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Tech startup hopes to turn NASA funding into big business
FINCASTLE, Va. (AP) — A handful of micro assemblers spend their days peering through microscopes on the second floor of a nondescript downtown office building, tweezers in hand as they piece together components small enough to rest on the tip of a p...
Drone cage in Blacksburg to be playground for researchers
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech's new drone cage is taking shape on the north side of campus, promising students and researchers a place to go when they want to push the boundaries on new technologies outside of what is allowed in public a...
Roanoke inventor presses on with cheaper bionic prosthetic
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Lyman Connor can usually be found at a messy workbench on the second floor of an eerily empty downtown Roanoke studio that he calls his "microfactory." His desk, covered in spare parts, a magnifying glass, wires and soldering g...