technology

Submarine Visit Canceled

Eileen Fleming — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:28:45 +0000

Organizers have canceled Wednesday's display in New Orleans of the submarine that director James Cameron took to the deepest part of the ocean.

The Deepsea Challenger was set for public viewing outside the Audubon Aquarium, but a spokesman for the group transporting the submersible says traffic and space limitations made the one-day visit impossible.

The vehicle was driven by Cameron last year to the bottom of the Mariana trench in the western Pacific.

It’s on its way to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

James Cameron's Solo Submarine Heads To New Orleans

Eileen Fleming — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000

The mini-submarine that director James Cameron used to explore the bottom of the sea will be on display Wednesday in New Orleans.

The Deepsea Challenger will be on the plaza outside the Audubon Aquarium from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Scientists will be at the display to explain the submersible’s technology.

Cameron operated the sub by himself. He went more than 35,700 feet under the surface of the western Pacific in March last year — and was able to stay there for three hours.

The NOLA Brain Gain

Peter Ricchiuti — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:07:28 +0000

The New Orleans business boom is not a coincidence, it's a campaign. NOLAbound successfully recruited young entrepreneurs to New Orleans.

Rockin' Guns 'N Money

Peter Ricchiuti — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000

Shreveport Software Firm Aims to Rally Local Investors Around High-Tech

Kate Archer Kent — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:08:00 +0000

A Shreveport software engineering firm aims to leverage local angel investment dollars and sink seed capital into new technology ideas. The CEO of BlueArx, Ryan Wooley, has six employees clustered in a downtown office suite. His new startup firm will provide all the tools necessary to take a novel technology to market – from startup cash to programming and marketing to launch and business development.

Update: Is It Legal To Sell Your Old MP3s? Judge Says No.*

editor — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:09:23 +0000

Last month, we reported on a company called ReDigi that's basically a digital version of a used record store. You can sell them your old mp3s, and you can buy "used" mp3s that other people have sold.

Capitol Records sued ReDigi for copyright infringement.

Baton Rouge to See 800 Tech Jobs with IBM

Kelly Connelly — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:14:00 +0000

Louisiana, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, and software company IBM are partnering to expand LSU’s computer science program, revamp downtown property, and bring 800 jobs to Baton Rouge.

IBM will open a new service center downtown in 2015, but will employ 300 locally in 2014.

Under the partnership, LSU’s school of engineering is expected to double its computer science faculty and jump to the top 15 nationally in number of graduates.

Idea Fest

Peter Ricchiuti — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:25:48 +0000

Out to Lunch is on board this week with the Idea Village's fifth annual entrepreneur showcase — Idea Village's biggest NOLAbiz party yet, with 1,000+ entrepreneurs.

We're joined by hosts Tim Williamson, Kevin Wilkins and Robbie Vitrano, inNOLAvation founder Damon Burns, Creative Alliance's Jeanne Nathan, and Webster Pierce Jr., whose award winning invention, Wave Robber, is going to save the Louisiana coast.

3-D printer Helps LSU Shreveport's Animation and Digital Effects Program

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:24:00 +0000

There are a handful of 3-D printers in the Shreveport/Bossier area, and all are being put to different uses, according to the head of LSU Shreveport's animation and digital effects program. John Miralles purchased one several years ago through a grant. He said it’s enhancing the skill set of his students.

Miracle on Canal Street

Peter Ricchiuti — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:00:00 +0000

New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz, the cocktail, and now the cure for arthritis. Today on Out to Lunch, we're exploring all things health.

From an office in Canal Street's BioInnovation Center, Dr. Aline Betancourt's company Wibi+Works is pioneering a stem cell arthritis cure. From another office in the same building Billy Bosch is launching body and brain food ICONIC.