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It has all the goodness of a charcoal grill — the taste and the smell — without the mess or the wait. Once he ignites the charcoal and turns on the battery-powered fire control fan, it gets hot in 3 minutes. A grill drain removes grease and fat so there's less smoke for this portable grill. <a href="http://www.sharperimage.com/si/view/product/Fastest+Heating+Portable+Charcoal+Grill/204541" target="_blank">$199 at Sharperimage.com</a>

10 tech gifts for your digital dad

May 23, 2019 at 1:25 p.m.

Dads and gadgets go together like burgers and beer, so we rounded up some cool gear that we're betting his friends haven't seen. Click through to see some gifts that...

NASA’s social media

May 21, 2019 at 1:12 a.m.

PHOTO GALLERY: Click through to see NASA's photos and tweets.

Flowers for Dreams mobile truck

May 21, 2019 at 1:08 a.m.

PHOTO GALLERY: Click through to see the Flowers for Dreams truck out in the Loop.

ReviewTrackers’ sunny loft space offers room to grow

May 14, 2019 at 3:15 a.m.

ReviewTrackers, a Chicago-based company that builds software to help enterprises manage their online reputations, was running out of space. Its new River North office, which it moved into this year,...

ReviewTrackers

December 28, 2018 at 12:17 a.m.

Take a tour through Chicago's ReviewTrackers' office.

What’s next in office design

May 21, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

Experts say many companies that invested in 3D printing are hitting road blocks with their machines, ranging from cost issues to lack of digital manufacturing expertise.

Businesses under using 3D printers

May 21, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

Pandora hits shuffle on its Chicago office

May 14, 2019 at 3:14 a.m.

Music streaming company Pandora recently moved into a new space in One Prudential Plaza — a neon-and-metal homage to the '80s and its music. Pandora's vice president of sales, Gabe...

Ben Meyerson, news editor

May 8, 2019 at 4:43 p.m.

Ben Meyerson is Blue Sky Innovation's news editor, working with the reporting staff day-to-day to hone their coverage of Chicago's tech scene. He came to Blue Sky from baiduhai...

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