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HONOLULU’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY GETS READY TO MIX IT UP
Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ashley Kirk Tel: 808-237-3671 Email: Ashley@hawaiipacificentertainment.com HONOLULU’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY GETS READY TO MIX IT UP The city’s business professionals are set to mingle this Thursday at Social Media-Up, an event that functions...
Hawaii Biotech Fights Tick-Borne Encephalitis
Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009
Hawaii Biotech has won a three-year, $2.9 million SBIR phase II grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to continue development of a vaccine to protect healthy individuals from Tick-Borne Encephalitis, the company said in a press release. TBE is most commonly recognized a...
"Personal Genome Assistant" Coming Soon to Cellphones?
Thursday, Aug 06, 2009
Imagine using your cell phone to scan UPC codes at retail shops or grocery stores and finding out if anything in that product is not good for you. Dr. Andras Pellionisz, founder of HolGenTech, who produces genome reports for customers bent on fostering help for their health issues and sells a full g...
Women Sued for Posting a Tweet on Twitter
Thursday, Jul 30, 2009
The Chicago Sun Times reported that a woman is getting sued by her then-apartment complex management, the Horizon Group Management LLC, for $50,000. What did she do? Posted these two sentences on Twitter - "Who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? Horizon realty thinks it's...
Longs Drugs Partners With Google on the Launch of Google Health
Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008
Longs Drug Stores Corporation recently announced a new collaboration with Google Health to provide a platform for sharing of information between patients and providers. Working with Google, Longs will be one of the first pharmacies to provide their customers with the ability to import their prescrip...
Superman Powers are Attainable
Friday, Nov 07, 2008
Comic book superpowers are not just fantasy anymore with a new technological innovation being developed by one group of local technologists. Kai Sensors, in association with the University of Hawaii’s Electrical Engineering Department, is bringing extraordinary powers to otherwise ordinary sit...
Hitachi Inc. Discovers the Strength of the Human Mind
Friday, Nov 07, 2008
Just outside Tokyo, in their Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi Inc. recently discovered a new technology that could eventually let you control devices, such as a television remote control with your brain. According to researchers at Hitachi Inc., their “’brain-machine interface...
Working Through The Hands Of Da Vinci
Friday, Nov 07, 2008
As of earlier this year, the $1.5 million machine resembling a giant praying mantis, became the first of its kind available in Hawaii. It provides better care for patients using minimally invasive (also known as laparoscopic) surgical techniques previously offered only in Mainland hospitals. The da...
Traci and Hunter Downs
Friday, Nov 07, 2008
One might think that working and living together would have its disadvantages. Not for the Downs’, who actually seem to use it to their advantage. Of course they are always discussing work outside of work, but they state that some of the best ideas come from that “free time” togeth...