Jul 12, 2018 | Agriculture & Food Processing, Technology
DroneSeed, a Seattle startup, really can see the forest for the trees. After getting official clearance from the FAA and a new round of funding, the company is setting its sights on reshaping the way forests are replanted. Using a network of drones controlled by the...
Dec 14, 2017 | Technology
Looking at all the construction cranes dotting the skyline, it’s hard not to notice that there’s a technology boom going on in Seattle right now. But a new report by the real estate firm CBRE confirms it, noting that an astonishing 93% of all downtown...
Nov 15, 2017 | Technology
Tapping into Washington’s huge IT talent pool seems to be the norm rather than the exception these days. Joining a passel of other world-famous names making their home here, Mercedes-Benz is the latest to announce that it has opened a new engineering center in...
Oct 11, 2017 | Technology
Amazing what just three years will do for an economy. Since Geekwire started tracking out-of-town tech companies that set up technology engineering offices in Washington State, the list has doubled in size. Yesterday’s announcement that Baidu was opening a new...
Oct 4, 2017 | Growth & Expansion, Technology
With all the headlines about creating a second headquarters in another city, Amazon is nevertheless leasing more office space and still growing in downtown Seattle. They have signed one of the biggest office space leases in Seattle history in the new Rainier Square...
Sep 11, 2017 | Aerospace, Technology
With hurricanes and wildfires devastating huge swaths of the country, a small operation in the small town of Bingen along the Columbia Gorge is sending their drones to help with hurricane rescue and firefighting teams. The high resolution surveillance cameras flying...
Sep 6, 2017 | Innovation, Life Science/Global Health, Technology
Healthcare researchers and technology specialists from the University of Washington have long been on the cutting edge of developing faster and more efficient means to assess health issues. Several apps for the smartphone developed by the UW scientists have made it...
Aug 30, 2017 | Technology
Washington’s culture of creativity and cross-pollination has done it again. Two of the state’s business legends, Amazon and Microsoft, are teaming together to make sure their artificial intelligence (AI) digital assistants can communicate with one another....
