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Tech Moves: SoundCommerce vet launches startup; Microsoft Federal leader departs; and more

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She also worked at iLink Digital for nearly two years and helped run a software development services company. After selling her startup OwnTrail, Seattle tech vet Rebekah Bastian joined Seattle 3D printer maker Glowforge as senior vice president of product.

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X-ray vision in the warehouse: ThruWave raises $6.4M to help online retailers see through packages

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Fortune 100 customers in retail and e-commerce warehouses are using the company’s hardware and software, which was first developed at the University of Washington. ThruWave’s sensors mount alongside conveyor belts and make 3D images of the items inside via antennas and what the company calls “compressive sensing.”

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Tech Moves: AWS product head joins Faculty; Bezos Earth Fund hires BlackRock leader; and more

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He was also founder and CEO of i3D, which enhanced the interconnectivity of web platforms with the virtual 3D world of the product Second Life, and was an engineer at Redmond, Wash.-based Bodnar was previously chief strategy officer at the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), where he founded its Center for Climate-Aligned Finance.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

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In order to compete with other states and globally, we must focus on early stage economic development. Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Norfolk), Development of Hybrid Boron Nitride/Carbon Nanotubes Supercapacitors for High-Density Energy Storage , Dr. Gon Namkoong, $100,000, Energy. BlueTherm Corp.

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Tech Moves: Hiya adds startup vets; Bellevue College taps former governor as interim president; and more

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3D content platform Unity Technologies appointed Scott Pitasky as chief people officer. He recently joined the board of nonprofit research organization The Allen Institute. He most recently led strategy and corporate development for Toronto startup Element AI. Novak most recently was VP of product marketing at Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Microsoft’s shutdown of Xbox 360 storefront is another blow to video game preservation

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Seattle indie developer Ska Studios’ debut title The Dishwasher was a 2009 release on Xbox Live Arcade. It’s one of dozens of games that will become permanently unavailable in July 2024 when Microsoft shuts down the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Ska Studios image) It’s the end of an era.

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Parkinson’s meds are hard to grab, so TikTok users crowdsourced a solution

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He started sketching designs for a 3D-printable bottle that would remove the need to dig for an individual pill. Alldridge has graphic design experience, but he had never tried making a 3D-printable object before. But the 3D printmakers of TikTok had already latched on to the idea. Illustration by Brian Alldridge. And it didn’t.

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