING, OPENS ORLANDO SALES OFFICE Posted: February 01, 2022 COLCHESTER, VT (February 1, 2022) Polhemus, The Motion Tracking Experts™, announce the opening of a new office in Orlando, Florida. The Orlando office is the second U.S. location for Polhemus, with headquarters in Colchester, Vermont. Polhemus has been the global […]

Dubai-based air and travel services firm to open U.S. HQ in Lake Nona (by Richard Bilbao)

Posted on January 26, 2022 in Uncategorized,

Dnata, a Dubai-based global air and travel services firm, is set to open a new U.S. headquarters at Lake Nona in 2022. The new state-of-the-art facility will be the home to 50 corporate employees with the potential for future growth. The headquarters will take up the top floor and naming rights of Lake Nona’s new […]

SBA launches small-business cybersecurity grant program (by Andy Medioi)

Posted on January 26, 2022 in Uncategorized,

The Small Business Administration is rolling out a new $3 million pilot program to help small businesses develop stronger cybersecurity protections. The Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program, run through the SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development, offers state governments and territories the chance to compete for grants and in turn use those grants to provide […]

Winter Springs firm Advanced IT Concepts keys up growth with $800M defense contract (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 26, 2022 in Uncategorized,

An information technology contractor’s largest contract win in its history sets up growth at the company’s Winter Springs headquarters. Advanced IT Concepts Inc. expects its Central Florida corporate staff to expand after it won a spot on a Department of Defense contract worth up to $800 million, CEO David E. Gardner told Orlando Business Journal. Advanced IT Concepts […]

ORLANDO INNOVATIVE STARTUPS TO WATCH (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 24, 2022 in Uncategorized,

Launching a satellite, rolling out a new type of fitness training and amassing 100,000 users are just a few things some Central Florida startups are doing this year — and they’re just getting started. This week, Orlando Inno is recognizing 10 early-stage Central Florida companies to keep an eye on this year in the inaugural Startups to […]

The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots (by Sue Halpern)

Posted on January 18, 2022 in Uncategorized,

On a cloudless morning last May, a pilot took off from the Niagara Falls International Airport, heading for restricted military airspace over Lake Ontario. The plane, which bore the insignia of the United States Air Force, was a repurposed Czechoslovak jet, an L-39 Albatros, purchased by a private defense contractor. The bay in front of […]

UCF downtown Orlando incubator and Starter Studio moving to new home (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 17, 2022 in Uncategorized,

The University of Central Florida Business Program’s Downtown Innovation District and startup accelerator Starter Studio on Dec. 1 will move into a 3,579-square-foot space at 130 S. Orange Ave — the ground floor of the 85-year-old Kress Building. Downtown Orlando is the site of one of three innovation districts operated by UCF, each with a […]

Changes in the digital ad market offer opportunity for Orlando influencer startup Statusphere (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 17, 2022 in Uncategorized,

Before 2020, it wasn’t uncommon for West Coast investors to stop founder Kristen Wiley mid-pitch when she mentioned her startup was based in Orlando. “They said, ‘I don’t want you to waste my time, because you’re in Florida,’” Wiley told Orlando Inno. However, that perception is changing quickly, Wiley added. The Sunshine State, Miami especially, in the past […]

Luminar CEO shares how his company’s growth sets up Orlando for future tech success (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 17, 2022 in Uncategorized,

When Luminar Technologies Inc. put down roots in Orlando a decade ago, the company’s leadership was betting that a tech firm partially based in Central Florida could go “toe-to-toe” with companies built entirely in Silicon Valley, founder and CEO Austin Russell told Orlando Inno. So far, the autonomous vehicle sensor firm’s bet has paid off. Last year, the […]

Orlando mental wellness startup backed by NFL players to launch app and open training rooms (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 10, 2022 in Uncategorized,

Nestre Health & Performance Inc. was founded in 2018, but it really started 22 years ago when head injuries forced founder Tommy Shavers to quit playing football at the University of Central Florida. Two decades later, Shavers and his startup are ready to go to market with a series of solutions meant to provide customized cognitive training […]

Startup Creates Next Generation 3D Models for Healthcare & Beyond (by Amanda Roche)

Posted on January 7, 2022 in Uncategorized,

The D.A.S.H. Orlando team: Jack Stubbs, Fluvio Lobo, Jim Inziello, Tres Sims. So far, D.A.S.H. (which stands for digital anatomy simulations for healthcare) has created six fetal models for spina bifida using one of the most advanced Stratasys 3D printers. DA.S.H. has a special partnership with Stratasys to work on the latest advancements in medical […]

Nation’s youngest billionaire Austin Russell aims to ‘unleash the potential’ of Orlando with $70M donation (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 7, 2022 in Uncategorized,

Five years ago, Austin Russell knocked on doors in Orlando to ask homeowners if he could buy their house. The CEO of Orlando-based Luminar Technologies Inc. wanted a home as close as possible to the autonomous vehicle sensor firm’s east Orlando facility. However, there were no available homes nearby, Russell told Orlando Inno. “I actually went door-to-door knocking, […]

Amazon Web Services funds to give Orlando Special Olympics groundbreaking tech capabilities (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 7, 2022 in Uncategorized,

For the first time, the Special Olympics USA Games will offer an all-in-one fan engagement app for 125,000 spectators, powered by a serverless infrastructure designed by Orlando-based cloud computing solutions firm Solodev. This project got some recent help in the form of an Amazon Web Services Inc. Imagine Grant, an annual grant for nonprofits using […]

NAVY PALT

Posted on January 6, 2022 in Uncategorized,

TIME Magazine – How Digital Twins Are Transforming Manufacturing, Medicine and More (by Andrew R. Chow)

Posted on January 5, 2022 in Uncategorized,

A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of the Internet. You can find past issues of the newsletter here. There are two versions of a BMW factory in the medieval town of Regensburg, Germany. One is a physical plant that cranks out hundreds of […]

Year in review: California AR startup’s expansion to Orlando topped 2021’s most-read tech stories (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on January 1, 2022 in Uncategorized,

When California-based jet pilot training startup Red 6 Inc. in July announced its operations would take off for Florida, Orlando-area readers took notice. The news of the augmented-reality (AR) training firm’s plans to open an Orlando tech hub was the most popular story among readers in Orlando Inno‘s first year. Since launching in June, Orlando Inno‘s other most […]

2021 BIG DEALS Central Florida’s top innovation and growth transactions (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on December 23, 2021 in Uncategorized,

On Sept. 27, the “Kraken” was unleashed in Central Florida. The once-secret initiative — previously known by the code name Project Kraken — of Terran Orbital Corp.’s plan to build a 660,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility at the Cape Canaveral Spaceport was unveiled by Gov. Ron DeSantis in September. Terran Orbital — headquartered in Boca Raton and Torino, Italy — […]

Aerospace firm Space Perspective seeks GC for manufacturing facility (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on December 20, 2021 in Uncategorized,

Construction of an aerospace manufacturing complex that’ll create 240 jobs will take flight next year. Space Perspective Inc. in the next 24 months will build a 120,000-square-foot facility for the production of its luxury space travel balloons in Brevard County, the company announced Dec. 16. Meanwhile, Cape Canaveral-based Space Perspective’s move to the Space Coast […]

Orlando becomes testing ground for Luminar’s global manufacturing operations (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on December 16, 2021 in Uncategorized,

For years, Luminar Technologies Inc.’s Palo Alto, California office was identified as its headquarters, but co-founder Jason Eichenholz says Luminar was always a Florida company. The biggest facility operated by the maker of lidar sensors for autonomous vehicles is in Orlando, where Luminar employs the majority of its 750 workers. In fact, Orlando is becoming an even […]

Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator (by Alex Soderstrom)

Posted on December 15, 2021 in Uncategorized,

The future of exercise and nutrition was on display at a Dec. 9 event in Lake Nona. Lead Sports hosted the second demo day for its Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator since the accelerator launched in 2020. Five startups from around the world showcased their innovative wellness and sports technologies, and also shared […]