Technology
By Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
Standing in front of a large graph that displayed what looked like Richter scale results trending upward, Old Dominion University professor Tal Ezer began explaining.
The graph showed the highest and lowest flood levels at Sewell's Point in Norfolk in each year since the late 1920s, and small red circles marked the years in which floodwater was more than seven feet deep.
By Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
The possibilities are limitless for unmanned aircraft systems, several local drone producers say, from delivering pizza to searching for a missing person at a cost far less than that of using a helicopter.
But if Virginia becomes the first state to restrict drone usage by passing a moratorium this week, the possibilities for law enforcement agencies and regulatory agencies will be limited, at least for the next two years.
By Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
Some of nation's largest wireless phone carriers are introducing or bolstering their fourth generation cellphone coverage - known as 4G LTE - in Hampton Roads.
Sprint Nextel, the nation's third largest mobile wireless provider with about 55 million subscribers, hasn't officially launched 4G LTE coverage in Hampton Roads, but a spokesperson said some consumers may see LTE icons on their phones while it rolls out.
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved the merger of T-Mobile USA with MetroPCS, a $1.5 billion deal that combines two underdogs into a stronger rival to wireless giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
The FCC said the deal is good for consumers because it would quicken the pace of telecom investments and that combined, the firms would be a stronger alternative to the industry's biggest companies.
WASHINGTON — The tactics of hackers, cyber- criminals and state-sponsored spies are evolving so quickly that attackers often can re-enter a company's networks after being detected and banned, according to a U.S. computer security firm.
Aerospace and defense companies were targets in 17 percent of sophisticated computer attacks during 2012, the most of any industry, according to a report released Tuesday by Mandiant Corp. of Alexandria, Va. Energy, oil and gas companies were next, with 14 percent of incidents, followed by the financial industry, with 11 percent.
By Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
John Bailey is a 75-year-old Hampton resident who said he's on the brink of getting a 4-year-old idea on the shelves and floors of retail outlets.
His invention is called the "Happy Roller," and it's a contraption designed to make transporting propane tanks used on gas grills easier. Bailey has spent countless hours and more than $100,000 advancing the idea, and he said consumers may encounter it soon.
By Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
After another grant of about $900,000, Virginia is gearing up for a second round in training geospatial technicians - the men and women behind the products and services that tell people where they are.
These devices and applications display locations of a lot of other things, too, and as use by everyone from firefighters to anglers grows, demand for technicians follows.
By Lydia Wheeler
lydia.wheeler@insidebiz.com
Go ahead and scratch the surface - Ken Trinder's product and its antimicrobial effects can handle it.
In a warehouse on the eastern side of Norfolk's Ghent, the CEO of EOS Surfaces LLC, a surfacing technology company, is gearing up to release a new product that could potentially reform health care.
by Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
Developers at a local multi-media company said its smartphone app has gained some traction after two months on the market, but they're looking to build on that as they plan to make the word game their flagship application.
The game is called RoJo WORD, and executives at parent company ZiggityZoom said the 99-cent app has been downloaded more than 20,000 times since its mid-November release. A large portion of those downloads came this month when it was made free for three days.
BY Jared Council
jared.council@insidebiz.com
Eastern Virginia Medical School is behind seven patents used in products and services on the market today, including ultrasound enhancements and oral contraceptives.
Recently, the Norfolk-based school has been helping a Florida company gain local footing for a venture based on another one of its patents: driving simulators that tell people if they should be behind the wheel or not.
