‘The last mile’
Bringing broadband to Virginia’s most rural areas poses challenges.
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Blue Ridge InternetWorks began offering high-speed fiber-optic Internet in some areas of Nelson County this spring.
Precision farming
Virginia farmers use technology to improve efficiencies.
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Vanderhyde Dairy and Ingleside Dairy Farm use technology to improve efficiencies.
Finding no green
Energy technology developers have difficulty raising capital
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Kim Chaffee designed a river tidal turbine that can run in shallow waters.
Tapping the web
Entrepreneurs look online for startup equity
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Crowdfunding harnesses the power of the Internet to bring together large groups of people to fund a project or idea.
Bridging the ‘Valley of Death’
Universities help young biotech companies reach the marketplace
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One of Mark Coburn’s primary jobs is helping inventions created at the university reach the marketplace.