Tech

Apr 24, 2019

How Virtual Reality Can Wow Your Clients

Imagine walking into a meeting, putting on a virtual reality (VR) headset and being instantly transported to the middle of an urban park. The landscape architecture industry is using VR to make plans a reality for their clients.

Apr 15, 2019

The Economist: How Will we Get Around in 2050?

Transportation and communication systems are fundamental technologies influencing cultures and economies. Our wealth, income and well-being are substantially determined by how far our voice will travel in seconds and how far we can go in a day.

Apr 9, 2019

Tech Startup: Vessel Works

After a stint with New Hope Network in Boulder, Dagny Tucker moved east to teach sustainable business at Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she came up with the idea behind Vessel Works. “Every fifth person in New York City is walking down the street with a paper cup,” she laughs.

Apr 4, 2019

Health Care in the Digital Age

The promise of the digital health revolution is tantalizing: a multitude of connected devices providing personalized feedback to help people improve their health. Yet some recent studies have called into question the effectiveness of these resources.

Mar 29, 2019

The Future of the Power Grid and Climate Change

2018 was an expensive year for extreme weather events. California’s Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive fire in state history, with more than 150,000 acres incinerated; 18,000 structures destroyed and widespread loss of life among both humans and animals

Mar 29, 2019

Top Techie Basit Mustafa Streamlines the Legal Process

Basit Mustafa is a former IBM executive, a sponsored ultra-runner and an ice climber with a “concrete allergy,” so naturally he moved to Telluride five years ago and started a business. After serving as a board member for the Colorado ACLU, he began asking himself how he could use software to make the life of a litigator a l[...]

Mar 27, 2019

John Lilley, Top Techie, Strives to Give Ski Resort Guests a Five-Star Experience

“The ski industry is this old, monolithic thing,” says John Lilley, formerly on the tech team at Vail Resorts. “It’s very easy to get $7 million to put in a lift.”

Mar 26, 2019

Top Techie Katica Roy Envisions Equal Opportunity

Driven by the idea of a romanticized world in which men and women could possess genuine equal opportunity, Katica Roy launched Pipeline Equity in April 2017 as a place “where companies and communities thrive because everyone has the opportunity to make an impact.”

Mar 25, 2019

Stephanie Maxwell Simplifies Staffing for the Hospitality Industry

Sirvo was born in 2015, the result of founder Stephanie Maxwell’s time in the hospitality industry and the need she recognized for restaurants, retail and hotels to attract and hire talent.

Mar 22, 2019

Sarah Tuneberg Changes how we Respond to Emergencies

Colorado native Sarah Tuneberg dedicated more than a decade to emergency response management, from Hurricane Katrina to the Waldo Canyon Fire. During that time, she saw the response system as broken and ripe for innovation.

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Mar 5, 2019

Untangling the Story of Tolling in Colorado

The tolling landscape in Colorado has undergone a major shift in the last decade. Advancements have changed the image of toll roads from physical cash booth pay points to a network of toll facilities operationalized through a sophisticated technological system.

Mar 4, 2019

New Denver-Based Mobile App Connects Businesses with Workers on Demand

Unemployment in Colorado is at a record low yet there continues to be growth in the job market, making it a great state to be a freelancer.