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Reporters Notebook: How Minnesota companies are using nanotechnology

I spent the morning at Medtronic’s Moundsview campus for an event called “Nanotechnology – A Showcase of Current Applications in the Region,” put on by Life Science Alley and MN Nano. I’m back at my desk now, and here’s my quick summary. We heard presentations from ten Minnesota companies (and one from Canada) about how [...]

Posted 19 May 2010 § Bioscience § Business § Minnesota § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Post-it Note inventor: Supportive corporate culture is key to innovation

Art Fry wants the world to know: “Post-it Notes were not an accident.” Fry should know. Local mythology notwithstanding, he was the one who actually invented 3M’s avatar of handiness, the “yellow stickies” ubiquitous in offices the world over. Instead, Fry told a session on innovation last week at the University of Minnesota, Post-its were [...]

Posted 20 April 2009 § Business ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,