Archive for 'Technology'

AREVA’s New Digital Safety System Draws Accolades

Issue: January 2012 by .

0

AREVA’s latest installation of a new digital safety system for nuclear plants, TELEPERM XS, is not only showcasing how far technology has come in recent years, but also changing our culture and the way we look at nuclear safety. As digital technology rapidly advances in today’s world, AREVA has worked to bring their clients into [...]

Continue Reading

River Ridge Mall Launches Two New Interactive Mobile Apps for Shoppers This Holiday Season

Issue: December 2011 by .

0

The touch of your Smartphone or tablet can spell holiday magic this year, thanks to two new mobile applications—known as “apps”—that help customers score deals and communicate with Santa like never before at River Ridge Mall in Lynchburg. CBL and Associates Properties, Inc., which owns River Ridge Mall, and mallMerlin, LLC, announced the launch last [...]

Continue Reading

Technology Meets Tennis: New state-of-the-art courts at Boonsboro Country Club “good for the joints”

Issue: November 2011 by .

0

For the past 25 years, Drew Robinson has been helping members of the Boonsboro Country Club (BCC) improve their swing, back hand and serve on the court. As the Director of Tennis, he works daily with a wide range of players, from beginners to former pros, 60 percent of whom he says are “50 years [...]

Continue Reading

WSET Goes High-Definition; Launches New 5 p.m. Newscast

Issue: October 2011 by .

0

Danner Evans knows firsthand that taking the time to watch the news can be a sacrifice. As the busy working mother of a two-year-old son, she understands the rush to pick up the kids after work and get dinner on the table. So, as the anchor of WSET’s new, hour-long 5 p.m. show, she is [...]

Continue Reading

AREVA Donates Two 3-D Laser-Scanning Units to Local Police Department

Issue: September 2011 by .

0

A far cry from televised scenes appearing on shows such as “CSI” or “Criminal Minds,” the scene of a real-life crime can be difficult to capture and recreate in an efficient and accurate manner, but recently one regional crash team in Central Virginia has been given the unique technology that allows them to do just [...]

Continue Reading

One Church, Multiple Locations: Brentwood Church Uses Technology to Go Multi-Site

Issue: August 2011 by .

0

Its technology meets spirituality. In an era where 3 billion videos are viewed every day on YouTube, the concept of a multi-site church, complete with a preacher on screen instead of live on-stage, is not only acceptable but growing. Locally, Brentwood Church became the first multi-site church in the area in April, in the sense [...]

Continue Reading

Cognitive Radio Technologies: Growing with the Times

Issue: July 2011 by .

0

After his phone conversation with Samsung in Korea was interrupted by two energetic dogs bolting down the stairs, barking and howling, James Neel decided it was time to move the business out of his basement. “It was very embarrassing,” Neel, founder and president of Cognitive Radio Technologies, said. “I felt so bad!” Shortly thereafter, Cognitive [...]

Continue Reading

Virginia Technical Institute: Teaching Trades to the New Era Vocational-Technical Workers

Issue: June 2011 by .

0

Ken Bond didn’t want to let a good opportunity pass him by. The 45-year-old Lynch Station resident, who does odd jobs to make ends meet, decided to go back to school to learn the Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning trade, commonly called HVAC. Bond had some experience in the refrigeration business, but no official certification. [...]

Continue Reading

Virtual Landscape and GPS-Guided Tours Take Poplar Forest Guests into New Realms

Issue: May 2011 by .

0

Thomas Jefferson, a man who loved progression and innovation, among other things, would likely be thrilled. New technology now available at Poplar Forest in Forest, Virginia, is taking visitors to Jefferson’s retreat home closer than ever to its original landscape and numerous stories. Through the addition of the first-ever, three-dimensional virtual rendering of Jefferson’s ornamental [...]

Continue Reading

Virginia Business One Stop Web Site: One Site and You’re in Business

Issue: April 2011 by .

0

When Gerry Peters was thinking of starting his own business, the Manassas, Virginia, business coach admits he wasn’t sure where to start gathering the resources and information he needed. Then, he discovered the Virginia Business One Stop (BOS) Web site, a tool created by the Commonwealth aimed at serving the needs of new, existing and [...]

Continue Reading

Older Entries »