Ohio firm helps Denver track street defects, Magic Johnson raises $95,000 for scholarships, Harvard User Research Center and more

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Denver taps Ohio firm for high-tech way to track street defects

Denver Business Journal, Oct. 10, 2015

CDO Technologies Inc., an Ohio company, will help Denver's public works department keep better tabs on street cuts by utility crews…

 

Magic Johnson raises $95,000 for Tri-C scholarships in impromptu auction

Cleveland, Oct. 8, 2015

Earvin "Magic" Johnson raised $95,000 for Cuyahoga Community College scholarships in less than 10 minutes Thursday, in an impromptu auction at the college’s annual Presidential Scholarship Luncheon…

 

Pair of Ohio University grad students push heart rate technology for youth sports

The Post, Sept. 29, 2015

Marc-André Maillet and Dave Nuzzolo are the founders of Pulse, a consultancy-like project that uses wearable technology to educate youth athletes about their bodies and improve the efficacy of athletes’ workouts and practices…

 

Harvard launches User Research Center

The Library Journal, Oct. 8, 2015

In August, Harvard Library opened its User Research Center (URC), where library staff can discuss, design, and implement in-person and device-based user experience research…

 

Perth supercomputer powers world hunger fight to eradicate devastating whitefly from Africa

ABC, Oct. 12, 2015

A Perth team is using the most powerful research supercomputer in the southern hemisphere to fight world hunger…