Emerging Technologies

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Inventors and innovators are a bubbling cauldron of possibility as they create new technologies to improve the way we live and work. From biotechnology to information technology and video games, intrepid creators at companies such as Blue Sky Factory, Mindgrub.com and Mind Over Machines are part of Baltimore's thriving community busily developing the world's next great thing.

Emerging Technologies Features

The rise of the rest: Startups look beyond Silicon Valley

Eric Peterson and Barbara Pash Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Innovation and job growth in the tech industry are happening in far-flung places besides Silicon Valley. We take a look at four cities, including Baltimore, that are making a name for themselves.

FDA approves Hopkins-invented eye implant

Barbara Pash Friday, February 22, 2013

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins will begin embedding a device this year that can restore vision to blind patients who suffer from an inherited eye disease. The FDA approved the groundbreaking device this month.

Four growing companies to watch

Barbara Pash Tuesday, January 29, 2013

They make games, sell "smart" gloves, provide weather information and supply green energy. Take a look at these four innovative companies to watch.

Slideshow: An Instagram Journey Through Baltimore

Julekha Dash, Josh Flynn and Justin Nixon Tuesday, November 06, 2012

We've assembled a slideshow of Baltimore neighborhoods taken with the iPhone app Instagram. BmoreMedia's photographer has also taken an Instagram pic in Patterson Park — and the same photo with his Nikon D700. Can you tell which is which?

Nurturing Success: Growth in Store for Towson Incubator

Barbara Pash Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Clay Hickson, recently named executive director of TowsonGlobal Business Incubator, talks about its expansion plans. Hickson wants the incubator to be the hub of entrepreneurship and innovation in the region.

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