Boulder is known for its vibrant tech scene, where entrepreneurs and innovators create cutting-edge solutions for the world’s problems. But what happens when we need to step out and unplug? Meet Ara Howard, founder of Dojo4, one of Boulder’s first start-up software companies, which recently closed its doors after nearly 15 years of success. Ara […]

All photos by Photographer of the Year: Lenny Lensworth Frieling When we think of the vibrant city of Boulder, Colorado, it’s hard not to attribute its transformation into a thriving community to the influential figure of Lenny Frieling. His visionary leadership and unwavering dedication have left an indelible mark on the city, shaping it into […]

  The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, based in Missouri, found that Boulder Colorado had the highest density of start-up companies per capita in the United States. Most of these sprouting businesses are technology-based, and many start and eventually settle in the city. But what is it about Boulder which makes it a breeding ground for new […]

Technology Review’s Top 10 Breakthroughs and Boulder, Colorado’s Emerging Tech Scene Boulder, Colorado, known for its stunning landscape and vibrant community, is also becoming a hub for technological innovation. This is exemplified in Technology Review’s latest Top 10 Breakthroughs list, which features a range of groundbreaking technologies, some of which have significant ties to Boulder’s […]

Meet Charles! “I build things. I’ve built seven robots, a concrete canoe, a UAV, a rocket, various vehicles, and a lunar wormbot. I also mentor a high school team known as ‘The Pirates.’ They have recently built a 100 lb. robot.” Thanks Charles!

If you are of a certain age, you remember when computers were huge mainframes in the computer science lab, you took a typewriter to college, and you wrote notes by hand in class. Technology has presented us with many modern opportunities to take notes – laptops, tablets, phones, watches.  While we have many options at […]

Humans have always had a complicated relationship with weather. Ancient cultures prayed and made offerings to gods in hopes of receiving conditions conducive to growing crops. Adverse weather, then, was often interpreted as displeasure on behalf of those same beings—a punishment for failing to observe proper rituals. It doesn’t take a history scholar to understand […]

Mid-1990s Boulder was busy with activity. Fitness was king. Local businesses were prized. Hacky Sack circles and jam band opuses were ubiquitous anywhere students congregated. Simultaneous to that, though, was something wholly different. Buried in the corridors of the JILA tower on CU’s campus, a breakthrough was purring along quietly. Professors Carl Wieman and Eric […]

Ask someone exactly how long one second is, and you’re likely to get a smirk. If pressed, many might rely on the “one-Mississippi” trick from their hide-and-seek days. Others might claim an innate sense of it, as though they’re a minor—if punctual—X-Men style mutant. But, honestly, most would look at their smartphone. Ask the right […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health technology as “the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives.” We live in an era where technology touches our lives almost everywhere, but in terms of healthcare, we […]