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What’s growing in the Silicon Desert

As part of our series looking at aspiring and emerging tech hubs, we visited Phoenix, the “Silicon Desert.” It’s home to a growing startup scene, testing sites for self-driving cars and many young entrepreneurs pitching themselves as the next big thing. The city has a lot of potential, but how does it compare to Boston, New York — or even San Francisco? To find out, we focused on three important ingredients that cities need to be considered a tech hub: culture, talent and capital.

ASU Students Create App For Less Painful Parking

Two ASU students saw a problem: parking near campus was too expensive and inconvenient. Their solution is an app launched in May called AirGarage.

Personal hurdles drive innovation among ASU student entrepreneurs

A woman who faced obstacles in her path to citizenship and a man who watched his newborn son struggle were among the members of five teams that won cash and services for their inventions at the New Venture Challenge entrepreneurial competition recently. The teams divided a $100,000 cash prize and $25,000 in services.

ASU engineering students develop, deliver self-sustaining trailer operation

After four years, $80,000 and innumerable obstacles, a team of ASU engineering students has completed a mobile dental clinic to dispatch to developing nations. The team, Engineering Smiles, gained momentum from the Engineering Projects in Community Service program, which puts students together with nonprofits, community groups and governmental agencies to help solve problems and develop professional skills….

Greater Phoenix growth as a tech innovation hub has ‘Devil’-ish flavor

Growing up, Patrick McFarland saw firsthand how a child enduring seizures impacted a family. His 4-year-old sister began having them, and McFarland’s mother put her career on hold to care for her daughter.

ASU venture Swift Coat wins big at Rice Business Plan Competition

The brainchild of electrical engineering Assistant Professor Zachary Holman and graduate research associate Peter Firth, Swift Coat takes its name from proprietary deposition technology, which is capable of coating any surface with nanoparticles of varying compositions and sizes.

Solving for X – Sun Devil Startups Pursue Business Success

In this episode of the ASU Alumni Association podcast, host Liz Massey discovers the thriving business startup culture at ASU, interviewing new and experienced Sun Devil entrepreneurs, as well as others involved in encouraging new ventures by ASU students, alumni, and community members.

ASU Alumn Founds Successful Startup and Develops Innovative Technology

Moment, a wearable device designed to improve the senses and productivity of the wearer.

ASU-led SpaceX Hyperloop team advances

Aerospace transportation and manufacturing firm SpaceX has selected an ASU-led team to advance in its worldwide Hyperloop competition, which aims to create a futuristic, regional transit system that hits speeds of up to 750 mph.