Technology

The Guided Cooperative startup has roots in Spokane

Founders hope to become the AirBnB for recreation

February 11, 2016

A Spokane native who now lives in Southern California says he is in the process of building a business that seeks to pair outdoor enthusiasts with third-party travel vendors, providing a sort of Airbnb Inc. for recreational buffs. Airbnb was founded in 2

New Avista program helps small businesses conserve

Utility offers free installation of energy-saving devices

January 28, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based Avista Corp. reports that its small-business program, having already saved enough energy in its first six months to power 100 homes for one year, is well on its way toward a much larger conservation goal that will help its entire service com

Wind energy loses some of its breezy allure

Experts say solar power may be ready to emerge

January 28, 2016

While the flurry of wind farm creation that occurred across the Pacific Northwest for the better part of the last decade has subsided, proponents of wind energy say it's still important for utility companies and other energy experts to keep finding ways

Spokane-based startup debuts digital mirror display

Vitreous begins accepting orders, starts production

January 14, 2016

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based startup company Vitreous has unveiled its first product, a digital mirror display that can access the Internet or content from a user's smartphone.

Spokane is among 10 cities in national Smart City initiative

Year-long project to begin with workshop in Charlotte

December 17, 2015

Mike McLean

Envision America, a nonprofit supporting arm of the Obama Administration's Smart Cities initiative, has selected Spokane to be among the first 10 cities in the U.S. to participate in the collaborative program. Spokane Smart City Accelerator will repres

Tech companies grow in maturing markets

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December 17, 2015

A strong entrepreneurial spirit in the technology sector today has contributed to a local and national boom, and that, say some of those in the industry here, is a big reason why the sector continues to blossom.

Servatron inks its first contract in aerospace

Manufacturer says it has more projects in the works

December 17, 2015

Spokane Valley-based Servatron Inc. has entered the aerospace industry by signing a three-year contract with AvtechTyee, an Everett, Wash.-based manufacturer of electronic systems for the aerospace industry, to test and assemble that company's electroni

Quantum Steps, not leaps

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November 19, 2015

Sonja Mongar

Enoch Small, biochemist, president, and founder of Quantum Northwest Inc., a small Liberty Lake company that makes biotech accessories used largely for medical research, turns one of his inventions in his hands and insists on a photograph. 'It's rea

Inventors draw feedback from first Toolbox pitch event

Event sought to spotlight early-stage product ideas

November 19, 2015

LeAnn Bjerken

Five entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for various creative products at an event last week titled the Toolbox Pitch Panel that was held at and hosted by the Toolbox business incubator here. The envisioned products include an electric bicycle, an automoti

Post Falls man unveils farm drone technology

Maker asserts self-guided equipment will feed future

November 19, 2015

Mike McLean

Dave Farb, CEO and founder of Farb Guidance Systems Inc., of Post Falls, says he believes his company's technology that guides unmanned farming equipment will help feed the world. Farb contends the land-drone technology will free farmers from the confi