Rich Bailey
Chattanooga: Galapagos of the Internet?
When the Public Library’s Gig Lab had its grand opening a few weeks ago, I spent some time with Jeff Branson, a technology educator who came in from Boulder, Colorado to give the keynote lecture and lead a workshop. more »
Jan 29, 2015 9:50 AM Tech Talk
Check Out the Gig
The Chattanooga Public Library has the Gig, Chattanooga’s best-in-universe one gigabit Internet. You can’t pull the Gig off the shelf, take it downstairs, get its little barcode scanned and walk out the door with it. more »
Dec 17, 2014 5:42 PM Tech Talk
A Wiki Grows in Chattanooga
If you’ve ever used Wikipedia, the web-based, user-created encyclopedia, you know something about Chattanooga’s LocalWiki, but there are some important differences. more »
Dec 4, 2014 10:51 AM Tech Talk
You’ve Got Moving!
What could be more about brawn over brains than a moving company, right? A smelly diesel truck, a two-wheeled dolly and a pair of beefy guys beside you whistling while they work. And maybe breaking your stuff. more »
Nov 20, 2014 10:18 AM Tech Talk
(Phase) Shift Happens
Welcome to the second half of The Pulse’s conversation with David Weinberger, Internet researcher and futurist who spoke at Chattanooga’s Startup Week, Mike Bradshaw, executive director of CoLab, and Nate Hill ... more »
Nov 6, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Stalking the Wild Phase Shift: Business Reimagined
One of the highlights of Chattanooga’s recent Startup Week was a lecture by David Weinberger, Harvard researcher and author of “Too Big To Know”, about how the Internet has changed not just what we know, but how we create knowledge. more »
Oct 23, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
If You Can Make It Here...
What the heck is a Maker Faire? I’d call it the blissfully happy marriage of geekdom, shop class, the arts, and good old-fashioned crafts. more »
Oct 9, 2014 9:45 AM Cover Story
Let Them Make (Startup) Cake
Chattanooga Startup Week kicks off next week, with dozens of lectures and seminars aimed at young companies and the people who create them, as well as the presentation of the city’s first CHA Startup Awards. more »
Oct 2, 2014 9:56 AM News, Views, Rants, Raves
Starting a Company or Building a City?
Gig Tank may get the headlines, with its mission to leverage Chattanooga’s gigabit Internet to create high-growth high-tech startups—but another Company Lab program called Co.Starters has been working longer ... more »
Sep 25, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Why Wait to Innovate?
Right now the goal of the meetup community, and also of the entire organization, is to build the support system for kids who feel like they need to be doing something.” more »
Aug 28, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
The Once and Future Barking (Legs)
The legs are silent. For now. Barking Legs Theater went dark a few weeks ago for renovations. The iconic green legs that sprouted from the ceiling like dancing stalactites have been stored for safekeeping. more »
Aug 14, 2014 11:31 AM Cover Story
Bold Ideas Before Age 20
Maybe those darn kids really are our future... more »
Aug 14, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Connecting Garage Innovators and Industry
3D printing is catnip for the investor angels more »
Jul 31, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Parks Prescription to End Childhood Obesity
Diego created a referral system that allowed doctors to ‘prescribe’ an after-school exercise program and let parents get reimbursed by an insurance company. more »
Jul 17, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk 1 Comments
The Telltale 3D-Printed Heart Is Really Here
Based on your scan data we can, essentially, take your heart out of your body and hand it to a surgeon. more »
Jul 3, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
The Product is the Teacher
"Wellness is not the opportunity in health care. Well-being is the opportunity. Kor facilitates a sense of well-being if you use it.” more »
Jun 19, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Feetz: Digital Cobblers
"A customer will download a mobile app, use it to take photos or videos of their feet and send them to Feetz.” more »
Jun 5, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Avant-Tiki
“There’s something very genuine in these expressions, very bare, very naked, and certainly pretty unusual.” more »
May 29, 2014 12:00 AM Features
Civic Hacking at Hackanooga
"Geeks with wicked skilz who do this stuff for a legal living give up a weekend to help create community projects.” more »
May 22, 2014 12:00 AM Tech Talk
Embracing Unfortunate Beauty
“It almost looks like some crucifixion scene or some kind of odd taxidermy display,” he says. “It kind of makes you call into question what a pool is, or it’s a pool that’s sort of like escaped.” more »
May 15, 2014 12:00 AM Arts