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The University Hospital of Dijon, France uses a 3D printer to prepare tailored facial implants with greater precision to reduce operation length.

Chicago Ideas Week: Swarming robotics and cyber defense

May 20, 2019 at 8:40 p.m.

The future of warfare is about craniofacial 3D printing, improved drone technology, cyber warriors, entrepreneurial esprit de corps, social networking and swarming robot boats. Those were some of the conclusions...

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Google Express same-day delivery service comes to Chicago

May 20, 2019 at 8:39 p.m.

Google launched same-day delivery service Google Express in Chicago Tuesday with retail partners including Costco, Walgreens and Treasure Island Foods. The move expands Google's battle with online retailer Amazon, whose...

Legal app developer kCura took home the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center's seventh annual Merrick Momentum Award as the city's top up-and-coming company.

KCura wins Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center’s Merrick Momentum Award

May 20, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Legal app developer kCura took home Thursday night the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center's seventh annual Merrick Momentum Award as the city's top up-and-coming company. The Loop-based company builds Web-based e-discovery applications...

Obamacare rescue-team member: Government needs more from tech industry

May 20, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

One year after helping to pull the launch of healthcare.gov from the brink of disaster, Paul Smith now wants more of his tech colleagues to help make the government run...

GrubHub CEO, Chicago Ventures back food-media startup Morsel

May 20, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Chicago-based food media startup Morsel announced an $800,000 seed-funding round Tuesday, led by Chicago Ventures and backed by GrubHub co-founder and CEO Matt Maloney, who will act as chairman of...

Jerry Yang, founding partner at AME Cloud Ventures

$8 million more for app that lets you shop via mobile, then pick up at the curb

May 20, 2019 at 8:37 p.m.

Chicago Ventures announced Monday a follow-on investment in Palo Alto-based Curbside, designer of a mobile application that allows users to purchase items and then pick them up in front of...

6 steps to creating mobile apps that work for you and your customers

May 20, 2019 at 8:37 p.m.

Everybody's making mobile apps these days, yet Alex Bratton says most businesses get them wrong — wasting time and money making bad ones and losing time and money with outdated...

TechNexus unveils publishing, events, research initiative

May 20, 2019 at 8:37 p.m.

TechNexus used a book-signing party Thursday night to quietly roll out its new Innovation Networks initiative. TechNexus managing director Jonathan Baskin said Innovation Networks will emphasize three areas — book...

How cleaning up after a college party inspired an idea that sticks

May 14, 2019 at 3:01 a.m.

Most of us can picture, perhaps from experience, the grim landscape of a college dorm room floor the morning after a big party. But how many can say it inspired...

Fellowes Brands buys startup for piece of action-photography business

May 20, 2019 at 8:36 p.m.

A venerable Chicago-area company perhaps best known for its paper shredders is making a run at the ski-slope-shredding set and other action-sports enthusiasts. Itasca-based Fellowes Brands Inc. recently purchased startup...

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