All the bad economic news and press coming out of the state house tend to cover up and hide some of the good news. Here are some examples of good things going on in Rhode Island.
A Rhode Island firm is one of 3 New England small business firm to EPA sponsored Small Business Innovation Research Grant to Develop Green Technology
Release date: 02/27/2009
"Ion Signature Technology will receive $69,989for the development of an In Situ thermal extraction detection system (TEDS) for rapid, accurate, quantitative analysis of environmental pollutants in the subsurface. The goal of this technology is to provide data to better manage pollution site investigations and cleanup. TEDS would create a collection and analysis system that retrieves soil-bound pollutants as well as soluble and non soluble contaminants from groundwater. When the system is commercialized, it will “sniff” for the presence of pollutants; identify the pollutant, its location and quantity. This process will create conceptual models that depict the location and rate of movement of the pollution. The end result of this process also reduces the regular costs of pollution remediation."
Ion Signature Technology is a privately held company focused on developing and marketing advanced data analysis software and hardware. The company also holds proprietary technology essential to making a handheld Mass Spectrometer sniffer for the detection of explosives, chemical warfare agents, and environmental pollutants.
URI receives support from NIH's National Center for Research Resources, May 9th 2009
URI receives $18 million grant to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Foundation is a local source of support for community bootstraps initiatives
Nonprofit Organizations are a major community resource in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Foundation is supporting the development excellence in the governance and operations of Non-profit organizations here in the state.
I will try to publish A good news entry each month from now on.
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