News Archive

6/22/2009: JM Harwood, LLC, received an SBIR Phase II with the Army Research Laboratory for Very Small Injection Technology (V-SIn Tech) and heavy combustion testing.

5/28/2009: Gyminee, a Huntsville-founded fitness social network and tracking application, has changed its name to DailyBurn, along with a site design overhaul. The company has also raised $525,000 to expand sales and marketing. www.dailyburn.com.

5/14/2009: SSS Optical Technologies, LLC, has finished the SBIR Phase I Project “Sensor of ammonia from animal manure” funded by USDA ($80K) on May 14, 2009. Its Phase II SBIR Project of the same title has been recommended for funding by USDA. Funding ($350K) will start in September 2009.

3/1/2009: MI Research, Inc. offers free introduction FlowDesigner seminars. FlowDesigner is a unique tool to simulate and visualize air flow. It helps your energy conserving products, designs, and ideas more appealing to your customers. The application ranges from small electronics equipments to cities with buildings where the air flow, heating/cooling, and dust circulation can be designed. You can let MI analyze or get a copy of FlowDesigner to analyze by yourself. You can see how easy to use FlowDesigner in the seminar.

2/10/2009: Volatile Analysis Corporation submitted an abstract for a presentation in Dortmund, Germany, at the “Breath2009” conference.

BizTech’s Graduation Ceremony for Q-Track

2/1/2009: Q-Track received notice of selection for award of a Phase I SBIR contract as well as a Phase II SBIR contract.

1/26/2009: MI Research presented their product, FlowDesigner, at AHR2009 in Chicago.

1/08/2009 – 1/15/2009: Halo Monitoring, Inc.™ today at the Consumer Electronics Show and Exposition in Las Vegas, introduced wireless healthcare technology that delivers an unparalleled level of independence to seniors and their caregivers. Press from the unveiling includes:

  • Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2009, Grandparents get their widgets on
  • AAHSA: The Future of Aging Blog, January 12, 2009, Consumer Electronics Show Sees Aging Services as New Frontier (Article no longer available)
  • Medlaunches.com, January 12, 2009, MyHalo – A wireless health monitor shows up at the CES 2009
  • Aging In Place Technology Watch, January 13, 2009, Ten intriguing vendors from CES 2009 (Article no longer available)
  • Softpedia, January 13, 2009, myHalo Wireless Health Monitor Presented at CES 2009
  • gilbertGUIDE, January 14, 2009, myHalo is the Guardian Angel Home Monitoring System for Seniors (Article no longer available)
  • Berryshack.com, January 15, 2009, CES 2009: myHalo from Halo Monitoring showcased at CES, future BlackBerry Application? (Article no longer available)
  • Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2009, CES: Tech gets into gray matters

12/16/2008: Gyminee Corporation wins 2 Open Web Awards: both the “Bloggers Choice” and the “Peoples Choice” for best app in the Sports and Ftiness category. See details at http://mashable.com/openwebawards/home. Andy Smith, CEO of Gyminee Corporation can be reached at andy@gyminee.com.

12/12/2008: JM Harwood, LLC, was selected for a Phase II contract to demonstrate its Very Small Injection Technology (V-SInTech) Direct Fuel Injection (DFI) system.

12/12/2008: NearMe Networks has recently been awarded the opportunity to develop the web portal for the Back Yard Burger (BYB) franchise, which hosts over 170 store locations. Using the portal technology and service offerings of NearMe Networks, BYB will be creating a ‘virtual intranet’ to allow employees and franchise owners to access back end features. The details are still under negotiation. NearMe Networks has also recently launched the portal for the Falcon List, a Huntsville Employee Recognition program – check it out at www.FalconList.com

12/1/2007: Alabama LaunchPad 2008 business plan competition kicks off (Huntsville Times) (Halo Research and IntelCell are clients of BizTech. )