Technology

Sport Scope eyes $2 million in sales this year

End-zone camera maker continued upward growth in 2014
Katie Ross
Spokane Valley-based end-zone camera manufacturer Sport Scope Inc. has grown each year since its launch, and it's hoping to hit $2 million in sales this year, says Derek Taylor, co-founder and general manager for the company. Sport Scope had about $1.
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Robotics League to hold regional tournament on EWU campus

Sixty-four student teams to compete in Cheney
Katie Ross
FIRST Robotics Competition, a Manchester, N.H.-based youth robotics competition program, is seeking to increase its presence here by holding its regional competition at Eastern Washington University next month, says Erin McCallum, the Kent, Wash.-based pr
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WSU students to roll out Go KEFI travel website

Startup Weekend champ will test idea on campus
Judith Spitzer
Three Washington State University students who have developed Go KEFI, an affordable adventure travel website, say they are poised to test the platform on the Pullman campus. Amanda Scott, a WSU senior who generated the idea for the website, pitched the
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Wireless connectivity provider grows into Spokane market

Aruba Networks secures spate of work in Spokane
Mike McLean
Aruba Networks Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless networking device and software manufacturer and vendor, has landed a number of contracts throughout the Inland Northwest and beyond, and its two-person team here has opened an office downtown, says B
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Itron opts to buy back more of its own shares

Repurchase authorization starts as older plan ends
Staff Report
Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of utility meter reading technology, says it plans to buy back up to $50 million worth of its own stock during a 12-month period that began Feb. 19. The company's board of directors approved the repurchase plan
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Alliance Machine Systems funds robot builders

Youth team to compete at national level in May
Katie Ross
Alliance Machine Systems International LLC, the Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of products and services for the paperboard packaging industry, is sponsoring a team of kids, called the Super Garfields, to compete in robotics competitions. The team, wh
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Yelp ambassador works market here

Spokane-based rep links businesses, customers
Katie Ross
Alyssa Agee, the Spokane community ambassador for San Francisco-based business reviewing and community building website Yelp, says she helps businesses and customers here connect by bringing the two together both online and offline. 'It's really fun
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Doctors launching virtual dermatology service here

Patients can get diagnoses via the practice's website
Katie Ross
Three doctors have teamed up to form a teledermatology company here, called Virtual Dermatologic LLC, in an effort to give patients easier and faster access to dermatologists, says Monte Zarlingo, a board-certified radiologist and co-owner of Virtual Derm
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Agricultural drone service launches in Hayden

Company aims to help farmers maximize yields
Mike McLean
Three Idaho companies, including Hayden-based Empire Airlines, have teamed up in a venture that aims to adapt drone technology to help farmers boost crop yields. The venture, Empire Unmanned LLC, is the first company authorized by the Federal Aviation Ad
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