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T-Mobile teaming with Drone Racing League to help emerging sport develop 5G-enabled tech

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-based wireless carrier the exclusive 5G partner for the organization, the companies announced Monday. The Drone Racing League was founded in 2015 and involves skilled pilots flying custom drones through live and virtual locations around the globe, including sports stadiums. Professional drone pilots in the Drone Racing League.

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Wilson unveils "airless" 3D-printed basketball that nearly meets NBA regulation

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Sports gear company Wilson has reinvented the basketball. It recently created a high-tech prototype that needs no air to bounce. The so-called "Airless Prototype" is the first basketball innovation since Butler University's head basketball coach, Tony Hinkle, got Spalding to start making easy-to-see orange basketballs in 1957.

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CES 2024: Here are the Washington state companies taking tech innovation to Las Vegas

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of Commerce will lead a delegation of companies to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place in Las Vegas next Tuesday through Thursday. The delegation of six companies includes robotic barista maker Artly — a Seattle-based startup founded in 2020 in a bid to use tech to make the perfect cup of coffee — and others.

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This smart camera startup helps companies meet COVID-19 cleaning standards by detecting dirtiness

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The company is the second spinout from a new Seattle innovation studio run by Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) and Fortive. Quivr’s system includes the high-tech camera that scans the 3D surfaces of a room or venue and can detect liquid disinfectant, as well as the workers themselves. Quvir employs six people.

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Microsoft alumni reunite in Redmond, look ahead to what’s next in AI and the world

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. “It’s really great for me to be able to finally come and collect your thanks and adulation for Windows Vista,” the T-Mobile CEO and former Windows marketing executive said with a grin, getting a big laugh about one of the company’s legendary duds from hundreds of former Microsoft employees and executives Thursday.

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Will a “Google PhD” become as good as a university-granted PhD?

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Jordi Muñoz became President of prominent early drone company 3D Robotics at age 22, having made himself a world-leading expert in drone design and manufacturing, teaching himself through the universe of resources available through the web and his own experiments.

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Idaho startup Continuous Composites inks deal with French manufacturing giant Saint-Gobain

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-based startup Continuous Composites has entered into a joint development agreement with leading French industrial conglomerate Saint-Gobain to develop and bring to market the company’s proprietary form of 3D printing. Its new partner, however, is one of the oldest companies in Europe. Continuous Composites was founded in 2015.

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