Combining expertise in AI and social sciences, CYR3CON is building stronger defenses against the dark web.

Four students who successfully launched startups gave advice during a panel discussion Wednesday night sponsored by Entrepreneurship + Innovation Ambassadors, a student group.

An Arizona State University team won $100,000 at the ASU Innovation Open on Friday to fund their business, which makes a device that relieves anxiety.

Fullbay CEO Jacob Findlay (middle) holds his winning Venture Madness checks between Venture Madness chairman Nate Mortensen (left) and Randy Gustafson, vice president of innovation at Arizona Commerce Authority (right).

Sebastian Husein, a scholar in the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies National Science Foundation-Department of Energy Engineering Research Center, won the NSF’s Perfect Pitch competition at their biennial meeting.

Changing the world with a product is not a one-man job — which is why the InnovationSpace program at Arizona State University combines the expertise of students in five different disciplines: industrial design, visual communication design, business, engineering and sustainability.

We’ve all arrived at our favorite restaurant only to learn that they’ve run out of our favorite item. But what if there was an app that let users track the supply of food at local restaurants throughout the day? An ASU startup called Frenzi claims to have the answer.

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.

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