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Birdhouse maker with an eye for Apple design ready to take flight with appearance on ‘Shark Tank’

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Gray has dedicated a floor of his house in South Seattle to production of The Peep Show, where a series of high-end consumer-grade 3D printers are running 24/7. The Peep Show Photo) Along the way, Gray was teamed with a mentor from SCORE , a Seattle nonprofit that helps small business owners get started.

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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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ThruWave’s sensors mount alongside conveyor belts and make 3D images of the items inside via antennas and what the company calls “compressive sensing.” ThruWave is also working with In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investor for U.S. government agencies, to use its packing screening technology for national security applications.

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Virginia Announces Research Commercialization Awards

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SoundPipe LLC (Charlottesville), Patient Tailored 3D Drug Delivery with Intravascular Ultrasound , Dr. Joseph Kilroy, $50,000, Life Sciences. Since 1985, CIT, a nonprofit corporation, has been a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship. About the Center for Innovative Technology, www.cit.org.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Dian contributes to the operations and strategic directions of the World Futures Studies Federation as an Executive Board Member and supports the Small Business Association.

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