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Business & Technology
4:14 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Baton Rouge to See 800 Tech Jobs with IBM

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Originally published on Fri March 29, 2013 7:51 am

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.

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Out To Lunch
1:25 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Idea Fest

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Tim Williamson, Damon Burns, Jeanne Nathan and Peter Ricchiuti
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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.

Red River Radio
9:24 am
Tue February 26, 2013

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

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By Kate Archer Kent

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.

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Out To Lunch
1:00 pm
Mon February 25, 2013

Miracle on Canal Street

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Dr. Aline Betancourt of Wibi+Works.
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Billy Bosch of ICONIC.
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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.

Out To Lunch
1:00 pm
Mon February 4, 2013

Another Great Idea for an App

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Simon Marthinsen, Peter Ricchuiti and Neel Sus.
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With literally a billion apps available, how's your idea going to do?

New Orleans app builder Neel Sus from Touch Studios hears a lot of ideas for phone and tablet apps — is there one more great one out there? Simon Marthinsen's start-up Plebu is taking on the other great 21st century every-man tech challenge — build yourself a better website.

All on this week's Out to Lunch, with Peter Ricchiuti.

Super Bowl XLVII
4:01 pm
Fri February 1, 2013

Inside the Super Bowl's Social Media Command Center

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Volunteers monitor goings-on at the Social Media Command Center.
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Deep inside the Convention Center, well away from the throngs of journalists that have descended on the city and behind a false wall protected by a security guard, is a group of tech-savvy people manning the Super Bowl Host Committee's social media command center.

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